the reason reps and uc-berkeley are at odds over this video. >>> i'm meteorologist mike nicco. let's open up the window and set the table for what's going to happen today and through the weekend. notice how clear the clouds are. notice that flag blowing off towards the ocean. that's an off-shore breeze and temperatures already warmer than our average highs and records are on the way. i'll show you the neighbo >>> a wisconsin judge has issued a final sentence for two teen girls accused in the slenderman case. the teen ablers will serve 25 to 40 years in a mental institution for stabbing their classmate in 2014. the girls claim they stabbed their friend to appease a fictional online character. tonight abc's david muir takes a closer look at this bizarre crime in a 20/20 special. amy castro spoke to david about the special. >> i know the parents had said in the past they saw no warning signs of anger, but did they have any clues as to a mental disorder or, perhaps, an obsession with the slenderman character? >> there are two really important things about tonight's hour. for all fa

david cole is 51-years old and works as a cook at uc berkeley employee. ed during a protest where he and about 100 other employees were picketing for the fair treatment of campus employees. a video circled online shows three uc police officers wrestling cole to the ground. he sustained a cut on his during the arrest and the berkeley fire department before being transported ( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( terisa ) breaking news from overnight. a church in vallejo has been damaged in a fire. vallejo firefighters sent out this picture showing the damage to the church of the living god on sonoma boulevard. the fire started in a storage unit attached to the church... then spread to main building. firefighters said one was inside when the fire broke out, and no injuries were reported. crews were able to put the fire out quickly. ( terisa ) in santa clara county... voters have four months to consider a controversial effort to recall superior court judge aaron persky. the board of supervisors is sending the recall eff

." >>> a new study from uc- berkeley and columbia university is assigning blame for the housing crisis in the bay area. >> and it turns out we may just be blaming the wrong thing. jackie ward reports. >> reporter: i'm here by city college. it's been the balboa reservoir area from san francisco between ocean avenue and monterey boulevard. this parking lot is where students park but some developers want it to be housing. but before those developers possibly break ground here or anywhere in the state, they have to go through a lot of red tape to get there. so a lot of people have been blaming what's called the california environmental quality act or ceqa that makes developers analyze the impact on the environment before they build and some say this law prevents housing from ever coming to fruition. so this report from researchers at uc-berkeley and columbia say otherwise blaming local governments for making developers go through what they call an unnecessary and expensive process. five bay area cities were examining the study, san francisco, oakland, san jose, redwood city and palo alto.

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uc berkeley and sf state rank poorly when it cups to overall safety.gs when it comes to violent crimes and property crimes on campus. among the tenth worst for both of those. the rankings are based on data from the fbi and the u.s. department of education campus safety survey. san jose state ranked 90th overall. the safest, one of byu's satellite campuses in idaho. >>> aia 9-year-old boy was honored for speaking out. one of the questions asked whether the proper pronoun for the mayor should be their or his. there was no proper pronoun for a woman. so he wrote it in. his story went viral inspiring the hashtag be like ryland. >> on this valentine's day, we're going to start you off with not pink or red but international orange. an awfully pretty picture of the golden gate bridge. right now in san francisco, 120 couples are lined up to get married at city hall. that is a jump over the usual 36 to tie the knot. also alameda county clerk's office is

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bathroom, and trying to be more aware of their surroundings, but it is difficultsot roy andrada/ uc berkeley law studentespecially if you are a student you are in a zone and just thinking about that essay or that code you gotta sendoutbut police say that extra attention to what's going on around you can make all the differencesotwhen it comes to the suspects going into the restaurants and cafes its clear when weve looked at the video and when weve talked to those we have arrested they've all said after the fact i went after that person because they were so focused on what they were doing it made it easy for me to walk right up on them.121/on them (steve) a big story we're tracking. gunfire in a southern california classroom injures two young students. now police say that middle school shooting was accidental. you can see officers leading away a dark-haired girl in handcuffs in this video. she is only 12 and is now being charged with negligent discharge of a firearm. the shooting happened at sal castro middle school around 9-am in the westlake neighborhood of los angeles. a 15 year old boy wa

police found these computers in >>> a big bust following a rash of laptop thefts near the uc berkeleyice found these computers in the suspect's car and six people are now under arrest. officers went undercover at caffe strada on college avenue to catch the thieves. the cafe has been a hotspot for electronic thefts. last month alone more than 16 laptop thefts were reported. >>> mountain view police arrested this teenager, 19-year- old lamar nickelson of alameda. officers say nickelson and a 16- year-old were spotted breaking into cars in cupertino. the two have been identified as suspects in nearly 20 auto burglaries in several cities. >>> a student at uc berkeley is doing more than studying. she chairs the city panel that tries to improve relations between police and the community. the young woman tells kpix5's john ramos why she got involved. >> reporter: after protests at uc berkeley descended into violence police were heavily criticized, the kind of complaints that come before the city's police review commission. it's the reason cal student saha na matthews, decided in september to

