u.c. berkeley to pay tribute to nelson mandela. it take place from three to five this afternoon at u.c. berkeley's main campus. >>> passengers on an alegient is okay after an emergency landing. >> you heard the landing gear come up, and then we heard a thump and you kind of felt it, and then the plane smarted smelling like burnt feathers and burnt flesh of some sort. >> i was like when is that smell, what is going on? i said please just make it there alive. >> scary. the interim director at the stockton airport said stuff follows strict main innocence routine but there's no way to guarantee that birds won't get close to engines. >> two other people walked away from a plane that went down last night near lake immediate. the plane clipped a fence at a nearby rock yard where it tried to land and then skid today a stop. it was ons its way to north las vegas from ads. investigators are looking into when led to the emergency landing. >>> new details this morning. the two bart workers who were killed on the tracks in october were facing in the opposite direction of the train that hit them. that

u.c. berkeley to pay tribute to nelson mandela.ll include a candle light vigil, as well as music from the choir. it will take place from three to five this afternoon at u.c. berkeley's main campus. >>> passengers on an alegient air flight are okay after an -- a bird strike. it was on its way from las vegas to stockton with a bird collided with its engine. the plane was then forced to make an emergency landing. >> you heard the landing gear come up, and then we heard a thump and you kind of felt it, and then the plane started smelling like burnt feathers and burnt flesh of some sort. >> i was like what is that smell, what is going on? i said please just make it there alive. >> they said staff followed strict maintenance routine, but there is no which to guarantee that birds won't get close to the engines. >> a single engine cessna went down last night near lake immediate. authorities said it clipped a fence as it tried to land and skid today a stop. it was on its way to north las vegas from arizona. investigators are looking into wh

u.c. berkeley to pay tribute to nelson mandela.nclude a candle light vigil, as well as music from the choir. it will take place from three to five this afternoon at u.c. berkeley's main campus. >>> passengers on an alegient air flight are okay after an emergency landing. >> it collided with a bird. they were forced to make an emergency landing. >> you heard the landing gear come up, and then we heard a thump and you kind of felt it, and then the plane smarted -- started smelling like burnt feathers and burnt flesh of some sort. >> i was like what is that smell, what is going on? i said please just make it there alive. >> scary. >> they said there's no guarantee that birds won't get close to engines. >> a single engine cessna went down lift night near lake immediate. authorities say the plane clipped a fence at a nearby rock yard as it tried to land and skid today a stop. it was on its which to north las vegas fromas. investigators are looking into what led to the emergency landing. >>> new details this morning. the two bart workers

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u.c. berkeley. he was in the audience at the coliseum. >> oakland was the symbol of the city that fought and that constantly held the nation's feet to the fire. >> with his passing, we can't help but celebrate his life because it was one that embodied the spirit of gandhi and martin luther king. >> reporter: his legacy will live on in this city forever. >> that day was unforgettable for so many of us here. >>> new video tonight. one of the first prayer services. this was in capetown, south africa. desmond tutu offered his condolences to the mandela family. tutu himself, a social rights activist from south africa. mandela impacted the entire soul. he spoke passionately about the power of education and sports, a way to advance and unite. nbc bay area's jean elle joins us in san francisco with more. >> reporter: nelson mandela was not a big rugby fan. but he showed his support for south africa's all-white rugby team. and it was a game-changer for his country. the reverend avis brown remembers the histo

u.c. berkeley professor is dead following a freak accident. he was biking along the green way when he swerved to avoid a skateboarder and crashed into a fence. then his heart stopped and paramedics were unable to revive him. he was an assistant manager for the university's office of environment health and safety. >>> all right, don't believe everything you read on your caller i.d. a vallejo woman lost $2,000 to a phone scammer who replaced his call back number with the police department. he claimed to have a warrant for her arrest and threatened to take her kids if she didn't pay. when the woman phoned the number on her caller i.d., she got the police automated phone system. thinking the call was legit, she sent the money. >> and on the subject of money, the nation's biggest bank made an unusual move today in the wake of that massive security breach of target. why chase opened up bramplets all over the country -- branches all over the country on a sunday. >> reporter: it's not every day you see a bank open for business on a sunday, but chase b

