a also a professor of history at stanford university and during the billing center for the american west with me and the author of the new book, "railroaded: the transcontinentals and the making of modern america." richard is the more precise professor of history at stanford, where he has been since 1998. he previously taught among other places at the university of utah and the university of washington, where he took his phd. my wonderful colleague, richard white is widely regarded as a leading, one might say the leading scholar in three distinct fields of the american west, environmental history, subset of our discipline he helped pioneer and native americans. he has been the recipient of the macarthur genius report in the out or at several notable works, including a book entitled from it's your misfortune and none of my own published 1991.

here in stanford university, for all of you collegiat out there, we are looking at temperatures alson the low 80s. yes, 386 days until the olympics. summer olympics right here on nbc in london where you can catch ping pong and everything olympic sports related. coming up the next seven days, mid to upper 80s. we're putting a spin on things as we head throughout the weekend with that fog pattern coming on back. back out here live. jessica and company -- >> marla. >> marla and i are going to take you on in a game. yes. let's see it. >> reporter: let's hit it. my man over here -- >> try to keep it on the table. >> reporter: oh, jeff, come on! that's bad. >> you got another ball? >> you're better at delivering the weather. >> calle >> reporter: what do you think? >> too much muscle. >> you were better when you rode the mechanical bull. >> reporter: see you later. >> thanks. >>> coming up, a medical procedure you or your relatives went through may not have been necessary. the results of a study on a common operation. d > and astdumstor duststorm anind fo. about how big it was. fo >>> top

professor of history emeritus and codirector of the building center for the american west at stanford university, and your moderator for this program. tonight's program is being held in association with the california historical society. it's now my pleasure to introduce our distinguished guests, richard white, also professor of history at stanford university and codirector at the center for the american west with me and the author of the new book "railroaded: the transcontinentals and the making of modern america." richard is to be more precise the market byrne professor history at stanford where he has been since 1998. he previously taught among other places at the university of utah and the university of washington would he took his ph.d. my wonderful colleague is widely regarded as a leading, one might say the leading scholar in three distinct but related field, the history of the american west, environmental history, and native american history. he has been the recipient of awards and is the author of several notable works including a book entitled it's your misfortune and none of my own, p

. >> reporter: the money comes from stanford university. the city and the school had a deal, approve the expansion and redevelopment of the stanford medical center and the university puts 40 million in city coppers. >> the relationship with stanford university and the city has always been one that's pretty close. and they get a benefit for that. >> reporter: is this a proquo. >> we get community benefits in exchange. >> reporter: if money must be spent in housing programs and green initiatives. there will be three installment payments. one this sum and two more payments in january 2012 and 2018. however it's spread out it comes in a time as palo alto is predicting deficits of $7 million in each of the next fiscal years. >> we want to use the money smart and we want to be able to leverage it so that we can perhaps multiply the impact of the contribution. >> reporter: the city is not expected to make any spending decisions tonight, under consideration is setting up a economy made up of both stanford and the city to administer the allocation of

. >> reporter: the money comes from stanford university. the city and the school had a deal, approve the expansion and redevelopment of the stanford medical center and the university puts 40 million in city coppers. >> the relationship with stanford university and the city has always been one that's pretty close. and they get a benefit for that. >> reporter: is this a proquo. >> we get community benefits in exchange. >> reporter: if money must be spent in housing programs and green initiatives. there will be three installment payments. one this sum and two more payments in january 2012 and 2018. however it's spread out it comes in a time as palo alto is predicting deficits of $7 million in each of the next fiscal years. >> we want to use the money smart and we want to be able to leverage it so that we can perhaps multiply the impact of the contribution. >> reporter: the city is not expected to make any spending decisions tonight, under consideration is setting up a economy made up of both stanford and the city to administer the allocation of

