there was the berkeley barb and the free press there was the east village in new york and there's a paper the fifth estate in detroit and ironically for me and for matt because we went to michigan state the first campus newspaper was called the paper and it was in east lancing. towards the end of 1966 these papers started sprouting up in every region of the country and by the end of the '60s you had literally hundreds maybe 4 or 500 in every city every campus and community with readership that stretched into the millions combined. people sometimes ask how i got interested in the topic. i just got out of my dissertation and i used these newspapers as a source material and i was interested in trying to understand, you know, how it was that the '60s rebellion happened and to me it's perplexing that so many young people in the late 60s became so intensely radical that, you know, to the point where they not only thought that, you know, united states is not -- is not that the country is moving in a wrong direction but rather that it needs to be completely reformed. that there's something rotten

the lawyer for the uc berkeley grads hopes if the court finds his clients guilty they will be sentenced to time already served and released. again, they should find out their fate sometime this coming week. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee is still mum on whether he will run for mayor in the next election. when lee was appointed back in january to finish out gavin newsom's term, you might remember lee said when it was over he wanted to return to his job as city administrator and not run for mayor again. fast forward f eight months and it seems lee might just be changing his mind. kris sanchez received some insight from larry gerston. >> san francisco politics always a fun story to watch. now will interim mayor ed lee run or will he not? larry gerston has the answer. he said he didn't want the job full-time when he took the interim position when gavin newsom went to sacramento. what are the perks for him if he decides to run now? >> well, you know, he may be the man of the moment. that may sound rather dramatic, but san francisco is looking for a mayor, of course several members of the boa

he was teaching at the university of california, berkeley. >> your gallery celebrated the 50th anniversaryf continuous operation. you are a pioneer in introducing the work and representing him. >> i have represented him since 1966. i was not in business until 1961. he made a big deal out of working in clay. the things he was doing was something never seen before. >> it is a large scale bronze. it has been sitting here of the hall of justice since 1971. talk about what happens to the work of art out of the elements. >> the arts commission commissioned the piece. they did not set aside money for repair. it has slowly changed color. it was black. it has been restored. >> it has been restored to the original patina. >> there was no damage done to its. i do not think there were any holes made in it. they have been working on it for six or eight weeks. it is practically ready to go. i am very excited to see it done. >> over the course of the arts in richmond program, we have added almost 800 works of art into the public space. maintaining that is not something that the bond funds allow us to do.

they approved the measure last month sponsored by a assembly person from berkeley. they believe the death penalty costs too much. they argue that california has spent $4 billion on 13 executions since reinstating the death penalty in 1978. if it becomes law they would close down san quentin's death row. >> governor jerry brown will unveil a tax proposal he says had l create jobs by changing the tax formulas. los angeles times reports the plan would add new sales tax exemptions for companies that manufacture products and hire people here in california. the new corporate tax plan is being proposed less than a week after california's unemployment rate went back up to 12%. governor brown needs to gain support from at least two republicans in each house to get the plan passed into law. 6:15 and mike is here with a look at forecast, mist and drizzle you have to drive through? >> there is a lot of it. the mist and drizzle will then we'll start to see it dry. clouds will be more stubborn as how quickly they filled the east bay valleys. as we look into the east from vollmer p

reaction to news that the two uc berkeley hikers are sentenced to eight years in an iranian prison. >>> the battle is almost underway. the 49ers face off against the oakland raiders. >>> and as the country's economic woes take its toll on the youngest residents. >>> good evening. heather holmes is off tonight. >> and i'm ken wayne. >> we are on early to bring you the 49ers versus the raiders preseason game. we follow news in oakland where a two-year-old child has been struck by a bullet. police say it happened at mcarthur avenue. the child's mother took the toddler to the hospital. the two-year-old may have been sitting in a car at the time of the shooting. we have a team on the way to the scene and on the way to the hospital. we'll bring you later on in the newscast. >>> there was a stinging setback in the effort to free two uc berkeley students in iran. we have more on the sentenced imposed on the hikers that could keep them behind bars >> reporter: they are often referred to as the uc berkeley graduates who were hiking and were seized. one of the three hikers has been released but

