. >>> if you can't keep up-to-date the news is our our website or.com. >> teachers unions in cal have been dealt a big plow. teacher tenure, protecting jobs through the state's tunne public schools has been ended. it's headed for an appeal, and it's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. a confident superior court judge decided that a state system of teacher turn hurts kids. the decision used in estimate 1% to 3% of teachers are ineffective, and in a huge state of california that means thousands of educators. since most of those ineffective teachers, the judge reasoned too much in low income schools, if you give them the job protection offered by tenure you're hurting poor and minority students. teacher tenure is an constitution, and it helped professionalize and depoliticize k through 12 education. fast forward 100 years, teacher's unions and tenure rules are not portrayed as helpful but road blocks. the tenure rules would not take investigate after the judge's ruling survives an appeal. but when something this big happens in california, it's news and likely will have an impac

, which is holding back the inner-city kids, the teachers union is all about the seniority abouttecting the teachers, and the kids suffer, too many black politicians are going with that. lou: president obama can be accused of a lot of things and democrat a lot of things but not they have out raised a lot of money,' republican so far in midterm election is that going to have an influence on outcome? >> we could never discount or underestimate power of money, and it is interesting now, now that elect after labor day begins a new phase. this is the crucial phase, i think president, if he will do something, in immigration, he will do it to time to the election, all about fall election now. i think that is all he will be talking beverything for him will be about senate, can he hold the senate? if he does not, the terrible time high had these two years will get worse. lou: is there anything that suggestions to you on the near horizon of likely evens that would be helpful to the president, democratic party before those midterm elections? >> i think if he were to be more attendant presen

the teachers union is all about the seniority, all about protecting the teachers. the kids are suffering and too many black politicians are going right along with that. >> president obama can be accused of a lot of things, the democrats accused of a lot of things, but they are not lacking when it comes to the ability to raise money. they have outraised, i think a lot of people will be surprised to hear this, they outraised the republicans so far in the midterm elections. is that going to have an influence on the outcome? >> we could never discount or underestimate the power of money. it's interesting, of course, now the election after labor day begins a new phase. this is the crucial phase. i think the president, if he's going to do something on immigration, will do it to time to the election. it is all about the fall election now. i think that's all he will be talking about, is everything for him now i think is going to be about the senate, can he hold the senate. because if he doesn't, i think the terrible time he's had these two years is about to get worse. >> i

the paycheck deduction. the union represents 60% of the teachers throughout the state. there were a good number of teachers who knew or who have never joined. what our campaign focused on was the teachers who had joined the wanted to leave. the union has fallen steadily over the last couple of years. they represent 60% of the cheap -- teachers now. >> hello. can any of you comment on the department of education and its role in this? basically that agency was created by a teachers union in a way. what role does the government play in promoting unions and making it harder for people to have choices? >> what happens a lot of time, the state level, the collective-bargaining laws are made. they stop the union from taking the money out of the paycheck. that is a great protection. then taxpayers aren't funding it. i think when it comes to the issue of unions and leaving unions, i don't know if it is as much as the department of education as what happens of the state legislature or the county level. those states where the decisions are being made. >> have you thought about assem

employment status the teachers get in less than two years, dismissal protections that the judges say make firing back teachers too difficult and the last-in, first-out policy. the teachers unions says it's flawed. the two big unions here in california confirm with us this week they plan to appeal that decision. the judge's ruling is not yet final. but if it stands, education experts say it will have a major impact. >> if this decision is upheld, if the appeals are upheld, the laws will be rewritten with regard to tenure and dismissal and layoffs. that will affect all teachers and all students in california. so it has a potentially tremendous effect. >> in the wake of the ruling, two similar lawsuits were filed in new york and more lawsuits are expected in other states as well. so this big story in california is now spreading across the country, too. so stay tuned for more. >>> now to reading, riding and scoring home runs in the classroom. it turns out that athletics and abcs can go hand in hand and is being played out through a unique program in san francisco that uses baseball to help kids read at grade level. and they're doing it up by mixing up the lineup, moving the classr