>> a statement from uc berkeley claims the man, a cafeteria cook named david cole threw his sign at a moving vehicle before resisting arrest yesterday. but the union says cole was peacefully protesting, calling the incident an assault. >>> scientists are hoping to learn from the deadly north bay wildfires. >> looking for residents to take a survey that focuses on the health and environmental hazards during and after the fires. some people in the fire zone have complained of illnesses. the survey officially went live yesterday. it can be done through a website. researchers say it takes about 30 minutes. you'll find a link to the survey at abc7news.com. >>> switching gears. bay area beer lovers, it's plien i time. >> making the 2018 debut today. amy hollyfield is live at the russian river brewing company where thirst i beer geeks are lining >> here they are. the plieny pilgrims. they got here at 2:00 yesterday afternoon to get a taste of this beer. it's only available for the first two weeks in february. these people who are waiting for it, they won't walk away with a six-pack. they get

robin mills is a uc berkeley health educator working with berkeley high on the new program. excited to have robin join me this morning. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me this morning. >> so what do you plan on teaching high schoolers that is not currently taught? >> so one of the things that i am doing is i actually started a company, and it is called sex education, which i started in 2006, that does comprehensive sexual heth and one of the things we will be doing for the high schoolers locally is sexual health and harassment which is really enthusiastic and talks to them in a way that meets them where they are and is very tailored to middle and high school students but it is also tailored in a way that is ethnically diverse and applicable to a wider more inclusive range. students than the current sex education curriculum or the education you probably received as a young person and everybody else out there. >> talking with you, i reflected on my own sex ed and it was purely science based and there was a message of just don't do it. >> yes. >> how do you think

we saw that the uc berkeley, where milo yiannopoulos visited.er: most campuses are pretty pretty bad. but which ones are the worst? thanks for coming on. what are the worst schools for his free-speech? >> it's a wide field. when we look at what schools are in their place on the list, i can think, how can i get any crazier? i end up kicking myself. let's start with uc berkeley, the college that really kicked it off at the end of last year, where a presentation by milo yiannopoulos was canceled after protesters took the streets and overwhelmed the police. committed property damage, violence, and ended up just causing an enormous amount of mayhem. >> tucker: yeah, they did. >> uc berkeley has kind of been on the mend since then. they paid an enormous amount of money for various free-speech events, although not without allegations that they first tried to stifle and censor that speech. they paid about $800,000 for ben schapiro, i believe. they currently are facing a lawsuit regarding a speech that was planned by ann coulter, where the department of

the arrest of a uc berkeley employee has been called excessive force. arrest happened yesterday at a peaceful protest, meant to bring attention to inequality in the uc system. david cole ran toward a car and threw a sign, then threatened the driver. the man who filmed at rest said that is not what happened. he said the car started to push through the crowd and started to rev its engine. >> from my vantage point, he was on the passenger side of the vehicle, telling people to note the license plate. >> the university said david cole wouldn't cooperate. he will be charged with vandalism resisting an officer. >>> the latest drought monitor map is giving california some reason for concern it shows severe conditions in santa barbara, ventura and los angeles. as for the monthly sierra snowpack survey, the news is not any better. this is a look at the state water officials yesterday, measuring the snowpack at phillips station in el dorado county. still the department of water resources says it is too early to be concerned about another possible drought, because

let's begin with uc berkeley. >> can't have a list of free-speech suppression without uc berkeley.n the absolute worst from allowing violent protests against conservative speakers capitulated to demands of antifa groups and taken a lawsuit that through their school, and accountability and recent change. heather: picking and choosing. bringing up the numbers for you specifically at berkeley, $1.4 million spent on berkeley free-speech protests in 2017. >> the school is more committed to protecting the feelings of students on campus then free-speech. the first amendment is there to protect controversial ideas, not just ideas that make people comfortable. but conservative ideas are controversial and deemed unworthy. heather: evergreen state college, this day of absence drama, a day of people of color can choose to leave campus to show how much the community depends on them in the administration asked white people who leave campus and a professor who opposed the move was driven out by students. >> they said isn't it racist to ask people to leave campus based on the color of their skin?

