reporting live at uc berkeley, christie smith. >> new this morning right near the uc berkeley campus an unusually high number of alcohol poisoning cases as the fall semester at cal gets ready to start. the cases are reported at different locations overnight including bancroft way and ellsworth street. they are treating at least a dozen people most of them women as christie just mentioned school starts tomorrow at uc berkeley. >>> we're following developing news in san jose where crime scene tape and flashing lights are becoming a very familiar scene on the city street. a deadly stabbing last night on story road marks the 31st killing in the city this year. and as you can see from these red dots on the map there it's the seventh homicide city wide in just the past eight days. now this violent surge in crime is prompting calls for back up. stephanie chuang has a look with how the city is planning to crack down on the crime. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. the crackdown on this crime may require some outside help. police chief chris moore telling us he could be calling the

if the uc-berkeley police would let us know, that will be great. they are not saying much. >> darya: so we do not know if the to the driver into custody or who the driver was maybe this is something they will tell us through out because we will keep testing--checking in with you for the details. >> erica: we have another cloudy day no doubt about that. as a result we are having problems with visibility. we are having problems with the arriving flights at sf international. now looks like we have mid- 50s waking up in san carlos. we have 56 in livermore. checking out your extended forecast we may lose a couple of degrees. we will continue with a cool done and we have to change to talk about as the stock the next work week i have details coming up. >> george: here is your quick commute no major problems so hot spots and for the east bay everything looks pretty good so far. it is still mostly light for the south bay peninsula and the north bay riots. >> darya: the recent crime search continues in san jose. just last night person was stabbed to death in

. >>> that breaking news from near the uc berkeley campus. a car crash has resulted in a gas leak. >> amy hollyfield is there with the latest. >> reporter: take a look at college avenue behind me you can see it is shutdown. if you look closely you can see the crashed car. this started about 2:56 this morning. triggered a gas leak. uc officials decided to evacuate putnam hall on college avenue. all students have been accounted for. they did move the students out, just in case. pg&e has been able to turn the gas off. we asked the police officers about the driver if he survived, if the driver is okay? they told us yes he did survive that's all they would tell us. police still here, still working on the case deep inside the police tape. we are still waiting to get a few more details about what happened. the basics, sound like things are okay and under control at uc berkeley. students have been evacuated, accounted for, okay inconvenient midweek on campus for them to go through this in the middle of the night. but they've been moved to a safe locat

said it is make sure of the city parks are claimed >>> and thousands of new students show up at the uc- berkeley campus the move and for student housing began yesterday and continues this afternoon a thousand students will live in university housing this year platt classes' at berkeley begin next thursday >>> another day searching for missing boy at yosemite and where these search is focused. keeping the dream of home ownership live in east bay people line that to buy in one bay area community. >>> on monday every year bay area parents fight to get their kids and good schools >>> we had been assigned nine of the 14 schools we listed >>> we look at 1 school districts frustrating admissions policy and how some parents beat the sys >>> search continues and yosemite for a 6 year-old boy swept away in merced river it's near the vernal falls footbridge where two boys drowned on wednesday. more than a dozen park workers watch a mile-long stretch of the river where they believe the boy's body might be stuck there on a hike with their mother when they were swept away the mother was injured trying to save

. >>> that breaking news from berkeley where a gas leak remains under investigation at the edge of the uc berkeley campus. a car jumped a curb, hit a gasline and came to rest in front of a building in front of the student dorms. >> amy hollyfield has been on the scene since 4:30 this morning. those students who had to be evacuated, are they back yet? >> reporter: they are. they are back inside, a little shakey after all of this has happen. some tell me they think it is going to be hard to fall back asleep. i'm standing where it happened. you can see now happened, there's the tire park -- tire marks where the car jumped the curb then headed straight for the dorm. that's where there was a gas meter, sheared off the top of it, causing all kinds of concerns here for officials. came to rest at putnam hall didn't crash into it. officials were worried enough to evacuate the whole building. here's a shot of the car before it was toed away. it crashed at college and ch ning, before 3:00 in the -- college and ch anning, some were -- officials did decide to evacuate as a precaution they wanted to ch

