unofficial quotas and be victims of the so-called bamboo ceiling that their children won't get into top uc colleges despite getting top grades if your measure goes through. what do you have to say to them? >> well, you know, first of all, i think everyone has a constitutional right to voice their opinion, and if they choose to start a petition, they have every right to do so. but i think the petitions that they're signing or signing on to is based on a lot of misinformation. we've been getting calls into our office saying their kids are not going to get in because now there's going to be quota systems. that's not true. the supreme court held, especially in the bacchi case, that quotas are unconstitutional, so that's not going to happen in this particular case. and, as i mentioned earlier, everyone, including children from all ethnic backgrounds, are going to get accepted based on merit. >> senator ed hernandez, thank you so much for joining us from sacramento. >> thank you. appreciate it. thank you so much. >>> for reaction now to the senator's proposal and a deeper look at affirmative act

times higher education ranked stanford fourth on its list of top universities. uc berkeley came in eighth and was also ranked in top public university in the world, cal tech topped the list followed by harvard. >>> and i hope you remembered to spring forward, just a reminder daylight saving time again at 2:00 this morning, you should have set your clocks ahead one hour at that time. hopefully you aren't an hour late for anything you plan to do this morning. >>> another example of why it's a good idea to change the batteries in your smoke a almost as we enter daylight saving time. the smoke detector that went off yesterday alerted a may who're called firefighters. this was on heath circle near golf course drive. no one could see or smell any smoke but when the fire crews took a closer look they saw fire spreading in the kitchen. the people who lived there were not home at the time but when they returned they can thank their neighbor for saving their house. >>> the la marathon for 2014 kicks off this morning but before the runners make their marks or take their marks

number one in the west, arizona getting the top seed despite their loss to uc l.a. >> >> san jose sharksld probably like the stanley cup playoffs to begin right now. they are playing their best hockey of the year. road trip against the rangers in madison scare garden. rangers have a power play. that doesn't work out well for them. take another look lurking and picks the pocket -- nice back hand shot for the goal. that was all the support they would get, brad richards makes a stand and a shot deflected. literally lays out to turn back the rangers on a couple of rebound attempts for the high. team record 41 shot for his fourth shotout. 6th win for the sharks. tieing with anaheim, both teams had 97 wins. >> >> hudson gave up three runs and against cleveland. one with the bases loaded walk. the other on a homerun to nick swisher. >> >> a's joey homered. reds won 7-6. >> >> still to come on this early night sports wrap, a pretty good battle on the progolf tour we'll be right back. no. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great ta

. >> stander and uc berkeley rate in the top-ten of this year's list of the best universities in the world. times higher educations ranked universities worldwide according to criteria that includes the quality of teaching, research and innovation. cal tech in pasadena once again ranked first in the world stanford came in 4th and uc berkeley was rankedth. >>> a saturday morning commute looks very unusual on one bay area bridge. check that out. what we have learned about the secret film shoot that caused a major traffic back-up near the bridge today. >>> first a home-cooked steak sends a pregnant woman to the hospital. after the break, the hidden ingredient that had her hallucinating. . >>> and in weather, the clouds already moving into northern california. coming up, we'll break down sunday's showers chance as and the timing of our next round of moderate rainfall. here in philadelphia you can access a philly cheesesteak anytime, day or night. just like you can access geico anytime, day or night. there is only one way to celebrate this unique similarity. witness the cheesesteak shuffle

uc- berkeley. georgia tech routed out the top three, with the university of virginia at no. 4.es to show you that you do not have to pay an arm and leg for a good education. >> in minnesota, playtime for a 7 year old boy led to a smelly and scary situation. firefighters had to pull him out of a septic tank. this happened in blue earth, minnesota near the border with iowa. the boy was playing with his cousin when one missing step sent him tumbling. he fell ten feet landing into some nasty water. firefighters used a rope and ladder to get him out of there. he wasn't hurt and after a quick check from doctors, and several hot showers, he was back out playing again. a little wiser for the wear. >> coming up on the kron4 nose. ahead at 7:00 a.m., we will talk to gary radnich, the same as nfl quarterback who wanted last monday that he was offered a college football players euthanize. >> plus, we will have the very latest on leland yee and the corruption charges that he is now facing. >> ronald mcdonald loves to talk a bell. this is >> breakfast time. >> good morning. thank you for joi

