facing massive cuts, uc officials unexpectedly raised tuition in 2003. uc had also reassured graduate students they would see no tuition hikes. the courts later found uc raids fees and ruled that those former students had to be reimbursed. and it's today's students who are paying for that reimbursement through the surcharge. >> money has to come from somewhere. >> regents voted to extend that surcharge through 2018 to finish paying off the last of the lawsuit judgment. >> increases were a result of funding cuts now, the surcharge one third goes to financial aid. so that is benefiting our neediest students. >> it will bring in $91 million by the time it expires in 2018. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> the price of paper grocery bags will go up for shoppers in parts of santa cruz county. they pay a dime for paper bags they take from the store. now, fees will more than doubl a quarter. the higher bag costs will apply to stores in santa cruz county one year after the county banned plastic shopping bags. the law will require restaurants to start charging for

it happened during a field trip at lawrence hall of science at uc berkeley tuesday. these are pictures of nadine hareston - here at children's hospital in oakland, taken shortly after she was hit by the arrow. she is said to be doing well. in san mateo county. people driving through the brand- new tunnels along devil's slide friday. will likely see some lane closures. between nine a-m and three p-m tomorrow. cal-trans says, crews will be doing additional lane striping to improve driver safety. the new tunnels opened to the public on monday. tonight. showers are coming to an end in the bay area. more rain is expected over the weekend. this is live a look. kron 4's jacqueline bennet joins us now with the latest. jacqueline? 60s definitely cooler along the coast. overnight the areas of fog. not a bad day. the rainfall will return (closing bell) stocks wrapped up a stellar first quarter today. with the s-and-p 500 finishing at a new high, after flirting with the milestone for weeks. here at the closing numbers. the dow rose 52 points to close at 14-thousand-578. the nasd

the court then found uc acted improperly.that those former students had to be reimbursed. and that's why today's students are paying for that reimbursement. through the . l. >> rants turning to students every time they need to pay for something including past fee on stirngts the regent voted to extend the surcharge through 2 2018 to finish paying off the last of the lawsuit judgment. uc officials have said there are no independent resurss to pay for these reimbursement. >> tuition increases were result of state funding cut. now the tuition surcharge 60 dollars a year, one-third goes to financial aid so that surcharge is benefiting our neediest students. >>reporter: the surcharge will bring in a total of 91 million dollars by the time it expires in 2018. lee ann, abc 7 news. >>> san jose trying a new tactic to draw people to the downtown area. free ultra fast wi-fi. city calls it wickedly fast. it uses san jose existing fiber net work and dozens of new antenna from wireless to web speed. compares to land line really. the servi

i want to know if there's money to be allocated from the p uc >> i propose that - as i recall the go solar was funded as a pilot project. with this discussion or with the clean power sf it would be good to have a discussion about what remains to be proven in the project and if there are clearer conclusions whether it make sense to transition away from the pilot project to one that has more permanent basis. i don't know - i'd like to talk about the status of the ongoing project >> anything else on calendaring? is there any public comment on item 5? >> seeing none it's closed. item 6 other commission business. commissioners 1, 2, 3, 4. i do have something >> thank you. >> based on the recent i guess it was a sinkhole do we have a program like we do in our sewer program i'm not aware of that. >> yes, he do we increased our water main replacement program to address our old infrastructure so we're currently working on that we're prioritizing but i think we're investigating the cause of it and it maybe a little more of the age that caused this incident. >> he noticed we do call for report

. >> no tuition increase for uc students in the fall but they will continue to pay a small surcharge. >> compared to drafted tuition hikes a $60 a year surcharge for uc students doesn't seem like a lot of money except students say it's not fair. >> students are not just a piggy bank. >> the money laz to come from somewhere. >> here is why students have to pay for something that happened in 2003. 10 years ago facing massive cuts, officials say they have to raise the tuition. after sending out bills and even after promising graduate students they'd see no hikes courts found uc acted improperly, ruled they had to be reimbursed and today's students are paying for that reimbursement through the surcharge. >> rather just turning to students every time they need to pay for something. >> today, they voted to extend the surcharge to finish paying off the last of the judgments. officials have said there are no independent resources to pay for the reimbursements. >> the increases is is a 60s aids year, one third goes financial aid and charges are bennett fiting our neediest students. >> it will

the p uc staff has always been a little conservative but i tries the staff.