a car has gone off the road and into a dorm at the uc berkeley campus. the driver has been detained? >> reporter: yeah. they are still trying to figure out what went wrong and that's why the driver was detained. but not arrested. i was briefed by uc police and a much calmer scene out here right now. we're on college avenue right near channing. it it was around 2:56 this morning and a driver jumped the curb and lost control and crashed into the building. this is putnam hall, a dorm. students start school tomorrow. the dorm was filled with people. someone hit the fire alarm and the students evacuated. everyone got out okay. but that driver actually hit a gas meter outside and fractured the gasoline. there was a gas leak for some time but i spoke with pg and e and they told me that was capped within about 20 to 30 minutes so the latest we have here is that those students that were evacuated and brought to another hall here near uc berkeley are actually being allowed back in at this hour. everyone is accounted for. everyone is okay. and we asked if perhaps dr

association of administration personnel, where she is a board member, the selection committee for the uc berkeley incentive awards program, and advisory board member for the san francisco chapter of the young nonprofit professionals network. [applause] it is an extended break a family that has provided several awarding a opportunities that have contributed to prove professional development. i wanted to personally thank her for working with our public school students. [applause] >> thank you, everyone, definitely to the key minutes before -- definitely to the committee for honoring me this evening. i am an immigrant from the philippines. i came here when i was 7. i have been honored to live here in the bay area, pushing higher education. first of all, sorry if i did not say thank you to everyone. but i would not be here if it was not for the support of my current supervisors, who have supported everything that i have wanted to do in terms of grants for our program, and i was very excited we were all able to accomplishment and it is doing well. also, this award would not have been possible this eve

the building celebration the >>> uc berkeley police investigating the theft of thousands worth of electronics 29 ipads were stolen from the lawrence hall of science, android tablet and headphones also stolen between june 15th and august 10th, total more than 13,000. >>> former second that -- former secretary of state condoleeza rice will talk to the republican national convention tonight after mitt romney's wife spoke last night. she stumped for her husband again this morning she reflected on a trip to puerto rico speaking to a latino republican group. >> a peak into a culture and vibrancy and energy, a passion that i saw from that little island that that is really what represents the best of america. >> president obama left colorado for virginia today. the president will speak at the university of virginia that state will wrap up a four day swing to college towns aimed at reaching younger voters. mark matthews will be reporting live from the convention in tampa all week. for updates you can follow him on twitter or our facebook page. we'll be streaming live news coverage of today's republica

understand the rules. >> reporter: berkeley firefighters also say overnight they got a dozen calls in the south campus area, some alcohol related, and classes don't even start until tomorrow at uc, berkeley. students say they had rush week and sometimes it's the new students who test the limits. >> at my parents' house, i'm gone, i can do anything. >> reporter: uc, berkeley, police say they will step up outreach and contact any loud parties so the rules are clear. >> i have noticed there was a ton of parties, just by driving through. but it's my fifth year here, so i'm kind of over everything and i want to get out. >> reporter: now, one berkeley firefighter i spoke with said that they're often among the first responders for these type of calls so they're reminding young people to use common sense when it comes to alcohol. as for the dorm, we're told the students are back in pretty much back to normal except at least for part of the day, no heat, no hot water. reporting live at uc, berkeley, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> this one is a deadly and growing trend. seven homicides in just eight days. city of san jose now facing a surge in crime and with police investigating

we're following near the uc berkeley campus. a car has gone off the road and into a dormitory. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. several streets blocked off here around uc berkeley. we're standing on college right near channing way. we're about a block away from the scene. a driver lost control and even slammed into the building and hit a gas meter around 2:56 this morning according to one dispatcher i spoke with. the building there that's being impacted is putnam hall. this is a dormitory and all of the students have been evacuated and now at another building. everyone okay. we did see pg and e coming on scene as well as a tow truck out here this morning. we don't smell gas. in fact, the gas may have already been shut off. i've spoken with a couple of students who say they weren't being allowed back into their building. i'm also told the driver did survive this. so, it looks like the scene pretty much under control. again, all the student accounted for and okay. we can see firefighters on scene. we're awaiting for a spokesperson to come and update us but that is the situ