and then he ran across from broad street and the circle uc on top of the fisher building is the helipadom that. presumably fulfil as it came crashing down to the street below. it considered the time of day this happened parade around 8:00 in the morning. it's surprising that more people weren't hurt in addition to the two people killed. one person is in critical condition. presumably the man seen at running from the accident scene with burns on his arm is a 37 year-old man who's in the hospital and in critical condition right now. from what we can see there's not much left in just the tail. two vehicles that are also sitting chart as helicopter came down on top of them. it will continue to follow the latest pictures of seattle with a helicopter crash in this 50 yds from the space needle killing two people on board. the chopper completely engulfed in flames. to know we talked about how choppers are not allowed now here in the bay area because of the danger that they pose for even years before we mentioned earlier that the bank of america tower which was for many years largest tallest bui

. >>> stanford and uc berkeley are ranked in the top ten on this year's list of the best universities in the world. times higher education ranked 400 universities worldwide based on material that includes the quality of teaching, research and innovation. cal tech and pasadena ranked number 1 in the world. stanford came in fourth. u. c. berkeley was ranked 8th. >>> later this morning, hundreds of high school girls in san jose will be able to pick out the prom dress of their dreams for free. it's the sixth annual operation prom dress event organized by madison win. more than 3,000 dresses will be given away from 9:00 this morning until 1 in the afternoon. the give away is being held at the seven trees community center on cass drive. in san francisco the princess project is giving away free prom dresses today and for the next two saturdays. last year the organization gave away 1800 donated dresses. this year they are expecting to help 2,000 girls. one high school student who picked up a dress yesterday said she's excited that her prom night won't stretch her family's budget. >> it would

. >>> police have issued an alert at uc davis after man got into woman's dorm room and crawled on top of her as she slept. the woman said she woke up to 6:00 a.m. on monday to find a stranger on top of her. as she screamed she screamed she and her roommate say the man calmly grabbed his jacket and left. surveillance cameras captured pictures of the prowler and police believe the same man is responsible for on-campus theft earlier that night which included stealing a dorm access card. >>> one man is in custody tonight after a disturbing incident near middle school. the man tried to kiss a young boy on the corner of bancroft and ask a deal in san leandro. >> it happened about 8:15 a.m. in the shell station parking lot across the street from bancroft middle school. the cashier said the man who appeared to be in his 60s stopped for gas, but something about him didn't seem right. >> he was scary, he was weird. >> the cashier said the man was talking to a group of students in the parking lot. >> he grabbed one of the kids from the head and tried to kiss him. >> the students ran away, teache

tops of the res dens. and will save $26,000 in a year >> a win by cal bears won't be the only reason to celebrate at memorial stadium. ucberkeley announcing it's opening club levels to weddings. and corporate meetings there will be food venters and students inside of the stadium. it reopened in august 2012. >> starting next week walmart can trade at the store, customers can trade in used video games for store credit also offering refurbished used games in the stores it's a blow for stores like game stop. so there is this. you can buy a $25 hot dog at shea stadium. it's an 18 inch long corn dog. with a side of fries and a defibrilator. fans fobling up 25,000 of these things $25 a throw. can you believe it? >> i wonder how many ant acids were consumed. goodness oochl they say timing is everything. >> is this your daughter? >> coming up a little girl with the passat tdi clean diesell des gets up to 795 highway miles per tank. , we're th salesperson #2: actually, we're throwing in a $1,000 fuel reward card. we've never done that. that's why there's never been a better time to buy a passat tdi clean diesel. husband: so it's