not on track to graduate with 45 percent of students not on track to graduate and to be eligible for uc's and csu's and whereas /ko*f write [inaudible] more students by giving students who have fallen behind a chance to recover credits through a multitude of different strategies. >> budget cuts have reduced the amount of funding given to summer programs. and whereas there are currently online credit recovery opportunes for [inaudible] and such as the online options are the main platform for all track students to graduate in a timely manner and it is imperative that the [inaudible] prioritizey or [inaudible] due to the questionable student satisfaction and lack of information for english language learners and whereas an evaluation of current credit recovery programs offered would identify the problems that inhibit its current use [inaudible] therefore be it resolved that the sfufc student council urges the school district to provide current credit recovery programings to improve the quality and accessibility of these aforementioned programs. [inaudible] between the city of san francisco, t

the p uc staff has always been a little conservative but i tries the staff. the other, you know, slide - it was on slide 12 they did break out the undecided in the i know if i'm going to be in the program or those who left for pg&e. keep in mind the 5 percent i would assume those 5 percent would stay within the program and that gives us a little bit higher number because they have to sign too forms that were i'm not sure how they would file out the two different forms. by this time in the survey it has not been discuss yet. so there's going to be those great things we're going to keep a lot of those folks and the undecided 9 percent are never asked the question. so some of those people are going to remain in the program. and this is maybe compounding all the survey numbers and does go a little bit further than i would have done. i would have asked the 9 percent where they would go based on those two options. i would argue those numbers are a little bit conservative in that nature >> so i know that commissioner came with dead on to request this data and i know

>> this study was released by uc san francisco, and the group health research institute. they collected data on nearby one million american women that started back in 1994. as you said on the heels of a study done in 2009 that created quite a political fire storm for women who are wondering when should we get a mammogram. okay. thank you very much we'll have more later on. thank you. well a new bill could help insure renters get deposit returned when they move. senator mark leno introduced the bill today that forces landlords to pay higher penalties if a court determine that's they improperly withheld the deposit this, also requires landlords to pay interest on those deposits when returned. groups say a study show that's 60% of the tenants reported part of the security deposits had been improperly withheld. >> a new list of books education officials think school kids is out. the schools chief unveiled 7800 titles today. he says the books will help students broaden their perspective, enhance knowledge and inspire imaginations and says it contains title that's reflect rich

and the fact that it continues to be linked to the fantastic research doctors and medical staff of uc s f, that is a great combination that very few cities have across this country. this hospital, creates 3,000 jobs in it's rebuild. thirty% are san francisco residents that is 500 san francisco residents working with their hands to build the brand new hospital for our future generations. they have done it right. it's on time, $63 million to local businesses as a result of the construction of this hospital. so i'm looking forward in 2015 to join all of you in opening this hospital, making sure we are doing everything to keep people healthy in the city and congratulations to the foundation for your wonderful work congratulations to all of us nobody has got it better than us in san francisco congratulations everyone. (applause) . i don't ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage grace davis, director of california corporate affairs intell corporation ... >>> okay with today being valentine's day we are thrilled to help present 13 new heart art works we see these hearts all around

i thought, wow, if i can do something like that with a guitar -- and i remember, i was a student at uc-berkeleyconsidering going to graduate school in economic geography and working as an intern coming here at the san francisco planning department. i was also a record in my first album. i wrote this piece called " turning, turning back." it began the recording but it also began a new direction for me. they say every musician that starts recording for writing, arranging music, they have to find their own voice. i think i may be found my own voice in that one. >> are you going to play some of it? ♪ >> just playing an excerpt from the middle, -- time part. -- double-time part. the main theme -- ♪ [applause] >> that is the main theme. >> often, when i listen to guitar players, because i'm a guitarist myself, i'm trying to figure out what they are doing and how they do it. i cannot do that when i listen to you. the music for " washes over me. for me, it is so immediately engaging and hypnotize him. to be fair, the other part of it is, in 1000 years, i could never do that. there is a technical compon