. >> stanford university, it feels like a laid-back country club but this is the brain that feeds silicon valley. tuition fees have increased. despite appearances, they are plagued by a crisis of confidence. they're concerned with the really big question that dominated all of american politics. how do you regrouped project america when the government is running out of money and the people are no longer prepared to pay more in taxes? this man looks like your typical computer science professor. he could really do with a new bicycle. he can certainly afford it. in a light 90's, he had two students, an enterprising duo that promised him a share in their new business if he gave him their advice. how much are you actually were? >> i don't like to answer that question. -- how much are you actually worth? >> more than a billion? >> that would not be completely inaccurate, let me put it that way. >> and billionaire professor who carries his own chipped tea mug. he is probably the richest academic in the world. he worries that in obama's america, wealth has become a dirty word. >> we should be empo

we've got this website up for you, cacs.org, a brand-new website put together by students at stanford universitybasically it tracks how the state of california is spending tax dollars. do on there and search by department and see what different types of employees are making. if you want to get on that website again, cacs.org or google california common sense. >> be interesting to see how long he's had that position and who appointed him there as well. thank you very much. >>> it's 6:17 right now. san jose-based chain of supermarkets could be in trouble for violating workers right. former employs of pueblo parkts planning to announce legal action against the supermarket chain will they claim basic rights have been violated. pueblo has paid fines before for violating wage and hour laws. pueblo employees 3,000 workers throughout california. >>> should parents of super obese children lose custody? that is the topic of an opinion piece in the american journal of medicine, written by an obesity expert. dr. ludwig says putting children in foster care temporarily could be more ethical than surgery. acti

i am lecturer at stanford university, not a professor. that is another level of this conversation teary let me extend the conversation a little bit. one of the things that it was after i left or go, i taught for many years at stanford and talk, as i told the kids, real stuff. i started a class on cloud computing. three years ago, i started a class at the university in beijing as well on this subject because i feel it is really important. we are in my opinion in the second year of a 20-year cycle that is no different than the client server cycle that happened last time around, and i think education is an important component of this. so i'm going to take my four or five minutes to educate you guys a little bit on what is this thing we call cloud computing. i'm going to try uses much plain english as i can, leave all the technical buzzwords aside, and try to eliminate -- illuminate for you what is happening. fundamentally, is an economic thing that is happening, and that is what has always driven technologies economics. i will get to that in

. >> at stanford university school of medicine, dr. jeffrey gertner hope this is bandage he helped develop will help make patients' scars less visible. these pictures prove it works. the new stress-relieving bandage on one half of the patient's scar and the other half treated with a conventional dressing and after nine months the difference is amazing. >> this is eventually a cast for an incision that prevents it from having that bad scar formation and allows it to heal perfectly. >> the scar will not get inflamed which leads to scarring. in a recent study the doctored were asked to evaluate the photos and reported a dramatic improvement of scars treated with the new bandage. patients are also reporting another big ben fit. >> anecdotally, it seems that pain is considerably less because of this splinting effect. >> the bandage also allows patients to move more freely without pulling on their scar. the fda is deciding whether to approve this dressing and if it does it may be readily available in operating rooms as early as next year. >>

. >> stanford university has gotten the final nod to begin a huge expansion. the council approved the $5 billion project. the final vote had been stalled after some parents protested the expansion would do away with a daycare facility there but stanford agreed to relocate that. the expansion includes reconstruction of stanford hospital and clinics and expansion of the children's center. >> coming up, all packed up with nowhere to go. hundreds of summer campers are out of luck and parents may not get refunds. an official city vote to answer the question, how yellow is too yellow? this paint problem gets resolved. >> yellow means slower, none of that in the south bay. smooth drive but i'm following the sigalert and potentially deadly accident in daly city. >> mike is sending those to facebooknews, weheatrne, weathe traffic. you can search nbc bay area morning news. we >> good morning. it's 4:52. as we take a live look at the hp pavilion. hope to tears, a popular youth coach who got a second chance through a heart transplant died at the age of 39. coach craig mar

the land is owned by stanford university and some scientists from there and other universities will be studying this fire. they want to better understand fire management on ecosystems during climate changes. the the hour-long burn will start this morning at 8:30. >> coming up, the battle over the nation's debt limit continues on capitol hill. we'll have a look at how things stand right now. plus, time running out. the deadline approaching to save about 11,000 jobs nati ide n udg some in the bay area. details in a live report. >> welcome back to you as we take a look at the golden gate bridge at 4:44. we'll check in with mike. lawmakers get back to work this morning trying to come up with a compromise that will raise the nation's credit limit. we have slightly more than two weeks until the august 2nd deadline. republicans, democrats, cannot come to a deal. today in the bay's brian moore has a look at how close the two sides are. >> reporter: today on capitol hill senator tom coburn unveils the most ambitious plan yet to break the debt ceiling stalemate. >> i wouldn't expect it to pass b

