115 in terms of the trees uc berkeley already knows are a problem, they will be trimming them or taking them out before winter break is over in 2 weeks. at uc berkeley, dan kerman kron 4 news ( robin )another big story this morning ... president donald trump is going live from the oval office. tonight he will address the nation about the partial government shutdown and the on-going immigration battle. president trump will make another pitch for his long-promised border wall. president trump wants nearly six-billion dollars for the wall. democratic officials are against it ... and this stalemate led to the partial government shutdown, causing hundreds of thousands of federal employees to go without pay for more than two weeks. <"we have an absolute crisis and of criminals and gang members coming through. it is national security, it's a national emergency.""we want the symbol of america to stay as the statue of liberty, not a big concrete wall."> ( robin ) the president said he might bypass congress by declaring a national emergency over the border issue.but that's likely going to be an u

uc berkeley tree kills man 0107186 insertthis is cell phone video taken during sundays storms after a 120 foot eucalyptus tree, came crashing down on top of a car outside the greek theater at uc berkeley. 32 year old alexander grant of novato was in the vehicle and died at the scene. sotgayley road was shutdown to vehicles monday, but people were able to walk by and look at what remained of the massive tree that came crashing down and a second tree that crews took down for safety reasons. cutting up both trees is huge effort that will continue on tuesdaysot paul lum/works on campus :35 sot vanessa quintana/student :45while the tree that fell was not identified as being in need of care or maintenance" ... uc berkeley officials say "we are taking immediate steps to assess whether we can learn anything from the condition of the fallen tree that could improve our evaluation of whether other trees pose a threat to public safety. that review is expected to be completed in 48 hours which is an importnat step consiidering eucalyptus trees are common throughout uc berfkeley123/uc berkeley a li

. >> plus how a game of basketball turned into a scary encounter for some students at uc berkeley. >> and a student pilot manages to pull off a wild landing at a bay area airport. >> sunshine today with temperatures in the 60s in the afternoon. we did get some late day sunshine. coming up it's not sunshine. it is rainfall returning. alcatraz on a monday night. we will look at when the rain returns and how many storms are heading our way next. word of a hazmat situation unfolding on alcatraz island. san >>> we are following some breaking news because we're just getting word of a hazmat situation unfolding on alcatraz island. san francisco emergency crews responding apparently to reports of a white powder found there. we have calls out right now to the park service and emergency crews trying to get some more information on this, not clear who exactly would still be on alcatraz this time of night. again, word of a hazmat situation on the island, more info as we get it. >>> new at 6:00 it's an early warning system that detects an earthquake moments before it happens. >> turns out getting

uc berkeley tree kills man 0107186 insertthis is cell phone video taken during sundays storms after a20 foot eucalyptus tree, came crashing down on top of a car outside the greek theater at uc berkeley. 32 year old alexander grant of novato was in the vehicle and died at the scene. sotgayley road was shutdown to vehicles monday, but people were able to walk by and look at what remained of the massive tree that came crashing down and a second tree that crews took down for safety reasons. cutting up both trees is huge effort that will continue on tuesdaysot paul lum/works on campus :35 sot vanessa quintana/student :45while the tree that fell was not identified as being in need of care or maintenance" ... uc berkeley officials say "we are taking immediate steps to assess whether we can learn anything from the condition of the fallen tree that could improve our evaluation of whether other trees pose a threat to public safety. that review is expected to be completed in 48 hours which is an importnat step consiidering eucalyptus trees are common throughout uc berfkeley123/uc berkeley a live

(grant)this happened just outside the greek theater at uc berkeley. kron 4's dan kerman is live on campus tonight on what the university is doing to make sure other trees will not come down during upcoming winter storms. uc berkeley tree kills man 0107185 insertyou are looking a cell phone video captured sunday afternoon after this massive eucalyptus tree, came crashing down on top of a vehicle outside the greek theater at uc berkeley. 32 year old alexander grant of novato was in the car and died at the scene.sot dan zevin/works on campus :15sot rafael votello/just graduated :19monday students and staff walked by this stretch of gayley road as tree crews cut up the 120 foot tree, and took down another one beside it. vanessa quintana/student :33 sot paul lum/works on campus :39while the tree that fell was not identified as being in need of care or maintenance" ... uc berkeley officials say "we are taking immediate steps to assess whether we can learn anything from the condition of the fallen tree that could improve our evaluation of whether other trees

