that is not the case at uc santa barbara. l explain coming up after the break. >>> finally this morning there is something smelly happening on the uc santa barbara campus. when i say smelly, real funky, thanks to a flower in bloom there. this is a very stinky flower. it is called the titan arum, yeah, a huge perennial, i guess, some refer to it as the corpse flower. doesn't sound pleasant, does it? >> no. >> it is known for being extremely arrextreme ly aromatic. these are reach up to ten feet in height and very native to rain forests near the equator. not a real pleasant flower to look at either. >> maybe put some glass around it, contain that stench. >> do something like that i don't know why you would want to grow that, a perennial just funky, not in a good way. 11:27. have a great day. see you tomorrow. thanks for joining us. check us out online, nbcbayarea.com. [ woman ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten-free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors.

dollars. >> and the surgical training facility was one that we development and it's of it's kind in the uc >> speaker: and improved the education of our own trainee and is residents of san francisco but neighbors across the globe. must slow schedule a tal problems and injuries are the second largest burden in the world of healthcare. the least patients are seen in these developing world countries with poor resource many of these patients are los angeles wishing on wards. our course bring in surgeon and is teach them so they can spare these limb and is bring the patients back to a functional status where they can go back and provide for their families. >> the foundation also supported bay pack which, is an exiting and innovative program. this particular program works with the sector to pregnant woman and the treatment of woman so that for babies who are born free of virus. >> when i first walked into the office doctor coen told me i can have a natural birth and i didn't wrap my head around that. >> we know a woman with hiv if we do nothing her risk of passing the hiv to her baby is 25% with

i started off working at the hospital at the uc medicaid center working in patient transport and now i'm in public transport but i always rode the bus in the 60s. i walk until the bus catches up to you. anyway i don't want to go on but it's an honor to receive this ward and i'll say i'll continue to operate as safe as i can. i have no family my wife couldn't be here today but she'll see it on the internet later this evening >> you have a fan club here. >> yeah, i'm a nervous wreck. i want to thank muni for giving me my job. i recommend to everyone. my wife made it and she is with my grandson. and i want to thank my supervisor to push me the rest of the way to get here and david hill and billy gibson they've been supporters as well as denise green. i want to say i hope we don't have to repeat this again >> you thank you very much outstanding service (clapping). >> mr. reiskin. >> okay moving on a few things to update you on. first of all, the bike share launch it's thursday august 29th. a couple of weeks away we'll be taking part with the water addict on that day the location will soon

hunter of his second surgery at the uc davis surgery today. uffered multiple cuts through his head and arms. doctor is trying to figure out if the injuries can cause damages. >>> yesterday we saw temperatures above average across the board and today is a little cooler and we drop in below ages in places of mountain view and san jose. 94 degrees, that was 11 degrees above where we should be of this time of the year. as we head into thursday, we are going to cool a little bit more and saturday as the fog becomes a little more extensive each day. tomorrow morning, we are going to see the fog mainly south of the golden gate, the fog will extend to the livermore valley. south of golden gate it remains and the 10:00 hours we are still seeing some fog but that moves back to the coast by the afternoon. sunshine eventually out there tomorrow. the fog will linger a little long r and in the south bay we'll look at temperatures in 70s and 80s. 84 in santa clara and for the inland valleys we'll have upper 80s and fewer 90s and livermore and 91 out of antioc

if you have information call uc police. >>> the ground breaking of memorial underpass honoring an officer killed in the line of duty. the project is named after officer bradley moody who died in 2008. he lost control of his car on the way to an emergency. the new underpass will go under tran tracks to correct richmond to the marina bay community and the construction will take at least 18 months. moody was remembered today by his brother, james moody. >> on brad's last day, he saved lives. >> a man who got a life-saving lung transplant from officer moody was there as well along with 150 other people. >>> a major announcement rocked microsoft. still to come, what's going on with the man that is replacing bill gates. >>> and celebrity chef paula deen is off the hook. the law suite filed against her has been dropped. >>> it turns out it's pretty common. >>> common and dreaded. still ahead, the silicon valley company thabs studying the genetics of stretch marks and what researchers are hoping to find out. >>> the army psychiatrist was found guilty of the killing at fort hood. convicted of prem