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u.c. berkeley. the relevance of that is twofold. first, i provided some recommendations about closing l-7 and what to do about it. second, i ask you to imagine the increased vulnerability of the less educated and people of color who are probably the ones who mostly fill that unit. i mean, even for me it is hard just to get here. i've been meaning to come for weeks, but i just couldn't do it. so, i've provided a copy of a five-page document. in the time remaining i'm going to describe my personal experiences. which constitute legal abuse, prisoner abuse, and sadism, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric care, there isn't any. you never see a psychiatrist. i asked a psychiatrist to come see me. i said, look, i broke a cup. i didn't try to commit suicide. she said, it's a done deal. that's the level of care that's provided. legal abuse, it's guilty until proven [inaudible]. that's my second one? >> it is. thank you. >>> thank you for listening. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon. i have two comments, right. the first one is about

u.c. berkeley, it was an amazing experience, artists [speaker not understood] came out of the movement as well and [speaker not understood] spearhead as well. but i wanted to say that bill fletcher, jr., and others have written, they could say it much more eloquently than i can, in celebrating mandela's life bill flesh assays that celebrating mandela's life is celebrating the very fact that this man lived and made the immense contributions that he made, celebrated his commitment and integrity, celebrating the extent of his courage, a courage that few of us can ever imagine. this is bill fletcher talking. i find myself celebrating his comrades, some alive, many dead, who against all odds took up a multi-decades struggle for freedom and social transformation. i celebrated the fact that mandela believed both passionately in organization and did not wish to be worshiped as the supreme leader. he saw in organization that the organization of the people, the key to liberation. nelson mandela will be mourned and celebrated, but something else will happen. there will still probably very soon be ef

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u.c. berkeley's school of business. her vote has been delayed until january 6th.e first family is also leaving town for for the holidays. they take off for hawaii tonight. >>> a bay area development company has pulled its plan for a massive project in one of palo alto's busiest areas. on paige mill road. san francisco-based developer jay paul company had planned to build a new 300,000 square foot office complex there. plans also included a new earthquake-safe public safety building across the street. the company sites political climate in palo alto as the reason for pulling the plug. the city council had expressed concerns over increased traffic along one of city's most congested areas. >>> well, during the holidays, there's always someone who waits until the last minute to buy gifts. >> i'm with you on that one. >> if are you one of those people, are you in luck. scott mcgrew joins us with a gadget friday, especially for the holidays. >> merry almost christmas to you. the biggest question i've been getting from patients this year is whether they should buy the pl

u.c. berkeley including a 100-day sit-in and brought together thousands of students. >> police and more than 150 people were arrested. >> students, here, again, overnight, in the solidarity. >> now, a state assembly woman was then a graduate student who led the campus divestment committee. we felt we were morally implicated in the regime that basically was denying the majority of people in south africa their freedom, ability to participate in government or any democracy. >> many others took, not only students. in 1984, larry wright was a long shoreman unloading ships at ports. he recalls how will union members refused to move south african cargo off ships. >> the ship set there for 11 days. every day there was a demonstration, every day the longshoremen refused to go. they tried to negotiate to get the ship unloaded but we refused. >> the movement changed momentum. >> until the world stood with south africa, their struggle would never have reached its peaceful conclusion. >> so at city hall, it was a dual honor for nelson mandela and politics in the bay area. decades ago, 10,000 miles away f