ucsf workers for about 2 hours as precaution building engineer and uc police officer extinguish the fire that ignited in a revolver top fire extinguish tore do it before the firefighters crew arrive. still smoke in the area tonigh tonight. there's ash on the cars. ash on the street. a lot of people out here watching it after the sun set. things quieted down a bit but still an awful lot of smoke here in the area. reporting live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >> one day after yet another accident involving workers at the rae fine ri a host of bay area lawmaker now calling for dramatic changes at the facility. yesterday spill is the second in less than a month. 2 other workers were injured in acid spill in mid february. laura has more. >> unfamiliar ty with safety procedures at this particular refinery have led to this other incident. >> member of the bay area air quality city councilman mark ross says the two contractors sprayed with acid at the refinery monday were wearing safety gear but doesn't appear they used it properly. >> used to proper safety gear and proper procedures putting on taking off

top fire investigators were laughing at us. they could not believe it. >> reporter: just in case they conducted a study at uc irvine. >> i was stilleporter: that is, until they began testing. >> it's pretty dramatic. i mean it's like a fourth of july. >> you can see there are a lot of rocks below. >> reporter: yeah, there are. one of the fires started right here, sobering news for golfers. >> i certainly recognize it could be a danger now. >> reporter: like chris mears. if his ball winds up here, the fire department is willing to give him a break. >> if they need to move the ball, they should do the right thing and move the ball away from the rocks. >> reporter: purists say that's a one-stroke penalty, so the danger poses a dilemma. do you think your buddies would let you take a mulligan? >> maybe not for that reason. >> reporter: a gentlemen's game only goes so far. teri okita, cbs news, mission viejo, california. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will go to arlington, washington, for an update on the search for mud slide victims and see what triggered that slide. >>> plus, a new look at the link betwe

idea was presented to the top brass -- >> the chief, fire investigators were laughing at us and couldn't believe it. >> but just in case the fire department commission add study at uc irvine. >> i was still skeptical. >> that is until they began testing. >> it is pretty dramatic. >> i mean it is light a 4th of july. >> you can see there are a lot of rocks below. >> yes. >> one of the wild fires started right here. >> news for golfers. >> i certainly recognize there could be a danger now. >> like chris mears, if his ball winds up here the fire department is willing to give him a break. >> if they need to move the ball they should do the right thing and move the ball away from the rocks. >> but purist say that is a one stroke penalty. >> so the danger pose as dilemma. >> you think your buddies will let you take a mulligan? >> well, maybe not for that reason. >> a gentleman's game, only goes so far. >> teri okita, cbs news, mission viejo, california. >> glor: coming up, surfer bethenny hamilton, a champion once again. >> >> glor: ever since surfer bethany hamilton lost her arm in a shark attack when she was 13 years old she rightfully has been called an inspiration, g

. >> uc san francisco is warning people there personal information could be compromised after desk top computers were stolen from the lake shore shopping center. the computers contain personal information of 10,000 people including their ininformation and driver's license and some social security numbers. the computers were taken january 11 and state local and federal authorities is banned notified. >>> today, the city college of san francisco chancellor will call for an independent revow of the campus police officer's response a woke after students clashed with police. this is cell phone video of the protest on campus on thursday. students deend maaed the resignation of a special trust i don't. two students were arrested and a dozen occupied the building. 9 chancellor plans to propose initiatives to promote better dialogue with students. students are planning another demonstration prior to the meeting. >>> national hispanic university in san jose expected to chose next year as a four year college with the chain buying campus four years ago with hopes of bostonning enrollment through i

uc easily by clicking share and selecting the format. book tv streams live on line for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> book tv has covered several books on modern russian and u.s. -russian relations. in light of the current conflict between russia and ukraine and the u.s. involvement in the situation book tv presents portions of author talks on russian leaders and foreign