the uc berkeley police sergeant says the fire alarms in the building alerted students to the leak. >> it was a wonderful process. that way the evacuation started immediately. >> the fire alarm went off. that was really scary. it was scary coming down the scares dare dash coming down the -- it was scary coming down the stairs. >> reporter: uc berkeley police say the driver of that car that crashed this morning was the chain for questioning. they are not releasing names. i do have calls in to see if that driver will be facing charges in connection with the crash. students are back in their dorm rooms after what was obviously a very event -- a very eventful morning. live this morning in berkeley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> berkeley police say this summer they've had four armed robberies lanked -- linked to craigslist ads. they said each time the buyer was to bring cash. the seller turned out to be a robber each time. >>> the coast guard cutter has arrived on the scene of a search on the san francisco bay. the search started 60 miles southwest of the golden gate

. >>> students descended on to the campus of uc berkeley today for the first day of new school year. students are returning with the very real possibility of more beehives. >> uc berkeley on this first day of class. >> i feel like a fish now, like a big pawn out here. >> it's kind of exciting. >> it's kind of a drag. >> state planning has dropped by 40%. tuition and fees have almost doubled since 2005 more than $12,800 a year. >> first of all, the entire higher educational system in california would be much healthier, and we would have significantly lower tuitions for our students and students would be graduating with lower debt. >> administrators at uc berkeley so far have managed to weather the storm financially through cost cutting, tuition increases and healthy donation fund but is riding now on proposition 30 governor jerry brown's to increase tax sgls the students over all of california in proposition 30 fails, it will be a very dark day. >> and that dark day administrators say could mean tuition rising to more than $14,000 a year. >> we -- we really do need additional financing

a study found that muslim students still isolated on campus the uc- berkeley and also felt that jewish students still threatens. to his leader's not they say that's a misconception. >>> we know many jews including myself and many others to believe that criticizing israel is not offensive there is anti- semitism that this is not its. so the study actually provides a remedy for something that is not there. he wants to see these fads come down much room left for a spot full political speech. >>> the american freedom defense initiative did not return any e-mail's asking for comments sf the ncaa's using the $3,800 from that group and donating it to the human rights commission. kristen there's cbs five. it didn't stay long three bay area attorneys have now filed a first lawsuit against chevron they claim the oil giant was grossly negligent in the late handled makes misleading at to last week's fire at its richmond refinery in that suit was filed on behalf of nine richmond residents including three children who say they have suffered illness emotional distress and other hardships because of t

orientation monday and classes next thursday. >> bringing back memories of your first day on the uc berkeley campus? >> and yours. >> to a degree. i think it was much later in my day. september. we started in october. >> they keep getting earlier. >> glad i got out when did. >> some districts have started. we'll check in with mike. [ talking over each other ] >>> doppler showing what is going on. cloud cover out there, organized wet weather to the east. a lot of mist because the clouds are lower to the ground. a little more moisture, half mile visibility at half moon bay 3/4 in santa rosa. area of low pressure remember how it pulled away from the coast yesterday, now it is coming back that's why we have the deeper marine layer. 7:00 with mainly cloudy conditions outside of the east bay valleys. clouds over the next hour or so, by 7:00, they should be into your neighborhoods. 50s and 60s there. noon, temperatures in the 50s, near 60 an coast. 4:00 in the afternoon check out temperatures, 60s along the coast into san francisco, 70s bay, 80s inland. next three days, multi-layers of clouds going

while that was going on police were trying to investigate the crash and the housing department here at uc berkeley was evacuating all students. it was a very active night here at uc berkeley. the police officer estimates it was a couple hundred students who evacuated. he was busy with the crash so he's not sure. i asked was it dozens, hundreds? he said probably a couple hundred. he said the evacuation was orderly. they got the students to other halls and dorms because it is a little chilly out. they had -- now they are being told they are being allowed back in. as for the driver the captain at the police department told me he fled the scene, but then came back, turned himself in they are now talking to him, trying to figure out who he is? and trying to figure out what happened? amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> two huge wildfires continue to burn out of control in far northern california. 79 squire mile fire called the chips fire threatened 900 homes in the national forest, 3500 homes if lie in the path of the ponderosa fire along the shasta tehama county line. it has claimed 50 buildings, including

