u.c. berkeley registrar ann deluca couldn't explain what happened to the residency form. greg had proof he mailed something, u.c. agreed to refund the overpaid fees, $41,752 in all. a few weeks later, the money was back. >> i'm grateful that they finally did the right thing. >> we're glad. we wouldn't want a student to pay an amount they didn't rightfully owe. >> thank you so much. we wouldn't have been able to do it without "7 on your side." >> so take it as a warning, the u.c. berkeley registrar tells us if you don't file that registry form you will be charged out of state fees even if you lived in california your whole life. file on time and as this mother did, keep your receipts. i'm michael finney "7 on your side." >> good reminder on the receipts there. still ahead does harry potter and the deadly nñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñnñjñaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa >>> the new harry potter film is already a hit at the box office. more than 2,000 screenings for ha

u.c. berkeley mistakenly classified greg as an out of state student so he was chargeds non-resident fees forad of charging $5,000 per semester this year, u.c. charged him more than $16,000. $11,000 too much per semester. it was worse when he pointed out the mistake, u.c. berkeley refused to give him his money back. >> it seems like they're fighting me more than helping me. >> to c cal, cheat a student out of that amount of money is appalling to me. >> what makes this even harder, greg's college fund was a legacy left to him by his father, john reading who died from cancer when greg was just 13. here's greg hanging on to his father's back a few years before the onus struck. his father made sure to leave enough money so greg and his sister could go to college. now a huge chunk of that legacy was gone. >> they definitely should give it back. it's not their right to keep it. >> we try to save money for the kid to get an education. and for them to not refund the money these due to him because of their mistake is appalling. >> greg said he never questioned the tuition amount because cal is such an

u.c. berkeley grads charged with spying. the trial for the three will begin on february 6th the it was supposed to start earlier this month but iranian authorities postponed it. sarah shourd was released on bail because of medical condition, she has not said whether she plans to return to iran. they were arrested almost a year and a half ago while hiking. shourd revealed an iranian guard lured them into crossing into iran. >>> a father of a soldier that was killed in afghanistan is demanding how his son really died. he died november in kandahar. the body was found inside of an suv and died of a single shot to the head inside the security fences. military officials will only say it was a non-combat related death. >>> san francisco is watching the winter shelter program in time for the cold snap. a church provided a warm place for 65 men to sleep and get a hot meal. up to hundred people can stay at shelter for a week at a time. they provide two meals a day for the residents. >> when it rained all evening, being warm and safe a

u.c. berkeley campus.ry mcsweeney is there live. >> right now a couple dozen protestors are on the other side of sprawl plaza from where i am right now. this was announced as a massive protest. hundreds of people they expected. if it's ever going to be a massive protest, it's also a very slow start. what they're doing is writing on the bricks antituition hike messages dedicated to the u.c. regents, the gathering opposed to regents' actions yesterday raising tuitions for about half of the u.c. systems. 188,000 students. some are going to have to pay $822 more per year, others less than that and others nothing more. one protestor says there is no need to raise tuition at all and the u.c. regent numbers don't add up. >> we don't understand what's going on. the university got more money from the state. $370 million. they increased the fees by 32% last year. that's $350 million. the math does not work. >> protestors today did find an allie in state president pro tem dale steinberg. he released a letter and it s

u.c. berkeley campus.ry mcsweeney ishere live. >> right now a couple dozen protestors are on the other side of sprawl plaza from where i am right now. this w announced as a massive protest. hundreds of people they expect. if it's ever going to be a massivprotest, it's also a very slow start. what they're doing is writing on the bricks antituition hike messages dedicated to the u.c. regents, the gathering opposed to regents' actions yesterday raising tuitions for about half of the u.c. systems. 188,000 students. some are gointo have to pay $822 more per year, others less than that and others nothing more. one protestor sa there is no need to raise tuition at all and the u.c. regent numbers don't add up. >> we don't understand wh's going on. the university got more money from the state. $370 millio they increased the fees by 32% last year. that's $350 million. the math does not work. >> protestors today did find an allie in state president pro tem dale steinberg. he released a letter and it says in part we m