uc berkeley. they ranked fourth overall. here are a look at some of the top four schools from this year's list.ech in pasadena. harvard, oxford, with stanford following at fourth. >>> t-e-i-f-l-e-i-n? >> maybe you didn't catch that. fifth grader sophia hoffman misspelled the word. it was the first word she got wrong in two weeks in a regional spelling bee contest. up until that point, she and a seventh were back and fourth for 66 rounds. when he stepped up to the mike, all he had to do was spell the word "definition" right. d-e-f-i-n-i-t-i-o-n. definition. >> i was getting pretty sad when she got that word incorrect. it's sort of messed up that, you know, that it came to that. >> yeah. that was a bummer word to misspell. sharma is now headed to washington, d.c. for the national spelling bee competition. hoffman, again, just a fifth grader, says she'll be rooting for him. maybe she'll win next year. >>> we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. we have more local news for you tonight starting at 5:00. an hour and a half straight. then we'll wrap up the day with you at 11

uc easily by clicking share and selecting the format. book tv streams live on line for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> book tv has covered several books on modern russian and u.s. -russian relations. in light of the current conflict between russia and ukraine and the u.s. involvement in the situation book tv presents portions of author talks on russian leaders and foreign relations. in the next hour you will see a journalist edward lucas, author of the new cold war, politics professor, columnist and government and foreign service professor. >> and it is certainly true that russia is not at every stage. we talk seriously with the russians about north korea and we sometimes talk about a run and the middle east. it is true. russia is engaged. but there are two reasons. i don't need to remind him how disgusting some of this stuff is. you can find it on the russian media. if you have not done it, i implore you, look at some of those propaganda videos. the images, the idea of the siege fortress. it is poisonous. it is poisoning russian public opinion. every opinion poll shows the same veteran

uc officials say the percentage of latino and african-american californians being admitted has plummeted from 46% before prop 209 to just 12% right now. they also say top minority candidates are getting generous scholarship offers from private schools and choosing to go there instead. uc berkeley officials recently filed a brief in connection with to a u.s. supreme court case involving minority admissions at the university of michigan. >>> time is 7:11. some of the biggest names in music and movies, they're going to be in san francisco next week performing at a special benefit concert. it's all to raise money for ucsf and a special camp for children with life threatening illnesses. the long list of stars scheduled to be there includes jackson nickelson, annette being and bonnie raitt. >>> sunday streets kicks off its 6th season this weekend in san francisco. the car free event runs from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. this sunday along the embarcadero. i want to ride one of those. the planned activities include free rentals and tune ups, rock climbing and face painting. the street events will be held in 9 locations around the city. it was started in 2008 to en

top pick. damian trujillo is live with reaction from protesters, students and educators. >> reporter: janelle, if this amendment is passed, so you know all ucs and csus would be impacted by that passing. you might recall a property tool was the landmark measure that banned college admissions based on race or ethnicity. well, chinese americans are among those who are a posed to the rollback. they call it sca 5 and they call it racist. it's a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal portions of property 209 and allow college admissions based on affirmative action. >> we shouldn't put race into consideration. >> we should be color blind, right? now why we're not the color? that doesn't make sense. >> you want to be stronger than the strong. you want to compete based on march red. you want to earn your college education by hard working. >> reporter: dozens of chinese americans marched and chanted outside the offices of paul phong. they want him and other asian american assembly members to take a stand and denounce the proposal before it hits their desk. >> we're here to let our voice to be heart. >> rolling back portions of the 209 th

top story in this morning's politico playbook. joining us now, chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen. i guess, mike, you've got news on this and rand paul heading to uc a preview? >> yeah, well, that's right, mika. and berkeley could be a tough crowd for rand paul, but he's taking a smart subject. he's taking on the nsa. but, mika, we have an exclusive he's going beyond that. we have a look at his rashes. and he's going to go beyond the nsa. he's going to attack for the first time the u.s. intelligence more broadly, specifically he's going to name the cia. he's going to say that senators have a fear of an intelligence community that rand paul will say is drunk with power, unrepentant and unincleared to relinquish power. rand paul will say he's worried and not sure who is in charge of the government. mika, making very strong, very wide charges about the strength of the intelligence community, something that might play quite well in berkeley. >> well, we'll see what happens during that speech and hear more what he has to say. thomas, quick question? >> no, i wanted to update us on louisiana. that state does allow its convicted felons to vote. >> so i'm