nine uc berkeley students who filed a federal complaint testified at the state capitol. when they reported being sexually assaulted uc berkeley officials did not investigate or punish the attacker. lawmakers agreed to audit uc berkeley and three other schools over the next several months. >>> england's largest human resources organization will change its guidelines following the death of an intern. while the cause of death has not been revealed 21-year-old morris collapsed and died at his london apartment after pulling three consecutive all nighters. british companies are allowed to set time and pay while some work over 100 hours a week. the airline faces an uncertain future if a merger does not happen. american had planned on teaming up with u.s. airways as part of the emergents from bankruptcy. both american and u.s. airways is fighting the justice department to allow them to join forces. >>> time is 4:46. let's go to sal. sal, you getting prepped and ready? >> yes, we are. the media on tours these days and i know it's getting close and by this time next week it's goin

uc police responded to eight cases of alcohol poisoning. occurred inside uc residence halls and all took place between 1:00 and 2:00 monday morning. the individuals were transported to the hospital. no word on how those students are doing at this point. >>> and an investigation is underway into an early-morning fire at an east oakland home. neighbors say it was used by squatters. the two-alarm fire started on 50th avenue near international boulevard shortly before 2:00 this morning. flames shot off from the two- story home. one woman we spoke to said that she knew homeless people who used the house for shelter. >> the homeless would come and sleeve. they got nowhere to go. i'm thinking it was a candle. >> investigators found matches on the floor of the home. but they say no one was inside during the fire. >>> a warmer day is shaping up around the bay area giving you a live view towards sutro tower. you can see the low clouds in the backdrop. the marine layer about 1,000 feet or so and the marine layer clouds hugging the coastline. partly su

uc president says part will dprum private funds.he says uc needs to pay rate. >> ticket master wail lou scalpers to sell tickets alock side regular sized seats. wall street journal said ticket master had little choice. big shows often sell out within minutes.kj9 so looks ticket master is taking aapproaches. if you can't beat them, join them. >> there is some encouraging news about the cost of filling up your car. >> about time. >> yes. >> gasoline prices easing a bit here in the bay area. the survey says it's still, that is 15 cents less than a year ago. that is a good news, what about bad. >> days below 3s sdz like a a thing of the past. highest average price just shy of $4. september 10th seems to be the day with the blow out. a blog says that is the data now, others are jumping on board. the next iphone expected to have a5w similar design to current iphone 5 but at a fingerprint reader for security, faster internet and improved camera. if you plan to trade up you need to do it sooner than later. surveys show those who traded in

uc san francisco owns o the land. on monday, the university will remove 1200 small trees. the san francisco fire department recently warned the university to clear 100 feet of space around buildings near the open space reserve. removing the trees will help to protect homes along the preserve as well as the ucsf medical center. >>> a new study says iconic's coastal redwood trees are no longer resistant to wildfires. researchers say that's because a disease called sudden oak death is drying out the forest and making wildfires worst. redwoodings are usually not affected by the disease. researchers say redwoods are in forest with other trees, the redwoods would be vulnerable to fires. >> that would be tragic. >> i love the trees. >> what's happening towards sfo airport. >> if you're leaving san francisco, dave, torry, it could be a slow down. and they'll look at it via the map system. southsouthbound 101. i think we have the maps. southbound 101, as you drive down the peninsula. there's a crash that's being cleared. it's there sings -- since 2:30 in the morning. one of the thi

>>reporter: 20-year-old uc returned with us to the spot where he was sitting on that november day. he was a freshman at just started school here when uc davis police lieutenant john pike sprayed him and 20 fellow activist who gathered to peacefully protest university policies. >> it was a long time ago. glad it's over but i of course am upset with what they ever trying to do. >>reporter: although the university paid out a total of 1 million dollars to the pepper spray protestors, lieutenant pike later fired claimed he too was a victim for the way he was treated in the wake of the incident. psychiatrist agreed upon as pert by both uc davis and pike attorney found pike suffers from moderate disability and is therefore entitled to worker compensation benefits. the amount still to be determined concerning to the university. uc davis issued a statement saying although the agreement has not been completed, the university expects that in accordance with the board ratings john pike will receive financial compensation. an attorney who specializes in worker come claims but no stake in this o