uc santa cruz police today announced a reported rape on campus was just a hoax. and the coast guard is investigating a hoax from a sinking boat off the coast of monterey. >> reporter: for the past 11 days, all 17 officers at the uc santa cruz police department have been searching round the clock for a rapist, after a 21-year-old said she was sexually assaulted on campus. turns out that report was a lie. >> i think the bigger impact was -- [ inaudible ] as well as the residence in the area. >> reporter: in january, san jose mother jennifer arrayo reported a man tried to snatch her 3-year-old daugter from her arms. more than 60 police units responded, canvassing the neighborhood. the woman later admitted she made the whole story up. >> you had investigators out there canvassing the area again, looking for potential suspects, talking to neighbors and things of that nature, when these investigators could have been working on other cases. >> reporter: the mother was arrested for falsely reporting a crime. a misdemeanor. but even if she is convicted, prosecutors say th

it happened at uc berkeley's lawrence halve science. her family gave us photos of her in the hospital. abc7 news reporter john alston has the story. >> this is the injury to an innocent eight-year-old girl. a 20-inch arrow through her left thigh. the only thing nay dean -- nadine was doing was playing on this life-sized whale replica during a field trip in the berkeley hill. >> he was -- she was riding down the whale, and she felt a shock in her left leg and jumped off and tried to run, but she couldn't run. >> her mother says the arrow went through only fatty tissue, missing any major blood vessels in her leg. >> she cried a little bit and then calmed downright away. everyone said she was pretty calm for what happened. >> the startling injury occurred around 10:00 a.m. as nadine was with 50 of her third grade classmates from the mary esilvia . jeff was sham roaning another group -- chaperoning another group. >> maybe an idiot not thinking of what they are doing or maybe somebody being malicious. why would somebody do that? why would th

>>reporter: in the if is year after prop 209 passed, uc bolt law school reported that of the 2 71 students only one was african american. graduate from callus example of how things quickly changed. >> face a situation i was only in my class shortly after ban for education program that's unacceptable. >>reporter: ward is considered to be the man behind prop 209. and michigan anti-affirmative action law. >> there is nothing more fundamental in my view than the right to equal treatment by government of every citizen in this country. >>reporter: ross teaches law at uc berkeley. >> 2 law very similar to each other and given the similarities would i say that whatever the court says about prop 2 would have the same impact on prop 209. >>reporter: supreme court will review michigan anti-affirmative action law in the fall. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >>> now to the alert teenager. 15-year-old in san leandro was followed home by someone she thought was creepy. she told her family. they confronted him. alton with the son did not explain his behavior. family called the cops. found watson couple block

it happened at uc berkeley's lawrence halve science.y gave us photos of her in the hospital. abc7 news reporter john alston has the story. >> this is the injury to an innocent eight-year-old girl. a 20-inch arrow through her left thigh. the only thing nay dean -- nadine was doing was playing on this life-sized whale replica during a field trip in the berkeley hill. >> he was -- she was riding down the whale, and she felt a shock in her left leg and jumped off and tried to run, but she couldn't run. >> her mother says the arrow went through only fatty tissue, missing any major blood vessels in her leg. >> she cried a little bit and then calmed downright away. everyone said she was pretty calm for what happened. >> the startling injury occurred around 10:00 a.m. as nadine was with 50 of her third grade classmates from the mary esilvia . jeff was sham roaning another group -- chaperoning another group. >> maybe an idiot not thinking of what they are doing or maybe somebody being malicious. why would somebody do that? why would they chance

vik amar from uc davis. thank you for coming in. thanks for everyone for joining me tonight. i'll cover the hearings from washington next week. you can hear my reports on radio and find the rest of the coverage by going to kqed.org/thisweek. you can follow me on twitter. that's all for me tonight. thanks for watching. good night. gwen: diplomacy abroad, reinvention at home -- from middle east peace to same-sex marriage, tonight on "washington week". into the thicket. on middle east peace -- >> if we can get direct negotiations started again, i believe that the shape of a potential deal is there. gwen: fixing frayed partnerships. >> how are you? good to see you. thank you so much. >> good to see you here. >> wonderful to be here. gwen: on syria. >> we need to step up in the world community to prevent a humanitarian disaster that we haven't seen since halaja 25 years ago in iraq where they cailed -- killed 30,000 people with chemical weapons. gwen: on iran -- >> in order to stop iran's nuclear program peacefully, diplomacy and sanctions must be augmented by clear and credible t

vik amar from uc davis. thank you for coming in. thanks for everyone for joining me tonight. i'll cover the hearings from washington next week. you can hear my reports on radio and find the rest of the coverage by going to kqed.org/thisweek. you can follow me on twitter. that's all for me tonight. thanks for watching. good night.