u.c. berkeley from being cut. >> the cal baseball team and the cal rugby team are due to be cut.niversity says the sports programs have fallen victim to the poor economy and the state's budget crisis. >> the state crisis put the campus into a cries sus. >> the government peninsula, a couple of stanford grads are collecting checks in homes of restoring cal's baseball and rub by. >> i'm holding one check here for $10,000. >> credits former congressman pete mcclawski for coming up with the idea of raising money for cal. >> fighting well against cal was our privilege. we'd like our grand children to have of that same privilege. >> the chancellor didn't just cut men's baseball and rugby. also cut men's and women's gymnastics and women's lacrosse. >> one, two. one, two. >> women's teams will have to be restored. the men's teams are and that will mean finding 70 to $80 million for the university's endowment. >> doesn't that sound like a big number? >> it does but you have to think about the future. >> she understands the university needs a permanent source of funding for their sports pr

u.c. berkeley researchers showed that jet lag has dangerous consequences. cecilia vega has this morning's report. >> just about every traveler knows the feeling. >> tired, not being with it. not a lot of energy. >> those are just the immediate effects of jet lag. on the busiest travel day of the year, researchers at u.c. berkeley revealed the findings of a new study that says, just when you thought jet lag couldn't get any worse, it actually does. for the first time ever they looked at what happens after the jet lag wears off. >> the takeaway if you are repeatedly jet lag you are in danger of causing damage to your brain. >> twice a week for a month, professor and his team subjected hamsters to time shifts equal to new york to paris flight. they had trouble learning and merge simple tasks. they blame the jet lag. >> it leads to the reduction that sad to the neurons to the adult brain. >> there is one sure fire way to avoid those short term and nagging effects of jet lag. researchers say that is to allow one full day of recovery for every hour shift in the t

u.c. berkeley claimed it never received the form.blem to the university. finally u.c. agreed to review the case. >> i don't know what happened with that first package that sent to us. it was mislaid. >> ann couldn't explain what happened to the residency form but since greg had proof that he mailed something u.c. agreed to refund the overpaid fees $41,752 in all. a few weeks later the money was back. >> i'm grateful that they did the right thing. >> we're glad we want to pay an amount they didn't owe. >> take it as a warning the registrar tells us if you don't file the residency form you will be charged out of state fees even if you lived in california your whole life. and ren to keep your receipts. >> and still ahead the royal wedding date hasn't been announced yet but it has captivated brits. up next the short list we're going to have to o you who it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie pineapple upside down cake raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night its something different. oh yeah yeah...she always keeps them

u.c. berkeley has given her the job title as happy expert. sees moms working so hard to be the perfect parent that they lose themselves. >> it's our generation of parents is a little incredibly. sometimes crowds out a tough thing to accomplish for increasingly busy sand. recommends she's cutting back on hits to fit in family meal time. but it may i'm in fir grade taking before school mandarin and after school spanish. she was in softball, depending on the season, and then she would go to knitting. she loved to knit. >> she all, i just makes foran easier evening for me, which makes for an easier cute, tummy. >> christine carter does offer classes here in the bay area, did raising z well, it's an eyeball something. patrons who to -- they would receive free admission to as lawrence scott explains, he can feast all year round. >> the age of the boast east is us, a collection of places to eat, seal and ship the bear area. there are three major categories, each with their own tab. out ranks are machines. those and that with our own there have been

u.c. berkeley campus. also more than a dozen people arrested at ucla.hat was over a 32% tuition increase. today's proposal would be an 8% increase but only those families that make $120,000 per year. students say it's not needed because of state and federal increases last week we were told differently. >> i think it's hard for them to fathom why the regents are going to have to pursue another fee increase. again, when we take a look at our overall costs, we're dealing with a $1 billion gap within the university's budget. we gotta bring that. >> region gents are also voting on increasing the delay of full benefits of the retirement workers at u.c. from age 60 to age 65. so no full benefits until 65. there's a news conference i mentioned. 7:30 students have that out here. they have a march scheduled for 11:00 and at noon they're going to have another news conference and we'll be out here for all of that. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> oakland teachers have voted to authorize its union to call a strike. but the oakland tribune repor

u.c. berkeley. he served, he was the youth and senior organizer for the bernal heights neighborhood center from 1989 to 1999 and executive director to 2004. he has sat on various boards and commissions, president of the coleman advocates for children and youth for 10 years, was on the jamestown board and others and in recent years has been the leader of efforts to in quotation marks save the bernal preschool and the bernal mural campaigns. he really was an extraordinary organizer. i can tell you that if you wanted a bus load of kids on saturday you called mauricio and he was there.