the judge sided with them, striking down statutes the teachers unions say are there to protect teachers. those include tenure, which is permanent employment status, the teachers now get in less than two years, dismiss sal productions that judge says firing teachers is made too difficult. >>> the teachers union say the decision is flawed and punishes all schools because of a few poorly run districts. the two big ones confirmed with us this week they plan to appeal that decision. the judge's ruling is not yet final. but if it stands, education experts say it'll have a major impact. >> if the decision is upheld, the appeals are upheld, the laws will be rewritten with regard to tenure and dismissal and layoffs. so it has a tremendous effect. >> in the wake of the ruling, two similar lawsuits filed in new york and more lawsuits expected in other states, as well. so this big story in california is now spreading across the country, too. stay tuned for more. now, to reading writing and scoring home runs in the classrooms. turns out athletics and abcs can go hand in handed and being played out i

the kids loose and put them back in the bobin factory. >> this is not about blaming teach ters. >> stephen: blaming teachers, sounds like you are, the teachers union't you. >> i am blaming the teacher's union because they are fighting attempts to change laws that are anachronistic. >> stephen: again, i don't -- >> outdated, antiquated. >> stephen: okay, that sounds good. >> so you know t it comes down to what your priorities are. and if public education is about kids, then every decision we make should be focused on the question of is this good for a child. and that should be the driving focus and the priority, when we decide where our policies should be and what our laws should be. (applause) >> stephen: they're going to clap -- >> what do they know. >> stephen: you are playing the good for child card. okay. is this based on children being able to get access to equal education? >> that's exactly right. there was a similar case in california. and the plaintiffs in that case won. and some of our plaintiffs the other night are happy to be here. >> stephen: you can mention t i will edited it out but you can mention it. the thing is aren't you opening

board reductions in samry to focusing on -- salary to focusing on the benefits. >> i agree the teachers union has to come to the table, there's no question about that, taking a step back, you mentioned the math, no one has shown the work of the math. >> true, because what i am wondering how can $2.6 billion is not enough to educate 170,000 kids? the math doesn't work, the reason is that only 45 crenlt of a dollar of every dollar goes to instruction. 14% of that budget goes to debt service. that because of years of financial mismanagement. there's structural issues in the school budget that is never talked about when we get to these groundhog day moments of the fiscal crisis. >> add this piece to it there's misstatements of saying the state -- actually the state is spending more now then they did a few years ago. people compare the obama stimulus money that was like womenning the lottery. if you won a ten thousand dollars prize you wouldn't say i bet you're going to use it every -- you're going to win it every year. thatthey used that to kick it cn down the road, that was a one-time stimulus m

the contract. >> reporter: from teacher, the loudest cry is over money, their union is demanding a 21% pay raise over the next three years. the the skyrocketing cost of living in the city has forced teachers to live outside san francisco and commute in. teachers say more time on the road means less time for students. >> they can't live here. when they spend their time on the road instead of with the kids, they have to get away to beat the traffic instead of volunteering for an afterschool club or activity, that damages the child and the school and damages the relationship. >> reporter: he says the 21% wage hike will take from other programs. >> we can't fulfill a 21% increase over three years without decimating the funding at school sites. and i don't think there's one teacher that wants to take money from the classroom. >> reporter: the school district is offering a lower 8.5% over three years. the mayor did not want to tell us what pay raise if any he thinks teachers should get. >> i'm not in the position to kind of offer my opinion about that. it would probably create more problems if i did. >

overwhelmingly 99 per cent of the teachers' union voted to approve the strike.aries. >>: jackie: there was a 21% increase in salary over the next three years. there can't be any strike until the impact process has been taken care of. it will be somewhere down the line for the bargaining section and september. they are expected to have a press conference this morning at 745 to explain what the plans are. >>: jackie: it's business as dues you will. they're monitoring the situation soon as we find out what's going on well pass it along to you. >>: do >> darya : we're learning more about the private plane that crashed in placerville the eldorado, sheriff's office said it happened around 7:00 saturday night. the faa is now investigating the cause of the crash. >>: northeast of los angeles this has been evacuated there is about 200 people from a campground and from recreational areas the fire started gaster date indicated above the up community ban dora. 400 a. have burned. >>: james: they've been losing about 23 billion gal. of water a year due to aging and broken pi