but its own called warning ap of on an early also working uc berkeley is in the same way.able to respond you should be on your phone you get an alert drop and cover, if does you will shaking and if it have is if you feel only alert you right now the sot comes.the big one comes.sot right now the only alert you have is if you feel does you will drop and cover, if on your phone able to respond in the same way.also working on an early its own called my shake. but ready to deploy deployready to that is not yet my shake. but its own called warning ap of on an early also working uc berkeley is in the same way.able to respond you should be on your phone you get an alert drop and cover, if does you will shaking and if it have is if you feel only alert you right now the sot comes.the big one ready when seconds to get precious extra give people the idea is to with at and t. partnership with at and t. the idea is to give people precious extra seconds to get ready when the big one comes.sot right now the only alert you have is if you feel shaking and if it does you will drop and cover, if you get an

uc berkeley officials say "we are taking immediate steps to assess whether we can learn anything fromition of the fallen tree that could improve our evaluation of whether other trees pose a threat to public safety. that review is expected to be completed in 48 hours which is an importnat step consiidering eucalyptus trees are common throughout uc berfkeleystandup dan kerman / uc berkeley 115 in terms of the trees uc berkeley already knows are a problem, they will b kerman kron 4 news> this morning, thousands of government employees are wondering when they'll get their next paycheck. a partial government shutdown appears to have no end in sight.( james ) and as kron4's washington correspondent mark meredith explains, the long shutdown is having an impact on people coast to coast.

he was a resident of venetia and a longtime uc berkeley employee. dna evidence tied him to at least seven. he was arrested in berkeley in september. >>> we are learning more about a triple homicide. are crime reporter henry lee talk to a friend of one of the victims and also talked to a witness who came upon the crime scene moments after it all happens. >> she is heartbroken over the shooting death of dante johnson . >> this was the last closest friend i had in oakland. >> he was one of three men shot and killed in west oakland at 9:00 on friday night. johnson was a devoted father who graduated from a pre- apprenticeship program in construction in october. many like him have lost loved ones. >> unfortunately if you grew up around here by the likely is not the first time it's happened. i definitely hope it's the last. >> reporter: in december a man was shot and killed in the same block. as much as the area is changing, a lot stays the same. >> it is a hot zone for problems. i don't know, i am from harlem in new york. it is the hood, man. >> a neighbo

it its own called warning ap of its own called warning ap of on an early also working uc berkeley is sot prepare will have to stop and you can some to a that trains can some to a stop and you will have to prepare sot uc berkeley is also working on an early warning ap of its own called my shake. it has not yet been deployed (ken) a big story tonight-- california lawmakers have a lot to consider this legislative session, which begins in five days. more than 200 proposed laws are already on the agenda. kron 4's capitol buau reporter ashley zavala points out some measures that are time sensitive. with just a few months away before californians turn their clocks ahead... lawmakers will need to decide if and how they will move forward with getting rid of that practice by staying on permanent daylight saving time.voters approved the measure in november, leaving it up to lawmakers to finish the task.((nats))other time sensitive business for lawmakers include approving disaster relief funding in butte county following the camp fire.the california disaster assistance act normally allows for th

them out before winter break is over in 2 weeks. at uc berkeley, dan kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) people headed to and from the lake tahoe region were met with some awful traffic this weekend. i-80 was closed in both directions from colfax directions closed in both news.kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) people headed to and from the lake tahoe region were met with some awful traffic this weekend. i-80 was closed in both directions from colfax near sacramento to the state line. and highway 50 and 88 was closed for avalanche control. kron 4's j.r. stone joins us now live in the newsroom to explain just how bad it was for people on the roads... j.r.? (j.r.)grant, vicki i've been talking with one woman, jenifer moreno, who is finally home tonight in santa cruz after after it took her 28 and a half hours to get from south lake tahoe. she was with more than a hundred people at a shelter in the sierra last nightthis is what the traffic looked like when moreno was finally allowed to leave the area today. bumper to bumper. she was delayed because of the snow, the road conditions, and all

them out before winter break is over in 2 weeks. at uc berkeley, dan kerman kron 4 news> (james) a big. president donald trump is going live from the oval office. tonight he will address the nation about the partial government shutdown and the on-going immigration battle. president trump will make another pitch for his long-promised border wall. president trump wants nearly six-billion dollars for the wall. democratic officials are against it ... and this stalemate led to the partial government shutdown, causing hundreds of thousands of federal employees to go without pay for more than two weeks. <"we have an absolute crisis and of criminals and gang members coming through. it is national security, it's a national emergency.""we want the symbol of america to stay as the statue of liberty, not a big concrete wall.">( james ) the president said he might bypass congress by declaring a national emergency over the border issue.but that's likely going to be an uphill battle. ( james ) democratic leaders in congress say, they want equal time after the president's speech tonight. all the broad