line between india and pakistan, only last week, diplomats from both countries meeting out at stanford university trying to talk about establishing a hotline. so unlike the cold war, there is no communication, they could have an accident. this time india has said in the past that they were restrained three years ago when it was proved that pakistan was behind the attack, they were restrained by the u.s., by the rest of the world, they did not retaliate. this time most likely they would. only a couple of days ago i was talking to a prominent indian diplomat saying i could not persuade any country not to attack if this happened again. and now it potentially is happening again. it could be an indian group, officials don't know here or in india. just tonight, the head of pakistani intelligence is meeting with the acting head of the cia here in the u.s. that was previously set up because of growing tension between the two countries, between us and pakistan, but this will be the number one topic now. >> a lot of pieces in play, a serious situation, glad to have you here, andrea mitchell, as always. >>>

i was out playing with two olympic hopefuls at stanford university talking ping-pong diplomacy.ou can go to nbcbayarea.com for more. >>> let's look at the numbers. 68. the numbers have been ping ponging around. the fog moving into the coastline. right now even though the winds are drying out of the northwest, we are seeing some marked cooling today from novato to sunnyvale with a mix of 60s, 70s, even 89 in sunnyvale. warm in the east bay with 93. the numbers have come down from this time yesterday. as we head throughout the night, it will be breezy. and for the weekend it will still be warm inland. here the good news, the fog coming in and out, it is going to keep a low pollen count in the forecast throughout saturday and sunday. and ahead, we're look at the strong ocean a.c. staying with us. in other words, the fog pattern isn't going anywhere. we could be seeing 70-degree weather for daytime highs in our east and south bays as we head throughout the next seven days. as we head throughout saturday, we'll look at the fog, then the sun. for sunday, it will still be rather warm i

. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university, their two daughters, 11-year-old and 9-year-old, both attended public school in paola alto. >>> the suspect in friday's twin attacks that left at least 92 people dead in norway is scheduled in court tomorrow. his lawyer says he's willing to explain his actions during that hearing. part of the suspect's manifesto were almost word for word from the writings of unibomber ted kaczyns kaczynski. nbc's martin fletcher reports on why the suspect says he did what he did. >> reporter: the king and queen of norway, government leaders, attended a memorial service today in oslo khalid r cathedra 93 victims. the killer said he wanted to change norwegian society. turned out just hours before the bombing in oslo, when he killed seven people with his homemade bomb, he posted on the internet a manifesto explaining what he wanted. what he wanted, he said, is essentially to change norwegian society. he wants to stop muslim immigration into europe. and he hopes that this attack, he said, would focus attention on his political issues. ye

that's the finding from researchers at stanford university. nbc bay area's marianne favro is here now to tell us how the study was done and what it means to parents. >>> this study looked at twins in california. so researchers were able to look at children that shared the same genes but only one of them developed autism. and that's one reason why scientists say environment both in the womb and after birth play a bigger role in triggering autism. it's a question parents of children often ask -- why does my child have autism. for years scientist thought the answer was only in the genes. but new research at stanford is shedding light on other triggers. >> using state records, scientists here at stanford identified 192 pairs of twins in california where at least one of the children had some form of autism. the children studied were from diverse backgrounds. scientists found that while genes twins share can increase the risk of getting autism, the genes shared in the womb and after birth may increase the risk even more. one author says the research

up the peninsula, we can expect 75 in san mateo and also upper 70s right near the campus of stanford university. 88 in concord. 82 in napa. and in the north bay, looks like this, 82 in santa rosa. and much cooler at the coastline. those beach days we had the past weekend, just a memory. all right, if you want to get in on that memory of the space shuttle lifting off tomorrow, the weather channel.com is a great resource. low to mid 80s this weekend. and next week, we'll stick in this pattern ocof temperatures . not so bad. more news and sports coming up after this. . . . >> >> momma bear is not being blamed for the mauling that killed a california man. the first deadly mauling in 25 years at yellow stone national park. the mauling took place yesterday morning when a 57-year-old and his wife were hiking. the couple all of a sudden found themselves in front of a mother grizzly bear and her cubs. when they turned around and tried to walk away, the bear came running after them, attacking them both. he was mauled to death. his wife, marilyn, played dead as the bear sniffed her out and moved her out o