the amount still to be determined concerning to the university. uc davis issued a statement saying although the agreement has not been completed, the university expects that in accordance with the board ratings john pike will receive financial compensation. an attorney who specializes in worker come claims but no stake in this one says the law is clear. >> we may not all agree with the underlying circumstances but under the law he is. he should get the benefits. >> but lee is outraged that a police officer can collect compensation for stress resulting from an incident that he created. >> i think it's wrong. i think we can't reward pike for hunting students. message we can't send. >> this is 7 news. >> more to come tonight. baseball commissioner bud selig calls this historic day. coming up. major league baseball expand the replay rules. reaction from local fans and players potential impact on american past time. >> cheating allegations against the defending champion of the america's cup. you will hear from the competitors on how this could affect the

forest service says so far the uc-berkeley lair of the bear is not in danger. >>> switching gears, the bay bridge will shut down in two days at 8:00 wednesday night and reopen the morning of september 3. so make sure you plan accordingly over the holiday weekend. kpix 5's cate caugiran is live in oakland with the latest on the bay bridge closure. cate. >> reporter: good afternoon, frank. caltrans just wrapped up a media briefing for the big day. they are telling us where we're going to go live, where we will be able to set up, because it doesn't matter if you are media or commuter on that day, it will be a mess navigating around that closure. in the meantime, we are counting down to the bridge closure and the opening of the new eastern span. caltrans and chp are both doing their best to get that. we're at as you mentioned wednesday at 8 p.m., the bay bridge will shut down for five days. i just spoke with the chp officer who says drivers should expect to see those rolling traffic breaks. that means chp cars driving across all lanes to slow down and redirect traffic on wednesday. another

african students and five out of six who were not receiving classes that they needed to be eligible for the uc so this was really the basis by which the policy was passed on. there are a few items on the ago ahead agenda that we wanted to speak to. one is haney's move to continue to expand classes that are eligible or feed into the a, to g, eligibility process. the other thing that we want to speak to in this particular item and we do have a number of questions that we did want to raise with respect to the proesal and we wanted to give the context and (inaudible) has been participating as a co-chair for the new task force and we have served in this capacity for a number of years. and the task force has really been charged with providing recommendations on how to best implement the policy. at the task force we have not had the opportunity to really vet through the proposal that is before you today. so over the summer we are going to spend the time looking through it and hopefully provide the recommendation and we do have a july meeting. some of the questions that we did want to have the board c

the post office singing protest songs and gathering signatures ahead of a march to the center on the uc-berkeley campus. organizers of the rally sayed commercial real estate company which has been given exclusive rights to sell off some 70 post offices across the country is after profits as the expense of the public. >> right now the mail volume is about 160 billion piece as year, which is about the same as it was in 1988, and when i started the postal service in 1975 it was lower than that. so it's a myth that the mail line has gone away. people depend on this service. this is a building with a lot of value, and in the downtown area. it means money. >> the postal service says it's being forced to close post offices not just because of a decrease but a downturn of the economy and government cutbacks. >>> boats and canoes, mccovey cove. what are they doing there? one idea an automaker is floating around the bay area this weekend. >>> also-d. i'm scott budman. you're used to this. check this out. um canning up, why the smashed up cars are getting the attention today. what it might mean fo

while these two men gave permission for the procedure uc davis cities it did not. >>> some 49er fans e really pumped up for the regular nfl season. in fact, some fans got sop excited they had to bring in extra security at last night's game. you kidding me? three rowdy fans tried to run on to the field during the fourth quarter. only one of the fans was successful though. but that forced the 49ers security team to bring in bike police who were outside the stadium to help with the efforts inside. now during the game collin kaepernick got the team off to a fast start. look at this touchdown pass. gave the 49ers a 10-0 lead after the first quarter. the niners extended their lead in the second. bell hawkins got pretty. took the kickoff. 105 yards. the 49ers would go on to win 44- 14. the oakland raiders are getting ready for their preseason finale thursday night in seattle. this is one last chance for terrell pryor to audition to win to the starting quarterback job. the two quarterbacks have been on really tough competition since the beginning of training ramp. >>> time is 5:26. that fire