clusters of earthquakesat the uc berkeley seismology lab peggy hellweg ..e at looking at the recently collected earthquake data.that is because the u.s. geological survey office in menlo park is closed during the government shut down.while computers there are collecting information, no humans are at work to look at the data.this is impacting studies into forecasting big quakes... yet, sot the earthquake will happen sometime and it could happen tomorrow do i expect it no would i be surprised no right now, there is only enough funding to run the sesimolgy lab at cal until february. leaving questions as to how earthquake information will be analyzed after that...sot predicting what they do in washington is even more difficult than predicting earthquakes (justine) it is important to note, if there was a huge earthquake, staff at the usgs would be called back to newsroom justine waldman kron 4 news. ( darya ) california is going forward with a plan to help furloughed t-s-a agents forced to work during the government shutdown. the plan is to let the workers file

clusters of earthquakesat the uc berkeley seismology lab peggy hellweg .. has taken on a bigger role at looking at the recently collected earthquake data.that is because the u.s. geological survey office in menlo park is closed during the government shut down.while computers there are collecting information, no humans are at work to look at the data.this is impacting studies into forecasting big quakes... yet, sot the earthquake will happen sometime and it could happen tomorrow do i expect it no would i be surprised no right now, there is only enough funding to run the sesimolgy lab at cal until february. leaving questions as to how earthquake information will be analyzed after that...sot predicting what they do in washington is even more difficult than predicting earthquakes (justine) it is important to note, if there was a huge earthquake, staff at the usgs would be called back to work. in the newsroom justine waldman kron 4 news. (robin ) in the east bay... a 15-year-old student has been suspended after a b-b gun was reportedly found in his backpack. a s

that means more work for scientists at uc berkeley's seismology lab. abc 7's eric thomas joins us with more on this. eric. >> reporter: and, indeed, those two earthquakes were along the hayward fault that runs right through here. if you need a landmark, there it is. the clairemont hotel. both of those earthquakes in much the same spot. normally we'd be going to the usgs for more on exactly what happened, but they're not there right now. >> the earthquake was right near the intersection of highway 24 and 13. >> reporter: the second earthquake in as many days struck the hayward fault. a 3.4 yesterday, a 3.5 today. both originated in nearly the same spot. the uc berkeley seismology lab is watching them closely. >> earthquakes like to cluster. we have aftershocks. this is larger than the one yesterday. >> reporter: but the lab is an all lieding and putting out information without the help of a local ally. the government has shut down the lab and they were furloughed. >> it's set up to take more of the effort at this time, and i know that usgs has asked som

clusters of earthquakesat the uc berkeley seismology lab peggy hellweg .. at the recently collected earthquake data.that is because the u.s. geological survey office in menlo park is closed during the government shut down.while computers there are collecting information, no humans are at work to look at the data.this is impacting studies into forecasting big quakes... yet, sot the earthquake will happen sometime and it could happen tomorrow do i expect it no would i be surprised no right now, there is only enough funding to run the sesimolgy lab at cal until february. leaving questions as to how earthquake information will be analyzed after that...sot predicting what they do in washington is even more difficult than predicting earthquakes (justine) it is important to note, if there was a huge earthquake, staff at the usgs would be called back to work. in the newsroom justine waldman kron 4 news. ( darya ) the san jose city council is going to create a short term loan program for airport workers. this means more than 500 air traffic controllers and t-s-a age

. >>> major developments in the investigation into the murder of a uc berkeley grad killed while camping with his two young daughters. 42-year-old has been charged in the murder of 35-year-old at malibu creek state park last june, he gunned down the uc berkeley grad in the tent he was sharing with his 2 and 4- year-old daughters. he is also responsible for a rash of shooting at the park since 2016. >> kind of assumed they were aiming for my head. >> my boyfriend walked around, that is a bullet hole. okay, it is, right? >> during a court appearance yesterday, his bail was set at $1.1 billion, due back in court later this month. >>> a tennessee woman serving a life sentence for murder will get her freedom filing a high profile campaign for clem answer, the case drew national attention with the support of celebrities. >> during her nearly 15 years behind bars, brown pleaded for forgiveness. >> do you pray you show me mercy and give me a second chance. >> governor bill haslam responded commuting brown's life sentence. houston gordon is one of brown's attorneys. >> to see the absolute joy flo

he was a resident of benicia, and long-time uc berkeley employee. he was tied to seven that began in rohnert park and ended in sacramento in 2006. he was arrested in berkeley in september. >>> the supreme court has declined to hear a challenge to california's ban on foie gras. yesterday's decision means the ban on foie gras will remain in effect in the state. critics say forcing to feed ducks and geese is inhumane. >>> nasa's historic courthouse is back open after 4 1/2 years of repairs. that courthouse built in 1878, was badly damaged, during the earthquake in 2014. but officials say it is now stronger than ever. insurance, as well as many -- money from the state and federal government, paid for the $20 million in repairs and seismic group upgrades. it took longer than expected. so good they were able to preserve that. >>> east bay may be getting a new soccer stadium. coming up, the proposal that concord city councilmembers will consider tonight. and we'll tell you what else is on the table. >>> also, make sure, if you're in front of the computer la