u.c. berkeley. he served, he was the youth and senior organizer for the bernal heights neighborhood center from 1989 to 1999 and executive director to 2004. he has sat on various boards and commissions, president of the coleman advocates for children and youth for 10 years, was on the jamestown board and others and in recent years has been the leader of efforts to in quotation marks save the bernal preschool and the bernal mural campaigns. he really was an extraordinary organizer. i can tell you that if you wanted a bus load of kids on saturday you called mauricio and he was there. he was usually driving the bus and i will end by saying he would be so happy that the giants are in the world series and i'll be thinking of him when i'm watching those games. so the board wants to express our condolences to him and to his family and the community and a rosary will be held tomorrow evening during the world series at 7:00 at driscoll's, 1465 valencia street, and a funeral mass thursday, october 28 at 10:00

u.c. berkeley. steve li is the perfect example of a so-called illegal alien and i think we should be doing away with the i word and calling them with a more humane term of undocumented immigrants. and i think that that is a debate going on within the media. i think his case serves as one that shows chinese and asian and pacific islanders are also victims of the effort to deport people in this country and my -- i applaud the efforts of the students here in working in the community and on the campuses to free steve li but also to raise the broader issues of immigrant rights and humane treatment of people. so colleagues, i urge you to support the resolution that urges senators feinstein and boxer to take legislative action to help with steve li's -- to stop his deportation. thank you. president chiu: colleagues, there's no further discussion, could we take a roll call on this item. >> item 34, supervisor campos, aye, president chiu, aye, supervisor chu, aye, supervisor daly, aye, supervisor dufty, aye,

u.c. berkeley researchers have released a study showing jet lag has dangerous consequences.ecilia vega has this morning's report for travelers. >>> just about every traveler knows the feeling. >> tired and not being with it. not a lot of energy. >> those are just the immediate effects of jet lag. on the busiest travel day of the year, researchers reveal the findings of a new study just when you thought jet lag couldn't get any worse, it actually does, for the first time ever they looked what happened after the jet lag wears off. >> the takeaway if you are repeatedly jet lag you are danger of doing damage to your brain. >> they subjected hamsters to a new york to paris flight. they had trouble learning and remembering simple tasks and had fewer brain cells. researchers blame the jet lag. >> that leads to a reduction in the number of neurons that for the adult brain. >> there is one sure fire way to avoid those short term very nagging effects of jet lag. researchers say that is to allow one full day of recovery for every hour shift in the time zone you've endured. even if the

u.c. berkeley graduate. you can see him being hit by a officer using her baton. moments late he was sprayedt close range. >> i told them i was a non-violent activist. the officer started hitting me more and an officer came over and took a pepper spray canister and just sprayed us all. >> i understand there's real passionate emotion. all we can hope for is everybody behaves and contain themselv. >> police thought the protestors did not contain themselves and several were rested. all this to protest a proposal athat would raise student fees 8% for families that make $25,000 a year. students came from campuses and berkeley, santa barbarand los angeles to prote. >> like high, 400 a class. like so many getting in the same class. so hard. all this. >> it's a proposal not even on today's agenda. region gents will take it up tomorrow. regents changed the agenda after the protest. that's not true. in front of the where the u.c. board of regents is meeting. people milling around but they're going to bhere all day. >> all right. sorry. we seem to hav lost terry mcsweenes li

