at the center of a new program of study at uc berkeley and the palestinian and arab studies program, this fall, offers students the opportunity to learn about palestinian and arab history, culture, politics and society, and all the ways in which they are deeply intertwined. >> for more now on the program, we are joined by usama makdisi, professor of middle eastern study there at uc berkeley and chair of this new program. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. this is one of the nation's first. why did you decide that now was a good time to offer this program? >> well thank you. it's great to be with you. now is a great time. it's been a great time, honestly, for years and years. the idea of there's a tremendous amount of interest. there is student demand. there is a general interest in understanding more about the palestinian people, more about palestinian history, more about arab history more generally, more about palestinian culture, society, literature. and so on and so forth. and so uc berkeley is a great place for this to, to, to anchor this kind of program. >> and you

it's on the uc berkeley campus. protests after the election. we spoke with both supporters and critics of president elect donald trump. and election cycle can cause a lot of stress for folks after the break to talk with some local health experts about the best you can or write to here are 4 things know today. >> college students reacting to the outcome of the 2024 presidental election. group of uc berkeley students not happy with trump's victory. now the protests wednesday evening on campus. people support the president elect also showed up. and a group trump supporters in lafayette started the day celebrating trump's win and waving flags. signs. all right. over highway twenty-four's overpass. tell us they're hopeful things will improve. the rally did not attract a large group. overturned car blocked traffic on the san francisco freeway. chp says the crash happened before 7 last night temporarily blocking the left and center lanes. several people were hurt, marching fa. gates are up and running at the coliseum station. 10 stations now have the

kron four's lindsey ford reports from uc berkeley. >> a uc berkeley students protesting wednesday expressing their disappointment with this year's presidential election. i don't believe in them that immigration issues of abortion issues as a woman. >> and i i have to pay for that with the >> tonight. martina says she is sad to learn that many people of latiw descent voted for donald trump. >> my friends, immigrants and my whole family is. i feel like me as a latina chicana. i feel like it's my responsibility to come out here 5 for people who can't and scared to come out here due to the fascism. martinez says as a woman of color, she has not felt safe. and cal campus. >> which is why she is speaking i'm not going stand here and like expect to for me to accept college pnesidency like i can't do it my morals. it's not answer just going out. all right. miguel unease, a uc berkeley student and the vice president of the republican party here has a different view. he says he is proud of latinos like himself who voted for trump. if they come to me, they say donald trump wants to deport you. >> i was

a demonstration taking place on the steps of sproul plaza in uc berkeley. with students already voicing their opposition to a second term under president elect donald trump, some cal students have expressed frustration with the current biden administration over their handling of the current war in gaza. when it comes to palestinians, what the election showed instead was the weakness of the democrats, the failure of centrism. and tonight, they're fearful it will be more of the same under a trump administration. i don't think that he will be able to provide a prominent resolution to the situation going on between israel and in gaza. a small group of students supporting the president elect showed up tonight as well, and they're feeling confident about trump's ability to address the war in gaza. trump is probably going to be better for the area. just historically. if you look at the four years of his term versus the four years of biden's term, and that's that's where i stand. i think trump's going to stand by israel. and all eyes are on donald trump in the midd

group uc berkeley students not happy with trump's victory held a protest wednesday evening on campus.e support the president-elect also showed up. and a group trump supporters in lafayette started today celebrating trump's when they were waving flags and signs wednesday morning on highway. 24 is over past telling us they're hopeful things will improve. the rally did not attract a large group. overturned car blocking traffic on san francisco's freeway. she's be say in the crash happened before 7 last night temporarily blocking the left and center lanes. several people actually heard in march year, gates up and running at the coliseum station. 10 stations now have a new gate designed stop fare evasion. installation work continues at powell in montgomery station. the goals have all 50 stations done by the end of 2025. happening now pg and e they've actually shut off power in parts of the bay area trying to prevent wildfires. the area affected there with those little magenta triangles. power is shut off and napa solano contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties due to the red flag war

