it is my old to dream to get into u.c., and i am urging you guys.t of you have daughters or sons who will be effective. the grandchildren. i know there are budget cuts, but i urge you to find some room, please. thank you. >> hi. i am nancy, an idea of a member of an advisory council at george washington high school. it is usually three or four years of language offered every year. next year, two years offer, which is the bare minimum. for students to do not pass it, then most likely, they're going to have to make up their credits at city college, and not all students can afford that. it is ironic to do this to our future is by just lacking sufficient funding. [applause] >> hi, i am a sophomore at george washington high school. currently, we only have 2000 enrolled coming into a freshman year. however, last year, we had 2300, so we are only asking you to encourage the 200 students back. by doing that, we get back the funding from last year. decrease in our funding will be to cut more programs that washington. this is all we ask, to return the 200 stu

. >> kristen: u.c. regents are weighing varying tuitions that would charge more for more popular campuses. they would pay more u.c. berkeley or l.a. and less like santa cruz or riverside. supports of such a plan it would raise funds for the entire u.c. system which has seen state funding cut forcing tuition hikes and layoffs. opponents say the idea is elitist and could harm the u.c. system. >> check in with mike and see if it's cool and not as breezy today. >> mother's day wasn't quite as cool and breezy. saturday was the low watermark. yesterday we saw a rebound and another small rebound as we try to get temperatures back to average. winds are out of the west at 14 at sfo. one of the fastest right now. elsewhere, about 3-8 miles an hour. temperatures are still pretty cool, 39 in santa rosa. 42 in napa along with redwood city. everybody else, los gatos at 39, to about 50 degrees. what we're going to see the small area of disturbed weather comes through. this disturbance will kick up a shower possibly in

opponents say the idea is elitist and could harm the u.c. system. >> california will benefit from florida's decision to cancel the high speed rail project. ray lahood announced that california will get another $300 million towards his high speed law. 15 states were awarded $2 billion. the governor there cancelled the project. california collected $623 million in stimulus dollars last yao year as a result of similar decisions by governors in ohio and wisconsin. >>> tonight the city council will decide whether to cut salaries for firefighters when the city contracts out fire services. plan calls for san carlos and redwood city to create a new combined fire department. redwood city would provide managers with san carlos firefighters being fold in order the department. they report that city staff is recommending cutting firefighters pay by 5% to bring the city's pay scale more in line. they are recommending the pension benefits and vacation and new work rules for overtime. >> ford safety concerns. the government investigating top selling vehicle

u.c. students might see another sharp tuition increase this fall. >> hope versus reality, as graduating class of 2011 hits the job market. >> the jet the refuels military planes explodes to fireball at southern california base. ♪ ♪ ♪ t all fun ♪ know who makes the day sunny? my mom and sunny d! i love the taste. mom loves the vitamin c. and now it has 40% fewer calories than most regular soda brands. sunnyd! ♪ make today a sunny day! ♪ drink up and download free music! find out more at sunnyd.com >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> welcome back. 5:12 now. right now, the former chief of the international monetary fund will be back in a new york city court for a bail hearing. dominique strauss-kahn officially resigned from his job late last night. strauss-kahn is accused of attempting to rape a maid inside a new york hotel over the weekend. in his resignation letter to the i.m.f. dominique strauss-kahn denied the charge against him but said he felt compelled to ste

. >> kristen: u.c. regents are thinking of tuition and charging more to attend more popular campuses. u.c. berkeley and ucla and less to attend campuses elsewhere. they are seeing state funds forcing tuition hikes and layoffs. opponents say the idea is inherently elitist. >>> nurses plan to end a five-day strike against oakland's children's hospital. they held a mother's day brunch while they continued to protest. nurses are protesting a hospital proposal to change their health benefits co-pay system. they will reduce coverage for them and their families. hospital officials deny that. they say the nurses are making demands that are out of touch with the hospital's economic situation. >> it's 5:07 and below average temperatures and probably pretty high wind speeds. let's check in with mike. >> cool conditions will persist, it will be cooling down but not quite as cool as yesterday and not quite as windy but stuck in the tail end of that that air mass. we're looking at temperatures 24 hours ago until now