u.c. berkeley today a large crowd gathered to hon honor nelson mandela. because of their protests the university was the first to divest themselves from businesses trading with south africa. >> the recognition of the iniquity of the apartheid system really made people come together, ultimately to make a decision like that in divestment means you have to be persuaded this is is the right thing to do. >> a year later in 1986 the u.c. regents voted on a plan to divest their holding in south africa. nelson mandela always said the student protests helped change his nation. >>> a young girl from oakland is brain-dead tonight after going under surgery to have her tonsils removed. her family wants answers. abc 7 news reporter joins us with what happened. >> reporter: the girl's distraught mother tells me tonight she expected her daughter to go into surgery on monday and then be home by tuesday. now the whole family is trying to figure out how this all went terribly wrong. these are pictures of 13-year-old jahai mcmass and her mother when she first arrived at oakl

u.c. berkeley yesterday a large crowd gathered to honor the life and legacy of nelson mandela. cal students played a major role in the attempt to end aparti. because of their protests, berkeley was one of the first universities to divest itself of companies doing business with south africa. >> really made people come together. ultimately to make it efficient like that means you have to be persuaded that it is the right thing to do. >> in 1986 the u.c. regents voted on a three-year plan to divest their holdings in south africa. nelson mandela always said the protests helped change his nation. >> a toxic chemical cloud caused a -- residents to stay inside. a major health concern in san leandro yesterday evening. authorities say it happened around 6:30 when residents noticed a sulfuric smell and white haze coming from a company called associated aerospace activities. >> what we believe occurred is a machine operating inside was still functioning and operating and overheating, mixing with the chemicals that were in the machinery. and created gaseous-based environment. >> the smell,

u.c. berkeley yesterday a large crowd gathered to honor the life and legacy of nelson mandela.ajor role in the attempt to end aparti. because of their protests, berkeley was one of the first universities to divest itself of companies doing business with south africa. >> really made people come together. ultimately to make it efficient like that means you have to be persuaded that it is the right thing to do. >> in 1986 the u.s. regents -- the uc regents voted on a plan to divest their holdings in south africa. nelson mandela always said the protests helped his cause. >> a chemical cloud caused a major health concern in san leandro yesterday evening. authorities say it happened around 6:30 when residents noticed a sulfuric smell and white haze coming from a company called associated aerospace activities. >> what we believe occurred is a machine operating inside was still functioning and prettying and overheating, mixing with the chemicals that were in the machinery. and created gaseous-businessed environment. >> the smell, i mean, when it could do to you. and i have a six-year-o

u.c. berkeley grad has become the first person to die in an avalanche this season.ichael was an avid skier and recently moved to jackson hole wyoming from san francisco. as lilian kim explains, he was skiing in the back country when his trip turned fatal. >> it's a risky take to live life. it's the risky take to feel life and that's what it was. >> billy shared a ski house with mike in squaw valley a couple years ago. he said michael had a strong sense of adventure but always took the proper safety precautions when skiing. he is experienced in the back country, he was with a group of very experienced people. they did most of the right things, but you can never be too careful. >> he was said to have all the safety gear, a beacon, probe and shovel when his friends found him buried in the snow just outside the boundaries of the jackson hole resort. a doctor in the area attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead. it appears he was the first in a group of five people to head down the slope and trigger the avalanche. the brother arrived in jackson. the two grew up

u.c. berkeley grad has become the first person to die in an avalanche this season.chael was an avid skier and recently moved to jackson hole wyoming from san francisco. as lilian kim explains, he was skiing in the back country when his trip turned fatal. >> it's a risky take to live life. it's the risky take to feel life and that's what it was. >> billy shared a ski house with mike in squaw valley a couple years ago. he said michael had a strong sense of adventure but always took the proper safety precautions when skiing. he is very experienced in the back country, he was with a group of very experienced people. they did most of the right things, but you can never be too careful. >> he was said to have all the safety gear, a beacon, probe and shovel when his friends found him buried in the snow just outside the boundaries of the jackson hole resort. a doctor in the area attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead. it appears he was the first in a group of five people to head down the slope and trigger the avalanche. the brother arrived in jackson. the two gre