some students held a protest at uc berkeley voicing their concerns with both parties. the youth united will never be defeated. student organizers at uc berkeley spoke out friday. >> we're calling out the new trump administration and the failures of the democratic party. >> they say they're frustrated because they feel both parties are not focused on what matters most to them. >> for me, as a young person, i think it's housing. i think it's rent. you know, the climate crisis is a security issue in terms of where we are going to live. >> immigration, abortion, the innocent lives in gaza are all the things that i care about. as an organizer with sunrise and why i'm out here today. >> the parties are already drawing their battle lines. california governor gavin newsom, who has often been in the crosshairs of trump on issues such as immigration, daca, youth and sanctuary cities, abortion rights and climate change, has called a special session to discuss ways to protect california policies from a new trump administration. in response, the assembly republican leader james gal

>>a group of uc berkeley students not happy trump's victory held a protest this evening.n four's lindsey ford reports people who support the president elect also showed up to share their opinions. >>uc berkeley students protesting wednesday expressing their disappointment with this year's presidential election. i don't believe in and that immigration issues of abortion issues as a woman. >>and i shouldn't have to pay for africa. i'm martinez says she is sad to learn that many people of latin descent voted for donald trump. my fans, immigrants. >>and whole family is. i feel like me as a latina chicana. i feel like it's my responsibility to come out here 5 for people who can't fight and who literally are scared to come out here due to the fascism. martinez says as a woman of color, she has not felt safe. and cal campus, which is why she is speak. and i i'm not going to stand here and just like ex to accept college was presidency like i can't do that. it's my morals. it's answer just getting out. all right. miguel unease, a uc berkeley student and the vice president of the r

. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news students at uc berkeley protest.re going to take a look at both sides. it's 10 24 and the campbell police department is holding an important community meeting tonight to address growing concern about organized retail theft. >> local business owners will be there and they can join the police at the orchard city. banquet hall and you can hear from the police about their efforts to stop crime and what you can do as a business owner or worker participation is key. they say to fight retail crime. that meeting is today starts at 11, 30 until 12, 30. it's 10. 25 and the housing website called rent cafe is out with their most livable cities in the u.s.. >> and believe it or not, they pick portland. maine has the most livable city in the whole country. let me tell i've lived in a lot of cities like that at least 10 or 12 cities. >> and i was in portland and i don't think they're they're beaten san francisco. but anyway, portland, they say came out on top with a look at quality life location, community, maybe not weather linco

back to you. >> it's 7, 34 and in the east all of these uc berkeley students who are protesting donald's victory, you know, had a big demonstration and then supporters of the president elect also showed up. >> answering just to be out. all right. so that created a shout off in a clash. kron four's lindsey ford spoke with the students on both sides. >> uc berkeley students protesting wednesday expressing their disappointment with this year's presidential election. i don't believe in them that immigration issues of abortion issues as a woman. >> have to pay for that with county. >> tonight. martina says she is sad to learn that many people of latin descent voted for donald trump. >> my friends, immigrants and my whole family is. i feel like me as a latina chicana. i feel like it's my responsibility to come out here 5 for people who can't and scared to come out here due to the fascism. martinez says as a woman of color, she has not felt safe. and cal campus. >> which is why she is speaking i'm not going to stand here and just expect to for me to accept colleges presidency like i can't do

a group of uc berkeley students not happy with trump's victory held a protest this evening on campus as kron four's. lindsey ford reports people who support the president elect also showed up. >> uc berkeley students protesting wednesday expressing their disappointment with this year's presidential election. i don't believe in them that immigration issues of abortion issues as a woman. >> and i i have to pay for that. >> son i martinez says she is sad to learn that many people of latin descent voted for donald trump. >> my friends, immigrants and whole family is. i feel like me as a latina chicana. i feel like it's my responsibility to come out here 5 for people who can't and scared to come out here due to the fascism. martinez says as a woman of color, she has not felt safe. and cal campus. >> which is why she is speaking i'm not going to stand here and just expect to for me to accept colleges presidency like i can't do it's my morals. it's answer just going out. all right. miguel unease, a uc berkeley student and the vice president of the republican party here has a different view.