supervisor chu: i came to the area to pursue a master's degree in public policy at the uc- berkeley school. ever since then, i fell in love with what a wonderful area the bay area is. >> what motivated your interest in politics? supervisor chu: to be frank, i never saw myself in an elected position at all. i had grown up in southern california, and during the first day of the los angeles riots, my parents had their cars stolen at gunpoint. they were left out and had to pay someone $100 to get back to chinatown. it really influenced me. we had a restaurant at the time, and at the time, we were always worried, watching the news, to see whether or not the restaurant would be looted, whether or not it would go up in fire. that was something that was a big concern and worry for my family at the time. i remember thinking even at that age how important it was to consider what the economics were in communities, whether people had or felt that they had opportunities or did not have opportunities, and what role it was that government played in those outcomes. that is what really put me on the path t

the uc berkeley bomb squad was called in. dozens of people were ordered to leave their homes. explosive experts say nothing dangerous was found inside the truck. everyone was allowed back inside their homes after two hours. >>> time now is 4:32. in a few hours volunteers will begin another search for sierra lamar. they will meet at morgan hill elementary school at # this morning. that is despite the arrest of her suspected killer. meantime attorneys for suspect antolin garcia torres he did not appear in court. later this month he is expected to enter a plea. >>> a pg&e engineer says he warned his supervisors the companies gas transmission line records were inaccurate but nothing was done about it. the testimony came in a deposition yesterday for hundreds of lawsuits filed following the deadly 2010 san bruno explosion. attorneys are trying to prove that pg&e knew the gas transmission posed a threat to public safety. >>> voters will decide whether or not to help contra costa counties largest fire department. the board of supervisors voted yesterday to place $75 a year parcel tax

. >> investigators say someone stole 29 ipad before the start of the uc-berkeley school year. police told the daily count that electronics will most likely campus property. last month officers tracked down 39 campus computers stolen. >> breaking news out of europe right now, dutch media is reporting that a passenger plane as possibly been hijacked on route from spain to amsterdam. according to the defense ministry the plane was escorted to the city's main airport by two f-16 fighter jets and a local media website reports that the plan is feeling. no further details but we will continue to watch mtv updates. stock futures are mixed ahead of today's opening bell >> a few moments ago knows what repercussions that is having on wall street. >> time will tell, they are mixed right now. it was a light trading day for overseas markets this morning. the nikkei gained half a percent wild and sen lost a fraction. wall street stocks ended flat on a mixed economic news. nasdaq gained almost 4 points. investors hope to find out what the federal reserve bank plans to do about the sluggish eco

say the they of more than 2 dozen ipads on the uc berkeleyside job. 29 were stolen on monday. campus police are also investigating the thefts of an android tabbette and 39 computers. those computers have been -- tablets and 39 computers. those computers have been recovered. >>> firefighters say it be? had concern about toxins. >> reporter: a fire crew is finishing up here. they will p to rove me. but out -- but outside, nearby, about 50%, 50% survived, and they found the-- >> i did a walk around to see -- i was seeing flames, green, blue, purple and that told me that we had different things burning than different products. we came out that madep it there were no injuries out here an arsonp ten. back out here live you can see a lot of runoff. we're just told the city is done testing the. it reporting live in san jose, so lane, rahn blow. >>> 8:49. a new book about the -- a new -- lorraine blanco. >>> 8:49. a new book about osama bin laden that says that osama bin laden was looking out his door when he was shot contradicts it another account --

the cold. a car forced them out into channing on berkeley. sal, you know all the details, so what happened. >>> dave this is a car crash near the uc berkeley campus. you can see the air to marks that were left here in the dirt and this car then slammed into a gas line rupturing it. it sent gas leaking into the air and this entire dorm building had to be evacuated. everything started at 2:45 this morning. they manually activated the alarms and several hundred students made their way out of the building for more than an hour. some students said they heard screeching and then the building shook. but we spoke to a sergeant who said this was an orderly evacuation. >> the fire alarm went on and it was scary because we had to be evacuated. we were running down here and we could smell the gas and it was just like right there. >> uc berkeley police have been detain had but police don't have a sense of why he lost control in the first place. >> reporter: this particular gas leak will remain shut off as pg&e continues to do repair work to again repair this gas line ruptured in a car crash early this morning. live this morning in berkeley, alex savage ktvu c

[ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> good morning. this morning uc berkeleyrating one of the most dramatic races in olympics history. former cal swimmer nathan adrian -- wins the gold. that adrian's first individual gold. he joins the last american to win the event in 1988. here's your medal count. china and the u.s. neck-and-neck in total medals, china still leads the way in the gold. >>> she famous for turning letters on wheel of fortune this morning she will be in oakland helping turn around a community at the recreation center this morning as part of the rebuilding together program. it is a joint effort between wheel of fortune and maxwell house to help revitalize neighborhoods. she will talk about the money raised and help plant a garden. >>> nation's hot new new we are couple is a member of the kennedy clan and pop store. taylor swift and conner kennedy are apparently dating he is the son of robert kennedy jr. in an interview his grandmother denies she helped hook the couple up. she says the kennedys would be lucky to have the pop tar in the family. >>>

apparently we do not have a corner of cheney and dana here at berkeley the car that you see slammed into cut man, that is the fix story dormitory on the uc- berkeley campus. as i said, we are not putting much in the lee of details but we do know that this six story building was evacuated about an hour and half or so. it is a uc-berkeley campus the police are not saying much of anything. i can tell you about 15 minutes ago and told truck came into the area and pull the car out of the building itself and towed away. the students that were in the dormitory were allowed back into the area of the gas had been turned off had been turned off a while ago. pg&e are still out here on the scene obviously they're checking to make sure that everything is fine. i am saying that we are getting almost no details from anyone involved in this as soon as to get more information will pass along. >> mark: so you are trying to find about any injuries and as far as the condition of the driver of the vehicle. >> reporter: yes that would be it, but as of this point they are getting no information. >> mark: we will check back in with you. >> darya: and other deve

investigators say someone stole 29 ipad before the start of the uc-berkeley school year. lice told the daily cal fed these electronics were most likely campus property. last month officers track down 39 campus computers stolen. another error has been found in the wording of measure b, a ballot proposition. it says the parcel tax would be collected for 15 years between 2013-2029 but if you do the math that it does not add up so they quickly changed the date. previously the summary had two more words than the 75 word limit. a taxpayers association is threatening legal action because changes were made after the deadline. >> republican convention chaos. >> why a group of delegates -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my one-bedroom apartment. the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed. we're coming up on 50 employees and delive

you see investigators are searching for 29 ipad that were stolen from the uc-berkeley campus, the school newspaper reports the missing i-pass cost more than $13,000. also missing is an android tablet, diane and new headphones. police were able to track down some of the stolen items on craig's list. >> right now we are taking a live look and mississippi in the wake of a tropical storm isaac, even though isaac was downgraded today, it is still packing a punch with heavy rains, and gusty winds. parts of southeast louisiana are under water because of the storm surge and rain. dozens of people that did not take evacuation orders seriously had to end up being rescued. at least one death has been reported after a man fell from a tree that he climbed into during the storm. 700,000 people are without power tonight. roberta gonzales is keeping an eye on isaac now. >> we were talking about this just a few minutes ago, it does not matter if it is not a hurricane, it is a tropical storm and it is devastating because it has slowed down even more so, it is wobbling out of the northwest at 5 m.p.h., alm

we met politicfy co founder on the uc-berkeley campus where the site is being run by students. >> we were really frustrated with the criteria people were using to assess political candidates. they were looking at the way they looked, their moral positions, things that really had nothing to do with what they would actually end up doing in office. >> reporter: hop on the site and it will show you which candidate is best financially for your community. manhattan? that's romney. san francisco, obama. you can also enter your own information and see which candidate will be best for your pocketbook. >> we thought that dollars was a good start, because it shows your net -- your relationship with government in the sense that the net transfer of resources between your household and this entity. >> reporter: if you're still on the fence, you may also want to try allsides.com, based in san francisco, all sides gives you news from all sides. you can check opinions from the left, right and center, and it also gives you a way to rate what's important to you before you make a decision. >> we need to