over in u.c. berkeley things are looking rosier. u.c. berkeley said it had so many recruiters it had to expand the job fair an extra day. >> employers that they have been holding back on their hiring plans and now they are a little bit more confident about their plans. that is why they are showing up in berkeley in larger and larger numbers. >> the majority of jobs are being offered by high-tech industries many of them expect to increase by 13%. they may be picking from the top school first but the demand is expected to trickle down. zblst if you knew instantly how much gas you were using would you change your driving habits? that is what a team of u.c. vvps trying to find out. laura anthony has our story from richmond. >> u.c. berkeley researcher elliot martin is using a gps tracking device to get realtime information in how he is driving. >> that information is what could personally change your behavior. >> it tells martin how much gas he is using and whether his car is emitting too many pollutants. >> you don't want to accelerate on t

opponents say the idea is elitist and could harm the u.c. system. >> california will benefit from florida's decision to cancel the high speed rail project. ray lahood announced that california will get another $300 million towards his high speed law. 15 states were awarded $2 billion. the governor there cancelled the project. california collected $623 million in stimulus dollars last yao year as a result of similar decisions by governors in ohio and wisconsin. >>> tonight the city council will decide whether to cut salaries for firefighters when the city contracts out fire services. plan calls for san carlos and redwood city to create a new combined fire department. redwood city would provide managers with san carlos firefighters being fold in order the department. they report that city staff is recommending cutting firefighters pay by 5% to bring the city's pay scale more in line. they are recommending the pension benefits and vacation and new work rules for overtime. >> ford safety concerns. the government investigating top selling vehicle

for one u.c. berkeley student, his steps were the first in more than three years and he accomplished that goal with the help of technology developed in part by fellow u.c. berkeley students. >> at u.c. berkeley, graduates walk into edwards stadium excited. >> class of 2011. >> graduation day signifies many different things like adulthood and a future but for 22-year-old austin whitney, it means something more. it means walking again. >> this courageous and inspiring young man was determined to graduate from college and walk at his commencement. >> austin has been wheelchair bound since a car crash in 2007. you see berkeley's own human engineering built an exoskeleton for him to use. as thousands of graduates watched, he rose to the occasion. >> with the exoskeleton securely bound to his body, austin walked the seven challenging steps across the stage. >> austin whitney! >> and to his dream. >> i knew when i stood up here in front of all these people today that it would be different. and it truly w

abc 7 on a lab at u.c. where they already exist. >> you know that line about boys and the size of their toys? in a u.c. davis laboratory. >> and go! >> oh, man! >> small size translates to big ambitions. that will be a really cool thing if we can put a microphone on it and get it to dance around. >> the items moving on this table may look nondescript but they could become the answers to machines in your future. >> they are mobots, mobile robots. >> little ones that connect with other little ones by using standard parts making bigger, more adaptable ones. when you have one of these moving mobots in your hand, it's almost as if it's alive. this part moves. this part moves. and it's all configureable. they've put them together and these mobots can do all kinds of tasks. >> we're talking about different ways of sensing the world, different ways of moving. robots are a building block. kind of like legos but a lot more complicated. >> graham riland came to u.c. davis as a student and now he's in business with his

tomorrow he plans to walk across the stage thanks to a robotic if device developed by u.c.rkeley engineers. >> we have motors and this is the transmission which executes leg motions. >> when austin wants to walk. he asks the system to take a step or stand up or sit down through some sort of user interface. that sends a command to computer and the computer skuats motion. basically there are feedback mechanismsisms within this power transfer system that tell the computer where we are in space and where the leg is relative to the body. >> it's just a beginning. i would not quit. this is just one person walking for a short time. >> i think austin getting a degree, that is just my first step to see what we can do in the future. >> kristen: signs fiction becomes reality. he says after graduation he hopes to attend law school. this could be made extra special by the fact by his students. they made the possibility of the research. >> eric: it's an important first step. next on "abc 7 news" at 5:00 a.m., the huge overtime bill san francisco's muni is on track to wrap up and why offi