. >>> a burglary suspect is charged with killing the uc berkeley graduate that was camping with his two daughters last summer. the 42-year-old anthony rauda fired the fatal shot that the malibu state park in june but they say it does not and they are. he is facing 10 counts of attempted murder in a series of incidents dating back to 2016 . that ,35 tristan beaudette was found dead in his tent with his two-year-old and four-year-old daughters . the girls were not injured. tristan beaudette family was planning on moving to the bay area . >>> the bay area police officer is off the job after allegedly offering to help suspects in exchange for sex . why we are just finding out about it months later. >>> the world's largest consumer electronic show in las vegas and we will show you the unusual attractions. >>> it will be wet today, taking affect the the afternoon and evening. we will tell you when it will timeout . >>> we have your travel time coming up a new accident reported on highway 17. cvs pharmacy. ed gets copays as low as zero dollars on medicare part d prescriptions. ed gets labels c

clusters of earthquakesat the uc berkeley seismology lab peggy hellweg ..as taken on a bigger role at looking at the recently collected earthquake data.that is because the u.s. geological survey office in menlo park is closed during the government shut down.while computers there are collecting information, no humans are at work to look at the data.this is impacting studies into forecasting big quakes... yet, sot the earthquake will happen sometime and it could happen tomorrow do i expect it no would i be surprised no right now, there is only enough funding to run the sesimolgy lab at cal until february. leaving questions as to how earthquake information will be analyzed after that...sot predicting what they do in washington is even more difficult than predicting earthquakes (justine) it is important to note, if there was a huge earthquake, staff at the usgs would be called back to work. in the newsroom justine waldman kron 4 news. (ken) california's plan to help furloughed t-s-a agents forced to work during the government shutdown is taking off. that's in t

clusters of earthquakesat the uc berkeley seismology lab peggy hellweg ..has taken on a bigger role at looking at the recently collected earthquake data.that is because the u.s. geological survey office in menlo park is closed during the government shut down.while computers there are collecting information, no humans are look at the data.this is impacting studies into forecasting big quakes... yet, sot the earthquake will happen sometime and it could happen tomorrow do i expect it no would i be surprised no right now, there is only enough funding to run the sesimolgy lab at cal until february. leaving questions as to how earthquake information will be analyzed after that...sot predicting what they do in washington is even more difficult than predicting earthquakes (justine) it is important to note, if there was a huge earthquake, staff at the usgs would be called back to work. in the newsroom waldman kron 4 news. a reminder ... you can track earthquakes at kron-4 dot com there you can find an interactive maps of quakes here and around the world... as well a

we are on the uc berkeley campus just outside the greek theater. you can see the aftermath.one video that was taken just after that tree fell. it landed on a car that was parked right here on gailey outside the greek theater. he was sitting inside the car when it happened, when the tree fell and he was killed. a jogger on campus we talked to said trees on this campus need to be examined. >> i'm not surprised, a eucalyptus. i know they are not a native speci species. i think they should be strategically removed, not entirely but a lot of them need to be cleared out. >> reporter: school officials say they are now reviewing their tree assessments. grant was not a student here. officials say maybe he was visiting someone. but this tree is still sitting here as a reminder of what happened, a very dprgrim remind as we get a break in the weather but more rain on the way. reporting live from berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. more snow in the sierra as it moves east. this weekend storm dumped up to 4 feet

waller worked at uc berkeley for 25 years. >>> this morning we're hearing from the attorney of the jogger who claims another woman bit her. a story we've been following since friday. a jogger and a dog owner got into some kind of fight in oakland on thursday. john o'connor represents the jogger, cindy stainer. he says stainer pepper sprayed the dog after one of them bit her shorts. >> next bite was going to be of her skin, she feared. she did not directly pepper spray the dog, she sprayed above their head because she has experience and knows any animal will be distracted. >> he says threw her to the ground and bit her. she disputes the story saying the dog didn't do anything and the bite was self-defense. police arrested -- i'm never going to say this right today. the alameda county d.a. has not issued charges. that's your story from now on this morning. >> okay. happening today oakland mayor spends the first full day of her new term taking part in a day of service. she kicked off her second term taking the oath of office yesterday. the mayor will focus on helping charities that provide s