equipment could have played a role in the crash of asiana airlines flight 214 last month and the crash of the ucs cargo plane in alabama last week. safety experts recommend pilot training focus on cockpit technology. the ntsb has not yet determined what caused the asiana or ups crash. >>> shut down the government. republicans have been campaigning in their home districts against obama care. back in washington 80 house republicans sent a letter to house speaker john boehner urging him not to push forward any spending bills that include funding for the health law. the fiscal year ends september 20th and new money must be approved by then. >>> this morning a ground breaking ceremony will be held in richmond for an under pass project named after a police officer. 29-year-old richmond police officer brad moody died on a rainy night back in 2008 when he lost control of his patrol car while responding to a call. several people who received donated organs for moody will attend this morning's ceremony. >>> oakland police say their latest crack down on local gangs is just the beginning. investigators serve

able to corral the kind of advocacy and make a very strong case with the city and of course with the uc regents who owned 55 laluna, former extension site and able to rally support to secure the facility and not at market rate housing but significantly below market rate housing and why this was such a milestone and as a supervisor i was very proud of doing that. the location of 55 laguna shared between two supervisorial districts but it was critical for me because i was noticing in other adjacent communities like the african-american community and the japantown community which is directly in the heart of parts of district five as well that it is a fast aging growing population and that when we were looking then at 2000 because this was before the 2010 census data mid-cycle census data the birth rates was telling us in many ways -- not just the two communities and african-american and lgbt but our sense about the lgbt community and many others that san francisco is ill prepared and deficient in their anticipation of what is jazzy collinses referenced in the baby boomer population that is

i'm ken jacobs, i'm the chair of the uc berkeley labor and education and one of the co-principle investigators for the simulation of market and is the primary model being used for projections in how health coverage will change in california as a result of the affordable care act and has been used by state, counties and covered california for their planning purposes. i was also a member of the universal health care council. >> is it possible to ask speakers to use the other podium and if i may ask you to maybe line up to your right, my left, my apology, thank you very much. >> no problem. >> so, it's helpful to put the health care security ordinance in context. when it was caoe aided in san francisco, we were in the midst of a downward trend in job base coverage in california and in the u.s. as a whole. the security ordinance along with the healthy san francisco partners was also preserved to help job base coverage in san francisco in the context of workers having greater access to public programs, a study found that as a result of the program, 29% of covered employers reported that they added

some examplings are the is that laid lock site, the potrero hill site, the uc campus, and several development projects coming down the line. the emphasis on transportation investments among all the different community benefits that we have to look at when we're dealing with these large projects. the emphasis on transportation investments related to these should and will increase. we intend to be mindful of our partnership that has been managed well by peter albert and ensure that projects contribute to system wide needs and the transportation sustainability program, but also on a case by case basis we intend to collaborate with developers to find creative meaningful solutions to neerkd transportation issues around these projects and in closing it's important to recognize that funding generated through the agreements are a critical but certainly an incomplete part of the picture and that is my prompt to turn it over to ed reiskin and talk about the larger transportation picture. >> thank you i have a quick question and then i will recognize president chiu and a number of these are with transit

number of african-american males graduating from oakland high schools ready for college, ready for the uc or csu system. over the last decade, 802. in that same time period, 787 african-american males were killed. >> only a difference of 25 people. >> almost the same exact number. in certain years, more killed than graduated college ready, other years the opposite. it was so close over the decade. it was a moment -- this has always been a story in the back of my mind. this is the time, i want to go into the schools, i want to be that entry point for our readers to see what it's like for these students to grow up in oakland, these african-american males. what their lives are like. and also chronicle what the district was trying to do. a somewhat radical approach to addressing the needs of african-american males. basically saying, we are going to create an office of african-american male achievement. a department in the school district specifically for one gender and one race. and we're going to create classes just for african-american males. and at the same time open a school that was made