wants the rest to be filled by philadelphia teachers. >> the union leadership needs to come to the table to help students of philadelphia. they are one of only two schoolteacher unions in the and tire state that pays nothing to health care in this day and age in 2014. >> pft leadership says they're willing to save the district money on health care. they won't off details before the union president jerry jordon says teachers step up to the plate in ways big and small. >> every day during the course of the year teachers buy paper and other basic supplies for children. they spend thus sands of dollars out of their pockets. >> reporter: given all the uncertainty both rashing the cigarette tax and the teacher union concessions, it may not surprise you to learn superintendent hite is still considering some really drastic measures in this coming school year like a shorter school year or lots morty cher and staff layoffs. the deadline for that decision fast approaching. dawn? >> certainly frustrating for parents and students. thanks, bruce. >>> president obama is promising to help countries deal

the union. state.is a right to work but even a teacher who is a member of the union leadership didn't know they have the ability to leave their union until someone told them. that was stunning to us. hundreds of teachers that summer wrote letters saying "we want out," and at the end of the summer am a the teacher union member should decrease by over 800 teachers. that got us to thinking that if there is that many teachers in one school district, one small state, who want to leave their union but they just don't know that they can or when and how to do so, how many hundreds of thousands or even millions of union members around the country want to do the same thing? working with the association of american educators, we created what is called a national employee freedom week, a wiki dedicated to letting union members know about these freedoms. -- itvent is a big part runs from august 10 to august 15. i am pleased to say that 81 organizations -- we have grown since i gave you that organizations 81 have come together for the sole purpose of letting union members know that they have the ability union

professional teacher, your job is to develop wherever those kids come to you and develop to some higher level where they get to see the possibilities of their lives. >> recently the teachers' unions defending the notion of tenure were hand add big defeat in the california california court. and as interesting as that is, what's more interesting is who was lined up on the side of the young school girl who was the named petitioner, arnie duncan, speaks for the obama administration. if you believe what what you read. here is the secretary of education saying taking down teacher tenure in california, the largest single state administered system in the country, of course, because california is the largest state, that's a good thing. >> tenure is making sure a good teacher cannot be fired. tenure is due process. most states like mine in utah, after a probationary period, met expectations and had good evaluations, when you get to that level that says now you have tenure, it simply means if you are going to be fired, you get two things. you get to know why you are being fired. and if you believe you are being fired unfairly you get a chance to did he have phone called yourself in front of

the boys were getting informati about guns online. san francisco's school superintendent and mayor ed are cautiously optimistic a averting a teacher strike. but the district and the teachers union appeared to far apart yesterday as stud arrived for the first day oe new school year. the union wants a pay increase of 21 percent over three years. many teachers say the cost living in san francisco is forcing them to live outside the city ...far from their schools. dennis kelly, president, ue "then they spend their timen the road instead of spending their time with the kids (b that damages the child, that damages the school, and that damages the relationship." supt. richard carranza, sfu- -"we can't fulfill a 21% say increase over 3 years witho decimating the funding at sl sites. the school district is offe eight- point- five percent three years. both sides say we're still weeks away fromy possible strike. new this morning... israeli and palestinian negotiators have agreed to extend the latest gaza cease-fire by 24 hours. the announcement was made lt night by the head of the palestinian delagation, takg part in peace talks in egypo as of now... the cease-fires set to expire at two t

the number of people who cannot be dismissed, despite misconduct despite the fact that even the teacher unionattack on teachers. for the vast majority of teachers, it will make it a more professional -- >> is it an attack of the teachers union? >> it is an attack on certain aspects that are hurting students. i believe in unions but it doesn't mean unions are always right. >> it's a case where you think on tenure and dismissal, unions are wrong for fighting for that? >> we need better teachers we need to be able to reward teachers. you wouldn't go to a hospital or law firm where the doctors and lawyers were not retained on merit, where they all had tenure regardless of competence. parents feel the same about schools they send their childrens to. >> there's been a study the effect of kids in nontenured states. massachusetts tenured, mississippi not tenured. they do better in massachusetts, they do less well in mississippi. would you like to address that? >> sure. to again with mississippi spends a lot less money on education than massachusetts does. it's got an entirely different social backgro

push the policies that signed with the teachers union and the adults in the education system over the needs of the kids in particular poor kids who often times are black. >> host: it's interesting that the republican party particularly george w. bush's first-term they were trying to get more of the black vote and then katrina happened and they knew it wasn't going to happen and that the numbers were just -- >> guest: you have republicans here and there who are trying. paul ryan comes to mind and they suck their vote and in the past that people like jack kemp but those were all exceptions to the rule. i think that republicans still believe they can win without the black vote. i don't believe that racial animus is writing but the pragmatic group of time. but more than likely to go to where you're going to get a better return on your investment of time. republicans are starting to think that they need more latino voters and you see this big debate going on in the gop over how to do that outrage. there is no such debate going on among the republican party. they need black voters to win el

