u.c. berkeley professor scott stevens says that's a start, but he thinks the most important lesson nativeneed to cleanse the forest from being choked by fallen branches, dry needles, and small trees. getting rid of the fuel that kindles megafires, he says, must now become the state's perpetual mission. scott stephens: the native people, they thought about this as land stewardship, about really a relationship with the land that went on forever. elizabeth: that creator gave us, you know, the ability to warm ourselves, to cook our food and gave us the creatures that we have here to sustain us. but in return, it's our obligation to take care of them. we have to take care of the land, the water, the animals, the creatures. jaxon: elizabeth azzuz says she hopes one day soon the state will truly honor that sacred obligation. jackson vander beckon, nbc bay area news. stephen: that's our show. if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips, or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. thanks for joining us. i'm steven stock. stay safe, and have a good night. ♪♪♪ ♪♪ >> we

u.c. berkeley just got harder. leaders say a record of -- a record number of students applied this year. more than 112,000 high school students applied. that's about a 28% increase from last year. the number of applicants also increased by 8%. cal says the diversity and getting rid of standardized testing janelle, i applied to cal out of los altos high. i got denied. >> i got denied, too. it's so hard to get in. >>> okay, jeff -- >> you're doing pretty good, raj. >> yes, exactly. jeff, we're at the tail end of the storm, right? >> yes, definitely. and it's starting to kick on out of here rather slowly. but we'll talk more about that and the brand-new storm back behind t. i'll talk about what's a little bit different about this one and what we're watching out for. i'll see you back here in 6 minutes. >> the state of california sent, get this, $300,000 to one address. that had zero legitimate claim to that money. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. i'll explain how that happened next. >>> $10 billion in fraudulen

u.c. berkeley who actually got together and made a proposal to the city based on the fact that they had made a call for the creation of the five cultural centers in strisk, and it was a struggle, let me tell you, because of the fact that it was built basically with the help of hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. i remember at the time my ex-wife was working at the san francisco pretrial diversion program, and she was able to channel a number of individuals to come in and put 150 hours in the remodelling of the center. people from project 20, from various places who would come in and spent hours, and i have to say that some people actually refused to leave after the 150 hours because they loved the place so much. i remember one person who spent over 500 hours volunteering at the cultural center because it was a tremendous enthusiasm to see arts being developed. one of the reasons why we created the cultural center was the fact that, as latinos, we have very few places where to show. i was an art student and anthropology at san francisco state, and we felt we did not have a place to show our

u.c. berkeley right now. it's about the defense. and i'd really like to hone in on the last part. my confidence changed the way i view the world in my potential. that was her -- what she left with coming out of cat and going off to college. and i believe that embodies what we hope our students leave with. and just add that as someone that, you know, -- my hometown of san francisco. and i take the responsibilities around leading the school, especially in the southeast, very seriously. and we just say that i'm grateful to the commissioners and to the board as a whole and staff at sfufd for taking the time to work with us. i believe that the partnership between our school and our district is trump important and want to maintain good relationship together. so i want to thank you again. for the recommendations. i hope i can count on your vote. i'm looking forward to hearing from students and families. >> okay. thank you. and so let's hear from those who would like to speak on this item. >> clerk: six people, president sanchez. >> sure. so far. >> clerk: please raise your hand if you ca

u.c. berkeley of people who thought this way and most of them were not especially young. reason back then is this was mostly lifted to cafes on campuses and what used to be called a magazine. social media focused people that thought this way in such a way that could affect generations and whip up sentiment among themselves and so that's why it's around 2013 that suddenly the things that sound done before and 15 minutes ago to us were being treated as brand-new insights and in the year of 2020, oh, the historians are going to have fun with this particular year. in 2020 what happens is that there's a pandemic and everybody is deeply bored and alienated and spend so much time alone and inside and there's egregious cop murder of a black man and people basically coalesce around the symbolism of that man's murder and take it as an opportunity and no one was thinking this consciously. i don't think this was cynical. it became since it was may, handy opportunity for people to get outside of their houses and spent time with other people and enjoy. if there was no pandemic, the fam