this marks the very first time a woman has held that post in the uc system's 145-year history. politano served under president obama for more than four years. so far the president has not announced who he will be picking to replace nop politan know. >>> it's 4:50. new trouble at america's cup. the scandal that's shaking up the famed race. >>> we'll also tell you about the shot of a lifetime for new college freshman. this is the way to get it done. we'll let you know what he received for nailing that half-court shot. it's a beauty. >> look at the crowd. >> looking out here toward 880, a lot of activity. not quite so much celebration. but there are changes going on. we'll talk about that as well as an update for the tri-valley coming up. >>> welcome back everybody. how are you feeling on a tuesday morning as we give you a live look over san francisco. your beautiful bay bridge there. a little bit of traffic picking up on that upper deck, our man on the roads mike inouye will be along to fill you up in a matter of moments. it's 4:53 right now. >>> an international jury reconvening

selected to be the first female president of the uc system. recall that protesters interrupted her confirmation in july. there are concerns about her views on immigration and deportation, according to them. we have been following the saga at city college of san francisco for you on class action. there's a new twist this week. the city of san francisco is now standing up for its city college and suing to restore the school's academic standing. the largest city college in an ongoing battle with a commission that threatens to yank accreditation. he's asking a judge to block the commission from taking further action. the city attorney has filed a separate lawsuit against the board of governors of the california community colleges, saying they're the ones that should be judging accreditation and not handing the job over to another agency. the saga will continue from there. that's going to do it for us today. a quick note, see all of our "class action" stories the nbcbayarea.com/classaction. hope to hear from you seen. thanks for watching. good night

. >> hunter was rushed to the uc& davis trauma center where he had his first surgery sunday night. his mother says he will need skin grafts and several more surgies to repair his injuries. he wants to see both dogs put down. >> hope that young man recovers quickly and does very well. >>> a man is facing animal cruelty charges in fairfield after police say he deliberately drowned his father's dog in a city popped. investigators say brian cavanaugh repeatedly pushed the pitbull terrier under the water till it finally drowned. several people witnessed the disturbing act yesterday morning and police say cavanaugh admitted to doing it but says he doesn't know why he did it. two officers ended up recould have hearing it dog's remains using:1& a small boat. cavanaugh was on probation for assault with a deadly weapon. >>> a follow-up to a story we first brought you yesterday morning, a man is in jail, connected to the party van crash near the alpine road exit on interstate 280 sunday night. officers say they arrested 43-year-old jason quinones for felony dui, manslaughter around hit and r

the state capitol. when they reported being sexually assaulted uc berkeley officials did not investigate or punish the attacker. lawmakers agreed to audit uc berkeley and three other schools over the next several months. >>> england's largest human resources organization will change its guidelines following the death of an intern. while the cause of death has not been revealed 21-year-old morris collapsed and died at his london apartment after pulling three consecutive all nighters. british companies are allowed to set time and pay while some work over 100 hours a week. the airline faces an uncertain future if a merger does not happen. american had planned on teaming up with u.s. airways as part of the emergents from bankruptcy. both american and u.s. airways is fighting the justice department to allow them to join forces. >>> time is 4:46. let's go to sal. sal, you getting prepped and ready? >> yes, we are. the media on tours these days and i know it's getting close and by this time next week it's going to be closed. the bridges. we will be watching that for you. i think a lot of people are making plans for t

hunter was rushed to the uc davis trauma center where he had his first surgery sunday night. his mother says he will need skin grafts and several more surgeries to repair his injuries. she now wants to see both of those dogs put down. >> 4:35 right now. a followup to a story we first brought you yesterday morning. a man is in jail connected to the party van crash in the alpine road exit on 280 that happened sunday night. officers say they arrested 43-year-old jason quinones for felly man slaut i and hit-and-run. the only passenger in the fan died at the scene. oakland police say they could reveal the identity of a body found in solana county today. search crews found the body on friday in ville while searching for 50-year-old sandra coke who disappeared on august 4. her boyfriend, randy alana is considered a person of interest in her disappearance. >>> workers at the santa clara county courts will vote today on a potential three-day strike. the sciu represents about 9,000 court clerks. they're voting on whether to strike at the end of the month. about half of the workers vote