a campus protest at uc berkeley after the election. we talked to students and people on both sides of the issue. and we're actually still seeing power outages and dry conditions. even though the red flag warning has expired. we'll talk to a local fire marshal about what you need to know. >> and the breakdown for the next few hours we go racing out of the 40's and 50's through the 60's going expect some 70's this afternoon. we have a couple bouts of some light rain showers throughout the weekend beyond talk about that. michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. coming up, we've got some congestion on 1, of the southbound lanes. there's an accident in the north bay. accident in the north bay. with ehealth, you can compare medicare plans side by side for free. so we invited people to give ehealth a try and discover how easy it can be to find your medicare match. i have quite a few prescriptions. that's why people call us. this one here covers all your prescriptions, your doctors as well. oh, wonderful. i have a hard time with this. that's o

granting students demands also making uc berkeley, a token symbol for student unrest today. the plaza's inactive location for protests and marches. we have seen that there are lots of tables there that also hand out political literature. still ahead. >> we are watching this storm. it's really hitting the north a hard right now and we'll check in with our meteorologist kyla grogan for the latest on the storm system. plus. a new non-partisan analysis finds the state budget deficit will improve in the coming year. >> it also find long term. that's not the case. capitol correspondent eytan wallace. explain. and all of reaction from republicans and from the newsom administration. >> we are celebrating the remarkable women of the bay area, but we need your help to share their stories. if you know, a remarkable woman making a difference in your community, you can nominate her for chance to be awarded woman of the year. just enter your nomination by scanning this qr code on your screen or go to kron 4 dot com. bounced from one doctor to the next. did they even send my lab work...? w

. >> the uc berkeley central snow lab tells fox 40 that the snow is expected to continue to fall to about00am and we should expect to see around a foot of powder by saturday. >> being overly prepared, never hurt. it's the beginning of the season. so this is going to be good tips. >> all for the rest of manner. >> in king ville rowena shaddox kron. 4 news. >> and i mean, we'd like to see it's already by got to be careful if you're headed out to be prepared, if you're headed up there, right? a means. temperatures are so cold up there. i mean, it's going to be unbelievably cold here in the coming days. more snow on the way. nice to see that piling up there. now in the sierra about another nice storm rolling on in and bringing that snow throughout the day today. that's 6500 feet. that's the snow level fell down to one 4, maybe 5 inches of snow across some of the higher peaks there. but they're not done just yet. there's still a few more snowflakes to fall out over there overnight tonight. and there's more storms line up. but you see kind of breaking up right now. you see kirkwood in bear vall

we've got a story coming up from work done here at uc berkeley in a moment in this newscast where they are going to share a way they found to pull carbon out of the atmosphere. that's a little more uplifting as well. i know you've got some colleagues there. we're out of >>> a grad student at uc berkeley has created an innovative way to pluck a planet warming gas right out of the air. sara donchey shows us how it works. >> reporter: the drenching rains, record breaking heat as well as more severe floods and droughts, extreme weather events have become more frequent and intense as co2 levels surge further warming the planet. even if the world immediately stops using fossil fuels, experts warn hundreds of billions of tons of co2 will remain in the air, causing further damage. the goal? to bring the gas down to preindustrial levels. now this bright yellow powder invented at university of california at berkeley may be the game changer. >> directly it drops down to zero. >> reporter: just a half a pound removes as much carbon dioxide from the air as a full grown tree. >> i was very excited.