. >> developing news out of iran the trial for the three u.c. berkeley graduates accused of spying has suddenly been postponed. >> good morning. check out the breeze. clouds over and all of us and the breezes will make cooler conditions and colder this weekend. rain is looking more impressive. >>> in fact it's so windy out there. we don't have a live shot. but the san mateo bridge and wind advisory is in effect right now. >> state budget cuts hit the california state university system again. thank you for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas acre. >> we begin with developing news for the second time in four days they are investigating a triple shooting. all three victims were shot in a parking garage at san jose state university. terry, what do we know. >> reporter: it happened right here last night about 8:30 at this parking garage at south tenth. take a look at the chaotic scene. outside this garage last night, police are quoted as saying that all three of the shooting victims have died including the gunman. they are not saying who

abc 7 on a lab at u.c. that line about boys and the size of their toys? in a u.c. davis laboratory. >> and go! >> oh, man! >> small size translates to big ambitions. that will be a really cool thing if we can put a microphone on it and get it to dance around. >> the items moving on this table may look nondescript but they could become the answers to machines in your future. >> they are mobots, mobile robots. >> little ones that connect with other little ones by using standard parts making bigger, more adaptable ones. when you have one of these moving mobots in your hand, it's almost as if it's alive. this part moves. this part moves. and it's all configureable. they've put them together and these mobots can do all kinds of tasks. >> we're talking about different ways of sensing the world, different ways of moving. robots are a building block. kind of like legos but a lot more complicated. >> graham riland came to u.c. davis as a student and now he's in business with his former professor harry chang. >> quic

also how a couple of u.c.berkeley students turned a gourmet science experiment into a real moneymaker [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >>> welcome back. the first runners have crossed the finish line in the anniversary bay to breakers race a person from kin yeah crossed the finish line as first and there is male winner a man from morocco the first man to finish with 39 minutes, 21 seconds. women get a head started of 4 minutes and 21 seconds. the course is seven miles. known for managed to keep its flavor this year even without floats permitted. police escorted one float off the course but there are no major problems reported so far. >>

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> u.c.erkeley is reinstating the men's gymnastics programs after supporters raised $12.5 million to bring it back. the school announced the limb nation of five teams. men's basketball, rugby, gymnastics and lacrosse previously got reinstatement. they report men's gymnastics fell short but officials decided to bring back the program so athletes could make a decision about their futures. >> private e-mails made public in part of a lawsuit over a concession agreement is raising concerns from critics. san francisco chronicle e-mails show employees of park department worked a lobbyist to win the contract for a new mexico company. attorneys for bruce mcclellan who has run the concession for more than a half of century says it shows the process was corrupt. >>> mixed news for caltrain this morning. new figures show caltrain ridership has increased but on time performance has slipped. weekday riders increased 4%. trains arrive as schedule only 93% of the time that is less than the 96% goal. caltrain

well, in a u.c.atory small size translates to big ambitions. >> it would be a cool thing to put a microphone on it. >> the items moving on the table may look nondescript but they could be ancestors to innocence their future. >> they are mobile robots. >> little ones, that use standard parts that make bigger more adaptable ones. >> when you have one, it's almost like it's alive. this part moves. they put them together and these can do all kinds of tasks. >> we're talking about different ways of sensing the world. different ways of moving, robots are a building block, kind of like legos but more complicated. >> now he is in business with a perform professor. three years into the project, they have learned through experience, that building a mobot is mechanical discipline has mankind has ever attempted. >> it's an interdisciplinary theater, mechanical, electrical and software computer sciences together. >> for instance, they spent the better part of one hour convincing this mobot to stand on its own. >>

the three u.c. berkeley graduates were detained by iranian soldiers in 2009. >> hundreds of drunk driving cases may have to be tossed out that is because the breathalyzers used by police sometimes malfunctions. terry, could this affect other counties? >> it certainly could, san mateo county d.a., down in ventura done. here in santa clara county they are looking at 865 cases in san jose alone and another 133 cases in palo alto, all because of a breathalyzer advertised, it was not improved. take a look at the breathalyzer we're talking about. it was introduced this past november. to palo alto pd in april last year. it can give false readings because of a condensation problem with the device. they don't anticipate a large number of cases to be dismissed. this is used by officers to test for alcohol. they test coordination having the driver walk a straight line, then if arrested, they are required to give a blood or ur intest and give another breath test. but still, cases could be overturned. >> imagine