. >>> well, the family of the uc- santa cruz student killed at a camp near yosemite has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. this large oak tree came down at the popular summer camp tawonga on july 3. 21-year-old amyias rittenberg was killed and four other counselors injured. the lawsuit targets pg&e and various tree inspectors hired to look at the tree. the suit claims that they failed to warn the camp that it was at risk of falling. >>> it felt great knowing it was coming down. >> ariel castro is locked up for life and tonight his victims are free from his house of horrors. >> i'm ken bastida in san francisco. he was swimming off this pier two hours ago. is this really a great white shark? we'll have the story coming up. >> fire danger is on the increase to our north as close as ukiah and northern lake county. there's a red flag warning in effect with the chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. coming up in weather find out why that's good news here if you like sunshine and warmer weather. details next. >> and google launches its latest weapon in the smartphone wars. look at 'em. living on cloud

this saturday, students from the uc-davis school of veterinary medicine will be here to give each and one of these new horses a thorough physical examination. in brentwood, don ford, kpix 5. horror movie. >>> they're talking, too. you can find out more about these mini horses at our website, kpix.com. >> michelle you don't have a dog. i'm thinking a horse? >> maybe a mini horse? >> yeah, sure. >>> it's like a happy ending in a horror movie. a man literally came back from the dead. >> everybody started to tell me how it happened and, you know, that's when i started to understand, you know, a miracle happened. >> tony yahle's heart stopped in his sleep. the ohio man was rushed to the hospital. doctors tried for 45 minutes to revive him. he was then declared dead. then his 17-year-old son had a word with him. >> i pointed at him and i said, dad, you're not going to die today. and i stood there for about a few more seconds and i was about to walk back to, you know, comfort the family. >> well, that's when tony's heartbeat came back after five days in a coma. tony woke up and he said he fe

the uc- berkeley layer of the bear camp is ok. san jose city camp has had several tense destroyed. the fire spread to the edge of san francisco's camp mather but there was minimal damage. >>darya: stay up-to-date on the very latest with upcoming bay bridge kosher with our kron 4 news app. its new and improved jeffrey priest you can keep track of current traffic conditions and checked all live shots of traffic jams. download it today. kron4's jackie sizzle is live with an update. >>: thousands of commuter's attempt to scramble for alternatives to the bay bridge to get into san francisco especially from the east bay. it's been a crazy couple of months. we've had a bart strike a potential bart strike and ac transit strike. people have been looking for alternatives for the last couple of weeks and months and now this is happening over the labor day weekend. the five day closure of the bay bridge and ironically enough thousands of people are going to turn to bart as an alternative to get into this city. but take a look at some of the alternative specifically barred. they said they're go

the group is calling for an end to solitary confinement and claims of group punishment. more than 300 state prisoners have refused all food since july 8th. >>> ucis wants an image overhaul and is paying dearly to get one. louanne took over at a salary of $260,000. they reached out to the university of south carolina. they want to expand the number of students by 5,000. lawrence's salary is the highest for her position in the uc system. >>> still ahead at 6:00, old is meaning new. an internet pioneer makes a move into old media. >>> he calls it a nightmare, but others say it's justice. an emotional alex rodriguez speaks out on his major league suspension. >>> victims of medical ma malpractice are looking for justice in court. we'll look at the claims, next look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheer

so i think we want to do the right thing. >> carolyn tells us the uc davis teams plans to study labs and move on to other popular breeze. they hope to study the difference between the effects of spaying and neutering. >>> it appears alex rodriguez will be suspended tomorrow, likely through the end of the 2014 season. that's according to our sister network espn. they said the deliberations between i rod and commissioner bud selig broke down completely yesterday with selig telling officials he would know longer negotiate. they report as many at 12 players will be suspended tomorrow for their roles in the biogenesis scandal. >>> happening today a team from the peninsula on a quest for the little league world series will be back in action following wing over a team. they will face off today. a viewing party kicks off at 9:00 a.m.. t-shirts supporting the team will be on sale during the viewing party and proceeds will go to the team's travel cost. >>> a lot going on today across the bay area. how is the weather going to be? >> i think you will like it. it is starting off cool, but a very t

