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u.c. berkeley from 1978. welcome. we have a line up of berkeley graduates. (applause) >> well, thank you for that introduction, dr. weber. and if there's any doubt in your mind as to how governor brown figured out the budget, you just heard it. that's the power of his leadership. good evening, everyone, and thank you for your attending the 2013 inter-solar conference here in san francisco. and first i want to give my personal thanks to the governor. just a couple weeks ago, by the way, all of the mayors from the top 10 city in the state of california met with him just a few weeks ago and we had on our mind a discussion with him about the economy, our budgets, our economic challenges. well, before we could sit down at his picnic table meeting room -- if you've ever met with the governor, you should realize he doesn't have an ordinary meeting table in his office. he has a picnic table. and if you know picnic tables, they're very hard to sit on, and he explained as he sat us down, i have a picnic table here because the hard seats make you not want to sit here t

u.c. berkeley. paul [speaker not understood], director of the material science division at the lawrence berkeley national lab. dr. andrew nelson and our local person, dr. kim [speaker not understood]. it also includes new jersey deputy health commissioner, the connecticut attorney general, as well as abel maldonado who sponsored the california synthetic trip study and today can be found to be most vociferous debunker of its findings as well as other health advocates such as robert f. kennedy, jr. appreciate if you all would take the time. it's only -- it's a short video, to look at it and consider its comments. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> carolyn johnston. >>> hi, commissioners. i am the vice president of the greater west portal neighborhood association and also the chair of the land use committee. and i just wanted to talk to you a little bit about west portal today and what i perceive to be the park needs of that neighborhood, which is a real family neighborhood. i mean, i chose that nei

u.c. berkeley police say female students have been victims of flashers. first, in a housing complex. she saw a man watching her through a window and his pants were down. the second, last night, in another dorm. this time, a student says she came out of a bathroom stall and a man was in the room, with his privates exposed. police aren't saying if it's the same guy at this point. >>> also, new at 11:00, the cotton ball bandit has struck again. you're looking at surveillance video. it shows a suspect holding up the redwood credit union in san rafael this morning. he's wanted in connection with six other banks in the north bay. if you recognize him, you're urged to call the san rafael police department. >>> now, to the crisis in syria. today, a senate committee passed a resolution to use military force against the syrian regime. the proposal goes to the full senate for a vote. also today, secretary of state john kerry and other administration officials went before a house foreign affairs committee. they argued that bashar al assad must be held accountable for his use of chemical weapons.

u.c. berkeley. thank you for joining us. i'm so troubled that we are obsessed from the unemployment rate, it only tells a small slice of the story. i think the labor force participation rate is a more important story. how it's been in decline. it's not just a few year decline. it's been in decline for a very long time. >> yes. the labor force participation rates have been declining. not only this recession. but even prior to this recession. so some of these top line statistics that get so much attention as you mention the unemployment rate are sometimes not capturing exactly what's going on in the labor market. >> right. and i think that's fair to say. they are important to economists. they are important if you see the whole picture but you do need to see the whole picture. i'm trying to get a habl on why-z handle on why the proportion of the workforce is not working. the number really never got above 67% in 1978. it's now around 63%. what is that -- what does that tell you? >> well, i think in the short run, when we're talk

u.c. berkeley.[speaker not understood], director of the material science division at the lawrence berkeley national lab. dr. andrew nelson and our local person, dr. kim [speaker not understood]. it also includes new jersey deputy health commissioner, the connecticut attorney general, as well as abel maldonado who sponsored the california synthetic trip study and today can be found to be most vociferous debunker of its findings as

u.c. berkeley if wal-mart paid its workers twelve dollars an hour it would cost the average shopper almost fifty cents per trip i mean that and i think that a lot of people would agree the battles were absolutely why you know what is their argument when they're faced with these facts i guess that they just kind of not address them and it's really the same argument that has existed since the one nine hundred thirty s. since eighteen seventy's you know any time you give your workers a little bit more it's going to kill jobs going to kill jobs and so in this situation. before the jobs even started or before wal-mart had a chance to make profits they're like well we're just going to not build three of the six stores here because so they are killing the jobs and for they even get here there's plenty of residents that needs jobs here and in fact mayor gray just there's a thousand new people moving into the district every month like there's there's people here. that want to shop they just talk about the health care we're also subsidizing for wal-mart workers. care and food stamps is while i can s