joining us now, scott hubbard, professor of aeronautics at stanford university, and michael mandel, chief economic strategist at the progressive policy institute. >> welcome to you, gentleman. >> thank you. >> glad to be here. >> susie: scott, let me begin with you. was the shuttle program worth it? >> the impact of the shuttle program has been significant and mixed. on the one hand, it gave the u.s. unquestioned leadership in space for 30 years. it launched the hubble space telescope and serviced it. it carried out construction of the space station. but it also was high risk. we lost two crews. and we learned it's very expensive to operate. >> susie: did we get our money's worth? what do you think? >> i think the economic impact was far less than expected. if you go back what was supposeed to happen, we were supposeed to have manufacturing in space, and the amounts were in the multiple billions and none of that happened. we've been going through diminishing expectations and diminishing expectations. in the end, i think it turned out to be the wrong road. >> susie: you know, mike. the pro

out at stanford university doing some ping-pong diplomacy.nd most importantly, we met two bay area olympic hopefuls. you can go to nbcbayarea.com and just search ping-pong and see them in action and see me try my stuff in action. it was hot today. 91 in gilroy. 89 in san jose. 83 in redwood city. what a beautiful campus in stanford it is out there. we're starting to see things cool down, at least slowly in the east bay. as we head throughout tomorrow morning, more patchy fog for the coastline. 50s to start and for thursday, we'll get out of the hot category, at least try to here, and down into warm weather here with widespread 80s. and for the weekend, looking at this marked cooling as we get into the typical summertime pattern. we have a system well off to the north. it will produce rainfall well into canada. but for us, just a cool flow back behind us that will produce the on shore flow. that will bring us 80s for thursday and for friday, a little bit cooler with that mix of fog and sun coming back. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, we look at the fog fo

san francisco forty-niners owner john york are speaking today to 100 middle school boys at stanford university. rice and york will talk about the importance of balancing athletics and academics. this is a part of the for wheat used program between stanford and the 49ers to help at risk voice and about leadership and >> overcast conditions over san francisco. the clear skies we saw yesterday are not with us today. we will find out with the weekly holes in it with a check coming up. we will be right back. >> on the bay bridge, we are making our way to a foggy start. we are expecting mostly sunny conditions along the east bay's shoreline. 66 expected in berkeley, 73 in oakland, 80 in fremont. much more pleasant conditions today than what we saw yesterday. as you step outside the door, '50s and '60s around the bay area. here are your current temperatures. as we head into the afternoon hours, at about 3:00 p.m. you can see the green on the screen indicating 60 degree readings along the coast, the yellow, 70's and the orange indicating the '80s. pretty sunny and pleasant conditions expected today an

. >> robert howard, by the way, grew up in palo alto and attended stanford university. anna maria attended cal poly. their two doctors 11-year-old samantha and 9-year-old veronica both attended public school in palo alto. >>> a 17-year-old girl from sacramento is recovering tonight after a sand tunnel collapsed on top of her at bodega bay yesterday nearly killing her. she was buried under the sand for nearly two minutes and reportedly stopped breathing, but emergency crews revived her with cpr. this is the second incident of a california teenager buried alive on a california beach this summer. just last month you will remember brian buchanan of orinda was trapped 10 to 15 minutes at sunset state beach near watsonville. his dad says he is still at valley medical center in san jose. he is now breathing on his own and opened his eyes today, according to his website, but he is still not responding to his surroundings. >>> the man suspected of killing at least 92 people in norway is scheduled to be in court tomorrow, but could still be weeks away from facing formal charges.