(jrstone)the uc berkeley student detained by immigrations and customs enforcement for nearly three weeks has donated his bail money.(justine)luis mora used the remaining money raised for his bond to free others in the same jail he was kept. kron 4's ella sogomonian is live at the east bay community law center where she met with his immigration attorney. ella ? live luis mora is living up to the promise he made to help free sothers in jail when we greeted him at the oakland international airport when he arrived after his release. vo he was detained in san diego county around new year's eve by ice agents when he crossed a border patrol checkpoint and they learned he was undocumented. the cal student was sent to jail for three weeks which his attorney said was unsual for someone without a criminal record. it was there he met detainees like himself and was inspired to give back from the 15 thousand dollars that was raised online for his own bond that was only 15 hundred dollars to free others. sot: prerna lal, immigration attorney// "and he felt like he was incredibly lucky and priveleged to

use the office of the president agreed to pay half the cost uc berkeley's pain the rest. >> a south sanncisco police officers recovering after being hit by a car over the weekend during a traffic stop. it happened early yesterday morning on westborough boulevard at a gas station. police were called about a theft at a walgreens nearby. that's when the suspects car was spotted. as it was speeding away, it hit the officer. he suffered minor injuries. the suspect got away and is still on the loose this morning. if you have any information, call the police. >> in the meantime supporters of a plan to give tasers to san francisco police officers now has enough signatures to qualify for the june belt. according to the san francisco chronicle, the measure was put together by the group called safe neighborhoods for all. it is supported by the san francisco police officers association. if it is approved, it would allow the police to buy tasers for every officer as soon as august. supporters say they don't want to wait until december. that's the date set by the police commission when it approved th

.>>> a look at how uc berkeley spent on free- speech events.et mary esther is damaged during a friday sideshow. the citations issued.>>> the house is went about this week on a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown. good morning it is monday february 5.>> we have more on this capitol hill shutdown. >> reporter: were we not just here? we just went through this. but the agreement that ended the shutdown last month will run out. that was only a stopgap measure. the deadline now is on thursday. house is expected to vote in the coming days on another short-term spending bill. this one would keep the government open and funded through march 22. that would give lawmakers time to map out a path for a bill to address the expiring deferred action for childhood arrivals program. some leaders say there is hope for an agreement. >> i do not see a shutdown coming but i do see a promise by senator mcconnell to finally bring this critical issue that affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in america, finally bringing it to a full

.>>> a former uc berkeley student who was removed from a southwest airlines plane after he spoke arabic. in 2016 khairuldeen makhzoomi was seated in a southwest plane. he was speaking arabic and a passenger reported him to staff. he was escorted off of the plane. he was cleared by the fbi southwest refunded his ticket but refused to book him on another flight. in a previous statement in april 2016 the passenger that had made the complaint also spoke arabic and said khairuldeen makhzoomi made threatening comments.>>> there is a move to put it a initiative on the state ballot to eliminate vaccination requirements. california passed a law that did away with personal belief exemptions that parents have been using to avoid the requirement for the children to be vaccinated -- vaccinated to attend school. it would also band florid, chloride, and this. she says chemicals are bring to autism, cancer, and others. >> the county is trying to take lessons on last year's wildfires. more crews are installing this where the fires were. you could provide information which burn zones are in danger during

bathroom, and trying to be more aware of their surroundings, but it is difficultsot roy andrada/ uc berkeley law studentespecially if you are a student you are in a zone and just thinking about that essay or that code you gotta sendoutbut police say that extra attention to what's going on around you can make all the differencesotwhen it comes to the suspects going into the restaurants and cafes its clear when weve looked at the video and when weve talked to those we have arrested they've all said after the fact i went after that person because they were so focused on what they were doing it made it easy for me to walk right up on them. ( darya ) united airlines has announced it is tightening its rules for emotional support animals on flights. the airline says people are calling their pets "emotional support animals" so they can fly them for free. as of march first people will have to submit several extra documents to the airline before the animal can come on board. we spoke to the president and c-e-o of "guide dogs for the blind." she says there's good reason for the airline's new regulation

chair of the uc berkeley science department transformed from a hunting and gun enthusiasts club to a powerful political lobbying group in the 70s and 80s funding comes from gun manufacturers and annual fees. >> the reason they are so uncompromising is because of that. there are issues where nra issues that . >> members themselves would be willing to compromise. . >> during his speech, the head of the nra criticized several senators. >>> car rental company enterprise says it is ending of the discount for in our a members. the bank of omaha is now refusing to make in our a credit card for the nra. >>> the one help to identify two suspects that broke into a home last week. but just released these photos from a homeowner surveillance video. these members pushed into the back door on february 16 and ransacked the house and stole property. if you have any in for nation please call the police. >>> last night a mental health form was held to help people still struggling with losing their homes in the wildfire in october. it was hosted by mike thompson and two supervisors. many people say the