. >> family and trends of the berkeley grad are waiting the verdict in their trial that conclude one week ago. he said he hopes the verdict will lead to the release of shane and josh. they have been held on spy charges now for more than two years. the two say they accidentally crossed while hiking at a rock along with their friend who was freed last year. as soon as we have any update we will bring it to you. >>> americans may be on edge tonight as the u.s. faces it's first ever credit downgrade by a key ratings agency. it's unclear how the downgrade will effect the government and ordinary citizens. some experts expect higher interest rates if investors decide to sell off u.s. treasuries. they blamed the broken political system and the nation's fiscal plan but says the news shouldn't come as a surprise. >> we've been writing about this since 2005. we have been clear in our analysis and where the concerns are. i don't think anyone can be taken by surprise by the action that we took. >> the u.s. can regain the triple a rating but say it will take time. republican presidential candidate

free press to the berkeley all the way through the revolution and the advent of the books, the democratization of the 60's culture through the media is explored and offers some insight into the development of the contemporary movement of social change. please join us in welcoming john mcmillan. [applause] >> thank you so much. thanks everyone for coming out. i'm happy to be here. it's nice to see friendly faces and old friends. i never managed to live in san francisco but i visited here for an extended period and almost every time i've been in, i made it a point of coming to city flights so it's nice to be here in this capacity. i appreciate it. originally my plan was to sort of read the first four or five pages of this book and have a more lively and open discussion. i decided not to do that. i did an event like this last week in atlanta and one thing is to actually read the type i have to hold the book about this close to my face and see what looks awkward. i don't know if it is just my eye is deteriorating because i'm getting older or masturbation. laughter cut plan going to try to do inste

. >> the uc-berkeley grabs a big turn of the event. state television and are ron is saying that they have each have been served eight years. they were later charged with espionage. shroud was released earlier this year. pittsburgh three people are dead with one person missing with a flash flood. a woman was killed and her two children. rescue's used boats to help stranded drivers. rescue workers-used inflatable boats. overall, with 4 in. of rain fall and three different storms. >> a much different story here at walnut creek. hazy let us find out what the day is going to look like from the janu. >> good morning. >> good morning. a live look from our overcast bridge. currently, oakland is looking at 57 degrees, 63, 65 and and 59. 53 right now in redwood city. 50s in san jose. 55 in fairfield. it is going to be a gorgeous and day in the south bay. cupertino, 70's and santa clara, 80s expected and morgan hill. inland, more 80s popping up. concord, antioch. 77 in martinez. 70's for martinez and a bit cooler on the east bay shore. f 68 expec

. >> the berkeley graduates were sentenced to eight years will appeal. the lawyer representing them says he was officially notified of the sentence yesterday. earlier this month, an iranian court convicted the two americans on charges of spying and illegally entering the country. bauer and fattal were arrested in 2009 near the border. they released sarah shourd in september on $500,000 bail for health reasons. the families released statement that shane and josh are innocent. we appeal to the authorities in iran to show compassion and allow them to return home without delay. >>> good news out of san mateo this morning. car thefts have dropped thanks in part because officers are putting more thieves in jail. peninsula police claim car thefts have dropped 25% since 2008 and they are targeting professional car thieves and breaking up car theft rings. police have better and faster computers allowing them to run an unlimited number of plates. officers add more than 80% of stolen vehicles are eventually recovered. >> it's 4:38. driving this morning, it was cloud

the uc berkeley graduates imprisoned learn their prison sentences overnight. a person is killed in richmond in a hit-and-run. what was discovered near the scene that may be tied to the investigation. and after a week of dramatic swings, why more volatility is expected on wall street in the week ahead. >>> good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, august 20th. thank you for waking up with us. let's go to rosemary for a look at the weekend forecast. rosemary. >> good morning to you! a similar start to the day, but for the afternoon our highs are expected to slip once again. we have a trough right off our coastline that is bringing in a little bit of a thicker marine layer this morning. clouds and fog, even a little drizzle along the coastline this morning. and for the afternoon, temperatures will fall once again from 3 to 6 degrees. we'll look at what we can expect coming up in just a few moments. >>> we have breaking news this morning. just about 30 minutes ago, we learned that two uc berkeley graduates still detained in iran have each been sentence