the weekend storm we had is now blamed for a death at uc berkeley. the victim was alexander grant of novato. his death was caused by a falling ucalipt us tree. it toppled over sunday afternoon. alexander grant of novato was under that tree. he was visiting someone on campus, driving near stern hall when that tree crashed down. >> the poor guy was driving down the hill, off toward gaily road. i mean, statistically, the odds, it's incredible. >> police won't say what caused the eucalyptus tree to fall. but the tree toppled as the east bay, as you know, was hit hard by high winds and heavy rain. >>> investors will once again be keeping an eye on pg&e stock this morning. shares dropped to more than 22% yesterday. just keeping an eye on it. looks like it's opening down about 3% this morning. investors are concerned after the latest reports that the utility could file for bankruptcy if it's found liable for damages from the campfire and others in california. >> i think people are getting tired of pg&e crying bankruptcy every year and then saying they need

. >>> there is a big job under way at uc berkeley. >> crews go to work bringing down trees after a man was killed by a falling eucalyptus. officials explain why some of the trees need to come down. >>> just what is happening with the momentum auto group? i'm michael finney with an update and how i'm helping what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. yeah! >>> all right, as we prepare for more rain to pound the bay area, and it's coming tonight, work continues on the uc berkeley campus to remove trees that pose a safety risk. >> this follows the death of a novato man who was killed by a tree during a recent rainstorm. >> reporter: the work is grueling, chopping down massive trees

joining us from uc berkeley. betty? >> it was such an intense game. surreal to watch it all unfold on tv. the native holds many records where he has been impressing big crowds ever since he arrived.>> i am crying and i am so excited for you,>> reporter: that was the text is on to texted him. >>i otna ou it wasnjust jared,rtreport:his grandparents watched hi spts from a young age when he was a standout. they shared these photos of jared with kpix . >> he is very competitive and humble.>> yes he is.>> like he always did a team effort for all his growing up with, like we were catholic, pop warner, it was not about him but the team.>> reporter: his wife was also a regular at his games, including at cal. he had a 1-11 start when he got there.>> he sucked it up and persevered, he does that at every level that he is needed to. [ cheers ] >> reporter: the young star will face off against tom brady. brady and goff recommend the largest age gap between opposing quarterbacks in super bowl history.>> he deserves it, he has been working so hard his whole life for,

clusters of earthquakesat the uc berkeley seismology lab peggy hellweg .. has taken on a bigger role at looking at the recently collected earthquake data.that is because the u.s. geological survey office in menlo park is closed during the government shut down.while computers there are collecting information, no humans are at work to look at the data.this is impacting studies into forecasting big quakes... yet, sot the earthquake will happen sometime and it could happen tomorrow do i expect it no would i be surprised no right now, there is only enough funding to run the sesimolgy lab at cal until february. leaving questions as to how earthquake information will be analyzed after that...sot predicting what they do in washington is even more difficult than predicting earthquakes (justine) it is important to note, if there was a huge earthquake, staff at the usgs would be called back to work. a reminder you can track earthquakes at kron-4 dot com there you can find an interactive maps of quakes here and around the world. as well as tips on how to prepare for th

of this was done with almost surgical precision by many, many police officers working with the uc berkeleym. plus, the california highway patrol, plus berkeley police. the idea was to make sure that these trees that had to come down because they were diseased and could become a falling hazard were taken care of. but there was another purpose to this. it was dual purpose exited with surgical precision. here is what dan, uc berkeley spokesman had to say. >> really the primary purpose was to enforce the law that prohibits camping on public property or specifically in this case university property. we don't have the resources, and it's not our mission to run to urban campground. secondly, we needed important tree work that needed to be completed and we needed to make sure that went as planned. >> reporter: now that's not to say there wasn't some confrontation, but the confrontation was completely non-violent. and the reason for that was the overwhelming show of for, on the part of the police as they came in and removed the camp. but just as importantly, did the work on the trees that had to be

uc berkeley says they were on the verge of falling down. protesters says this was to make way for new student dorms. nbc ba ar y area melissa colora joins us with the latest. melissa? >> reporter: raj, take a walk around people's park. you'll notice less of this and more of that. the university said they have to chop down five trees because they were diseased. they were in poor shape. protesters i spoke with say they are gearing up for a long battle to keep the park intact. if the sound of shotguns marched berkeley's bloody tuesday nearly 50 years ago. today it was the sound of bulldozers knocking down trees in people's park that protesters won't forget. >> they're trying to kill the magic of 1969. >> early this morning, crews cut down five trees that the university says were in poor condition. >> diseased and damaged trees in weather like this are prone to fall. >> from our chopper hovering above, you can see a line of uc berkeley officers and chp officers blocking protesters from entering the park. the university says police arrested six