uc berkeley and san francisco state are ranked poorly when it comes to overall safety. report says that uc berkeley is especially bad when it comes to violent crimes and property crimes. it is among the worst -- the worst in the study. the author of the study created the rankings based on recent information from the fbi and u.s. department of education's campus safety security survey. the san jose state ranked 90th overall. the safest campus? one of brigham young university's satellite campuses in idaho.>>> there is a matchup with apple for a new television show. the show is called swagger. it explores the world of youth basketball and the challenges of making it to the nba. apple is developing the show with kevin durant's new media company. there is no news on when it will be released. apple is trying to bring an original programming to compete with netflix and amazon prime. >>> space x plans to test satellite internet on saturday. they are launching a falcon 9 rocket carrying satellites to test internet access around the world. space x ceo elon musk wants to provide l

i'm at uc-berkeley. you can see memorial stadium behind me and actually the hayward fault line runs right below my feet. this is where scientists predict the next "big one" will hit. that's why the california earthquake authority is urging homeowners to go ahead and sign up. it's the last day you can sign up for this important program. you can get $3,000 to retrofit your home. now, it's called the earthquake brace and bolt program. what you do is you sign up and get $3,000 to retrofit your home but there's a couple things you need to know to qualify. homes must be built before 1979. so they have to be older homes and they need to be located in an at-risk zip code which is pretty much most of the bay area. the application takes just minutes to fill out. you have to do it before hiring a contractor. and we spoke to a family last month about applying. they bolt the home's frame to the foundation, strap and brace the water heater, and reinforce the basement with plywood. >> it's not a case of if but when. >>

. >>> a new study from uc- berkeley and columbia university is assigning blame for the housing crisis in the bay area. kpix 5's jackie ward reports from san francisco. >>> reporter: the lack of housing is not the news we're talking about this morning. we already know that. so i'm in what's called the balboa reservoir part of san francisco between ocean avenue and monterey boulevard. various developers want to turn this parking lot into housing. but like many proposed projects before, it needs to go through a lot of red tape before breaking ground on sites like this. so a lot of people have blamed in the past the state's housing problem on an environmental law called the california environmental quality act, or cequa. it requires studies before the building. this report says otherwise though. it blames local governments for making developers go through what they call an unnecessary and expensive process. five bay area cities were examined if the city, san francisco, oakland, san jose, redwood city and palo alto. five cities were examined. it found 20 percent of 27,612 homes proposed be

you talk to a uc berkeley professor about this.>> reporter: it was a dramatic day. someone unexpected she will continue that long. it was supposed to be one minute. the hashtag go nancy go emerged. daca supporters cheered her through that speech. and fellow democrats gave her a standing ovation.>> i have no attention -- intention of yielding back.>> reporter: determined her speech started in the morning and continued nonstop until wednesday evening. eight hours and seven minutes she held the floor setting a record for the longest speech in the house. she read the stories and testimonies written by dreamers. the immigrants brought illegally to the u.s. as children who received protection under the obama administration daca program. they will lose that detection on march 5.>> it is a privilege to read the eloquent statements of the dreamers. as they express their love of america. their commitment to a better future for our country. and their own families.>> reporter: democrats have been under pressure by activists who are upset congress has been unable to pass a bill

. >> we now know the cost for security details during uc berkeley and the free speech we can. >>> that and more coming up after the break. stay with us, we'll be right back after this short break. >>> welcome back. this thursday is the deadline for congress to pass a spending bill. disagreements over immigration and dreamers led to the shutdown last month. lawmakers have not agreed on what to do about the daca program. >> there is not likely to be a daca deal. i see a promise by mcconnell to bring this critical issue that affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of lives to a full debate in the senate. >> i am happy provided the government is still open on february 8 to go to the subject and to treated in a fair way. >> this program is set to end march 5 if congress does not come up with an agreement. republicans will likely pass a short-term spending bill that funds the government through march 23. >>> a new nuclear posture review is taking a tough stance against russia and north korea. it follows the same strategy laid out by the obama administration. the review also recommends add

