and i am going to uc berkeley. >> >> hi, my name is (inaudible) and i attend galaleo academy and i will be attending uc irvine in the fall. >> good evening, everyone, my name is (inaudible) and i am attending galaleo high school and in the fall i am going to uc berkeley thank you. >> hi, my name is wendy and i am going to be graduating from mission high school tomorrow, and i am going to berkeley as well. >> >> okay. >> thank you. >> so are we ready for the san francisco alliance of black school educaters? >> yes. >> so please come to the podium and do you have students with you? >> yes. bring them with you. >> >> good evening to everyone and to our president and for the superintendent and all board president and to sister ester and to all present, we would like to thank you for this opportunity to announce that on may 9th we gave away, 13 scholarships. and we have one recipient that is here with us this afternoon that we would like to introduce her. hi, my name is anna and i am graduating mission as well tomorrow, and i am going to san francisco state. >> thank you. >> thank you. so mu

. >> others like uc berkeley student say they have little choice and they'll brave the bridge. >> we're trying to get some other students to go to bart every day and we'll probably rent a car, but there's probably going to be traffic. >> but that's the convenience we have. >> this morning, bart leaders handed over their latet contract offer saying they're looking to negotiate before expiring sunday night. >> we have submitted a proposal that moves our way a bit further than it was. >> this afternoon, the transition union local president said they're reviewing that contract offer. >> we don't want to strike. >> we want a contract. >> union leaders stopped short of saying whether riders would be seven a 72-hour heads up to make other arrangements if a strike comes. >> we're not entertaining that thought. we want a contract. >> that's what we are looking for, that's what our members elected us to do and that's what we're working to do. >> bart workers struck with 1997, about 275,000 computers were affected and it led to a traffic nightmare. >> now, bart's ridership is up to about 400,000 a

it causes -- costs us mean. >> reporter: on a summary, uc berkeley's labor center predicted expandingal will have far-reaching benefits for the health of kill kimmians, including increased use of medicare and lower mortality. 85% will be federally paid, bringing in 2.1 to $3.5 billion. and the california's coverage cost will be offset by new tax revenues generated by those millions -- billions in federal spending. individuals say that they want to see what expanded medi-cal does for them. >> my concern is if our company that we're working for, if they are going to show 100%. >> reporter: because, they say, they're carrying the greatest burden. >> we shoulder 50% or. >> sixty. we shoulder 60%. >> you want to see something better than that? >> of course. >> reporter: uc berkeley reports said that as uninsured program -- persons enroll, they could so other state health programs and mental health services and state prisons. don knapp, kpix5. >> whatever you think of the healthcare reform law, it's coming. the pre-enrollment deadline is october 13th. >>> and thousands of runners are hittin

and later, steve wozniak at uc berkeley. >> twitter ceo dick costolo give the commencement address atis alma mater, the university of michigan. before his internet career, he was a canadian -- he was a comedian. [applause] >> i love you too. you know i have to start by tweeting this. give me a second. i'm a professional. this only take a second. [laughter] all right. thent to start by thanking school's president and the students and faculty and the board of regents who sit behind me and quietly judge us all. myould also like to thank mother and father who are here today. and i would like all of you to remember at the end of the day to take a moment to thank your parents or whoever it was that help you get where you are today. they have sacrificed greatly for you and we will be out of here by 3:30 p.m., i promise. [laughter] when i woke up this morning and started writing my speech -- [laughter] i was thinking i first month on campus when i was a freshman. the football was ranked number one. there is all this excitement on campus. was in wisconsin and we went up there and lost our firs

years i had enough of the east coast and i moved back to the west coast here to get a law degree at uc berkeley and i knew that san francisco would be become my new home. as some of you may know my background is as a civil rights lawyer working right here in san francisco. back then, a generation set out to make sure that we all recognized our greatest asset as a nation, our diversity. and together, in those years, we locked arms and stood in a doorway of the international hotel. to prevent the wrongful eviction of senior chinese and filipino immigrants who had no money and no place to go. [ applause ] and today san francisco has some of the best tenant protections. we sued the san francisco fire department, to get women and people of color a chance to be a firefighter, to serve, the public of san francisco. and to dedicate their lives to public safety, today we have a city's first female fire chief and our public safety agencies are more diverse than ever, and just as proud and good as any other generation that this city has ever seen. i joined with others there that were just as dedicated and

welcome supervisor reed >> i'm a uc berkeley student. i'm presenting some research on tic conversions. today as we first acquired all the e visions by looking at the landlord petitions filed. we then required the reports from the multiple you listings services. we compared them and on this map the do so are all multiple buildings and the dots in orange have the buildings solid in tic. out of all the e visions between 2007 and 2011 all those units were 3 hundred and 56 unions. districts are 8, 3, 5 and 2. the memoranda listings price was 5 hundr $573,000. that's unaffordable to the high middle class in san francisco. from this data we find a strong coordination. we conclude that the tics that are commemorated that only the top 33 percent of san franciscans can afford them >> thank you members of the committee. i'm a policy manager at chinatown development center. as sandra's data indicated there's a comparison between tic conversion >> that's the problem we have with the original legislation. that's the elimination basically of the waitin