. >>> memorial is growing on the uc berkeley campus after a man was killed by falling tree after the storm east endttisare time. as the asleft alexander grant of novato. still work to do. jogger thinks something should be done about the trees. >> not surprised. eucalyptus, not native species, i think should be strategically removed. >> school officials are reviewing the tree assessments. >>> big bash at governor'srnor's mansion, to celebrate gavin newsom. he's made plans for healthcare and voters can't wait. >> reporter: hosted the hottest party in sacramento tonight. list was tight but cousins made the cut. >> happy to go in, hang out, check out governor's mansion, shake his hand, ring in new pal high. >> mind bogglingly ambitious plan. >> we will be bold, aim high and work like hell to get there. >> reporter: set the tone for administration, highlighted sitting issues like quality education, tackling homelessness and immigrant rights in the speech. took aim at president without mentioning his name. and signed levy to give the state more leverage for prescription drug prices. >> hea

it happened on guy lee road at the east end of the uc berkeley campus. the tree gave way during yesterday's storm. you can see branches hanging over a bus stop. no one else was hurt. >>> let's take a live look outside right now as we take a look at bay bridge in the eastern portion of t break in e r giving the bay area a chance. let's check in with julie watts. >>> we are tracking some showers. right now mostly in the north bay. heading near vallejo, 24 hour rainfall totals. 5inches in just 24 hours, san to rosa 2.5 inches. napa nearly 2.5. san francisco over an 1.25. concord an inch for you there. the rain is tapering off, cloudy and mild for 5:00 at levi stadium. we are tracking more on the rain. in the meantime over to michelle. >>> julie, thank you. >>> the federal government shutdown is entering itd are ta our nation's capital. negotiators failed to reach a deal over the weekend, it doesn't look like either side is willing to budge. president trump made it clear the partial govern end until he southern border wall. he may use his executive power to

uc berkeley professor is the one who discovered the surcharge back in 2014. >> it's not explained by higher taxes or a cap and trade for greenhouse gases or burning cleaner gasoline. that's the problem. >> the lawmakers are also asking the department of justice to set aside funding to pay for the investigation. reporting live in los gatos, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. >> many people can't make ends meet in the bay area. covering housing and homelessness is part of our effort to build a better bay area. volunteers and workers in contra costa county in oakland will conduct a homeless c the u.s. kpt department of urbad housing development requires it to -- they hit the streets before dawn yesterday and will finish the count this morning. in a previous survey, the number of chronically homeless and homeless veterans dropped. the head of homeless services provider home first explains a new group is replacing them. >>> a woman who makes the sandwiches at the deli you go to or janitor scrubbing your floor that night, those are the faces of homelessness in silicon valley. >> a census will help

. >> the warning comes as memorial on the uc berkeley campus continues to grow for a man who was killed by a falling tree abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there. amy. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. there are flowers left behind for 32-year-old alexander grant of novato. this is where he was killed outside the greek theater. we have cell phone video taken after the tree fell onto the parked car on gayley road. grant was inside the car and was killed. people on campus are now questioning the trees here whether they need to be examined. >> i'm not surprised, a eucalyptus. i know they are not a native species. i think they should be strategically removed, not entirely but a lot of them need to be cleared out. >> reporter: school officials say they are now reviewing their tree assessments. they are also going to study this tree and see what they can learn from it, see if it can help prevent in the future. this huge tree is still here. it was a giant eucalyptus. they still need to get it out of here. they have a break in the weather now but we understand there's more rain on the way.

uc berkeley launching a new research center focused on marijuana.ther research groups are starting the health effects of cannabis. cal says that this is the first one to focus on other topics. e impacts and production. two professors from the uc berkeley environmental science the performance will lead the center. struck nfl commissioner roger goodell will address the media for the annual state of the league address. he is expected to be peppered with questions about all of the controversy from the nfc championship game. the referees you may know mr. pass interference call that many people argued allowed the rams a 20 game of the saints for the nfl acknowledged the mistake but he has been silent about the issue. some have been calling for changes to the legal replay roles that prevent mistakes from happening again. another topic that goodell may have to address is a lack of diversity in coaching hires. struck this years super bowl is a battle bay area cornerbacks and bragging rights are on the line for the home topic peter debra stark tom brady grew

two researchers, one from uc berkeley, analyzed an audio recording. they say revealed that the source of the sound was a very large cricket. the study does not mean that an attack of some sort didn't happen. but it does cast doubt on whether the sound was the source of the diplomat's health problems. >>> a large earthquake hit japan today. the magnitude 6.3 hit about 9:30 our time. which is about 9:30 japan evening time. there were no immediate reporting of injuries or damage. this past weekend's storm is now being blamed for a death at uc berkeley. the victim is a marin county man, whose car was crushed by a falling eucalyptus tree. cell phone video shows the tree after it toppled sunday. alexander grant of novato was beneath the tree and found dead. authorities say he was visiting someone on campus and driving right near stern hall, when the tree came down. >> the poor guy was driving down the hill, up towards gaily road. i mean, statistically, the odds, it's incredible. >> police have not said what exactly caused that eucalyptus to fall. but it top