uc berkeley students found themselves at the capitol today. a day that ended in celebration.ul and emotional testimony. >> in february 2012, i was sexually assaulted by a student here, who also assaulted three other women. >> reporter: the students say when they reported the sexual assaults to administrators, the university failed to investigate or punish assailants. >> we were discouraged from reporting or were outright lied to. >> i still don't know what's happened with my own case. >> reporter: these women filed a federal complaint and asked state lawmakers today to audit uc berkeley's handling of sexual assault claims. some victims say they were questioned about uc staff about how they dressed or behaved. >> these are examples that we would hear 30 years ago. this has not changed. >> as a representative of the university of california- berkeley -- >> reporter: chancellor linda williams did not address the students' claims but said the university will cooperate with an audit. >> we will fully address and respond to this. >> reporter: the audit, approved. the students celeb

two neurosurgeons from uc davis have resigned over a recent controversy.udolph used an exper member fall treatment for brain cancer. the idea was to stimulate a patients immune system using bowl bacteria. all three test patients died. two shortly after being treated. while these two men gave permission for the procedure uc davis cities it did not. >>> some 49er fans are really pumped up for the regular nfl season. in fact, some fans got sop excited they had to bring in extra security at last night's game. you kidding me? three rowdy fans tried to run on to the field during the fourth quarter. only one of the fans was successful though. but that forced the 49ers security team to bring in bike police who were outside the stadium to help with the efforts inside. now during the game collin kaepernick got the team off to a fast start. look at this touchdown pass. gave the 49ers a 10-0 lead after the first quarter. the niners extended their lead in the second. bell hawkins got pretty. took the kickoff. 105 yards. the 49ers would go on to win 44- 14. the oakland

uc berkeley students return to campus before classes get underway.students being welcomed by a new chance color. -- chancellor. uc berkeley used to get 50% of the funding from the state. now closer to just 12%. saying cal needs to adjust. >> we're going to relie on fill lan throppy and have to find ways to generate new revenue through programs and use of our resources. >> l are 5800 students in the freshman class. 30% are from out of state or international students who pay higher fee autos still ahead at 4:00 big milestones for two silicon valley company autos new upgrades only different next time you go to a warriors game. >> take the time to learn about the tool. >> a bay area man receives highest military honors. what he did and how he's trying to help vet transnow here at home. >> live look at traffic. there slft people on vacation. it's so light. >> breeze getting to the north bay. stay with us. festival goers are sefting up a test city now. google adding to its maps and some stores are reporting runs on camping equipment and bicycles, one ice d

. >>> women students from uc berkeley convinced the late lenl slature to audit how -- legislature to audit our they handle sexual offenses. >> when they reported having been assaulted, uc berkeley officials did not investigate and did not punish the attacker. >> we're discouraged from reporting and we're out right lied to. . >> the legislator said the state audit should take about five months. the nine women have also filed a federal complaint. >>> the city of san bruno is criticizing statements it may have to pay for that 2010 deadly explosion. it's considering two and a quarter billion dollar penalty and fine. >> the chairman and ceo said it could face the company into bankruptcy. according to the mayor, that contradicts the findings of several experts. he said, quote, we are deeply concerned these comments could mislead the market, and shareholder, and we hope were not made in a deliberate way to effect the out going process. >>> pulled off by men opposing as utility workers, on sunny hills road, near the oakland piedmont city line. a man asked for residence to the back of his pro

she told us an hour ago a begin graft operation went well and he'll remain at uc davis for at least five days. >> he was malled by a friend's dog. >> the dog is under quarantine. >> the six-acre parcel is on lawrence way along 680. >> the city council's now directing staff to issue requests for proposals. >> selling the land could result in more than $1 million a year in revenue. >>> violent scores of people dead in egypt. >> outrage in cairo and the united states. >>> and new details about a suicide attempt and the failed efforts to save her. >>> a little bit cooler across most of the bay area. >> all this fog will be first thing tomorrow morning and when drizzle returns to the bay area forecast. . >>> a fire in forest hill in plaster county is having a wide reaching effect across many ports of california. >> sacramento valley are complaining about the smoke from the fire. >> fire officials admit the large amount of smoke is unusual. >> they say one reason is the fire area hasn't burned in some 50 years providing more intense fuel to burn. >> flames sc --ortched thousands of acres. >>>