. >> this was the project for the berkeley art museum. it was -- this is from william wiley's retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. >> it is not just a bookstore. it is a store. can you talk us through some of your favorites? >> these are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. >> these pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. >> we do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. they are probably not for prime time. >> you sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. >> let's go. >> before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. what are we standing in front of? >> this is william wiley, only one earth. this is a print edition. there

the two uc berkeley graduates who spent the last two years in a notoriously severe prison in iran are facing eight more years in iran tonight. monty francis has reaction from their friends at uc berkeley, first, nbc's ali arusi has the latest from iran. >> reporter: the sentences were announced by iran's state run media. shane bauer and josh fattal each received eight years. the two and their friend sarah shourd were arrested two years ago along the iran/iraq border. they denied they were spies. sarah shourd was released on bail last september. >> this could be the final -- >> she recently spoke with lester holt expressing hopes that her friends would soon be released. >> reporter: before today's sentencing, many thought bauer and fatale would be freed with time served. now friends were concerned about the toll a long prison term would take. the case is highlighted differences among the ruling elite in iran. while the judiciary has taken a hardline, it was only two weeks ago, that iran's foreign minister said he hoped bauer and fatale would be free. after the sentences were announced

and for the afternoon high 85 expected santa rosa. 72 berkeley. 73 for oakland. inland east bay low 90s. 92 expected pleasanton. 73 in san mateo. 60s for the coast. extended forecast notice the drop off is tomorrow. for the second half of the business week we do bump temperatures back up. we will sitting in the mid to upper 80s for the weekend along the valley stretch and our coastal sections wide-spread low 60s. pam. >>> happening now a local monument honoring the world's biggest humanitarians is moving another step closer to completion. three pieces of remember them champions of humanity are being moved from the berkeley sound reach to their permanent home behind oakland's fox theater. take a look at the live pictures. it will be a amazing monument. this is happening right now. it will be the largest bronze monument in the west. it was created by an oakland artist and honors 25 humanitarians. >>> 4:41. the tenth anniversary of the sr. 9/11 terrorist attacks is days away. >>> a serious case of medical negligence in taiwan. how several people were exposed to hiv.

even though classes don't begin until next week, crime fighting around the berkeley campus is back in action tonight. the uc police department and the berkeley police department are teaming up once again tonight to crack down on violent crime in berkeley's south side neighborhood. neighbors, students and campus officials urged both police departments to bring back the pilot program for a second year. both campus and city officials agree, the joint pa tropicatrol positive change. they hope to reduce violent crime. >>> it's up to the governor now, a bill sent to jerry brown's desk today would require people who get paid to gather signatures for ballot initiatives to wear badges letting you know they're paid solicitors. supporters say voters deserve disclosure. opponents say the move would hurt the system of democracy by making it harder to collect signatures. the governor hasn't taken a public position yet on the bill. >>> well, it's a beautiful day outside, and jeff ranieri is enjoying every moment of it. he's live in woodside at the mansion. >> reporter: yes, it's a pretty amazing --

from interstate 80 it will slow at the berkeley curves. 're coming out of the days you will be hitting slow traffic at the 24 and 580 interchange. the back of begins as you hit the toll plaza. of the other bridges all looked good. or let's take a look at the ride. although right side of your screen that is the westbound drive. an easy commute as you head towards foster city. with golden gate bridge ride is good as well. traffic is moving smoothly. the drive time reached about 38-39 minutes but that is improving. it is time for a check on weather. >> we will show you where the bright spots are in the forecast. use all the fog at the golden gate button in san francisco we see some sunshine breaking through. things are shaping up, we see fairly good conditions in walnut creek., this is 680 as it snakes through the san ramon valley. we are starting to get the warming into the fog breaking the in the east bay and south bay locations. a couple of temperatures, antioch are right around 84 with sunny skies. concord, mostly sunny and 79 in livermore

our center, the berkeley center of law. so you know one of our basic tenant system that community and law enforcement need to work together. it's sometimes different for folks not used to working together. sometimes our partners have told us. it's helpful to have an outside agency come and serve as a catalyst to serve the folks on the ground. the chief talked about the juvenile strategy. we have worked with john tores and the san francisco police department and other organizations, as the chief talked about. those who are most at risk. those are 18 to 24 years old. those are folks out of custody and were called in to receive the message that the violence must stop and it's community services giving the same message together with amount of service providers in the room. and again, the partnerships are really the key to that. one thing we have seen in the adult colin strategy. they have worked in a way they weren't doing before in term was co-case and coordinating. >> are you telling us, the call-in program, as it relates to