. >>> uc berkeley lease spent $4 million for security at the free-speech events. there was an appearance by conservative speakers. counter protests were response to the all right rally in august. most expenses were for security including reinforcements. the office of the president agreed to pay half of the cause. berkeley pays the rest. >>> supporters of a plan to give police officers a taser have enough votes to qualify for the ballot. this is backed by the san francisco police officers association. it would allow the department to by tasers for every officer as early as august. they don't want to wait until december. >>> san francisco votes tomorrow to turn a parking garage into a housing area. half the parking spots are full during peak hours. they want to turn the garage into something else. the current proposal would transform that structure on third street into a tower with a 650 room hotel and 100 affordable housing units. that would fulfill big need for san francisco which does not have a big hotel to handle conventions. if that changes voted for, it needs

that a lesson kc began learning her very first day at uc berkeley. kc: so, i met jill walking into first day of classes. garvin: jill costello was a cox for the berkeley crew team. the two soon became best friends, roommates, and sorority sisters, each living their best lives until the end of their junior year. kc: june 2009, yeah. and you know, everything changed after that. garvin: jill was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. though her senior year would be filled with chemotherapy and radiation, jill continued going to school, continued to row. kc: the craziest thing within that year was she was waking up at 4:30 a.m. every morning with this smile on her face. and honestly, what probably inspired me most with my skiing still of, you know, if she can do that while she's fighting lung cancer, then you know, there's nothing to ever complained about with my skiing. it's always an easy fight. garvin: jill died not long after graduation. and kc, well, she returned to her olympic quest, but with a much different perspective. kc: generally, when you go

from the cal campus has had 4 laptop robberies since the beginning of the year.sot collin moore/uc berkeleydent 58-102i actually have a friend that got one of their laptops takencal students know what's going on but admit it is difficult to work and watch what's going on around them. sot jen hall/uc berkeley student 108-114when you're caught up in schoolwork or on your phone, it's difficult to be multi tasking in that way. police say in addition to paying more attention to their surroundings, people should backup what's on their computer, get tracking software, and pay attention to where they are sitting both inside and outside a cafe.sot sgt. frank landrum/berkeley police 128-134a good location would be one where it's ahrder to get to you, maybe you are several tables in you are not in a common thoroughfare where everybody is walking standup dan kerman/berkeley 137-147police have also started to conduct stinger operations, the most recent one here at cafe strada on saturday resulted in the arrest of 6 suspects. police say they plan to do more. in berkeley, dan kerman kron 4 news (vicki) (v

last year, a planned yiannopoulos appearance sparked a riot at uc-berkeley. four people who were attacked during the violence are suing. they said the city and university failed to protect them. yiannopoulos blasted ucla's decision on facebook writing, quote, californian professors are engaged in the systemic external nation of free speech on campus. they made the mere discussion of populist nationalist conservative ideas impossible. i will never stop arranging talks in california. i don't care how much money or time it takes. >>> an alleged rape threat was delivered to a stanford university professor yesterday in a letter laced with white powe. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: classes resume, things are back to normal at stanford but this is all harkening back to the case of the stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault. now the campaign to unseat the judge in the case that. campaign is headed by stanford professor michelle dauber. she says someone sent her the laced rape threat that read in part, quote, since you are going to disrobe persky, the judge

sot kristen cooper/uc berkeley student 27-37last semester when our friend got her's stolen where she was just sitting down with her laptop i was really cautious but , i think i forgot about it, i didn't know about the ones recently. so i probably shouldn't be doing this i do things kind of risky but i guess today i will be more careful from no on because no i am reminded.while the suspects from the cafe estrada robbery are still on the loose, there have been arrests in other cases. in fact 5 juveniles were taken into custody after allegedly stealing a laptop last month at this starbucks on oxford street. but with 16 laptop thefts in berkeley in january alone it's become incumbent on those who do work at cafes to pay extra attention because police say these are crimes of opportunity.sot sgt. andrew frankel/berkeley police 114-124 on a number of occasions we have seen video of where the robbery occurred where the suspects are casing the restaurant. you see them come in the front door they are walking though the rows of tables, they are not focused on going to the register and placing a

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[chanting] >> this is yesterday, uc berkeley, people concerned about daca. immigration issues >> our goal is to build the movement that's necessary to defend all of the immigrants, to defend daca and to eventually make it safe again for students, for the immigrant communities to be open. >> the current daca program shields about 700,000 dreamers from deportation. and a big sweep by i.c.i. e. agents targeted businesses with undocumented workers. they issued more than 100 notices of inspection. >>> a dramatic turn in the russia investigation, 13 russians now charged with plotting to interfere in the 2016 election. >> reporter: the deputy attorney general and the acting f.b.i. director had a briefing in person with the president about this indictment, which presents a most direct allegation to date of illegal metal mettling. >> the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. >> reporter: rosen stein says the conspiracy bought space on u.s. computer servers and spread distrust. >> the defendants used that infras