u.c. berkeley. as a city college student i started students making a change that is -- focuses on leadership development and civic engagement, which raul and christie are part of. i started that program at city college because we want to directly address issues impacting equity, impacting low-income, students of color to achieve and to help us overcome barriers that make us feel like it's our fault. so, so, you know, when -- we can stand here and say there are some -- that there are lots of different issues that either exist or don't exist by people on different side, but no one can stand here and tell me students have access to wi-fi when they need it. there is no one that can stand here and tell me we didn't have issues with shared governance. that democracy has to be hard, but it doesn't have to be impossible. i really urge the community to come together in a real way and that if we actually truly love our college and our community that we'll be the number one critics of it and do everything we c

u.c. berkeley in 2012. he's been an elementary school teacher since 2003 with the district and he serves on the school district committee and the task force that focuses on science curriculum for elementary schools as well as selects the textbooks. mr. stewart has developed in owe v-8 i have curriculum and approaches teaching that has helped him relate to his students and keep them engaged thereby increasing their learning outcomes. mr. stewart represents the future of teaching and is a model for teachers in san francisco as well as the nation and it is most deserving of this honor. and i also understand him to be a fantastic track coach as well, all right. so, please, my friends, help me recognize and honor mr. emanuel stewart. thank you. (applause) >> thank you very much, mr. stewart. why don't you share a couple words with us. >> share a couple words with you. no problem. first giving obedience to god because that's who guides me in this whole journey. second, supervisor cohen, thank you so much. and to

u.c. berkeley or to stanford. those are our values. these mission statement might not have been to what they liked, but it was an expression of our values as san franciscans that we think everybody dunkelberg -- this should be a campus that's for everybody. and there were comments about our fiscal management that we have to say that city college is actually the first college [speaker not understood] to be the first college to return to pre-recession revenues thanks to the parcel tax and prop 30, we were on track to get all the money that we lost back. so, i just wanted to clear some of that up first. the reason i believe that we're partially here is this is a difference of our values. we believe that -- we love our second chance program. it is a program that helps ex offenders get out of the criminal justice system return to city college, hopefully get their degree, and continue to, you know, contribute to our society. we have a college program that helps high school folks who drop out of high school get their high school diploma and g

u.c. berkeley campus. >> and it exploded. blew me arm off to the side like this. and the first thing i thought was why did they do that? >> six months later, a package mailed to the home of a university of michigan psychology professor explodes when research assistant nicklaus suino opens it. he sustains burns and shrapnel wounds. the professor suffers some hearing loss. one month later on december 11th, 1985, the unabomber claims his first fatality with his 11th bomb. computer rental store owner hugh scrutton is killed when he picks up what appears to be a piece of scrap wood. metal slap shrapnel penetrates his heart and tears off his right hand. this bomb contains a clue that has been known as the unabomber's signature. a metal plate stamped with the letters fc. >> f.c. became one of the ways for us to tie in one bombing with another. and over the years, became one of the giveaways that this was a unabomb device. >> but the f.c. signature shed no light on the identity of the unabomber or even if he was only one person. >> throughout the investigation, one of the

u.c. berkeley, majoring in english literatures. >> there is a t.o. you know how i know? >> also a devoted father to a 6-year-old son, shane. but he says he is still haunted by his time in solitaire, and that not a day goes by that he doesn't think about the people who are still there, perhaps for a lifetime. >> that was michael reporting. >> when america tonight returns, the sequel to a repressive regime. baby doc is back. extraordinary access, her report when we return. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >> welcome back. a new challenge and a controversial figure from the past. haiti's baby doc john-claude duvalier faces hearing about terrifying experiences. what isn't a surprise is what baby doc has to say about those days, then and now. special correspondent soledad traveled to haiti. >> th

u.c. berkeley economist sylvia l l a grad oh the lead economist in the two thousand and eleven study that with the relationship between teen unemployment the minimum wage raising the minimum wage would not harm job growth or teenage unemployment or employment and would actually increase worker morella productivity and that's why stephen moore has been politically correct. drives corporate thought of the month as marquez brothers international marquez brothers is a california based. cheese and dairy products with a history of anti worker bowling although marquez employees voted to join the international brotherhood of teamsters last year that company has spent millions of dollars trying to sabotage the effort and according to teamsters even fired some union supporters but that's not the worst of it but a group of immigrant marquez brothers workers testified in front of california lawmakers earlier this year about the abuse they'd received at the hands of their employer corporate lawyers follow them into the room and stare them down teamsters have called this a blatant attempt to intimidate