it is backed up to the berkeley curve. on the san mateo bridge, we are a problem free but it is heavy on the span and on the approach. the golden gate bridge ride 101 southbound, still in the fault and is still heavy traffic. her hot hike >> and temperatures are much cooler today. 60s along the coast, '70s and '80s inland. there is a slight chance of a pop of thunderstorms. right now the moisture is a well to the north. we're still going to keep that chance. about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. your highs today are warming into the upper 80s, los gatos and morgan hill, 88. 82 for santa clara and we will stay at about 73 in mountain view. >> sodalities other 56 right now. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. -- and the dow is up 56 right now. jim-from jujuy >> how water is not safe to drink without being boiled and pescadero. >> that means we can open our restaurant because the water has not been tested, it could be contaminated. even though we have a wall of water it cannot be drunk unless it is bo

the bay. san francisco and even out towards richmond, oakland and berkeley at last check. here is a look at the forecast story. it will be cooler than yesterday. for tomorrow, cool coast, warm temperatures inland ant weekend will gradually warm things up but not much. here is a look at the current numbers. san francisco, 62 degrees. we had some 70s to report up in santa rosa, fairfield, concord and livermore. san jose reporting 72 degrees. here is the source of the cooldown or one of the sources. the fog bank here. not much of a recovery. still patchy fog. temperatures on the cool side. skies becoming partly sunny and inland neighborhoods, clearing sides and temperatures on the warm side. here is an update on hurricane irene. category 3 with winds at 115 miles per hour moving to the north - northwest at 13. here is the convenient track. potentially approaching as a category 3. this track could change but that's the latest coming out of the hurricane center. our forecast for today, the clouds coming back to near the short line but still some leftover patches this afternoon f

>>> right now at 5:00, the two uc berkeley graduates that have been detained in iran for the last two years have learned their fate. how the judge ruled. >>> san jose state students are arrive i arriving for the fall semester. >>> and why napa may soon be known for more than its wine. the news at 5:00 starts right now 37. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer. two uc berkeley graduates being held in iran for two years finally learned their fwat today. the judge sentenced shane bauer and josh if a tall to eight years in prison in iran. they were hiking when they crossed the border. there is still the possibility the two could be released in the next ten days. >> an iranian court handed down a heavy sentence to josh and shane today. five years for espionage, three years for illegally entering the country. a total of eight years, they've already spent two years in prison and that may be north carolina knocked off their sentence ppt big question now is whether they'll be pardoned by the end of the month of ramadan, in ten days time. traditionally in iran, prisoners are freed as a good will hu

from the berkeley hills moon coming up there and looking great. a couple patches of fog along the way and more beginning to surge back on shore tomorrow. tomorrow looking fantastic. we are going to see a lot of sunshine. patchy fog out toward the coastline. cool there, but not bad at all. temperatures right now running in the 50s and low 60s inland. we have changes in the works. as it looks like a trough of low pressure going to make its way towards the bay area. we have cooler air coming our direction. temperatures are going to drop a little further, but comfortable toward the afternoon. after morning fog gives way to sunshine, we are looking good. temperature wise, we are looking at 80s. about 77 in san jose. 75 degrees in palo alto. east bay temperatures, some of the warmest. 87 degrees in antioch. some 60s in toward berkly. 70 degrees in oakland. breezy toward the afternoon. 50s and 60s toward the coastline along the north coast. temperature wise, very nice under mostly sunny skies. mostly sunny, temperatures in the 70s around parts of the nort

brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: iran's foreign minister is giving his support the uc berkeley hikers held for more than two years. he says he hopes that a final court verdict will lead to the release of shape bauer and josh fattal. he is the highest ranking iranian official to speak out on their behalf. the final hearing was held last sunday and the court was expected to announce their verdict within one week. >>> the man who calls himself the spam king has been indicted by a federal grand jury. the 40-year-old sanford wallace is accused of sending more than 27 million spam messages to facesbook users. he faces charged outlined in the indictment filed in san jose. if convicted he faces more than 40 years in prison. >>> a o'will go mist group lighter is boycotting his sentencing hearing in texas. warren jeffs walked out on his sentencing in protest and is being held in another courtroom while the hearing continues. jeffs had been acting as his own lawyer but a standby counsel was ordered to sit in for him. he faces up to 119 years in prison after being convicted on two counts o