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stanford. the university has five current and former players in this year's women's world cup, three playing forhe u.s. stanford star noyola has her own goal in mind. she hopes to play in the next world cup in 2015. unfortunately, for the u.s., the mexico native would play for the country of her birth. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >>> stanley burrell grew up and was a bat boy for the oakland a's. he never made it to the majors as a player but the young man would hit it big on the music scene as mc hammer. as the a's take on the angels at the coliseum today, the famous rapper will throw out the first pitch and be honored with his own bobblehead doll. it is the first time that a major league baseball team has honored a rapper with a bobblehead. if you plan to go to the game, you'll need to get there early to get a bobblehead. you have to be among the first 15,000 fans. over his 20-year career, mc hammer has sold 50 million albums and perhaps isest known for his 1990s smash album "please hammer don't hurt him." >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, protesters make their vo

. >>> stanford university bid to expand its hospital has received the green light. ote came after stanford agreed to renovate the center and stop construction until that happens. this is video of what the new center will look like. the project will add about 1.3 million square feet of new development to the city. >>> a new ad for california milk is stirring up some buzz. the campaign is meant to be a joke, the executive director says it makes fun of how some men are we emotional situations. it encourages to drink more milk to deal. >>> public health officials say many students have yet to receive the whooping cough vaccination. today the city assembly passed a bill that would give students a month after school opens to receive sack cy vaccination. >>> a new study finds that it's not just the amount of salt you consume but the amount of salt in comparison to potassium. a higher potassium intake was associated with a lower risk of death during the 14 year study. the researchers say reduce sodium intake accompanied with increased potassium intake can increase -- >>> the

at stanford university school of medicine, dr. jeffrey gardner hopes this band-aid he helped develop will make patients cars less visible. doctors place the new stress relieving bandage on 1/2 of a patient's scar. the other half is treated with conventional dressing. after nine months, that difference is amazing. >> this is a cast that prevents it from having a division. >> it prevents the one from suffering many traumas that make it suffered inflammation and leads to scarring. doctors noticed a dramatic improvement in the use of -- in the healing of scars treated with the new bandage. there's also another benefit. >> it does seem that the pain is considerably less because of this planting a fact. >> the patient also can move more freely without pulling on the scar. >> the fda has to approve this dressing, and if it does, it could be available in the operating room as early as next year. >> potentially reducing the pain and an unsightly scars for millions of patients. >> 100 million -- 1 million patients will test the effectivenes

. >>> stanford university bid to expand its hospital has received the green light. fter stanford agreed to renovate the center and stop construction until that happens. this is video of what the new center will look like. the project will add about 1.3 million square feet of new development to the city. >>> a new ad for california milk is stirring up some buzz. the campaign is meant to be a joke, the executive director says it makes fun of how some men are we emotional situations. it encourages to drink more milk to deal. >>> public health officials say many students have yet to receive the whooping cough vaccination. today the city assembly passed a bill that would give students a month after school opens to receive sack cy vaccination. >>> a new study finds that it's not just the amount of salt you consume but the amount of salt in comparison to potassium. a higher potassium intake was associated with a lower risk of death during the 14 year study. the researchers say reduce sodium intake accompanied with increased potassium intake can increase -- >>> the forecast

problem seems to be most prevalent on the streets of the palo alto terrace neighborhood near stanford universityhomeless people sleeping in their cars most nights and neighbors are complaining to city hall. >> i would support a law that would prohibit the sleeping in the car in the neighborhood. on this tree there is usually one man that is here, i have seen him more. >> residence at this and neighborhood and others say that the visitors are causing a sanitation issues using shrubs and trees for a bathroom. this homeless man near the caltrans station lives in his motor home. he said there seemed to be more people living and sleeping in their vehicles here. >> i am disabled and i do not have any money to do anything and i do not have any place to park. >> is a cat and mouse game with the police, until now they have received a warning until next month when the city council agrees that's sleeping in your car could land you a fine up to $1,000. >> one thing that might be contributing to the problem in palo alto they say that neighboring cities like redwood city, menlo park they have already gone loc