places like stanford and uc berkeley and vandalism was on the rise. this was one of many places that were targeted. surveillance video shows the shadowy figure. >> we never thought that anything could ever happen like that. >> reporter: that crime and other incidents remain unsolved . >> i hope there is more awareness that this is happening. we are seeing it in our school. we have had swastikas painted on walls and windows. and also engraved into the desks. >> reporter: they say nationwide 2017 had the largest annual increase of the incidents on record. 1986 for the year and it was up 57% compared to 2016 that had more than 1200. >> it could cover an incident in school and it could cover a hate crime. >> reporter: she says that nationwide there were 163 bomb threats at synagogues and at adl offices in the bay area. >> in the last year or two, given the disintegrated state of our public discourse, people are more attuned to these issues. they are more aware, they are seeing it more and they want to speak out and do something about it. >> reporter: cali

cberkeley employee -- a uc berkeley employee. >> reporter: the video begins with the officer grabbing on to david cole, a cook with the uc dining services. seconds later a second officer joins and tells him to get on the ground. david was tackled and pushed to the ground by three officers and arrested. the video was widely circulated on social media, sparking outside rage a-- outrage. >>> paul was on his way to the drugstore when he witnessed the protested. at telegraph and bancroft avenue, he shot this video. the university said -n parted, the suspected in -- in part, the suspect ran through the intersection and began to advance toward the driving in a threatening and aggressive man and later became noncooperative and repeatedly disregarded lawful instructions from the officer. paul says he saw the car push through the crowd and rev its engine. >> he definitely did not antagonize the driver. he was telling people to note the license plate. >> reporter: paul says that was because the car was posing a danger to the crowd. >> it is nothing more than racism. why would the only black man

. >>> uc berkeley is affirming the commitment to undocumented students. over the next month the school will set up an area on campus for undocumented students including a resource center. the university plans to spend $800,000 for a program covering the financial needs of undocumented students who are part of the daca program. the chancellor made the announcement after meeting with luis mora the undocumented student who was just released after being held for several weeks by immigration agents. >>> oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting from last night. just after 8:00 a man was shot at 74th avenue and international. so far we have no other information. >>> police in fremont are investigating a violent home invasion robbery. seven members of a family were home at the time including two children. this was just after 8:30 wednesday night. police say that four masked men with guns broke into the house, pistol whipped and dragged some of the family members and then stole $8000 worth of money, jewelry and electronics. three of the victims were trea

>> a statement from uc berkeley claims a man, cafeteria cook threw his sign at a moving vehicle before resisting arrest yesterday. the union says cole was peacefully protesting, calling it an assault. >>> scientists hoping to learn from the north bay wildfires. >>> to take a survey. some people have complained of illnesses. the survey officially went live yesterday and it can be done through a website. researchers say it takes about 30 minutes. we have posted that link for you on our website, abc7news.com. >>> it has been a difficult year for north bay residents recovering from october's fires. today, though, switching gears and having fun. >> pliny the younger makes the 2018 debut. amy hollyfield is live at the russian river brewing company in santa rosa where people are already lining up for the beer. it's 6:00 a.m. somewhere. >> hi matt. yeah, they are in line again this year. the people at the front of the line tell me they got here at 2:00 yesterday afternoon. they've been passing the time sleeping, eating, listening to music and talking about craft beer, of course. this is the 14

. >>> free speech came with a multimillion dollar price tag for uc berkeley, the university revealing it spent $4 million on extra security over a 30 day period last year and that includes 2.8 million for the canceled free speech week. the university paid to bring in extra officers including from the chp, the cost included room, board and overtime. >>> amid tensions with north korea, team usa is heading to pyeongchang including two bay area athletes bound for the 2018 winter games. anne makovec was at sfo for their departure. >>> it's these athletes last few steps on u.s. soil before hitting their destination. the winter olympics in south korea. >> i'm feeling confident, i want to land my run. >> silver medalist, gus kenworthy is one of the members of the ski team boarding a flight from sfo the final leg before their run to the gold. >> i get butterflies, you just breathe through it. >> almost every u.s. olympic athlete is flying out of sfo to go to south korea because of a partnership between united and the u.s. olympic committee. >> really exciting for me and my team. >> the first g