the fire now is 30 percent contained with full containment september 10. >> a warning for uc berkeley students ahead the first day of class. a 20-year old student was robbed of her cell phone outside dorms on monday night. police say a teen came up from behind, pushed the victim and grabbed her phone. he ran away and is not caught. the student was shaken but otherwise okay. >> you may find service slower today at your favorite fast food restaurant. >> the new study that my have you eating a lot more fruit. >> the bay bridge is closed right now. it closed last night. here is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see only work vehicles, caltran crews, et cetera, trying to get the transition to the new span done as quickly as possible. you will have to find an alternate route if the bay bridge is your normal commute. >> we are checking out the alternate commutes to bring you a look at traffic conditions. use engineer is on the move near the macarthur maze and you are by yourself? >> it is a lonely ride so far out here but i am turning around here and i am currently at the macar

one, stanford is number two, uc berkeley is third, and then m.i.t. and number 5 is cam bridge. >> and two degrees cooler than average in livermore and three in san francisco and four degree coolers to redwood city. only 76 degrees but should be 82. a game at at&t park with the pirates in town, very good pirates. starting at 60 and dropping to 58. you can see the storms to the north, low 90's in sacramento and 93 in yosemite and 80 in tahoe and 83 in los angeles. sue? >> good morning, mike, pretty good looking thursday morning or little friday with no real delays but just road work, westbound 4 coming from antioch you will find slow traffic from before 680 and looking pretty good when you reach pittsburg and in the concord area that will pick up any time. coming from the central valley, westbound 580, greenville to north livermore we have slowing speeds of 32 miles per hour from 205 and it picks up in livermore on the way to dublin pleasanton and 31 minutes from tracy to dublin, highway 4, the driver is a grind but not too bad in concord and 101 from

i thought, wow, if i can do something like that with a guitar -- and i remember, i was a student at uc-berkeleynsidering 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 componen

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

more than 6,000 undergraduates moved in today at uc berkeley. they were greeted by profees tores and new chancellor. >> i'm excited, but i'm also nervous and making a ton of new friends and meeting the people. >> fall semester courses begin thursday. >> checking other bay area headlines. e rat cation efforts are underway after a disease carrying mosquito was found. the nonnative yellow fever mosquito was discovered in a residential area of menlo park. people bitten are at risk of contracting yellow fever. so far, diseases associated have not been reported. >>> new zealand with a sale? have to wait one more day to secure a spot in the america's cup match against defending champion, oracle team u.s.a. 54 miles per hour, but high winds forced officials to cancel a second race. the speed propelled them and gave them a sixth win in the best of 13 series. a few races are scheduled for tomorrow. >>> and 50 years ago this week, tens and thousands of people witnessed martin luther king, jr.'s, famous, i have a dream speech in washington. >> more people t

if you have information call uc police. >>> the ground breaking of memorial underpass honoring an officer killed in the line of duty. the project is named after officer bradley moody who died in 2008. he lost control of his car on the way to an emergency. the new underpass will go under tran tracks to correct richmond to the marina bay community and the construction will take at least 18 months. moody was remembered today by his brother, james moody. >> on brad's last day, he saved lives. >> a man who got a life-saving lung transplant from officer moody was there as well along with 150 other people. >>> a major announcement rocked microsoft. still to come, what's going on with the man that is replacing bill gates. >>> and celebrity chef paula deen is off the hook. the law suite filed against her has been dropped. >>> it turns out it's pretty common. >>> common and dreaded. still ahead, the silicon valley company thabs studying the genetics of stretch marks and what researchers are hoping to find out. >>> the army psychiatrist was found guilty of the killing at fort hood. convicted of prem

on information what they know about the district, what they know about coming -- what's coming from uc as, what's on the cutting edge and how we as a district can best prepare classroom staff, administrators, paraprofessionals, families to have these conversations. ~ ucs at a much deeper level. i want to say it was stellar. i want to congratulate them. i also attended -- oh, ghosh, teaching in a culturally relevant classroom, which was also wonderful with denny morenco. and he was wonderful as well. so, i know that the other half -- tomorrow is at burton high school. so, the other side of the city. and, again, just a bounty of professional development options and it was just wonderful that we could all pick and choose which is even more exciting about professional development. you go and you want to be there. so, i want to congratulate the district staff for putting that on today. all i heard were good things. and superintendent, can you comment on the speaker, the guest speaker today? >> sure. thank you, commissioner maufas, for the shout out. and i also want to add my thanks to dr. [