. >> and an 11-year-old girl surprised after a >>> uc berkeley researchers say they found more proof of what is known as tiger parenting. the research team found children raise bid authoritarian parents often exhibit negative behaviors such as depression and poor social skills. the results based on previous research as well as a recent parenting class conducted for divorced asian american mothers. >> an 11-year-old georgia girl wanted to do something special for a u.s. service member got a surprise on father's day. katie sent a card to the u.s. army hoping it would end up in the hands of someone serving overseas six months she heard nothing until sunday an army sargeant showed up with flowers in hand to say thank you for the gesture and turns out the military put all mail on hold in afghanistan so he cannot respond to the letter. >> san francisco gearing up for one of the biggest gay pride celebrations ever with anticipation of the decision on two same-sex marriage cases. >> skm the mayor raised a gay pride flag in city hall staying there during the last weekend in june if the justic

. >> now, uc berkeley has reported an increase in minority graduation rates. also seen a decrease in minority enrollment. the court's decision is not the final word on affirmative action. they agreed to take a case next term about whether voters can ban affirmative action in their states which could open the door again for proposition 209. reporting live, cate caugurian, kpix 5. >> thank you. >> we have a rainy monday kicking off the work week, fog, light rain, drizzle covering much of the morning commute. this was the scene in the south bay where wet roads kept drivers on their toes. a live look looking toward mount diablo. dropping a little bit of rain and we can expect more of that as well. how much? let's check in with elizabeth in the weather center and find out. >> that's right. filling in for lawrence today in the weather center. this is our six hour loop. all that rain moving in this morning. and it continues at this hour. very light rain. looks like the heaviest falling is over parts of the north bay. if you are traveling soon on 101 through petaluma,

kpix 5's linda yee is at u.s -- uc berkeley with that explanation. >> reporter: ken, that supreme court decision has no direct effect in california, at least the public schools and universities here because voters decided 15 years ago that race should have no place in enrollment preferences. >> students on uc campuses have diverse backgrounds, but not because of their ethnic makeup. prop 209 passed by voters in 1996 banned the practice of race preference enrollment. uc now uses what is called race neutral methods in accepting freshman. >> grades, s.a .t scores, grow jack, diversity, whether or not -- geographic diversity, whether or not that student is the first in their family to attend college. special talents they have. >> it is a system pushed by the ward who has been out spoken against affirmative action calling it another form of racial discrimination. he is disappointed withed to's supreme court decision. >> that is a disappointment to us, but it's better than a poke in the eye, i would say. >> but uc disagrees. in fact, it filed a brief with the supreme court arguing that since

uc-berkeley owns this property already. it's the richmond field station. it's an engineering research facility but the change that is about to take place on this land is something that richmond hasn't seen in decades. world war ii and richmond was a bustling city with four kaiser shipyards employing thousands of people. but that was then. and this is now. >> at its peak richmond had an unemployment rate at 19% and we're down to about 13% now. >> reporter: not good enough but there are signs a major transformation is under way as uc-berkeley and the lawrence berkeley national laboratory fine-tune plans to expand in richmond in the coming years. >> development of the richmond bay campus will be as significant as the kaiser shipyards was for the development of richmond. >> reporter: come 2018, 800 scientists now scattered throughout the east bay will concentrate their efforts like the 150 who currently research new biofuels at jay bay one of the lab's satellite campuses in emeryville. >> bring them together in the melting pot of biological discovery. >> repor

we posed that question to a uc berkeley professor. >> scouring. the water erodes the piers an the foundations of the bridge. that might be a suspect. my guess is there is a combination of factors. maybe the scouring, maybe the traffic, maybe the aging. i don't think the construction work, but maybe, the construction. probably all came together and created this tragic situation. >> reporter: the investigation into the cause began the very next day even as crews worked to recover some of the victims. ktvu's reni kenp brought it this report. >> reporter: laurie's sister survived but it is hard to see how anyone could have made it out alive when you look at this video taken at a nearby security camera. watch in slow motion as several sections of the 1900-foot long bridge fall like dominoes taking an unknown number of cars with it. the national transportation safety board arrived today to examine the wreckage. investigators will try to see what went wrong. >> we will be examining the concrete steel and if it in fact failed at any time. >> the i-35 west