so i think we want to do the right thing. >> carolyn tells us the uc davis team is now planning to study labs and then move on to other popular breeze. they hope to study the difference between the effects of spaying and neutering. >>> it appears alex rodriguez will be suspended tomorrow, likely through the end of the 2014 season. that's according to our sister network espn. the report says deliberations between a-rod and commissioner bud selig broke down completely yesterday, with selig telling officials he would know longer negotiate. they report as many at 12 players will be suspended tomorrow for their roles in the biogenesis scandal. >>> happening today a team from the peninsula on a quest for the little league world series will be back in action following wing -- a victory over a team from arizona. the belmont redwood shores all-stars faces off against hawaii today. a viewing party kicks off at 9 9:00 this morning. t-shirts supporting the team will be on sale during the viewing party and proceeds will go to the team's travel cost. >> meteorologist frances dinglasan joins us now wit

operation that sent an amber alert victim free in idaho. >>> on a lighter note, who are the nicest drivers? researchers at ucy take a look. we'll have the answer and the car brands coming up in business and tech. >> looking forward to that. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is a live look at the first morning in weeks where you can see the sun at the bay over the coast. we have a good looking day shaping up. sunset at 8:04. final night before some kids head back to class. we'll take a look at your back to school forecast. >> low clouds here through san rafael. not a problem for drivers, at the limit south of petaluma. we're talking about to the rest of the bay where we have a good deal of slowing especially approaching the bridges coming up. >>> at 6:43, happening now, hayward city workers have officially gone on strike. workers walked off the job within the past hour claiming the city isn't treating them fairly. today in the bay's bob redell live in hayward with how it's affecting the community today. >> reporter: good morning, laura. in spite of the three-day strike that started within

>>reporter: despite no criminal charges the p uc is finding the limo operator 7500 dollars for allowinge passengers than seat belt. investigators say they will never know if those 2 extra passengers contributed to the failure of the rear suspension system. this is abc 7 news. >> well dramatic 911 calls made medley after the fire spread show the panic as victims tried to escape. pretty upsetting stuff we won't air parts of the recording because that would be too much for the victim family and want to respect them. here are edited portion of the call from survivor highway patrol officer and limousine drivrment listen. >> the get out get out get out i have a car fire limousine fully engulfed doors locked i can't get inside the car anything else for me to do. n no. i don't think there's anything we can do. hello0. yes. we have the fire department open the way can you tell me how many people are in the vehicle. i don't know ma'am i don't know i don't kno know. okay. i understand you don't know that's okay. oh, my god. we have people on the way. oh, >> how shaken he was. last voice heard was

especially here on campus. >> the uc chancellor sent a note to the campus community, posted it on the schools website. it says no active hate will be tolerated. schools not saying if there is enough information to lead to an arrest. >>> it seems city college of san francisco is not the only california community college with accreditation problems. according to the san francisco business times as many as 20 community colleges across the state could also be in trouble. the chancellor of community colleges in california talked about the problem yesterday. he did not name the other schools. city college is set to lose its accreditation next july because of fiscal mismanagement. >>> food service workers at oakland international airport are on strike. they are protesting what they call unfair labor practices. the workers have been in contract negotiations for the past year. they are demanding better pay in benefits. today's protest is part of a nation-wide labor movement. just yesterday several fast food workers went on strike joining others across the country. >>> time now 5:10. going at i

hunter is at the uc-davis trauma center where he will have surgery to repair the right side of his face. >>> a 21-year-old bryan cavanaugh is arrested for drowning his dad's pit bull in a fairfield pond. witnesses say cavanaugh carried the dog not pond then dunked her head under water. police say he admitted to drowning the dog. cavanaugh is being held right now without bail. >>> a calaveras county man is defending his 12-year-old son who is suspected of killing his younger sister. the boy pleaded not guilty last week in a juvenile court hearing. 8-year-old leila fowler was stabbed to death in april prompting an intense manhunt in the valley springs area but the fox later turned to her brother. the father says police have the wrong person. >> i was the first one in that house. i saw his demeanor. i've seen the way he carried the two weeks he was out after that. i don't think he did it. >> the boy is currently in a juvenile detention facility in placerville. >>> the father of san diego kidnap teen spoke with reporters after an emotional reunion with his daughter. >> the healing process w