. >>> campus police investigate a bold and sad theft of electronics at uc berkeley. what the thieves got away with and why this is not the first time something like this happened. >>> san jose firefighters are still on the scene of an overnight fire that had them watching closely for dangerous chemicals. why hazmat had to be on scene out here. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. couple companies visiting the new york and the nasdaq exchange this morning. that is con med celebrating good financial quarter there on the nasdaq. overnight news not great. concerns about spain asking for and needing financial aid from the euro zone. investors may be waiting until friday. that is when we hear from ben bernanke. there is a lot of hope. >>> we'll go ahead and smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. >>> developing news in san jose. a hazmat team right now is at the scene of a huge early morning fire. this one started at a garden supply store. firefighters say they had con

to dorm rooms airily to morning after a suspected drunk driver broke a natural gas line near the uc berkeley campus. it happened near putnam hall and channing way and college avenue just before 3 a&m. the car ruptured a gas line connected to the dorm and students evacuated as a precaution. the driver initially fled the scene but returned later and was arrested. >>> some health news. new study finds that older men are more likely to have a child who suffers from autism or schizophrenia. that is true of 30% of autism cases they studied. the findings have long been suspected but this is is the first time the risk has been quantified. the study was carried out by decode genetics. >>> a new study shows that you can learn things by watching legally blondes it elle woods. >> neither type of offer or neither type of wrap is is on sale. b, neither type of jazz or either. >> new research finds simply studying for the elsat exam like she did in the movie can make you smarter even if you never plan to attend law school. preparing for the law school admission test actually changes the microscopic structu

john is live on the campus of uc berkeley with a look at what is behind the phenomenon. >> reporter: that is the cal women's soccer team finishing up a workout. they are finishing up a successful olympic campaign for uc berkeley. members of the california women's swim team worked out today with one of their coaches. their head coach is leading the u.s. women in london. >> whether it is seeing new freshman come in and make an olympic team before they get here or veterans going and doing incredible things in london, we are proud of them. >> swimmers have taken seven of california's nine medals so far. nathan iowa adrian and jada won gold. >> i know how hard they have worked and you know, having been a part of their journey, it's amazing to see them doing so well on the world stage. >> nathan is a real great guy. awesome to see him win gold, because he's such a nice guy. >> yesterday, kara from clayton was part of the four women team that took the bronze. at the california rowing club in oakland, the former world champion talked about working. >> she brings every physical aspect and she

alex morgan, the former uc berkeley soccer star work the assist of carli lloyd. carli lloyd scored both goals for the americans. they beat japan. some sweet redemption for team usa. if you recall, just last year japan beat the americans in the world cup final. this time in the olympic final, it is team usa. >> it feels so great. we got it back. we've snatched our dream back and we're so happy right now. we're on top of the world. >> alex morgan snatching the dream back. so very positive day for team usa in terms of water polo and soccer. we also have a business story in london. i'm showing you this cup of starbucks coffee. it is not a shameless plug. it is a way of life here in london. a little insight. it is an amazing assignment to come here to cover the olympics but it is a tiring assignment. 3,000 of us nbc employees are here. approximately 3,000. we're all working 14 to 15-hour days. with that said, let's show you inside our nbc commissary here in our london newsroom. meals are served 24 hours a day. a lot of us are here on different time zones. and in the c

we're hearing that the driver may have been detained. uc- berkeley police is the lead agency on this. they are not providing much about the accident and now we know that no one inside of the building was hurt. as i said dozens of the students were evacuated for about two hours from about 3:00 a.m. until about 5:00 this morning. >> mark: we will update you in a plant on an advocate expect it happened. >> darya: we now have the 31st murder of the year that happened just last night. heyman was stabbed to death and a safeway grocery store. will tran is live there outside the store with the details on what happened. >> will: we walked inside of the store just a few minutes ago. it happened right there in the heart of the store right next to the cash registers. it was only a few feet away from where people checkout. there were customers inside when the murder took place. here's the information that we got from last night there was a phone call given to authorities saying that there was a man injured in time of the store. the paramedics came and they realiz