they met in 1958 as international students at uc berkeley and little did they know 50 years later berkeleyive ben affleck would threat thrust them back in the international spotlight. >> i need you to help me make a movie. >> it is a fascinating story and so many americans and people around the world knew about the hostage crisis but not this breakaway group of americans. >> the essence of the story is that six u.s. diplomates escaped out of the side door of the embassy after moving around, looking for some sanctuary three days after that they phoned a colleague of mine. they said can canada get some help? >> they not only helped they saved the americans. they were hidden and protected by ken and pat. ken was the canadian ambassador to iran. >> why put your life on the line, you and your wife. this wasn't a few nights, by several weeks housing these americans. >> three months. i think with respect to the canadians, i'm not suggesting that we're anymore courageous or valiant or what have you than any other country but to us there was no discussion. there was no discussion with respect to ou

. >>> uc-berkeley is having problems selling seat licenses to pay for nearly half a billion dollars in debt for the renovation of memorial stadium. cal's new football stadium opened last september after undergoing seismic retrofitting and a major remodeling. uc officials say part of the money could come from nearly 3,000 seats they would sell to alums to keep it for up to 50 years at 40,000 to $250,000 each. but the "san francisco chronicle" reports only 1,800 seats have been sold so far. >> let's hope the cal bears will make a strong showing next season. in the meantime, leyla gulen. we're talking baseball today. >> that's right, i know. good morning, everyone. our radar and satellite, we are seeing plenty of low clouds rolling in over the bay area. and here's a look at it, just a gorgeous shot. this is from our mt. tan cam. and you can see how that black yet just sllg insettling into t hills over the trees, a beautiful sight there. current temperature in san francisco, 52 degrees. oakland, looking at 55. up to 56 in mountain view. 50 along the coast in santa cruz. here is another gor

uc berkeley, could have a huge impact. >> should any discounts get a cut of the more than $6 billion colleges make from athletics. >> the judge heard from both sides on whether this antitrust case should be a class action. >> several student treats including ucla basketball star, and former college quarterback sam keller are suing the nc 2 a and college yett treats. >> why are they denied a fire share of what is rightfully their economics? >> he says he first saw himself in a video game when he was visiting a friend. >> the player i was looking at wore my jersey number, shot the ball left handed, was bald headed. >> i don't believe someone else should be making money off of your likeness. >> attorneys for the nc 2 a agreed to be photographed. >> an attorney not involved said this could mean major changes to college sports. >> the implications are wide reaching. >> it will affect the compensation of these former athletes. >> and a decision is expected from the judge later this summer. >> live in berkeley, carol lu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an underground fire gave some people in valle

the university of oregon graduate was driving home last night probably from a basketball game at uc berkeley when his car was rear-ended at stanford and market streets. >> i got out to check the car, and two other guys got out of the car. >> there was a little bit of an argument and they just shot him. >> police are reviewing multiple surveillance cameras. >> there's also a $10,000 award leading to an arrest. >>> south bay, 31 people faced a judge today in san jose. >> the alleged gang members were named in an indictment made public earlier this week. >> jade hernandez reports, it's unusual to have so many differences in court all at the same time >> reporter: 2 dozen defendants arrived in red jump suits, so many of them in one case. >> they had to sit in what is usually used as a jury box. >> the females sat on the opposite side of the courtroom each of the 31 defendants seen here was -- endicted. >> one by one, each stood in front of the judge. one defense attorney says his client is being used by the da's office. >> some of these crimes are very bad crimes, but an awful lot of these cases

. >> uc berkeley says bridge designers made several mistakes. first, they ordered bolts that were too hard on the outside, making them susceptible to hydrogen cracking. then they galvanized the bolts, making them vulnerable to hydrogen. then, they installed the bolts without enough testing. the testing was not adequate. >> it was consistent with industry standards. >> would you say it was not adequate? >> yes. >> and that is a preview from a special that we will be airing on the safety of the new bay bridge. it is called, is it safe? you can watch our special tomorrow night at 7:30 right here on kpix5. >>> well, what a catch. why this group of guys just happened to be there to save a little girl falling out of a window. >> scrape up the change in your car. how much starbucks is hiking prices and when you'll start paying more. >> plus, it probably doesn't look like a gas saver. the top speed on this new electric race car. >>> it was a gorgeous first full day of summer, but we do see big changes around the corner. how much rain are we going to get