he says he is negotiating with the teacher's union asking them to make concessions and pay into their healthcare benefits. the two combined would make up the shortfall. hite if the tax passes and is implemented by october 1, he is expecting $49 million in tax revenue to help fund philadelphia schools. >> we have assurances from the house majority leader and from governor corbett and from the delegation that they will do everything possible to make sure that it is up, it's passed and they get it done as quickly as possible. >> hite says that $81 million shortfall is not filled, he will have to make drastic cuts including layoffs of up to 1,000 employees. >> we need a govern toor who wi stand up, do the right thing. >> this former gubernatorial candidate is holding corbett responsible for the lack of funding in all pennsylvania public schools. tom wolf released a statement saying, philadelphia schools should never have been placed in the place where they have to rely on cash advanced and cigarette taxes while facing massive layoffs and further program cuts. we caught up with the governo

for example, the teacher unions have voted for academic boycotts of israeli universities. the same teachers unions have never voted for or propose store discussed or debated of universities and countries with no academic freedom or no unions of teachers or anywhere else that passes unnoticed. we have seen recently the presbyterian church has voted to divest from companies with israel but to persecute questions? and then what goes hand in hand there is no serious interest in the fact that this case has been decided before the fax from the cold stone report about the last significant war in gaza and the foreign minister of sweden and the held the chairmanship of the chairman's seat -- chairmanship of the e.u. the very next morning he endorsed the goldstone report. it is 500 pages long of very small type. he had not read the goldstone report between the day before when it was issued and the morning he endorsed it in the day above all of europe. he was not going to read it he did not care what was in the report. it condemned israel so therefore automatically it had to be embrac

today the teachers union is airing out the teachers fears. fox 29's jennifer joyce live at philadelphia school district headquarters in spring garden, jenny? >> reporter: well, that's right, kerrey, the philadelphia federation of teachers members are invited here to school district headquarters at around 10:00 this morning to address concerns about the upcoming school year with pst president jerry jordan. while schools are scheduled to open on time, and without layoffs, the situation is not a good one. the financial issues have not been resolved, services for students have been slashed. transportation support has been eliminated for more than 7,000 students, and school police vacancies will not be filled, meaning fewer officers in elementary schools. the school district is banking on the approval and implement takes of a city-wide cigarette tax, and teacher union concessions by october or else. we could be looking at major layoffs this fall. governor corbett says teachers need to start contributing to their healthcare, pfts, jerry jordan says

jackie >>: jackie: that that of a teachers' strike it's kind of looming over the school year right now. last week the u.s. iff that's the teachers' unionrike vote to authorize. it was a 99% that the teachers approved the authorization. the negotiations have been going on with the services code unit for months. since february the school district says there has been 19 bargaining sessions but so far there has been no meeting of the minds between unions and the unified school district free until the unified school district asked tuesday to declare the impacts. there's been no bargaining sessions. it's all about sentence and salary right now. the union is asking for 21 and% increase over three years pre the lab >>: jackie: the good news is that because of this impact no- strike can happen until the impact process is over at this point. this morning at 745 the unified has held a press conference here to talk about what their plans are in the future. obviously a lot of people are excited about the first day of school. but right now is kind of hard to feel good about it because of the idea of the strike. obviously it's a story that's good dev

push the policies that signed with the teachers union and the adults in the education system over the needs of the kids in particular poor kids who often times are black. >> host: it's interesting that the republican party particularly george w. bush's first-term they were trying to get more of the black vote and then katrina happened and they knew it wasn't going to happen and that the numbers were just -- >> guest: you have republicans here and there who are trying. paul ryan comes to mind and they suck their vote and in the past that people like jack kemp but those were all exceptions to the rule. i think that republicans still believe they can win without the black vote. i don't believe that racial animus is writing but the pragmatic group of time. but more than likely to go to where you're going to get a better return on your investment of time. republicans are starting to think that they need more latino voters and you see this big debate going on in the gop over how to do that outrage. there is no such debate going on among the republican party. they need black voters to win el