. >>> stanford university need your help.you can become a -- with a computer and this small orange box. >>> and the royal couple's visit to california live at 10:30. >>> graduation ceremonies in san francisco for a new type of police jobs. the aids will now be sworn police officers instead they'll handle low priority calls such as filling out burglary reports and directing traffic. the idea is to free up sworn officers for high priority work. the 15 graduates now start a three month training first with an officer then with a crime scene investigator. >>> the city of oakland says it is making progress having now secured concessions from all five of its public employee unions. the unions have all accepted new contracts. concessions vary from union to union but they include higher pension costs and pay cuts. the seiu union agreed to 15 unpaid days off. city hall may have to ask for more depending on how much it gets from the federal state and government. >>> governor brown says the annual fee assures that property owners pay the

. >>> stanford university need your help. >>> graduation ceremonies in san francisco for a new type of jobs. the aids will now be sworn police officers instead they'll handle low priority calls such as filling out burglary reports and directing traffic. the idea is to free up sworn officers for high priority work. the 15 graduates now start a three month training first with an officer then with a crime scene investigator. >>> the city of oakland says it is making progress having now secured concessions from all five of its public employee unions. the unions have all accepted new contracts. concessions vary from union to union but they include higher pension costs and pay cuts. the seiu union agreed to 15 unpaid days off. city hall may have to ask for more depending on how much it gets from the federal state and government. >>> governor brown says the annual fee assures that property owners pay their fair of fire fighting costs. the fee is expected to generate $50 million this fiscal year and 200 million a year in the future. >>> researchers at sanford and uc berkeley are setting up a n

they're getting the money from stanford university. >> use the money smart. nd we want to be able to leverage it and perhaps multiply the impact of the contribution. >> the city is asking for suggestions from residents. stanford's first payment of almost $17 million, that'll come later this year. >>> the minloe park city council will consider a proposal to freeze the salaries of the cities police officers for two years. the union representing menlo park also agreed to other concessions to help the city with its budget deficit. the officers work schedule will be reduced by 100 hours per year. that's equivalent to a 4.8% pay cut. officers will also contribute 3% more toward their pension funds. >>> time now 5:18, a conservative group connected to carl robe are releasing a new ad campaign starting today. it's targeting five democratic senators up for reelection in 2012. the group is called cross roads gps. they're running ads that focus on bill nelson of florida, claire mccaskill of missouri, jon tester of montana, ben nelson of nebraska, and sherrod brown of ohi

. >> near stanford university homeless people parking here and sleeping in their cars most nights neighbors have been complaining to city hall barracks >> i wish city hall would prohibit them sleeping in their car. >> residents of this and other neighborhoods are causing a sensation at issue they are using bushes and trees as a bathroom. it seems to be more people sleeping and living in their vehicles more. it is a cat and mouse at the game with police next month if the city council agrees it could lead to a fine as high as a thousand dollars >> one of the reasons a baby, a bigger problem menlo park and redwood city already ban people sleeping in cars on this street. >> this is an artist rendition of what the park would look like on treasure island it would be right high-rises and retail space. the project has become bloated and unsustainable. cost of placing an ad on facebook is starting to rise they have increased over 74 percent than last year. big companies like coca-cola has switched to facebook then newspapers and television ads. american airlines and is expected to announce that ther

there's stanford university and all the way up to peninsula, a smooth drive in to san mateo.e look, our photographer erin is out there, northbound coming toward us with the headlights and a smooth flow into san francisco. we'll show you the approach. the maps look nice, no major delays coming toward the bay bridge or off of the golden gate bridge as well. so smooth flow here. the sensors picked out heading toward the toll plaza. the slowdown starts for the commute especially 580 westbound toward that dublin interchange. 17 minutes, that starts to build over the next half hour. >> thank you. new this morning the defense lawyer for the norway terror suspect says the whole case he is suggesting that his client is insane. the lawyer for anders breivik says his client claims to be part of an organization and that his attackses were necessary because he's in a state of war. breivik has confessed to last week's bombing and shooting but pleaded not guilty terrorism charges. he is accused of killing 76 people in the dual attacks, the number was lowered after the government said some o

stanford university is hosting the mood disorder education todday today.ou can find out about recent treatments and advances in stress and mood disorders and mental health professionals will give more information about seminars as well. they estimate that one in five americans suffers from mood disorders. >>> an east san jose church will offer thanks to its community with a day of festivities and health screenings. the church of christ will thank its congregation for continuous support and hospitality with a day of festivities at 10:00 this morning. free health screenings, food and entertainment and also a children's clothing drive. the day of service is part of the inc's giving project and is meant to help families and communities during challenging economic times. >>> for a century the china town ymca is serving the chinese community in areas of youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. to commemorate the 100-year milestone there will be a celebration at the chinatown y in san francisco. there is large swimming pool and resident rooms