. >>> to our health watch now, engineers at uc berkeley say they have developed a neurostimlator that can listen to and stem late electric he patients with epilepsy and parkinson's disease. >>> let's get a check of weather now with mary. is it still windy out there? it was earlier. >> it is. it's still pretty breezy out there. you can see our sails force tower cam is shaking. not as windy as earlier in the morning. but still we are talking about strong winds in sports. let's show you our temperatures currently. 56 in concord. oakland 49. livermore 50. 51 in downtown san francisco. 53 san jose. and 58 for santa rosa. so let's check out the winds as we look at 13 miles per hour winds in mountain view. out of the north, north east. 18 in pleasanton. 13 in san ramon. 16 miles per hour winds in antioch. 17 in fairfield. one of the windiest spots santa rosa north, north easterly wind at 20 miles per hour currently. let show you satellite and radar views. the winds are going to be decreasing as we go through the day. an area of low pressure to the east and a ridge of high pressure to the wes

f0 >>> the weekend storm is blamed for a death at uc berkeley. the victim was a man. his car was crushed by a huge tree that fell over near memorial stadium. cell phone video shows the tree after it toppled over yesterday afternoon. a 32-year-old was found dead inside his car underneath the branches. authorities say he was visiting someone on campus and was driving when the tree fell over. >> poor guy driving down the hill, i mean, the odds, i mean, it is incredible. >> police won't say what caused the tree to fall but it happened just as the east bay was hit hard by high winds and heavy rain. the next round of rain is offshore. rosemary orozco will join us in a few minute with the timing. >> the inauguration of california's 40th governor gavin newsom and he wasted no time in getting down to business. a change of leadership in california for the first time in 8 years. the governor spoke about how he hopes to improve conditions for californians. jana katsuyama is here. . >> reporter: gavin newsom's wife was announced as the first partner. a california for all, that inc

. >> reporter: you can see the line of uc berkeley officers and chp officers blocking protesters from entering the park. arrested six people who were camping in the park including a 24-year-old university student. >> they are trying to get as many trees as possible because they have plans to develop in the future. >> this has nothing to do with the plans for the future. >> reporter: including an area where several trees still stand. >> sad doesn't quite coffer ver. it is more like devastation. >> reporter: the university says they plan on building a physical memorial to honor the history of the park. but no doubt there will be less green space once that new housing development goes up. i am melissa colorado. >>> in the hot seat william barr in day one of his confirmation hearings. he has held the job before. this time before it has a different role. the added role of overseeing the mueller investigation. democrats worry about his memo written last year which criticize the investigation. they prefer he recuse themselves. >> let's imagine it is a judgment call. and the judgment is that

uc berkeley is one of the best schools in the nation for transfer students. is according to a ranking by "time" magazine. berkeley is the second best behind ucla. 90% of uc berkeley transfer students earn a degree. the four-year college systems have a clearly defined path for community college students, including a set of general education courses that transfers between institutions. a federal judge in oakland is blocking new birth control rules from the trump administration. it would let private and public companies opt out of providing no cost contraceptive coverage for religious reasons. yesterday, a judge blocked the rules from taking place in 12 states and the district of columbia. those are the areas suing the federal government to prevent the regulations from taking place. the judge declined to block the rules nationwide. >>> we've learned local politicians are calling one another to influence where the raiders should play next season. it will be the team's last season before moving to las vegas. the chronicle reports oakland city council president has

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waller was identified and worked at uc berkeley for 25 years and was arrested in september. >>> the burlingame police officer is fired for offering to help a woman with a dui if she agreed to have sex with him. the new law sponsored by senator nancy skinner gives transparency to officers convicted for misconduct or lies, or for using force causing bodily injury or death. the agencies appear to be challenging the wall and the angle what police raided their records days before the law went into effect and they claimed it was to make more space for the records. >> i would ask if they are trying to hide something. >> this is absolutely inappropriate and my concern is whether other police departments are quietly doing the same thing. that information needs to be exposed. >> we reached out to the angle what police officers to find out why that officer was fired last year and we were told that the chief was gone for the day. >>> saturday night the iraq vehicle shooting was reported and here's what is left with the barbershop window. there is a large bullet hole in front of the business. the hooded ma