the teachers union is asking for a 21% raise over three years. the district is offering 8.5%. s vote will not authorize a strike but allow the teachers to schedule a strike vote. >>> san francisco police say people canvassing the streets for donations to the boys & girls club are part of a scam. police are warning the public that these people are not from the organization. the crooks use the boys & girls club logo and official looking documents to solicit money. the president of the club says they never collect donations on the street. >>> family of a teenager killed when that asiana flight crashed at sfo is suing the city of san francisco. the 16-year-old girl was ejected from the plane as it crash-landed last summer. she was killed after getting run over by two fire department trucks. rescue cruise allegedly violated her constitutional rights by leaving her unconscious and in harm's way. >>> a nurse's strike at three bay area hospitals. today's one-day strike is at the queen of the valley medical center in napa and sutter tracy community hospital. nurses at watsonville commun

school officials made clear they also expect the teachers union to agree to benefit concessions to savehe diss track more money. >> if they don't the src will need to exercise its powers and act. that is not a threat. just a statement of fact. we will be forced to act. >> reporter: that could mean hundreds of layoffs come october. the union says it has put money saving offers on the table to no a veil so i asked president jerry jordan -- >> do you believe that your efforts to make concessions and save some money for the district have been ignore by school officials? >> yes. >> reporter: so students will go to school on time. but in schools ill equipped to serve their needs. said one frustrated proteste protesters -- >> we shouldn't have been standing here fighting autopsy every day giving messages we need our education. we shouldn't have to fit for it. it should be our right. >> reporter: governor corbett repeated his support for that cigarette tax and once again asked for teachers union concessions. so for now, schools will open on time. but with the next dooms day deadline now set for

the mayor read a children's book toe libraries part of an annual book festival the teachers union organizes and gave 2,000 books to first, second and third graders. >>> her family calls it a miracle. more than ten years after a little girl was swept away in awe tsunami, she has been reunited with her mom and dad. she was just 4 years old when a tsunami hit indonesia in 2004. she and her brother were holding on to a plank of wood with parents and children were washed away and her parents thought they had died. it turns out a fisherman found the girl on a remote island and been living with his family ever since. the parents say it gives them hope their son might also be alive too. >>> tourists are enjoying their hawaii an vacations after iselle rolled through. people on the big island were not is lucky and the storm shredded trees and destroyed homes and took down power lines. it could be days before some people get the lights back on and everybody is looking for hurricane julio expected to pass north of hawaii in a matter of hours. the surfers might be able to get out there. >> far enough of

the incident on staten island. >> a pretty unusual split as far as the new york union world is concerned. the big issue in the teacher's union separate from the police union. usually in the controversial issues they will maintain a low profile. >> do you think it's appropriate? >> in this instance, i would prefer that they not be involved. >> you see this is anti-police, this protest. >> it is anti-police. they certainly have a right to demonstrate, hopefully it will go peacefully. it's surprising to see the unique alliance. >> what are your thoughts on this particular case, people are familiar with the focus on ferguson, maybe they're not. man at staten island who died in police custody and placed in what appeared to be a chokehold or bard, chokeholds by new york city standards are outlawed. is that what happened? is it as simple as that or more to it. >> it has to go before the grand jury. there are lots of witnesses. the officers have an opportunity to speak themselves. something happened in the scrum, you might say. >> it was all on video. >> lot of it was on video. we need the testimony of the people who were ther

the teachers union released a statement. >>> new video today of a robbery and shooting outside a northeast philadelphia grocery store. investigators looking for the two suspects driving this white dodge caravan. they shot and robbed a man in the parking lot here as he was about to deposit $70,000 at the bank inside the store. the suspects waited for the victim for more than an hour. they shot him in the arm when he tried to fight back. the victim was taken to the hospital. he is in stable condition. >>> the operators of a nuclear power plant will meet with regulators over a potential security issue at the plant. they will have a closed door meeting with the nuclear regulatory commission on september 18th. the company is expected to fight the nrc's claim that there's a potential security risk at the plant. the nrc is not revealing exactly what that problem is. it says the meeting will give the company a chance to shed more light on the issue. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, is this the most dangerous intersection in america? a road in our area getting national attention tonight. the allega