u.c. berkeley campus is school colors. they are award in color ahead of the big game tomorrow. >> it will be a great game. >> great game for pure entertainment. doesn't get much better than the warriors and knicks >>> warriors, the dunk of the year but it turned into a track meet. one of three former warriors making the return tonight. and beale had nine points and ellis would be with authority hand might be dunk of the year. knicks for 41 and beltan, come on! he had 35 all missed and that is amari and warriors launch their come back. monte had 40. reggie williams with 15 points in the fourth quarter. he makes eight 2-point game. not enough defense and warriors lose their first game. >> stanford over cal in thedig of big game. stanford has one of best teams in years but this could be the final big game for the coach. if he stays and they put a salary cap. stanford in line for a bcs bowl game so there a lot on the line. >> you talk about everyday in the same day of coaching but there is a little more to this. on the emotion

u.c. berkeley campus after hearing tuition could go up another 8% next year. $822.hat's for students already struggling. >> right now about $761. and these stopping from paying my december rent. i was going to do a budget for it but now i gotta rethink things. >> it could generate $180 million with a third of those funds to extend financial aid to needy students. last year students were stunned when tuition went up 32%. a new hike is not likely to go over well and the university knows it. >> i think it's hard for them to faith them why the regents are going to have to pursue another fee increase. when we look at overall costs, we're dealing with a $1 billion gap. we gotta find a way to bridge that. >> i'm not happy but it but i think whole school, we're kinds of suffering for that. we don't have as much janitorial resources. as i said, we -- >> the university is giving benefits for those hired 201. maximum benefits would kick in at age 65 instead of 50. albert luceris retire next month. >> some of my colleagues who have been here or close to retirement age, i think

u.c. berkeley. i question myself today, dr. gupta, that i am fit to do what i do every day.hink that that's also what has kept me on the top of my game. i question every single move i do every day. you know, back then when i was in medical school, i remember thinking, wow, i look at my classmates. do you know you had some of them who train at the best prep schools in the country, who came from the most distinguished families in the united states, from traditional education, and there was me who barely had an education, but i was eager to learn. and i had -- i always knew that i had something that others didn't have, and that was that fire in my belly that keeps me going. >> but what is the fire now? now you've accomplished so much. what keeps the fire going? >> i mainly deal with patients with brain cancer, and every single day, dr. gupta, i have to give bad news. i have to give bad news not only to my patients but to their families, and i see it in their eyes. i see the desperation. sometimes it only takes a touch to a patient. it takes only to acknowledge that you've been

u.c. berkeley and we're just observing the meeting. president miguel: welcome. >> i'm graduating in may. if you have any job opportunities, please let me know. [laughter] >> thank you. president miguel: thank you. do you have any questions of us? we don't often get planning students here that are interested in hearing, listening and sitting all through this. >> i guess i was personally curious, i'm new to planning actually from a different field and so i wasn't sure how you all are structured and how, if you're appointed or elected or the process. president miguel: commissioners of various commissions are done differently in the city and various planning commissions throughout the state and country are done differently. in san francisco, the mayor appoints four of the commissioners and they have to be confirmed by a majority of the board of supervisors. the president of the board of supervisors supervisors appoints the other three. these are done on a rotating four-year absolute term and some of us in our first year of serving, some are in second -- a term, rather, and some in the third

u.c. berkeley graduate. you can see him being hit by a officer using her baton. moments later he was sprayed at close range. >> i told them i was a non-violent activist. the officer started hitting me more and an officer came over and took a pepper spray canister and just sprayed us all. >> i understand there's real passionate emotion. all we can hope for is everybody behaves and contain themselves. >> police thought the protestors did not contain themselves and several were rested. all this to protest a proposal athat would raise student fees 8% for families that make $25,000 a year. students came from campuses and berkeley santa barbara and los angeles to protest. >> like high 400 a class. like so many getting in the same class. so hard. all this. >> it's a proposal not even on today's agenda. region gents will take it up tomorrow. regents changed the agenda after the protest. that's not true. in front of the where the u.c. board of regents is meeting. people milling around but they're going to be here all day. >> all right. sorry. we seem to have lost terry mc