. >> uc berkeley political science professor eric sheckler says there is room to read between the lines. >> it is essentially saying not all of the not all of this is true. we do not have all of this evidence. at least unclear what evidence do they have? it's been it right now, cohen is scheduled to publicly testify on february 7 before the house oversight committee. right now, his spokesperson said tonight he may be reconsidering that. >> this is democrats all riled up. they have to backtrack because there is no real way to know what the special counsel report says right now. >> one of the things that the things that professor sheckler said if it increases the stakes. everybody will be waiting to try and see what it says. >> president trump is promising a major announcement from the white house tomorrow on the government shutdown and border security. it is set for noon our time. the president plans to offer specific proposals. they could pave the way to the end of the government shutdown. however, he is not expected to declare a national emergency to try and build his board while. >> i

as we prepare for more rain to pound the bay area, work continues on the uc berkeley km us to remove trees that might pose a public safety risk. this follows the death of a novato man when a tree came crashing down during sunday's rain storm. abc 7 news has been following the story. >> reporter: yeah, ama, this is the massive tree that came crashing down on that car sunday afternoon. you can see how massive of a tree. has two long stems stretching about 250 feet long. experts are trying to determine what went wrong. but campus officials aren't taking any chances. the work is grueling, chopping down massive trees, breaking limbs and putting them through a wood chipper. a dozen or so trees are coming down on the uc berkeley campus. >> we just removed two pine trees over here infested with pine bark needles that had to come out any. >> reporter: tree inspections intensified following sunday's fatal accident. a 250-foot eucalyptus tree was uprooted falling a rain storm and falling on a week. authorities say 32-year-old alexander grant was killed inside the car. >> i figure something is g

this massive eucalyptus tree, came crashing down on top of a vehicle outside the greek theater at uc berkeleyr grant of novato was in the car and died at the scene. today, students and staff walked by this stretch

. >> now we have leashed that when usgs not operating the uc berkeley lab monitors quakes but if there is a big one the usgs would call in staff. >>> in san francisco barriers went up on folsom and 17th street to protect businesses against flash flooding. the area has seen trouble in the past. the tomorrow is causing major power outages. in the north bay more than 14,000 customers are currently without power. more than 1700 customers in south bay are without power this hour. >>> tracking the forecast with the help of the fine meteorologist from the national weather service who have been working for the past month without $1 of pay. they are still at the job and will be through events like this. santa rosa getting stetd steady rainfall. it is absolutely pouring in sonoma county. the heaviest rain santa cruz mountains. this is going to be a problem if it continues for a couple more hours. it is just coming down at more than half of an inch of rain per hour in the santa cruz mountains. east bay, you getting a bit of a break. it will be over in about 30 minutes. a lot more rain coming. it

uc berkeley says the trees were sick and dying. a ees campus >> they were rotten, infested by insects, had weakened limbs. they were leaning. >> five trees were removed. >>> it may be a sloppy commute by cars, but the recent ins are putting endangered coho salmon on the fast track to their bay area spawning grounds. the numbers are the highest they've been in more than a decade. >> reporter: it's a wet, drizzly day in moran woods, perfect for ocean going fish in this tiny stream. more than 2 feet long, this large coho salman is right at home in this small creek. it's the highest number in 12 years. >> we've seen over 500 coho salmon this year. >> reporter: compared to other years? >> we've had as few as about 100. >> reporter: researchers aren't sure why the number has jumped up, but certainly the extreme habitat projects have helped. ocean conditions may have proved they say. whatever the reason, it's good news. >> they come back as these large adults, which isust omawto e was a problem. the rain and cloudy skies are keeping most

. >> reporter: the meeting at uc berkeley karis continue to reinforce her connection to the security will kicking for national quest for the white house. >> i am so proud to be a daughter of oakland california she touched him in front of during her own mother and the current mayor libby schaaf. >> i have no question that she is the right candidate for this moment in american history. drug even the origin story of her slogan has oakland routes. flack as a young district attorney i walked into the courtroom for the first time and said the five words of god my life work. kamala harris or the people. broke into the speech she was challenged by a heckler. support is quickly jumping in and drowning out his voice. organizers say an estimated 20,000 people rsvped to the rally pick the line into the event was long. like i think she is a smart and intelligent person and i think she can do it. >> it is time. she is going to make the changes do for the nation. >> reporter: harris attacking one of president trump theater projects with the controversial board wall in the southern us border. flack