she graduated from uc berkeley and now works for microsoft as a software engineer. >> i hope to be a good role model and show young girls that it is okay to want to do traditionally girly things like pageants, dance, and theater while also pursuing scholarships and computer and the internet -- also pursuing scholarships and computer science. >>> cruiser rolling these flows out for their debut at the san francisco tradition, the chinese new year parade.>> it is very pretty, but and nights, it really comes to life. there are probably 10 different styles of light that we walked into this flow. >> her team of craftspeople from builders to painters have been working towards this moment for months. >> we started in early december with a small crew and are very busy in january and even busier in february. we wrapped it up in the last few days back to our core crew. >> they are all celebrating the year of the dog. >> the dogs were really a fun thing to work with, because everybody loves dogs. everybody came in with a favorite, and they all have really great positive emotional responses.>> ou

officers recognized the 8-inch plastic tubing with the silver metallic powered pb the uc berkeley bomb squad was brought in. nobody was hurt. >> petaluma police hope luck runs outs for this man who stole skach skraf off tickets. he scratched two large racks from the counter. ran from the story and into an awaiting car. investigators learn the suspects were in the santa rosa area cashing in about $500 worth of lottery tickets at different locations. >> hawaiian airlines abruptly cancelled of summertime flights from the bay area to the islands. they were supposed to launch between hon lieu and and california. hawaiian says passenger will be rebooked to other flights. the airline says the new planes they were hoping to fli fly on the routes were delayed by the manufacturer air bus. problems with the engines are preventing the delivery of those on time. >> the woman behind a controversial public sculpture process in palo alto is fighting to keep it on dpla. the artist adriana has threatened to sue to sop the removal of digital dna originally set to be removed today. but that's on hold as t

this was august through >>> nearly $4 million, that's how much uc berkeley spent on security for freeough september, it's about $130,000 a day. most of the money spent before the visit was cancelled. they said it was split with the uc president's office. >>> how do you get your kids away from the smart phones? san lorenzo high school using a smart approach. at 8:00 a.m., students much put their phones in a pouch that locks and at 3:00 p.m. they can unlock them. a san francisco company created the pouches and they're now in talk with four other schools. >>> the next time you want to super size the fries and someone says you shouldn't, tell them a chemical ingredient in the fries might be the cure for baldness. that's out of a finding from japan. only catch is the research hasn't been proven for humans. so far it's worked for hairless mice. it's a good thing to tell yourself on the fries. >> happy meal with extra fries. >>> we're going to check in with danville. why danville is celebrating the super bowl after last night. stay with us. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for

. >>> uc berkeley researchers say they figured out why a dense track of evergreen forest in me -- it's something the researchers call rock moisture. they say this reserve of underground water is so vast, it's not only providing a twist on how trees are nourished, but it could also change the narrative of how water flows how it evaporates into the atmosphere. >> let's check out live doppler 7, it's quiet, but this will be changing tomorrow afternoon evening. temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s, a live look from our emeryville camera. it was a little milder this afternoon, rain arrives tomorrow afternoon and evening, the wind intensifies tomorrow afternoon and a wintry mix follows friday and saturday. it will be down near freezing in our inland valleys, 30s, 40s, and for the afternoon, hang on for that extra layer, temperatures in the 50s to lower 50s. so on our storm impact scale, tomorrow afternoon evening, we have a light system, level 1, with the scattered showers, isolated downpours by nighttime and increasing wind as we head through the nighttime hours. 11:00 p.m. wednesday,

. >> uc berkeley getting creative in bringing to life a new generation of wily robots modeled on the common cockroach. like the household pest, it can flatten itself to a quarter of its height seasoned still move at 200 miles an hour while in a squished state. researchers say the skill could be useful for things like searching tiny spaces to find disaster survivors. something we can thank the cockroach for instead of killing it. >>> well, spacex's first rocket launch of the year from california is now set for sunday. the last launch back in december created a plume in the sky. sunday, a falcon 9 rocket is going to blast off just after 6:00 a.m. it will carry a spanish satellite and put it into orbit so we can take radar images of earth. the launch has been delayed by one day to allow time for more systems checks. >>> small earthquake rattled the east bay. the magnitude 2.8 quake hit danville about 1:30 this afternoon. so far, no reports of injuries or major damage. >>> just one day coming up in the seven day forecast that is guaranteed to shock you even though i'm going to spend some