u.c. berkeley, from stanford, from everywhere.e will win out, outside, instead of new york, looking at the best of the best and people to bring in best practices. we need to show how we're going about this process here, so that when people look at our plan and the updated plan, they'll be able to appreciate every level. so i think it's something that i would volunteer to be helpful on that, too. and that's why i keep reiterating, breaking all this down. because at the end of the day, the resident of the island are the focus. and also concentrating on the stakeholders for educational purposes. that's important. thank you. >> and if i could also say, that equity has always been at the forefront of what we do. we have included in every aspect and in terms of working with the groups that are furthering those equity issues, including one treasure island and ymca and the school district, it's at the forefront. the laboratory idea is more related to the science and to the fact that there can be innovation. and we can be at the forefront

u.c. california at berkeley thank you very much for joining us. thank you. all right from the u.s. to a very different system cuba's communist government now for decades the nation has deeply subsidized many expenses for normal cubans regardless of their employment status but this year the government is implementing a deep financial reform that among other things reduces subsidies to many this has come as a shock. just $0.75 that's how much cubans would pay for a monthly basket filled with $19.00 basic products like meat coffee eggs and soap that was until the end of last year now the prices increased almost 10 fold and it doesn't end there. well riding the city bus now costs to pay so electricity and many other things have also become more expensive it's shocking. to government is increasing prices in the hope of boosting productivity and the economy 7000000 cubans are of working age but around 40 percent of them are not looking for employment getting by on what the state provides them officials hope the higher prices will motivate many people to enter the workforce where they can

u.c. california at berkeley thank you very much for joining us. thank you. all right from the u.s. to a very different system cuba's communist government now for decades the nation has deeply subsidized many expenses for normal cubans regardless of their employment status but this year the government is implementing a deep financial reform that among other things reduces subsidies to many this has come as a shock. just $0.75 that's how much cubans would pay for a monthly basket filled with $19.00 basic products like meat coffee eggs and soap that was until the end of last year now the prices increased almost 10 fold and it doesn't end there. riding the city bus now costs 2 pesos electricity and many other things have also become more expensive it's shocking. to government is increasing prices in the hope of boosting productivity and the economy 7000000 cubans are of working age but around 40 percent of them are not looking for employment getting by on what the state provides them officials hope the higher prices will motivate many people to enter the workforce where they can look f

u.c. berkeley in 1962. unemployment for disabled people was 100%. he ran the largest disability organization in the world for jerry brown for eight years. then he was inductive into the california hall of fame, once of nancy pelosi's greatest heros. >> i hate to interrupt -- i'm sorry, sir, could you conclude because your time is up. he sounds like an amazing gentleman. thank you for sharing his history with us. is there anything you would like to add? >> he was a real advocate, there's never been anyone like that. i took his wheelchair to the smithsonian, a one of a kind 1978 and they listed him as a great reformer. there's never been a reformer in san francisco. it's been nothing but rubber stamp. >> thank you so much for your comments. we appreciate them. is there anybody else in our que for public comment? pardon me? >> no more public comment. >> okay. that concludes the public comment item on the agenda. >> debbie, are you reading correspondence or is somebody else? >> there is no correspondence. >> okay. council members, any questions or comme

berkeley to celebrate democracy. isn't that a great shot, ama? this is an art project by the u.c.tment of theater and dance. the department chair says it is to celebrate an accurate, fair and verified election, including the mail-in ballots. hence the mailboxes. >> it's a happy day, misha. >> it is. >> and some neighbors in berkeley could not help but share their enthusiasm with one another. the city's mayor encouraged residents to proudly fly the american flag in the days leading up to and following the inauguration. >> vice president kamala harris now has a special memento from her birth place of oakland to show off in washington, d.c. steph curry, as you see here, presented her with that madame vp jersey. it has 49 on it, the nation's 49th vice president. she said she's going to hang it in her office. isn't that awesome, dan? >> that's neat. >> let's take a live picture of san francisco city hall in honor of today's inauguration. you can see the lights. it's still a little light outside. it's not as dramatic as it will be once it gets dark outside. you see the red, white and bl