there was the berkeley barb in the free press, the east village in new york, there's a paper called theh estate in detroit and then ironically for me and we went to michigan state the first campus based newspaper was in lansing, michigan. but towards the end of 1966 the papers started spreading quickly in every single pocket and region of the country and by the end of the 60's we have hundreds me before or 500 newspapers and every city from every campus, every community with the readership that stressed into the millions combined. people sometimes ask how i got interested in the topic. this grew out of my dissertation of columbia. at first i was using these underground newspapers as a source material and i was interested in trying to understand how it was that the 60's rebellion happened and to me it is perplexing that so many young people in the late 60's became so intensely radical that, you know, to the point that they not only thought that the united states, now the country is not living in the wrong direction but rather that needs to be reformed at the core of american society and

that's zachary runningwolf he was among the tree-sitters of berkeley a few years ago. he has been a mainstay in dozens of protests in the bay area throughout the years. today police released a list of names of arrestees from monday night's protest. among them, some other notable names. gabriel myers of oakland. he was arrested in connection with the 2005 g8 protest during which a san francisco police officer was seriously injured. a cop car was set on fire. two years ago, in april 2009, gabriel myers pleaded guilty for throwing paint on dorothy dugger during a bart board meeting. he was sentenced to 30 days in jail. the ages of those arrested range from 17 to 56. most serious charge was against 27-year-old ryan ragle. he was busted for possession of an incendiary device a felony. police say he lit it up on market street during the protest. [ screaming ] >> reporter: the guy who assaulted cbs 5 photographer rick villaroman, he is not on the list. he got away before police could arrest him. most of those on the list were given citations and let go. >> the guys that we hav

other things feed into it, too, like my wife and i have been trying to build this house in the berkeley hills for about 5 years so all of that also kind of feeds into the play even though it may not surface in the way the characters are building a house, but it may be something about money that comes up in the play but actually was drawn from our financial struggles trying to build this house in the berkley hills. but it also sort of shows you how real life intrudes into your work and how we either can listen to it and put it into it or try to ignore it. i usually choose to sort of put everything that's going on around me in the world when i'm reading what i find intellectually curious into the work, no matter what the story is. >> so let's turn our attention a little bit to these characters you have created, 9, i think, characters, all very extremely different from different backgrounds. you spoke just now about wanting to find an authentic voice for each of them and working from the inside out. so how do you go about creating specific voices for a jewish russian character by way of yo

the morning. we are live in berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >> right now 6:36. want to go back over to sal for a look at the commute. how does it look? >> looking a little bit better. in fact, we do have a little bit of friday light action going on today. or nonaction if you will. by knowers have 237 that is slow but it's not just yet. hopefully it will stay this way. maybe it will get slower later. right now it's good near interstate 880. that's where the camera is here. bay bridge toll plaza is also light. there is a little bit of a backup in those metering lights are on. this mornings commute on the caldecott tunnel was effected by this earlier crash this morning westbound 24 just outside the tunnel there were also a couple other crashes. a couple noninjury crashes in the back up. one of them being a hit and run. so right now the caldecott tunnel is open. but we still may see slowing traffic because of the earlier crash. at 6:37 i want to remind you that ktvu morning news team has a facebook page. go there and we have behind the scene pictures. some things yo

the country with the little girl, so they are regularly watching the airports looking for the pair, live, berkeley, channel 2 action news. >>> developing news right now, substantial fire is burning, flames breaking out at about 2:30 this afternoon near the lake in napa county near knoxville road. live now, pictures from news chopper 2. cal fire is responding right now, saying the smoky fire has consumed about 100 acres but they say it is not threatening any structures right now. reporting now, very hot and dry there. 96 degrees and 14% humidity with gusts of about 16 miles per hour may be blowing smoke towards the northeast, as well as interstate 505. we'll of course bring you many more details on this fire, happening right now near the lake in napa county, all the details tonight on the 10:00 news. >>> and a car wash and barbecue held in oakland today to raise money for the family of the three-year-old boy killed by gunfire in oakland on monday. >> our baby. >> organizers hope their show of support will help carlos' nava's family and send the message that violence is not wanted on the street. >>