with fewer students, we're not able to provide what students need to not only get into the u.c. system, at haute the state system, we are getting rid of those classes. whether anyone likes it or not, i also the mother of a 12th grader, and i have had 90 seniors, and what i've seen is that regular programming, haute gta, as a teacup of a rigorous and diversity of programs and the arts and english classes, one third, really a fourth year of mass, the best thing is for students to have the most rigorous program, and we are not able to provide that unless we have at least 200 students return to us, so i am asking that at least 200 students get returned to us and that we continue our program. i am in the english department. the last five english teachers have not been replaced. somebody from another department teaches one class. thank you. i am sorry to go on. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name as holly. i have not talked to the board of education. i've worked for the school district since 1984. my youngest is 21. they were in school here in san francisco. i am here to ad

. >> you think that line of thinking can extend to higher education of u.c.dmissions where, if you have some asians, and other minorities have certain grades but you make a valid argument, as well. >>> the numbers, 4.1% admission rate is unacceptable. it should be unacceptable for us. we know that when other communities do better we can do better. that is what we should strive to do. >> and you would like to make a point about some of the social problems. you talk about gambling? >> right. in the asian community, gambling is part ouvp culture. one of the issues we need to address in our community as well as in other ethnic communities is problem gambling, people who have a gap cling addiction. in santa clara county we have started a partnership in san jose in card rooms to make services available for the gamblers and their families. it's an issue that has often gone undiscussed in a community. >> and domestic violence you wutd putd in that category, as well. >> mike, the different communities need to work together. you have been advocating for healthcare. >>

abc 7's lisa amen galagen reports. >> at u.c. berkeley, graduates walk into edwards stadium excited. >> class of 2011. >> graduation day signifies many different things like adulthood and a future but for 22-year-old austin whitney, it means something more. it means walking again. >> this courageous and inspiring young man was determined to graduate from college and walk at his commencement. >> austin has been wheelchair bound since a car crash in 2007. you see bserkeley's own human engineering built an exoskeleton for him to use. as thousands of graduates watched, he rose to the occasion. >> with the exoskeleton securely bound to his body, austin walked the seven challenging steps across the stage. >> austin whitney! >> and to his dream. >> i knew when i stood up here in front of all these people today that it would be different. and it truly was. it was truly the greatest gift anyone has ever given me. >> as a mother, this was the greatest day of my life. >> the gift was the brain child of a professor. even though he and his te

>> u.c. berkeley is reinstating the men's gymnastics program.he program in tap again seven months after the school announced elimination of five teams because of budget deficit. baseball, rugby and women's gymnastics previously got reinstatement but men's gymnastics fell short of the goal of $4 million but officials decided to bring back the program so current athletes could make a decision about their future. >> in san francisco, private e-mails made public about a lawsuit over the stone lake agreement is raising more concerns from the critics of the deal. san francisco chronicle reports the e-mails show employees of the health department worked with the lobbyists to win the contract for a new mexico company. attorneys for bruce mcclellan say the e-mails show the process was corrupt. a lobbyist says ortega enterprises said they promised to fix up the boat house and improve food there. >>> caltrain ridership has increased but on time performance has slipped. trains arrived as scheduled only 93% of the time, that is less than 96% goal. caltrain s