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

. >> but against that backdrop, an ongoing study at uc davis is raising questions about potential side effects from the procedures. professor benjamin heart and his team crunched records from the school of veterinarian medicine's massive database, focusing specifically on golden retrievers. >> we know different breeds of dogs have different susceptibilities to cancers and different susceptibilities to joint problems. >> among the findings, more than double the rate of hip problems in male golden retrievers who were neutered in their first year, and more than triple rate of canine cancer in male and females that underwent first year surgeries. >> they were caused or brought on by neutering, increased in frequency. >> while acknowledges the findings will be controversy, he believes they can argue for alternative methods of sterilization that will most likely alter canine hormone records. -- or levels. a potential cause of the bone both ask cancer issues. >> you could do a vasectomy or a tubal ligation in a female if you wanted to for less money and less trauma. >> fellow uc davis veterin

uc davis in the middle of 1 billion dollar fundraiser.rkeley latest effort had 3 billion dollar goal and expected to conclude this year. remarkable amounts of money being raised. >> the support system that will alower the new bay bridge to open to traffic on september 3rd is now in place. crew successfully installed these new shim over the weekend. steel plate may not look like much but engineers say they are what is making even cold front tent that the new bay pwrem is safe enough to open in 15 dais daisy. hears transportation reporter heather with the latest on the prison he can. >> shim are in except for the small stuff like lane striping and big stuff electric connecting the island. new bridge is ready. but are you? >> helpfully stays up. faster commute. better view. >>reporter: before that better view a final 5 day full brim closure will likely mean some congestion on the alternate roulingts like the san mateo bridge to the south. >> we normally go over san francisco bridge every morning. but new that closure and stuff we have to go

that is not the case at uc santa barbara.ll explain coming up after the break. >>> finally this morning there is something smelly happening on the uc santa barbara campus. when i say smelly, real funky, thanks to a flower in bloom there. this is a very stinky flower. it is called the titan arum, yeah, a huge perennial, i guess, some refer to it as the corpse flower. doesn't sound pleasant, does it? >> no. >> it is known for being extremely arrextreme ly aromatic. these are reach up to ten feet in height and very native to rain forests near the equator. not a real pleasant flower to look at either. >> maybe put some glass around it, contain that stench. >> do something like that i don't know why you would want to grow that, a perennial just funky, not in a good way. 11:27. have a great day. see you tomorrow. thanks for joining us. check us out online, nbcbayarea.com. [ woman ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten-free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors

so i think we want to do the right thing. >> carolyn tells us the uc davis teams plans to study labs and move on to other popular breeze. they hope to study the difference between the effects of spaying and neutering. >>> it appears alex rodriguez will be suspended tomorrow, likely through the end of the 2014 season. that's according to our sister network espn. they said the deliberations between i rod and commissioner bud selig broke down completely yesterday with selig telling officials he would know longer negotiate. they report as many at 12 players will be suspended tomorrow for their roles in the biogenesis scandal. >>> happening today a team from the peninsula on a quest for the little league world series will be back in action following wing over a team. they will face off today. a viewing party kicks off at 9:00 a.m.. t-shirts supporting the team will be on sale during the viewing party and proceeds will go to the team's travel cost. >>> a lot going on today across the bay area. how is the weather going to be? >> i think you will like it. it is starting off cool, but a very

uc-davis is in the middle of a $1 billion fund-raiser. and uc-berkeley's latest efforts set a $3 billion goal that it expects to meet this year. >>> it is now five before the hour. mike is here with weather. more lightning today. >> i think the chance is out there but it won't be a repeat of last night. let's take a look at the low and where it's sitting right now. it's pulling just a little farther offshore. notice upstream, we don't see any storms like yesterday. so the energy that's rotating around this low is a lot weaker. so any storms i think will be best along the sierra as we head towards the afternoon hours. and a few of those may stray towards us. 82 today with thunderstorms. same thing with yosemite. we'll talk 104 in fresno. about 80 in l.a. >> sig alert still in effect. looks like 45 minutes until the sweeper train comes in and cleans up this mess. this happened right past 280. right now all lanes blocked northbound side of 880 right at 280. traffic is having to be detoured off the freeway. you can always get off at hamilton

tone sure we can provide the best resources for students and hopefully reduce incidents of assault. >> uckeley getting 12% of funding from the state. down from 50% a decade ago. >> yes what. a change. >> there is more still to come here tonight. >> yes. jauft head soldier took the medal of honor home and doors he's opened to a new understanding of ptsb. >> john kerry with tougher thoughts on the use of chemical weapon autos and what is going to back up >> now updating you on the wildfire that continues spread near yosemite. burning nearly 150,000 acres moist, cool conditions have helped firefighters get it 15% contained fighting the fire has been expensive, in its 10th day response costing $20 million. the state aloe indicates just $172 million for the entire year to fight wildfires. the governor wet met with fire and emergency officials today. feem -- fema approved a request for aid. >> secretary of state cherry delivered sharpest condemnation to last week's parent chemical attack blaming the assad regime for the attack saying the administration would hold the syrian government accountab