. >>> tonight we know free speech came with a multi-million dollar price tag for uc berkeley. the university revealing it spent nearly $4 million on security over a 30-day period last year. that includes $2.8 million for the canceled free speech week. uc paid to bring in extra officers including from the chp. the cost included room, board, and overtime. >>> tonight, jacket metal pipes are posing a hazard to beach goers. >> those charts are wedged, jetting out of the sand at pacific state beach between the pier and mor are rey point. they asked why isn't the city fixing this problem? >> reporter: on this beautiful popular beach near the pier in pacifica, it is this. >> that's the liability that's waiting to happen. >> reporter: an old rusty storm drain. >> would you let your grandkids play on that? >> no, no. i wouldn't let my kids play on it. they are all grown now. >> we have a sign to keep our children off, so they don't get hurt. >> reporter: and pacifica's public works department admitted to kpix 5 it's a hazard. >> when you look at it, do you think it's a liability? >> it

area headlines, a geyser of water shooting almost 4 stories high, it happened in the middle of the uc berkeley campus this afternoon. the sheered fire hydrant was near the optometry school. >>> in san francisco police gave the all clear at alamo square after a construction crew dug into a gas line after 11:00 this morning. the entire 900 block. hayes street was vac -- block of hayes street was evacuated for a time. >>> in martinez two fires in less than 24 hours, the same apartment complex. a view from a contra costa county firefighter's helmet shows crews charging into this building this morning. the first fire started yesterday, burned five units and spread to the attic where the second fire sparked. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. >>> berkeley police went undercover this weekend to catch laptop thieves near the uc campus. officers say four people entered caffe strada, snatched two laptops and ran back to a waiting car. police caught up to the suspects about a mile away, three teens and three adults. they were arrested and both laptops were recovered. >>> the suspected gunman in las

up next, i'll break down details of a new report out by uc-berkeley. >> reporter: california headed back into the drought? what experts are saying about this dry season coming up. i'm michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside... >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, february 21st. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm anne makovec in for kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside this morning. the morning rush kicks off on the left-hand side of your screen, gorgeous view of cliffside in san jose this morning. and on the right, 880 in oakland. what is that? >> no. >> 580. >> jackie is shaking her head, no, no, no. >> let me just let you stick to traffic. >> that was 580 as you approach 680. >> lots of traffic. it's crowded. >> we're okay we don't have any accidents there. >> okay, that's good. >> and in the north bay you may run into snow so that's kind of crazy. >>> let's get to the hi-def doppler. right now it came in pretty quickly but you can definitely see the green on your screen and that is rainfall. so some of those lower elevations not quite

four of the thefts happened at cafe strata across the street in uc berkeley where one student told meing to be more careful. >> i'm looking around and making sure i'm safe. >> reporter: some victims have gotten hurt chasing after the robbers. remember this guy from pete's? the victim chased right behind and ended up catching the get away car. but watch what happens. he ends up hanging on and then getting dragged down the street. the victim had minor injuries. another victim got shot in the leg by robbers in december. this past saturday police arrested six people, three adults, three juvenile, and they're charged with felony crime. but still have yesterday, yet another lap top was stolen here in berkeley. joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> tonight we're learning one man could have stopped the florida shooter. the school resource officer had a gun, but he never went into the building. that resource officer scott peterson has now resigned. the sheriff said he was sickened to see surveillance video that shows peterson stayed outside while students were gunned down inside stoneman douglas high schoo

university of california hiring an outside consultant to review a confrontation between a protester and uc berkeley pol e police. they demanded that charges be dropped against david cole. he was arrested during an anti-racism march. a bystander captured it with their cell phone. a group is now banding together for this. >>> everybody wants to march for david cole. we have students, faculty, coalition. we have the alameda labor council all here. >> cole is booked on charges of vandalism and resisting an officer. officials accepted the recommendation of police chief margo bennett to hire an independent agency to review. >>> he ran to save his life. now he needs help or he could die. a san jose man who lost 180 pounds by running now needs expensive dental work to prevent the spread of potentially deadly infections. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo with that story from san jose. >> i personally operate with a bigger goal. >> jake mcincludes ki didn't lose weight. he lost 180 pounds. he didn't just run. he ran every street in the city of san jose. it took him 15 months and more than 2400 miles. >> i k

. >> uc berkeley's block chain lab which help broker sales for small businesses are considering the project and a full rollout of the idea is set for may. but there's one more aspect bartlett wants people to consider. >> it's community building at best. >>> a hit-and-run driver made a big mess in a fairfield neighborhood today. it took firefighters several minutes to stop the geyser after a hit-and-run driver knocked over a fire hydrant this morning. >>> the oakland coliseum and dmv office closed by flooding will be closed for another week. thieves stole about 40 feet of copper tubing from the roof causing water to cascade through the roof on monday. the dmv expects the office to reopen on monday february 19. the highway patrol is looking for the thief who caused the damage. >>> there is a report of an elaborate identity theft scheme by a state worker. here's the story. >> reporter: a california dmv worker is accused of using driver's license records to steal identities. according to the sacramento bee, the 39-year-old worker used her access to obtain confidential information to open phony