the group occupied the tract of land owned by uc-berkeley for 22 days in april and may. otesters plant their own crops on two acres of land used by the college of natural resources for research. the protest was meant to pressure the university into protecting the land from commercial development. uc-berkeley sued the protesters last spring for trespassing. >>> today marks ten years since the worst fire in recent memory in sanyo say. flames ripped through a construction site at the santana row shopping center on august 19, 2002. 221 firefighters battled the 11-alarm fire. which displaced 34 families. the fire loss was approximately $19 million. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, showdown at state capital. why your taxes could soon go up. what you can do about it just ahead. >>> plus, cuffed and heading to court. how clowning around led to an arrest after a break-in at steve jobs' house. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredie

the crash suffered a gas line and forced evacuations. first day of class for a son of a serious alcohol- related incident at uc-berkeley while a car driven into a dorm nobody was hurt this time the police say it's a more mundane emergency call that has been consigned to uc berkeley tells cbs 5 there have been 11 alcohol overdoses this month there'll name for reports in august the year ago. the waves part of that culture is party and that alcohol is involved in party so is an issue for us every year. that's a big part of the message. >>> sr. 7 matthew helps run party say if a project educating students about the dangers of collagen game. >>> you can god and have fun. risky things that went on as well. and just be saved. the folks at party safe say what drinking in college is what a long-held tradition and by the way not just here uc-berkeley they've noticed a disturbing trend in recent years in the old days it was mostly beer and cheap wine. now students seem to be drinking a lot more shots of the hard rock hall faster than the body can handle them. and once they get drunk they really drunk. talk to folks on campus there seems to be an ag

the highest income. >>> new tonight at work. a new study from uc berkeley, shows people hired through staffing agencies, are twice as likely to live in poverty as other employees. jody hernandez joins us in richmond this evening and shows some of the new research. >> researchers call it a troubling trend, this richmond job center, like many centers across the bay area, provide support and services to folks who are looking for work, but it seems many folks are now settling for temporary positions. a new study suggests temporary workers may be getting shortchanged. >> it's really tough not knowing from day to day what's going to happen. >> heather mekosh loves her jobs, working at an east bay pharmaceutical company. the only problem, she's been working there as a temp for more than two years. >> as a temporary employee, you don't have any benefits so i'm scrambling for medical health coverage and i don't get any paid time off. >> she's by no means alone. a new study by uc berkeley's labor center finds that the number of temporary workers in california is on t

it's generating enough controversy as the company itself. >> tucked into the berkeley hills and oasis of greenery is uc berkeley's botanical garden. varieties of plants spread over 34 acres set far away from controversy. when the architect created an art installation here from glass tubes, he no idea they would end up lightning rods in a sparring match. >> the inspiration was a material was glass rods. >> worry fremont-based solyndra went bankrupt, they left glass tubes in the san jose warehouse. they figured they would be perfect for an art installation in the natural discourse exhibit. >> we thought this could be an excellent vehicle for the light and sound and air. >> his piece inspired discourse and republicans and conservative groups seized on the connection of the obama administration's $535 million loan to solyndra. >> there was a politician who put out a press release, calling it the most expensive ever made. >> i would prefer not to have controversy regarding the garden and it's a pc place without controversy. >> the director of the botanical garden takes a practical view of the rhetoric. >> t

. >>> new details this noon time about the driver who slammed into a uc berkeley dorm this morning. he is now facing charges of dui and hit and run. the crash happened just before 3:00 a.m. at the corner of college avenue and channing way. police say the car severed a gas line and that students preparing for the first day of school today were evacuated from all eight floors of the building. they say the driver left the scene but that his father who is the registered owner of the car came to the scene and said his son would be returning soon. >> when the son came back, the officers contacted him and brought him into the station, we did some field sobriety it testing and also interviewed him and subsequently arrested him for suspicion of drunk driving and also for hit and run. >> police identified the driver as 22 year old douglas perez who is a uc berkeley student. they capped the leak by 3:30 and students were allowed back in the dorm. >>> not just cal, but many students are heading back-to- school and that's why governor jerry brown was at a middle school in san francisco to take pa