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s on monday where the students and as well as staff and high school students and uc, and csc students come together and march on the capitol and have a rally, last year we had 10,000 and we are hoping for that number this year, no matter the number, we are going to make a statement to sacramento that we need more support and public education and stow so we will be there and the public is welcome and we will be starting at 10 a.m. in sacramento and so please join us. >> thank you. >> one last before we move on, commissioner mendoza reminds me one last item. tomorrow is the media day for the youth arts festival which will be opening i believe next week the 7th of march. and at the asian art museum this year, this is a new venue for it, it is the youth art festival and a lot of performance and visual art displays. >> it is young at heart. >> no it is youth festival now. >> yeah. >> so, i will be participating the superintendent will be participating. and i believe that the mayor as well will be there. he is hosting the media event tomorrow on the steps, yes. and so you may will get some

to thank all of the leaders in our mission bay from the private sector as well as the public sector, uc s f for an ling that for happening and i want to touch on what mayor khan said we can never be as successful as a city as we want to be unless we pay attention to the gun have the vls in our city and is no different than mayor khan or any urban mayor across the state or country. we are extremely concerned about our gun violence we have to reduce it. and you already know what we have announced in san francisco the possession the very possession of powerpoint ammuntion or automatic weapon tree has no -- in our streets or inner city and is so we offered our own legislature locally but we also know the very reality is just controlling borders won't help and so we have asked all of the mayors and county administration across california do the same and joined our state legislature and some eight other seniors to support their effort state wide and to support president obama and senior fine fine stein on their national events and i want to take a moment to make sure that we hong hospital mem

i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organization supporting kids and families, working for labor. i got to see how city hall could be an effective tool to create change. i looked at running in 2007, 2008, and somehow i made it. i have been in politics for so many ways, doing work around central america, supporting people in central america against u.s. imperialism, their right to live, self determination. i did a lot of work on that on campus when i was in college. a bit of work on apartheid when i was in colle

she was an distinction of going to uc davis and obviously, some strong intellect. i have no double it katie willful fill those incredible responsibilities and representing everybody. she has been literally every corner and again, the residents there has continued to say can we have continuity we don't want people mirandize in political name-calling or disputes but really the board has been demonstrating over and over again, they want the same thing representing district 4 something they felt obviously very strong about and katie has been implemented that kind of plan reflect active of that but as importantly someone who knows already the workings of city hall can be on the ground running. as we all know there's an election that has to be conducted and part of the conversation is how can we mayor someone could balance all these things at the same time and get things done on the agenda whether it's getting the nice park work done there are all those different things we want to see completed. i i know we're going to have a great colleague especially with the comments

just south of uc berkeley. not everyone is excited about what the mayor has in mind.e tonight from abc 7 news reporter are nick smith. >> ♪ parts of berkeley tell grv avenue have fallen on bad times. many retail stores line the streets south of the cal campus closed up shop and moved away. and in a few of these unoccupied places elements some wish weren't there at all. >> just trying to kick it too. >> basically berkeley. >> it's the mix of musician street vendor shop and bar make tell grv avenue what it is and talk of make over should be thought through carefully. >> as long as people rights aren't infringed upon i don't think changes will be a problem. >> berkeley mayor says change is needed and needed now. >> floundering and going downhill for a long time. >> he says retail sales along telegraph avenue and the taxes they generate are half of what they were in 1990. >> brain storm. tonight we try to figure out what people see. what do they want to see. >> mayor wants businesses like night club and boutique indicator to young consumer and students and remove quota on

it happened at uc berkeley's lawrence halve science. of her in the hospital. abc7 news reporter john alston has the story. >> this is the injury to an innocent eight-year-old girl. a 20-inch arrow through her left thigh. the only thing nay dean -- nadine was doing was playing on this life-sized whale replica during a field trip in the berkeley hill. >> he was -- she was riding down the whale, and she felt a shock in her left leg and jumped off and tried to run, but she couldn't run. >> her mother says the arrow went through only fatty tissue, missing any major blood vessels in her leg. >> she cried a little bit and then calmed downright away. everyone said she was pretty calm for what happened. >> the startling injury occurred around 10:00 a.m. as nadine was with 50 of her third grade classmates from the mary esilvia . jeff was sham roaning another group -- chaperoning another group. >> maybe an idiot not thinking of what they are doing or maybe somebody being malicious. why would somebody do that? why would they chance it. >> detective