u.c. berkeley graduate because of medical problems. her fiance and their friend is still locked up.n arrested them and accused them of illegally crossing the border from iraq. >> gm executives take to the skies, and the federal reserve tries again. >> and new airline security requirements that could affect your holiday travel plans. >> and another delay for the space shuttle discovery. what is forcing nasa >>> welcome back. 5:47. california forecast, sunshine top to bottom. rain is getting chose to eureka. 53 there, other cool spot tahoe, 57. at the base of yosemite, we're at 83, upper 70s to mid-80s. heat continues to be strongest down in southern california, low to mid 90s around san diego and los angeles and palm springs. >>> taking a look at the stories we're following. police in san pablo is asking for the public's help to locate the family of an abandoned young boy. a woman left him and got a taxi that sped away toward contra costa college. the boy is between year and a half and two years old. >> jerry brown is getting to work today. he is having his first budget talks. he is

u.c. berkeley graduates are paying 70% more than they did in 2005. but the u.c.sident sayings the fees won't affect low income students. he says more money will be given to financial said. both systems say the rate hikes are needed because they're not receiving as much state and federal dollars. >> i think it's hard to faith that many why the regents are going to have to pursue another fee increase. when we look at our overall costs we're dealing with a $1 billion gap. >> i'm not happy about it of course but i think throughout the whole, you know, school everyone's kind of suffering for that. people are being laid off. we don't have as much staffing for janitorial reasons. >> the u.c. is proposing changes to employee retirement benefits for those hired after june 2013. local transportation officials say it's time to consider whether the bay area needs another bridge. tomorrow the bay area toll authority will temperature spending up to $400,000 to study the possibility of building another bridge connecting the east bay to the peninsula. the idea of a mid-bay cross

u.c. berkeley graduate released will hold a vigil today. share ra shourd will join rel the fifs and friends at lake merritt to demand the release of the two left there. the trio were arrested by border guards and accused of entering iran illegally. >>> final launch of space shuttle discovery has now been delayed because of an electrical problem. decision came late last night after nasa noticed voltage irregularities. right now discovery's launch has been rescheduled for thursday. they have to launch it by early monday or else, we'll have to wait until december because of issues with the angle of the sun. >> the country of turkey is threatening to block access to youtube over a sex video. they want to remove the video of a former party leader having an affair with his aide. google has no immediate comment. turkey banned 6,000 websites. >> midterm election remains a nail-biter as three big races are too close to call. >> and old governor is california's new governor. complete election coverage coming up. >> we're still seven hours away from t

u.c. berkeley graduates charged for spying. the trial for the three is set to begin february 6th. iranian authorities postponed it because they failed to issue a summons for shourd to appear in court. she was released because of a medical condition. she has not set whether she is going to return to iran. they arrested on a hike while on the iran border. >>> the father of a northern california soldier killed in afghanistan last week is demanding that the army tell him how highs his son died. staff sergeant of grass valley died november 16th in kandahar. the father says the body was found inside an suv and that he died after a single gunshot to the head inside the security fences of kandahar airfield. military officials will only say it was a non-combat related death. father says the army will only tell him his son's death is still under investigation. >> an investigation into dangers posed by drinking glasses that have logos. for example the they found paint used on superman and wizard of oz glasses contain between 16 and 30% lead. same glasses had high levels of cadmium. concern t

u.c. berkeley graduates are paying 70% more than they did in 2005. but the u.s.resident says the fees won't affect low income students. he says more money will be given to financial aid. the rate hikes are needed because they're not receivings much state and federal dollars. >> i think it's hard to faith that many why they have to fur sue another fee increase. we're dealing with a $1 billion gap within the university's budget. >> i'm not happy about it but i think throughout the whole, you know, school, everyone's kind of suffering for that. people are being laid off. we don't have as much staff. >> the u.c. system is proposing changes to employee retirement benefits for those hired after june 2013. under the proposal, maximum benefits will kick in at age 65 instead of age 60. >> san francisco is a step closer he to streamlining the licensing process for lunch trucks. the restaurants on wheels are very popular in the city but owners say getting a permit is complimented and expensive. it runs $9400. they have approved and sent to the full board a measure to reduce