two neurosurgeons from uc davis resigned over a controversy. school of medicine used an experimental treatment for brain cancer. the idea was to stimulate a patient's immune system using bowel bacteria. now, all three of those test patients died. two of them shortly after they were treated. now, while they gave permission for that procedure, uc davis said it did not. >>> today is the first day of school for the oakland school district. as kids head back to school, the oakland police department has some tips for some kids and parents. brian flores is live at roosevelt middle school with the advice being offered by police. >> good morning. the summer break now over. many kids making their way back to school here at roosevelt middle school, they are waiting for the first bell to ring a few minutes from now. the opd tells parents and students that safety should be a top priority. for example when your kids leave school, it's important to map out a safe route for your kids. your kids know where to go. when your kids are at school, opd says it teache

. >> classes at uc berkeley begin on thursday and ofcials unveiled a series of new inittives to changestudents are educated there includingentoring programs, social events for students and professors and advand research projects for der graduate students. he's got to grapple with a state audit. >> we're going cooperate with the audit in order te sure we can provide the best resoces for students and hopefully reduce incidents of assault. >> uc berkeley getting 12% of funding from the state. down from 50% a decade ago. >> yes what. a chae. >> there is more still to come here tonight. >>es. jauft head soldier took the medal of honor home and doors he's openeto a new understanding of ptsb. >> john kerry with tougr thoughts on the use of chemical weapon autos and what is going toack up collin kaepernick? [ bottle ] okay, listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies -- you're cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! 'cause i'm re-workin' the menu, keeping her healthy and you on your toes. [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutr

uc she parked in a commercial loading zone. the red top is an indication of so she gets a ticket for $85. she told the parking officer her passenger was disabled so she should get a break. >>: it has nothing to do with handicapped. >>: she tried hard to clear case but it was too late. that you just want to provoke me. >>: the cameras on the bus to have a slight benefit. no one is going to attack the bus was the giants win the world series. the same. - just saying. >>: the buses can't catch city worker's party legally and guess what this city worker have to pay the ticket not the city. so a little advice. does that add more cameras and buses, be mindful where you parked the you don't get a parking ticket in the mailbox and one final note. the so- called ethics teacher wasn't done with me as she rode by she blew me a kiss and backs up. and san francisco, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>james: sll ahead on the kron4 morning news. today marks a special day in washington's d.c.'s history. this is a live picture from the m l kay jr.

. >>> uc davis wants an image overhaul and is paying dearly to get one.anne took over at a salary of $260,000. they reached out to the university of south carolina. they want to expand the number of students by 5,000. lawrence's salary is the highest for her position in the uc system. >>> still ahead at 6:00, old is meaning new. an internet pioneer makes a move into old media. >>> he calls it a nightmare, but others say it's justice. an emotional alex rodriguez speaks out on his major league suspension. >>> victims of medical ma malpractice are looking for justice in court. we'll look at the claims, next look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't

he was air lifted to uc davis medical center.7 news is live in antioch, leanne, his buddy was hurt, too. right? >> well, let me just tell you before. this is important, he's had one surgery. more to follow. now we've talked to mom this afternoon. and i want to warn you what she told you might be too graphic for some of you. >> he was laying on the floor and mommy am i going to die? i am like no, you're not going die. >> these pictures taken by the mother of the 10-year-old who remains in the hospital. melody says her son had gone next door to play video games with a friend. according to police, the attack occurred as both were running up the stairs. >> the right side of the face the dog got him here and across his ear, half his ear off this, part of the face is gone. >> she claims both dog as tacked police say only one appears to be involved. the dog was taken

. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 benefits uc davis police officer will likely receive after heas fired for using pepper spray on pro testor autos new invention can help you detect date rape drugs that might northbound your drink. >> why police in one state are using doritos to help educate pot smokers. >> our first live look at traffic this afternoon. we gaze downtown in the skyway it's usual crawl to the lower deck of the bay bridge. that would be oncoming traffic and better for folks on the top of the screen there heading towards 101 south. back wit >>> a former uc davis police officer will likely receive workers compensation payments after he got fired for using pepper spray on pro testors. this video went viral in 2011. dousing the pro testor was pepper spray. he claims he suffered from deprerks stress and anxiety after receiving death threats that will likely make him eligible. also reporting he's trying to get his old job back. >> the battle to take dell private continues. facebook takes on pay pal. >> emily chang joins with us today's after the bell report. hi, emily. >>

it's the brainchild of uc professor who supports the goals of occupy the farm. >> i want the maximum amount of food for the community to eat. >> many of the demonstrators spent the day digging. >> squash, cucumbers, some kale. >> and pondering the future of the property, that they would like to see remain a farm. senior housing and the grocery store are still planned nearby. >> everybody can play within the rules here, you know? on the other side where the development is still getting green lights from the city and the university, that is another story. >> we're all grateful to be here. it's a great opportunity. it's very simple. just here to plant and show what we can do. >> i think it's going to advance the relationship between the university and the community, and this could lead to something very, very positive in future. >> this is a research project that will last for the next four months. >> provers outside of the main berkeley post office had a message to those who want to sell that historic building. >> we shall not be moved. >> about two dozen demonstrators have been campin

. >> reporter: international students are common at uc berkeley but now 100 high school students from japan's tsunami zone are studying here. the march 2011 tsunami left 19,000 people dead or missing. this girl lost her mother, that's her in the blue. she was amazed with how the community supported her. >> she was just so moved and touched with kindness and she wants to do something in return. >> reporter: this boy had to abandon his home because of radiation near the fukishima plant. >> because this is not where i live i can see my hometown from a teus -- distance and that gives me a different perspective. >> reporter: the children learn leadership. >> instead of making them feel disimpowered, somehow its making them the feel power. >> reporter: the students say this experience is helping them recover from the devastation. this 16-year-old lost her cousin. >> when the thing was actually happening, passed away. so she wants to be able to do something that's good. >> reporter: the instructors appreciate the chance to help these young people. >> my job is to transform their lives but ac

according to an uc davis studies 9 species of fruit flies are permanently established in california. >>> a big shark in san francisco bay. was it a great white or something perhaps even more interesting. >>> and a look into bay area sewers something that should not be there. what's causing it and why it's causing millions of dollars to remove. >> we will have degrees will first thing in the morning for our morning commute. >>> if you browse on yahoo today, you may have noticed a new look. website will feature 30 different designs. the purple color and the exclamation point will stay. they wanted to show off some of the other designs. >>> lgis changing things up with the release of its newest smartphone. the power and volume buttons are on the back instead of the side. the screen is 5.2 inches diagonally, larger than other leading phones. it will be released within the next 2 months. >>> according to research app market share slipped in the second quarter. it hasn't launched a new product since the debut of the iphone 5 nearly a year ago. >>> we have pictures tonight of what might be

going to be designed by extremely prominent architect out of uc berkley and i think you'll agree the design looks pretty good. this is another sketch of it a lot of wood a lot of nature elements. and sort of modern design. the area historically been this is look at this tower is at the corner of sixth and market circle this is circle 1985 this was the largest night club outside of broadway in manhattan. and we seem to have a resurgence down there the warfare building is approximately 2 hundred feet away from this club. your business plan calls for marketing two. information technology workers after hours we see this primarily as an after hours and corporate space to start. obviously we have a ways to go before we're back to what the last picture shows which it was a exclusive night club district. we've done a lot of out reap on this so far. we presented to the board of urban seclusions on august 16th we have a letter and she's requested we go to the captains meeting tomorrow night. i've been in contract with gary at the lawrence hotel to see if there are any tense groups and there ar

. >> reporter: international students are common at uc berkeley but now 100 high school students from japan's tsunami zone are studying here. the march 2011 tsunami left 19,000 people dead or missing. this girl lost her mother, that's her in the blue. she was amazed with how the community supported her. >> she was just so moved and touched with kindness and she wants to do something in return. >> reporter: this boy had to abandon his home because of radiation near the fukishima plant. >> because this is not where i live i can see my hometown from a teus -- distance and that gives me a different perspective. >> reporter: the children learn leadership. >> instead of making them feel disimpowered, somehow its making them the feel power. >> reporter: the students say this experience is helping them recover from the devastation. this 16-year-old lost her cousin. >> when the thing was actually happening, passed away. so she wants to be able to do something that's good. >> reporter: the instructors appreciate the chance to help these young people. >> my job is to transform their lives but ac