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. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed news room, i'm thuy vu. this week, protests continued over the shootings of unarmed black males by white police officers. >> the movement is not just like it was 50 years ago. it has arrived today. >> demonstrations swept through several bay area cities. many were peaceful, but there were also clashes of vandalism. on wednesday, an incident involving a police officer sparked additional controversy. we'll have scott shafer's conversation with organizers, but first, i talked about the chronicle reporter vivian about the incident. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> for people who are not completely familiar with the oakland incident can you give a quick recap of what happened? >> well, it began like a lot of other protests in these recent weeks, it began with about 100 people marching in berkeley and ended up in oakland. and somewhere in oakland, around lake merrit, two police officers were outed by the crowd. two people in the crowd recognized them as police officers and you know began to challenge the

i'm thuy vu. tonight we reflect on the last year. joining me for the discuss are michelle quinn, san jose mercury news columnist, and paul rogers, and carla. a quick review of some highlights of 2014. >> the year of the california drought and a statewide scramble over water. in january, governor brown declared a state of emergency and ended the year with voter approval for a $7 million bond to shore up the supply of water. schools were tested. a landmark legal case challenged teacher tenure. >> save city college. >> and the university of california set off student protests when it announced substantial tuition hikes. rising housing hikes left many feeling priced out. some silicon valley high-tech darlings created controversy for disrupting traditional industry from transportation to hospitality. new surveillance technologies make it increasingly easy to spy on ordinary citizens. it was the 150th anniversary of yosemite national park. and the 25th anniversary of an earthqua earthquake. while a major quake in august shook napa valley a

i'm thuy vu. tonight we reflect on the last year. joining me for the discuss are michelle quinn,

i'm thuy vu. tonight we reflect on the last year. joining me for the discuss are michelle quinn,