. >>> u.c. students may be warned they may have higher tuition if the governor's plan doesn't pan out. the in-state tuition may climb 32% for the 2012 year. if the university system has to cut $1 billion from the budget. that increase would mean the california residents would pay nearly $14,700 in annual tuition. which doesn't even include room, board and campus fees. >>> a major engineering feat this morning, as the final piece of the massive new bay bridge tower is put in place. the crowning glory, if you will, that serves an important function. abc7's amy hollyfield is live on treasure island to show us what is going on. amy? >> reporter: eric, this will complete the tower. can you imagine if that was your office today? they will be working 500 feet above the water today. taking on a project so enormous, it will make history. this is such a big undertaking, they held a dress rehearsal last month. caltrans officials shot video of their team practicing. lifting the 960,000-pound, bridge cable s

lisa is a graduate of u.c.and has degrees in math, communications, theater and performance studies and committed to using her communication skills to help hyphen reach a broader constituency. let's give a warm congratulations to lisa. [applause] >> wow. this is really big. and really heavy. going to break it down. going to put it down before i break it. how are you guys doing? ok. well, just a few people that i would like to thank. first of all, definitely the a.p.a. heritage celebration committee, thank you so much for putting this on. i know it's a volunteer committee. so we definitely understand how that is. an all-volunteer run organization. and also, thank you to the panel of judges for this incredible honor. really, really just surprised and humbled by it. and with that said, i share this award with my fellow nominees, andrew and nikki. you guys are amazing. please continue to do everything that you're doing right now. because you guys are an inspiration to us all at hyphen. somebody very important that i

a u.c. berkeley expert says it's a real threat. >> the surviving leadership of al-qaeda will want to demonstrate that they are active that they are redoubling their efforts and certainly will try to perform acts to demonstrate that, whether that would be to try to kill american government officials or civilians that are traveling in europe or asia. >> the san francisco police department says it's been in contact with the department of homeland security and on the lookout for demonstrations or gatherings in reaction. los angeles and new york police are actively stepping up security and intelligence measures. >> jackie speier says she found out about osama bin laden's death just like everybody else, on television. she was kind of shocked by the news. >> it seemed like it was out of the realm of possibility for so long. we had heard so little about bin laden. truly from a perspective in congress many of the leads have grown cold. this was a stunning success. >> here is the ranking democrat on t

. >>> next, tuition plan that could have more students taking a second look at u.c.'ss popular schools. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at sfo. a terrifying flight for passengers coming into sfo last night as a man tries to storm the cockpit has to be restrained. he is being investigated this morning by federal officials. the story coming up in a live report. >> also, flames rip through a home in the east bay. why arson investigators are now on the scene. and bay area breakthrough that could one day change the way you watch tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ when you're resonsible for this much of the team, you need a car you can count on. ♪

an associate professor of architect if you are at u.c. berkeley, especially at this is construction practices and she says the city of berkeley has done a good job of giving homeowners incentives to get prepared. >> to bolted their foundation down, to put in shear walls and stiffen up the chimney. >> but many other communities have put offesult >> the result is if we had a major seismic event we have less confident that our buildings would be able to shelter us. >> we are back in the studio with justin reubenstein, a geo physicist, we were talking about microquakes that a lot of those are pretty good thing? >> in the grand scheme of things it doesn't mean a whole lot. if you look at magnitude 3 earthquake, to think about it in terms of magnitude 5, would you need a thousand of them to relieve the same amount of stress. in magnitude 7 you're going to need a million. so they aren't really doing a whole lot in reducing the stress >> we were watching the story, hayward fault, it's a scary fault, you said? >> it is a scary fault. the usgs esti

. >> we just did some earthquake testing over at u.c. berkeley and it turns out that it is the assembly of things that adds a lot of things to it. the individual segments may not be that strong, the lath, the plaster, but when you put things together you get very strong in summary. >> this thing part's got to come up, we came up the freight elevator. this is the main elevator. so in this building, there are four elevator bank. and each bank services a quarter of the building. you don't want to get in on an elevator, and have 52 floor buttons. when they create high rise buildings they create elevator banks and break the building up into sections or quadrants. and this elevator services 1 to 14. there are other elevator banks but the they bypass these floors, service 15 through 28. another elevator bank services other floors. what is interesting is, on these super-tall buildings, since the elevator takes up so much space, they have a superelevator that takes you from the first floor to the 50 floor lobby. and they've moved the lobby up hig