u.c. berkeley caught fire about 1:30 this morning and it forced several people from their homes. >>> crewsay bridge. we're looking really good for america's cup. happens at 1:00 p.m. get all the action right here on nbc bay area. we have a preview at 11:00. we'll check the fire conditions up on the morgan fire. right now, hoe, check your drive. it's been a biz one. >> i don't know. the bay bridge approach is clear. that's good news. things are thinning out there. also, as you look at the map, not as many accidents adds we were reporting 30 minutes ago. still an accident on 880 and that's headed away from the camera at broadway, and also in fremont we're looking at things moving smoothly there. good thing in palo alto right there as well. good news here at 10:30. >> very good. thanks, anthony. >>> apple is announce agnew product right now at its headquarters in cupertinno most analysts expect it to be a new iphone. here's a live look. it is presumed to be an iphone 5s. our scott mcgrew, he is inside that building right now with the big reveal. he will have a live report for us coming up in

u.c. berkeley has to say in an article that came out today. he quoted himself from 2004 when he wrote "if we mistakenly believe that natural fluctuations in climate are small, then we might conclude mistakenly that the cooling could not be just a random fluctuation on top of a long-term warming trend. and that might lead in turn to the mistaken conclusion that global warming predictions are a lot of hooey. if, on the other hand, we recognize that natural fluctuations can be large, then we will not be misled by a few years of random cooling." which has happened over and over through the progression of climate change. he followed on today, "the frequent rises and falls virtually a stair-step pattern, are part of the historic record and there is no expectation that they will stop whatever their cause. the land temperature record is full of fits and starts that make the upward trend vanish for short periods regardless of whether we understand them, there is no reason to expect them to stop. the current pause, he concludes, is consistent with new m

berkeley. the university of california presidents have lived at that home since 1968. it has been vacant for five years and nears major repairs. it is in such bad shape u.c. will spend $10,000 a month to rent a house in oakland for the incoming president. >> bart negotiations aimed at averting another strike are underway for a third and final day this week. there is still no sign of progress toward a deal and both widely disagrand on -- disagree on how much the proposals will run out with 60 days until the cooling-off period runs out the workers could strike if a new labor day is not in place in the next 22 days, by october 10. >> investigators are underway in an early morning brushfire on highway 101 in san francisco. the fire broke out and quickly spread to nearby bushes and a tree before it was knocked down. the sheriff briefly detained someone in the area for questioning and called out arson. >> breaking news in the south bay an elderly woman taken to the hospital after a fire in san jose. break out in the front room of her apartment and smoke detectors are credited with saving her life at 83. she was able to make it out safely. the woman suffered sm

u.c. will consider a plan to fix an muchty mansion in the another bay hills in kensington north of berkeleyiversity of california presidents have lived at the whom since 1968 but it has been vacant if five years and needs major repairs. it is in such bad shape that they will spend $10,000 a month to rent a house in oakland for incoming president janet napolitano. >> today, team new zealand could win the america's cup. dangerously high winds on san francisco bay forced the cancellation of both of yesterday's races. lighter wins are expected for raises 11 and 12 this afternoon. team new zealand needs only two winds to claim the america's cup for the third time. the finals are led 7-1. the first time to get nine wins the cups the oldest trophy in international sports. >> kiwis showing off an america's cup prank yesterday morning they pulled off at a home of the owner of oracle. they decorated part of his san francisco home with a dozen new zealand flags. the teams were pulled off by his son accord to the video posted online. they said they came up with the idea while drinking a beer and said i

u.c. berkeley but soon realized she really loved planting things.ogether, she and dan decided to try herbs. success soon followed, and the farm is now one of the largest wholesale suppliers of herbs and perennial plants to nurseries in california and nevada, delivering to more than 50 retailers. >> and i find it a lot more interesting to look for these rare plants, and a lot of them are really good for california climates. they work perfectly in our area. again, they're multifunctional, so you can cook with a lot of them. a lot of them you cook with kind of unusual cuisines. and a lot of them are drought-tolerant. so, it really goes forward on what we would like to promote, which is dry gardening in our area. >> like lavender--30 different types grow on this farm. go ahead. try and say this one's name. >> lavandula stoechas kew red. it's a-- >> wait. it's called a what? [laughing] >> lavandula stoechas kew red. it becomes important to know which lavender you have. >> the vacaville farm has the feel and the charm of a rustic garden. but make no mista