just off his freshman year as a premed student at uc berkeley. >> after my first year, $10,000 in loans. >> he is one of 38 million americans battled with a collective $1 trillion in student loan debt. >> we are seeing an increase in student loan debt in this country. that's unprecedented. right now, it is over a trillion dollars. that's more than credit card debt, that's more than the mortgage crisis. >> the student loan crisis may only get worse if federal stafford loan rates double july 1. >> that in very practical terms means an extra $1,000 for every student loan. >> and many borrowers have more than one student loan. >> it's very scary. that constant worry in the back of your mind. >> john fox, a consumer advocate says the increase will hit well over half a million californians in their pocketbooks and the greatest impact will be on the economy. >> that means over half a billion dollars of money that californians will be spending not on buying their first house, not on starting a business. not on getting married, but rather subsidizing their student loans. g but congress shows no

. >> i am graduate froming mission high school and i am going to uc berkeley next fall. >> up here and sidney lynn. and kelsey from walenburg and we have anna ma from galeleo. >> and we do have regina, and the scholarships and cathy scholarship winner. and come on up here this is regina romera. >> hi, everyone. i am attending lowell high school and i will be attending uc santa barbara as well. >> also winners are rosie perez, and she is going to san francisco state. lorena from mission high school and briana taylor from cal state north ridge, thank you very much. >> >> all right. and finally, but certainly not least, we have the united educators of san francisco. >> good evening before we get into our scholarships we have one other presentation that we would like to make first. >> we do have good evening. i am happy to say that we have certificates for the 2 student delegates for their thoughtful and determined service, as student members of the san francisco board of education. [ applause ] >> so you can see that wendy is here, windy ly and what should we do with megan wong? >> give i

. >> reporter: a premed student at uc berkeley and gary white is all ready deep in debt.s one of 38 million americans saddled with a collective $1 trillion in student loan debt. >> we're seeing an increase in student loan debt that's unpredented. it's over a trillion dollars. more than credit card debt and the mortgage crisis. the loan rates double july 1st. that, in very practical terms means an extra thousand dollars for each student loan. >> reporter: many borrowers have more than one student loan. >> it's pretty scary. that creates a worry in the back of your mind, how will i pay these loans back? >> reporter: the increase will hit well over half a million cole foreignian's in their pocketbooks. >> that means over half a billion dollars of nun cole foreignians will money. >> breaking through the partisan gridlock. >> now this is all a waiting game. congress has about three weeks to give some sort of proposal before they adjourn for recess. >> is there a chance they'll figure this out once and for all? >> you know it does seem unlikely at this point that there would be

. >> reporter: a drive home from pick up basketball at uc berkeley took a turn few could anticipate. >> -- these are not bad people. you know even the youth here. >> oakland police say someone shot and killed a man around 11:00 last night. a mere hour from his 23rd birthday. >> who unfortunately is not going to be able to celebrate his birthday. >> police say the victim, iana nickano drove westbound on stanford avenueed a the intersection of market street the driver of a 4 door silver sedan rear-ended him. >> he did the right thing, he was involved in a collision and he pulled over. >> that is when police say two people got out of the sedan, an argument ensued and a single shot killed him. it happened so quick some neighbors didn't hear a thing. >> no. that is why i am so amazed. i said wait a minute. i bet you that was a shooting in traffic or shooter's vehicle off. the liquor store behind me was a camera that points towards the intersection, it is this direction and all 4 corners there are traffic cameras, investigators tell me what they have learned about this accident comes from

alongside your staff and relying upon the report that will be coming out of your consultants at uc berkeley. we'll also present at the board the potential -- the cost of potential ways to enhance reliability and reduce economic impacts that is based upon work we have done over the last three years or so. the future challenges that we have to address and these were contained in a slightly different order and wording in the brochure i gave you last time. the first is protect against water shortages, additional drought or growth by 2013. this year we expect to be taking on these decisions, as i mentioned this fall. about investments in -- additional investments for district court-protection. next implementing our long-term reliable water supply strategy. that will be completed the end of 2014. at which point the board can consider projects to be implemented for future reliability. r and future supplies. about 2018 to make sure had a san jose and santa clara have reliable supply of water. in 2018, you folks will be making decisions about whether or not there will be additional supplies availabl