you see students going to u.c. berkley and these are students from thurgood marshall. and last -- one more thing. i probably shouldn't say this because i was invited to be on a panel for one of the superintendent republican instructor forum up in sacramento last week in which the whole discussion was chronic absenteeism. claudia was very helpful in giving me information and updating me. it was really nice that the whole -- four hours was just discussing -- different people discussing you know, what to do with this issue. i'm real glad that people are beginning to recognize that is an issue. >> thank you. >> commissioner maufas? >> thank you, just very quickly, president mendoza. i just wanted to say that thank you to commissioner mirase for being the master of sore moan nis at the asian week foundation -- ceremony anies at the asian week foundation. and i went to thurgood marshall's carnival and they attended the hilltop graduation which was again lovely as ever for parents and pregnant teenagers. last year they had a dad. and that was again just heartwarming. and also

condition has stabilized enough that doctors are planning of transferring him to the medical center at u.c. san francisco. a homecoming for friends and family in santa cruz. >> he has become someone more stable over the last week or so. and seizures have improved. >> reporter: what happened at the dodgers parking lot remains a horror to his family, the care he has received has lifted their spirits. >> that's going to be one of the hardest thing to do, to say good-bye to them. we have so many friends here, we would not have met had it not been for this journey with bryan. >> lapd follows up on dozens of leads. his attackers still on the loose. >>> some 4,000 women met at the moscone center to talk business strategy. one of the speakers, actress jennifer sieble. how do you get ahead? and how do you get the big salary? it starts from the inside. >> three, four. >> i'm as passionate about sports as i am about entrepreneurship. >> three, four, five. >> i think they go hand in hand. >> reporter: good advice from marian, one of the founders of e-factor, a san francisco-based company that helps bu

the three u.c. berkeley graduates were detained by iranian soldiers in 2009. >> hundreds of drunk driving cases may have to be tossed out that is because the breathalyzers used by police sometimes malfunctions. terry could this affect other counties? >> it certainly could, san mateo county d.a. down in ventura done. here in santa clara county they are looking at 865 cases in san jose alone and another 133 cases in palo alto all because of a breathalyzer advertised, it was not improved. take a look at the breathalyzer we're talking about. it was introduced this past november. to palo alto pd in april last year. it can give false readings because of a condensation problem with the device. they don't anticipate a large number of cases to be dismissed. this is used by officers to test for alcohol. they test coordination having the driver walk a straight line then if arrested they are required to give a blood or ur intest and give another breath test. but still, cases could be overturned. >> imagine a ca

his parents attend add reception for trauma survivors at u.c. medical center. it included doctors and nurses and other victims like stow. >> he is the same. they are working very hard to bring him back to us. it will be a long road. >> stow's doctors are weaning him off of anti-seizure medication. they plan to monitor his brain for seizure activity and other complications. los angeles police have not caught the two men that beat stow after the giants-dodgers opener back in march. >> still ahead the south prepares for record flooding as the mississippi river continues to rise. the happy mentioned a saga of a stolen musical instrument. the reunion that was music to this their ears. >> i'm frances dinglasan. we have a windy day tomorrow. here is a live shot over the bay bridge. i'll have the seven-day can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and cahelp lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healy. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] it's new, and it's thmost delicious thing that's

college and to do so, i need, of course, at least three to four years of math and science to get into u.c. or c.s.u., so why let budget cuts determine my future? i will not sit here and see my education thrown away out the door. i just studied this year, in the beginning, and i plan on doing dance for several years. it's what keeps me going and a passion i've had for the longest time from elementary school through middle school and up to now. as you can see, it's a pretty big deal to me. not only are you cutting dance class but you are also -- i

>> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hebrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in the 11 years between the publication of these two books. >> my first book was "from jesus to christ." and that was published in 1988. and "jesus ofished a few months. what changed is time elapsed, i continued to work in the field and learned more. >> isn't it the all-important question of why jesus was killed, you now believe he represented a limited threat to public order during the festival of passover rather than a major threat to roman rule? >> i don't think anybody thinks he, including pileate that jesus re

the trial for the two men who are u.c. berkeley graduates accused of spying but supposed to begin two weeks ago but was put off with no explanation. >>> an expert consultant in sacramento is now telling school districts they should plan on getting the same money next year as they got this year. the guru consultant firm hired by 90% of school districts say the outlook in state capital changed dramatically since january. that's when the districts were told to plan for deep cuts. since then, state tax revenues increased and teachers increased the pressure on lawmakers. the firm says schools will likely avoid laying off thousands of teachers and slashing the length of the school year, but it warns don't start spending any money until the state budget is finished. >>> pg&e plans to start another gas line pressure test today. this time people in south san francisco and san bruno are being warned they may smell natural gas in the testing. the state ordered the pipeline test in response to last september's san bruno tragedy. when

. >> reporter: mark hoddle studies invasive insects at u.c. river side.alls red palm weevils especially nasty critters. >> essentially they turn the inside of that palm trunk into... almost like oatmeal, rancid oatmeal. >> reporter: hoddle recently went to indonesia. >> looking for palm trees that have died in a more natural setting. >> reporter: searching for clues to defeat the pest-- the larvae. >> these things are nasty. >> and the adults. >> we have these in california. >> reporter: hoping to learn how to wipe out the weevil before it can wipe out a california icon. bill whitaker, cbs news, laguna beach. >> reporter: that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric, thanks for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs so what if you find yourself . >>> you're watching cbs 5 evening news in high definition. >> more and more homeowners are finding themselves underwater. does this mean this is more of a buyer's market or a seller's market? the answer is coming up. >>> so what if you find yourself unde

. >> jason marks, who graduated from a farming program at u.c.- santa cruz, has been one of the farm managers for several years. he says this project symbolizes urban farming in america. and it's a great way for people-- regardless of their income-- to grow organic, healthy food. >> this is urban farming. yeah, this is how we do it. and again, you know, we're growing about 3 tons of food--about 6,000 pounds of food--a year, which could sustain several dozen families. and again it's not like we're producing--we're proud of the amount of food that we produce. but mostly its about showing people how much they can grow in their gwn backyard. >> and i noticed one of my plants had mold this morning. we transplanted it just in time. >> it's a lot of work. and they way that we're able to do it is because we've gct s many volunteers like you saw just planting the trees. this is really popular. every weekend we've got literally dozens of people who come out here and volunteer. and so, that's how we run this garden is through volunteer labor. >> yeah. yeah. i like this farm so much since all th

at u.c. berkeley's bolt hall school of larks where he is an associate dean and a professor, he is admired widely for his wrights and his devotion to his students. to professorially. professor --o professorially. u, if you are watching these proceedings, i'm proud of you. and to professor liu's wife ann and his two small children violet and emette, i say thank you for your patience and your unyielding spowmplet and you should be so proud of your dad. and let me tell you a little bit about goodwinly. u's background. he was born in augusta georgia, the son of taiwanese immigrants who came to this country to practice medicine in underserved areas. in 1977, they moved to sacramento, where his parents were primary care physicians for over 20 years. in goodwin, his parents instilled both perseverance and a strong work ethic, even leaving math problems on the kitchen table of the summer to supplement list supplement his cool work. he pulled all-nighters studying the dictionary to raise his s.a.t. sco

it goes on to say that it actually is counterproductive i mean this is against this is against the u.c. i'm j. it's against the uniform code of military justice here what you're saying against you are absolutely just you're absolutely distorting this argument again you have a loud voice saying something that is wrong is right and something that is right is wrong in this case we're getting waterboarding has been responsible for saving many american lives and american interests against there's no evidence ideologically opposed i disagree with that but i disagree with the secretary that it's not inciting yes i am your sister here and you're disagreeing with the guy who was actually there and oversaw thirteen or possess i am i most certainly i am not the doctor if you barker this will be how did you do that did you have you ever waterboard anybody and got good into intelligence i have not i have not sir but i have to tell you as a matter of military policy i think it is that or effective tool to have in our arsenal and it would be folly for us to remove it from the medio ok well we'll will