u.c. berkeley, parents she says need to be honest with their children about any anger they feel about thehas been open with his children. and has channelled his energy into positive action. he's taken his children to community forums and even on stage with him when he addressed the chief of president obama's making home affordable program. we asked him about chase ceo's broken promise to meet with him and the group he volunteers for, the contra costa inner faith supporting community organization. >> there's a point that they grew so big that they lost that human touch. and right now we're just numbers. just statistics. >> those statistics from the treasury department showed chase has granted 145,000 loan modifications since may of last year. the industry publication inside mortgage finance reports the bank foreclosed on 255,000 properties in the first six months of this year. chase reported third-quarter earnings up $4.4 billion. jose says he holds no grudges. that's something dr. carter says is important. balancing negative feelings with positive ones. >> what it is that you're still tha

u.c. berkeley students occupying the building there at ucla. 14 people arrested in protests down there. e regents are also considering changing retirement benefits. they're talking about u.c. workers are going to be only eligible to receive 100% of their benefits at the age of 65. right now the age is 60. they're going to move that up. u.c. workers will join students out here. students are going to have a news conference at 7:30 this morning. the march is at 11:00. live in san francisco at the ucsf mission day campus, abc 7 news. >> thank you. word this morning that oakland mayor ron dellums may leave office before his term ends january 3rd. this morning san francisco chronicle said he and his wife had a talk with city officials about the possibility of an early departure. dell lums is under pressure to give the irs a sizeable check to clear up a quarter million tax debt. the mayor has been considering taking on paid speaking engagements and signing on with a washington lobbying firm. both would pay considerably more than what he currently makes. but he can't do either while he's mayor.

u.c. berkeley one to sort and put on socks. from stanford to clear the table and do the dishes.ozen other firsts. >> we're looking for robots that work in human environments where people work and robot that is can work around environments that people are in. as opposed to robots that are in factories. we're trying to seriously grow a personal robotics industry that will eventually change the way that all of us live, work and play. >> for that robots need to see and hear the way we do "in stereo. putting what they see into your eyes puts your head into the robot's head and puts the robot someplace between autonomous and completely remote control. its assisted operations. at its current $400,000, this is not a consumer product yet. steve cousins predicts we will soon see more amazing performances, even life saving that will lead to a universal personal robot in ten years opening all sorts of new doors. with the next step in robots, richard hart, abc 7 news." >> i'm sorry. >> wouldn't it be nice if we had a robot to give us massages if we needed them. >> you haven't seen i-robot, h

u.c. berkeley law professor john ewe who worked for the justice department during the bush administration,rofessor yu. it's great to see you. you heard my discussion with the former ambassador to the united nations nancy sodderberg and the criminal defense attorney. first, to this issue that, look, well, you know, these guys are serving time and long distances and he could very well be in jail for life. so the system works. so let's do it in the civilian court system. how do you answer that? >> first of all, let's just be conscious that the attorney general and the justice department are really lucky that they even got one conviction out of the 200 and some counts. they just got lucky. that doesn't tell us anything about whether these courts are going to be useful for the harder cases that are coming down the line like khalid sheikh mohammed the actual mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. whether they convict people or not in the end is not the most important issue. the most important issue is how is this going to help us take the fight to al qaeda and better win the war we are in right now and

u.c.- berkeley on scholarship, and today, i'm going to be mayor of oakland. >> reporter: quan thinks without ranked choice voting-- which takes the place of a runoff in situations where nobody gets a majority-- she would have been in trouble raising money for another election. >> in a traditional system, i would have had to raise $400,000 in june, and i'd have to try to raise $400,000 in the fall. my husband and i actually put a second mortgage on our house to make sure we'd have enough money on election day. >> reporter: to make sure voters weren't confused by the new system, which is often called "instant runoff," macdonald and his staff produced an iphone app and videos that played in local theaters, and they made 160 presentations around oakland. >> one of our concerns was that voters would vote for the same candidate three times, and while that did happen a little bit, but not much. so voters really understood. >> reporter: some people worried that counting the votes over and over again as candidates were eliminated would be confusing and time-consuming, but the computer solved that. >>