. >> into a party at of the first day of classes at uc-berkeley. several calls to treatments for all poisoning but the topper was a car that slammed into a dorm building on campus. >> the day before school started with a bang, a 22 year-old student to drove his car into a dormitory after being under the influence. >> this is a college environment and within that environment, unfortunately part of that culture is parties and all is involved in partying. so it is an issue every year. >> matthew anzac are freshmen at uc-berkeley and without having started one day of class they already know about the drinking culture. >> i feel like it is bit of a tradition of people come to college and feel they need to have a drink. but it is more of a personal thing. >> personally i really cannot do anything, i do not smoke or drink. but i speak to people and everyone tells me about the party they went to. it is pretty normal. >> in addition to the accident, police got a number of calls of public intoxication and under aged drinking. in fact a number of alcohol poiso

the building here. it's a grand theft that amounts to more than $13,000. uc berkeley's paper reports earlier this summer sometime between june 15th and august 10th an android tablet and set of head phones were stolen. campus police were able to track down the stolen goods through -- live from uc berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >>> romney's vice presidential running mate -- >> yeah his running mate is paul ryan. he will be giving his acceptance speech tonight. our reporter renae marsh is there right now. renae, thank you. you're talking about the nights last two headliners coming up. it should be a big night. >> reporter: it is a big night ahead of us. we're talking about you said it mitt romney's running mate paul ryan will give his big speech. and condoleezza rice will also be giving a speech. it is quiet in here now. last night the crowd went absolutely wild during the two headline speeches we are talking about. and romney really tried to humanize her husband and we're also talking about chris christy that really energized the crowd. >> we stand up for mitt romney as the

the field today. news chopper 2 caught these pictures today. uc berkeley spent the last year renovating.pokesman tells ktvu this was the team's first time playing on the field. the stadium will be game ready september 1. >> before we talk football, we're going to talk little league world series. boy, how about that team from petaluma? >> they look like they were having a ball out there. it was the first time ever, petaluma made it to the little league world series. today they acted like, been there, done that, got the t- shirt. all we need is that trophy. circus-like atmosphere at petaluma scored in the first inning. that's bradley smith with the rbi double. bradley smith simply sensational with four hits today. smith was pitching in the bottom of the inning when they smack the game-tieing home run and all of the people realize this is not going be a run away. >> here comes bradley smith. that's good. a two-run shot to give petaluma the lead. watch the homer, just got out. out of the reach of the defender. then, andrew white came in to close out the game and blows it past the final batte

how mother nature could disrupt the festivities >> a car slammed into a uc- berkeley dormitory. >> seven murders in nine days in san jose. i'm live at the scene of the latest. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> good morning everyone. >> a car plows into a dorm room at uc-berkeley >> a body found in the produce aisle as the san jose murder spree goes from bad to worse. >> a man is stabbed and dies in the produce aisle at safeway, san jose's 31st homicide of the year >> is one of the worst weeks for homicide i've seen >> a rude awakening in berkeley >> a toyota has crashed into putnam all >> we are on the south side of the fire just off of highway 36 is >> not know anyone who would agree with that >> controversial comments by congressman todd aitken, keeping abortion in the spotlight >> he says the situation is being blown out of proportion and he misspoke one word in one sentence on one day. >> california wins! >> we come back all the time >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on eyewitness news this morning. good morning everyone. police are questioning a driver wh

stanford university, and three of our public universities, not least of which the university is a stone's throw away. uc-berkeley campus. we're proud of the state but we also recognize we have challenges and we need to lean into the world we're living in. this today is an example of leading in and i am grateful to all of you for your participation. and vice minister, we are honored to have you out here in our state in this wonderful city and we look forward to many visits over many years. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, lieutenant governor. of course, the best for last. the hon. vice minister of commerce to the podium, please. [applause] >> lt. governor newsom, mayor lee, counsel general, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. it is a great pleasure for me to be here to attend this seminar, " organized -- let me give a special thanks to the previous speakers who gave very warm and remarkable remarks. i would like to give special thanks to the state government of california and the municipal government of san francisco. i think without your help, this forum for the seminar will not be realized. i also