. >> reporter: in a summary uc- berkeley's labor center predicted expanding medi-cal will have far reaching benefits for health of californians including increased use of preventative care and decreased mortality. that of new spending 85% will be paid by the federal government. and the california's cost will be offset. as uninsured californians enroll, the state could see substantial savings in other areas of the budget such as other state health programs, mental health services and state prisons. not everyone agrees that the plan will work as predicted. but for now, it's about to become law. >> thank you. >>> well, this sounds like great news. home prices skyrocketing in parts of the bay area but it's not one size fits all. some spots are still struggling in a big way. kpix 5's patrick sedillo tells us about a plan to keep richmond homeowners afloat. >> my home was valued at $498,000. and it is now valued at $109,000. >> $450,000 what i owe to the bank and it's only worth $165,000. >> reporter: more than 100 people concerned about the status of their mortgages filled the nevins center in r

berkeley police need your help finding a man who sexually assaulted a woman at uc berkeley's fraternity and sorority road. police say john anthony martin walked into an apartment last sunday and groped a woman in her sleep. she woke up and screamed and he ran. officers will not say if the assault took place in a fraternity or sorority house. they say he entered several rooms in that building before entering the woman's room. >>> the city of san francisco getting ready for what could be a record setting pride gathering. more than a million people expected in san francisco this weekend to celebrate an extra special weekend following the supreme court's decision to lift the ban on same-sex marriage in california. no doubt there is some controversy surrounding this year's event. protesters showed up at last night's kick-off party angry army private bradley manning was not made grand marshal for sunday's parade. pride organizers say all voices are welcome. >> he exposed u.s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. >> we want voices heard from all levels of the political spectrum. we value that.

they're using tactics that made man by the tree for their protest at uc berkeley. some have set up camp side while others have built sleeping platforms in the trees. police have ordered the occupiers to leave and a neighborhood group has also asked the mayor to help clear the protesters out of a possible stomach governor brown today assured california is that the permanent closure of a southern california nuclear power plant will not affect the state's power supply. the trouble to know for a nuclear power plant has been off-line for 16 months after a broken water to cost a small radiation leak. today's southern california edison decided to permanently shut down the facility. one expert says the economy and improve solar energy efficiency helped pick up the slack and. >> the financial downturn in to 2008 has led to a lower growth rate in demand than we expected but also renewables are coming online in a reasonable way to make governor brown said today that california's top energy experts are working to ensure that there is a reliable source of energy for the state i

here's the clip with my chat with the 18-year-old uc- berkeley-bound star.ore you went to the olympics, where you got five medals, four of them gold, was that part of the plan going over? >> you know, just going over to london, the plan was honestly just to have fun and enjoy the experience. my first time at the olympics, i was just so happy to be there. i just wanted to get out and do my best. ♪[ music ] >> that video went viral. the call me maybe video on the plane! >> we had so much fun planning it. we filmed for two days straight at the end of france. it was so much fun. >> how has this calendar year been for you? most people are, you know, thinking about their senior prom and maybe the s.a.t.s, whatever. >> no trust me, i was thinking about my senior prom too. honestly, this year has been absolutely incredible. it's been so wonderful. i have still gotten all the experiences i wanted to in my senior year and graduated two weeks ago it's been absolutely unbelievable. >> did you go to your senior prom, then? >> i did.--i did. i went to two. >> when did you

here's the clip with my chat with the 18-year-old uc- berkeley-bound star.you went to the olympics, where you got five medals, four of them gold, was that part of the plan going over? >> you know, just going over to london, the plan was honestly just to have fun and enjoy the experience. my first time at the olympics, i was just so happy to be there. i just wanted to get out and do my best. ♪[ music ] >> that call me maybe video went viral on the plane. >> we had so much fun planning it. we filmed for two days straight at the end of france. it was so much fun. >> how has this calendar year been for you? most people are, you know, thinking about their senior prom and maybe the s.a.t.s, whatever. >> no trust me, i was thinking about my senior prom too. honestly, this year has been absolutely incredible. it's been so wonderful. i have still gotten all the experiences i wanted to in my senior year and graduated two weeks ago it's been absolutely unbelievable. >> did you go to your senior prom, then? >> i did.-- i did. i went to two. >> when did you realize were

i have no idea that there was crime happening here >> reporter: uc berkeley police say all three recent crimes happened in the early morning hours. visitors say they feel safe during the day will stay away at night. in berkeley, philippe djegal, kron4 news. >>james: a bold atm of theft in oakland has police searching for suspects. the incident happened yesterday around 330 in the morning on the 76 stations on park boulevard. as you can see in the surveillance camera, the suspect ran they pick truck into the gas station, pull the atm out and loaded it into the truck. no one was injured and the thieves stole nothing else. the store owner said he has had minor break-ins in the past but nothing like this. the incident did not hinder the store owner from opening for business yesterday. the fbi is asking for the public's help in finding a fugitive who may be looking for a job as a software engineer and san francisco and san jose areas. authorities say bruce marshall is wanted for mail fraud. marshall is accused of creating a fake company in convincing a previous employer to hire its service.