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plans to bring together a crew that originally produced that film, for a small screening at stanford university. >>> and coming up, a bizarre burglary injures a well known quiz show host, leading to more questions than answers. >>> and this is excitement for the sea. the whale ending up in the river, live there tonight with the effort under way tonight to get her back to the ocean. coming up in just 90 seconds . >>> it is very hot out there. >> a helping hand on the way for hundreds of former muni workers, still without a job. the reputation they have that could help them finally land a job. >>> and the whale watch on today along the river, the reason the whale is circling aimlessly in a northern california river. >>> complete bay area coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 6:00. >>> good evening, i'm frank somerville. >>> friends and family are gathering regarding the nursing student who disappeared. the reason they're holding the vigil, even though the police are calling the case a

stanford university are testing some new fire fighting equipment at the jasper ridge biological reserve. they want to test fire retar dents and sue -- retardants and see how they work. it will start at 10:00 this morning and will continue through noon. >>> the talks to end the nfl lockout. todayly be meeting with a federal mediator in new york city. they are very close to a deal that would save this falls pro football season. the nfl season any way. they have called a special meeting for thursday. an agreement could be announced then. >>> time now is 6:17. and tara moriarty watching traffic for us this morning. and it's not all good is it? >> it's mostly good. that is the good news. we don't have too much backup on your bay area roadways and the metering lights are still not on. bad news somewhere a ladder in the roadway -- bad news we have a ladder in the roadway. right now let's take a look at 101 in san jose. still a little dark out there. sun is poking up there. on the right hand side there northbound traffic as you make your way toward the airport. and we have a look at 880 near th

he has been -- he has a degree in management from stanford, an ms from the university of central florida, and a degree in electrical engineering from the indian institute technology, bombay. he has authored numerous publications and has over 50 u.s. patents. >> thank you for organizing this panel discussion, and thank you, everybody, for graciously being here today. it is my great honor to introduce an incredibly distinguished panel of industrial luminaries. let me start with timothy, simon, and jeanette. tim is a professor at the stanford business school where he teaches a very popular class on this service via in fact, i have taken your class, and you bring in some incredible speakers and make it very

but a therapist at stanford university who had counselled the woman in this incident felt that davidy with. the camps had refused to go into this, refused to discipline him. he ended up going to medical school and then law school as a result of this with a clean record. and this woman, who was dying, felt that she needed to come forward, which she did. when we then went to wu, at first he refused to comment. then he hired a lawyer to harass our sources, threaten us with legal action, and i will never forget the morning the story ran, the phone call -- phone rang from one of charlie's predecessors in washington and it was 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. i thought that's it, wu is suing. and he said no, he's issued a statement acknowledging the whole thing and apologizing. >> i'm running against a hard break. charles, were you surprised that just days after your story appeared that congressman wu chose to resign? >> yeah, i was. i've been in washington covering congress and the white house for more than 20 years and i know the sort of normal arc of these kinds of stories is not quite as q

. >> robert howard grew up in palo alto, attended stanford university, ana maria attended cal poly.ir daughters both went to public school in palo alto. >> two suspects arrested in the beating of bryan stow head to court today. the two southern california men will answer to charges they severely injured the giants fan back in march. marla tellez is live outside san francisco general hospital where the news would be encouraging for the stow family i can imagine. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, the stow family, though, has not officially made a comment regarding the latest arrest just on thursday. the day of these ares stow's sister said they are not ready to comment yet. of course their focus is on brian who remains here at sf general in ser just condition. 29-year-old louie sanchez and 30-year-old marvin norwood will be arraigned in l.a. superior court at 8:30 this morning. the two face charges of mayhem, assault and battery for the march 31 attack that left stow with brain damage. the men are said to be good friends, both have children, and criminal histories that include d

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