boser. >> guest: i think the debate over teacher tenure is, and the roll of teacher unions has been a lot in the headlines recently. i think that the teachers unions play an incredibly important role in making sure the nation has a strong middle class, but win we look at successful schools, they are schools that have brought people together and i mention toledo. it's so powerful. that's a school system where management and labor came together, where teachers and administrators came together, to really focus on improving teacher practice, and thinking about what is going to be best for students, and i think that is ultimately the way of the future. that's ultimately what is going to work in schools. in. >> host: our last call to one of the teachers, karen is waiting in texas. good morning, karen. >> caller: good morning. i was calling with a -- a comment regarding what i believe your guest speaker from rand said regarding money following the students, and what actually happens is the money isary marked to to state and the state earmarks the money show to district. i taught for nine yea

are the teachers unions to blame? [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, you'd have, like, a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um" or "no comment." then there's esurance. born online, raised by technology and majors in efficiency. so whatever they save, . . insurance for the modern world. now backed by allstate. click or call. it can help your business save money. false. the truth is when you compare our fastest internet to the fastest dsl from the phone company, comcast business gives you more for your money. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. >>> well, get ready to see your pulse rate rise because a new report says a cost of racing your child is rising. nearly 150,000 bucks per child. it's 2% of the cost well, today, 18% and that does not include college.

called the coalition for democratic values the woke up to having jesse jackson protesting the teachers' unions who were out complaining because we were for charter schools. the uaw was leaf letting somebody members of congress they didn't want to have a ticket because we were for nafta and we got through it all and that the and we had done two things. outlined a political philosophy which the of the mob responsibility and community input into the lexicon national service, welfare reform, and debt growth strategy based on fiscal discipline investment with people with technology and trade and reinventing government. the fourth part was the market test because i'd like the parliamentary system you don't decide what you stand for you stand for what the president stands for so bill clinton resigns and went in and become the chapter and verse how we won that will give you three or four days the you might not know about that are significant. one is july 14, 1987, the day clinton decided not to run in 1988. that is a big deal because he may have been elected but the survey would not have worked with t

teachers out there as we can. >> say you win. what do you want to happen? >> so, the remedy is in the legislature. the legislature is very influenced by the teacher's uniont's what's brought us to this moment. people are trying to change these laws. so, the hope is even more than just winning this case. we have the change public opinion around these issues and on the general public, they absolutely think -- needs to go. that the seniority rules where seniority is the sole factor in determining whether or not a teacher gets laid off, if layoffs have to happen. people understand these laws are from a different era and they need to go. and we need to educate people on the national level in order to put pressure on these legislatures to do the right thing. >> if you win in court and get a court order, it's going to force the legislature to do something, presumably with the governor and political actors to redo the teacher's contact, so tenure is a lot less restrictive. >> not only tenure, but also the dismissal protections that the judge in california found to be not just due process because everyone obviously is entitled to due process, but this sort of ube

the teachers union votes tonight on whether to authorize a strike vote. s not mean a strike will happen. the teachers are asking for a 21% raise over three years. the district is offering 8.5%. >>> about one million san jose water company customers are about to see their bills jump. today the public utilities commission approved a long delayed rate hike. monthly bills will go up about 15% through the end of the year. the extra money, we're told, will pay for infrastructure upgrades. >>> we are all getting the call to conserve in this drought, but one bay area homeowner is getting fined for her good deed. on the consumerwatch, julie watts on the turf war with her homeowners association. >> reporter: fran paxton was trying to be a good citizen when she decided to replace her lawn with this drought- resistant landscaping. >> it's a variety of mint. it stays close to the ground. it takes a very little water. it is green all year round. >> reporter: and she says this newly planned mint will fill in giving the appearance of grass. the water district was happy. i

the teachers union is asking for a 21% raise over three years. the district is offering 8.5%. tonight's vote won't authorize a strike but allow the teachers to schedule a strike vote. >>> $7.5 billion water bond measure will be on the upcoming november ballot in california. the state senate and assembly passed it yesterday. governor jerry brown signed it last night. the ballot measure is a scaled- down version of a previous water bond plan. the money would mostly go towards new reservoir construction and other water storage projects. >>> 4:33. if you look at the week ahead and the weekend it looks perfect. >> it does. it looks like back to normal in the bay area. the monsoonal clouds are gone for now and it looks like we are going to see some sunshine on the way. we have some patchy morning fog and drizzle at the coastline. low clouds and fog sweeping onshore some of that into the bay area as well but i think as we head throughout the day that is going to peel back to the coastline and what a day we have as high pressure begins to build overhead. temperatures going to start to