. >> eric: one u.c. berkeley student started a new chapter of his lie. not only graduated but took his first steps in more than three years at the ceremony. 22-year-old austin whitney has been a wheelchair since 2007 but he was determined to stand up and accept his degree from cal. he got help from students, the engineering team built him an exoskeleton and as thousands watches, he rose to the career. -- occasion. >> i knew when i stood up here in front of all these people today, it would be different. it truly was. it was truly the greatest gift anyone has given me. >> eric: the exoskeleton is still in development but creators hope to have it on market as the same price as a motorized wheelchair, about $20,000. >> kristen: still ahead, headed for history. a look back at picture perfect launch of the space shuttle endeavour. >> and i it appears pot is paying off for san jose. >> injured giants fan bryan stow will be coming home to the bay area this morning. we'll have an update for you on his condition up next. >> we have flight arrival delays in new yor

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. >>> u.c. berkeley received half potential sites for a second campus. 20% of lab's 42300 employees work at sites scattered throughout east bay and they want to consolidate them in one spot. there is six finalists in the bidding process. new site will be chosen in late november. >> muni officials in san francisco are firing back at state puc which calls the operations sub par. they report the city attorney and muni have submitted responses to claims by the cpuc ahead of friday's hearing at the state agency headquarters. they opened an investigation into the light rail operations. one called it the worst in the state. the agency threatened fines of $20,000 per day. muni officials say the allegations that a train control system was not functioning properly was without merit. >>> the world's largest passenger aircraft is coming to sfo on a regular basis starting today. super jumbo a-380. they will schedule service between sfo and frankfurt, germany. it's designed to seat up to 555 passengers in a t

he claimed to graduate from u.c. berkeley in 1991.night he said he attended and did not graduate. perez says he takes full responsibility for the mistake and i regret it. he said he worked to correct the record but he wasn't dyleski -- diligent enough. >>> the weekend is about here. what is in front of us? >> cloud cover. keeping the temperatures up and down this afternoon. that is the drawback. it doesn't get as cold at night. not as warm in the afternoon. look at the cloud cover. notice more extensive it is than yesterday. it will take longer for the sunshine to evaporate clouds. that is why we will see the cooler conditions than yesterday. talk about what is going on. if you are stepping out. right now. we have mid-to-upper 40s. livermore. redwood city, san rafael. santa rosa. low to mid-50s elsewhere. around monterey bay, cloudy there, too. temperatures around 50 to 52 degrees. number one highlight is cooler condition today. cooler this weekend. it will be dry. breezy sunday and monday. when we will feel the coolest conditions. wa

his parents attend a session for trauma survivors at the u.c. medical center where he is receiving care. the event included doctors and nurses who have saved people like stow. >> he is the same. they are working very hard to bring him back to us, but it's going to be a long road. i know he'll be back here. >> stow's doctors are weaning him off anti-seizure medications and monitoring his brain for seizure activity and other complications. los angeles police have not caught the two men who beat stow after the giants-dodgers season opener. >> the south prepares for record flooding as the mississippi river continues to rise. why homeowners are against city plans for repairing a sliding hill slide in the east bay. whoa, i should get mom a samsung fascinate. bright, colorful screen, high-speed downloads, hd video. she'll want videos of grandkids. i'm not ready for kids. what would i name it ? brian's good. a brian will make eye contact, work with his hands, return e-mails. okay, mom's getting a phone. get mom a new samsung fascinate for $99.99 and unl

. >> eric: one u.c.y student started a new chapter of his life this weekend not only graduating but he took his first steps in more than three years at the ceremony. austin whitney has been in a wheelchair since a car crash in 2007. he was determined to walk and he got help needed from students. robotic and human engineering team built an exoskeleton specifically for him to use and as thousands watches, austin rose to the occasion. >> i knew when i stood up here in front of all these people today.... >> eric: austin used the exoskeleton that is still in the development stage but creators hope to have one on the market soon for the same cost as a motorized wheelchair which is about $20,000. >> space shuttle endeavour is set to take final journey in space. here is a special report. report. >>> good morning. i'm george stephanopoulos in new york. we're going to the kennedy space center for the launch of the space shuttle "endeavour." it's going to happen any minute now. originally scheduled for april 29th.