so some groups of people have had access to zachary lamb, profesor en uc berkeley y autor del nuevo reporteahía. algunos grupos de personas han tenido acceso a la propiedad durante generaciones. otros han sido sistemáticamente marginados o excluidos del proceso. a medida que pensemos más allá en propiedades. en cambio, del cambio climático, debemos concentrarnos realmente en cómo corregir esas desigualdades e injusticias. zachary es optimista y dice que tenemos tiempo, pero solo si comenzamos ahora y traemos todo el pensamiento innovador del área de la bahía y pensemos en cómo crear una región más justa a medida que nos adaptamos al aumento del nivel del mar. para aprender más sobre el cambio climático, visite nuestro sitio web telemundo48.com. yo soy cinthia pimentel. regreso con ustedes al estudio. es algo casi inevitable. el aumento del nivel del mar. entonces, lo que tiene que hacer las autoridades, políticos, legisladores, en fin, la comunidad. ver cómo tratar de mantener seguras a nuestras comunidades. la gran pregunta es si estamos haciendo algo, porque hay un informe. por ejemplo, h

. >> uc berkeley police are looking for a suspect who sexually assaulted a person and a concert. last sunday. the greek theater suspect is described to be between 25 and 30 years old. clean shaven last seen wearing a blue beanie and dark gray shirt and several chain necklaces chains. police say the assault was around 10, 15 last night. anyone with information should get in touch with uc berkeley police. 2 teens accused of demanding money at gunpoint have been arrested in san jose. according to police, the victims told the officers they had made a cash withdrawal from their bank and they drove home. the 2 armed suspects then got out of their car and approached them at gunpoint. one of the victims hand over her purse and the suspects. randolph. it was in the area of toy on avenue and holly drive. this is back on october twenty-third around noon. the suspects are 17 16 years old. they were later found driving a stolen car. those teens are also being investigated in connection with an another armed robbery that happened just a day before where police say they found a victim home who

plus a second trump presidency dividing students uc berkeley. it closer look at the protests that broke out on campus. and after the break on 4 continues to honor those who served today. we look back at one of the worst disasters in u.s. military history and the >> a business owner sounding . hopeful earlier today after california voters overwhelmingly approved prop 36 with 70% of voters voting. yes, kron 4. sarah stinson has the latest. >> business owners say they felt helpless after being burglarized again and again. but now they say they feel at ease knowing prop 36 will hold serial thieves and drug offenders accountable. >> i have cash stolen. a bucket hapaess track the plane tried to. >> going to the atm cutting. couldn't get into that. so >> they stole our register bay area. business owners fed up with rampant theft now relieved after california voters passed prop 36. the new law would increase sentences for certain drug and theft crimes. spring. >> bring california back its former glory. very thrilled to hear that 36 asked passed. i belie

mccauley and his team of researchers at uc berkeley and uc santa barbara created an online interactive tool using data and artificial intelligence to predict how certain policies can help shrink the world's growing pile of plastic. they've met with roughly 30 nations to explain how a few global changes could reduce plastic waste by more than 90% over the next 25 years. reforms like capping the amount of plastic produced and requiring new plastic products be made with more recycled materials. it's not too late, but we have to do it now. it won't be easy. one thing more resilient than plastic is our reliance on it. despite a messy history, deep wounds and a sea of trouble, the plastics industry association tells us it supports the creation of a global treaty, but says capping plastic production would harm u.s. manufacturers, and the group questions whether it would even be sustainable. meanwhile, member nations of the u.n. are gathering in south korea right now. over the next week, after more than two years of negotiations, they are finally expected to release that long awaited plan to e

. >> the youth united will never be defeated. >> student organizers at uc berkeley spoke out friday. >> we're calling out the new trump administration and the failures of the democratic party. >> they say they're frustrated because they feel both parties are not focused on what matters most to them. >> for me, as a young person, i think it's housing. i think it's rent. you know, the climate crisis is a security issue in terms of where we are going to live. >> immigration, abortion. the innocent lives in gaza are all the things that i care about. as an organizer with sunrise and why i'm out here today. >> the parties are already drawing their battle lines. california governor gavin newsom, who has often been in the crosshairs of trump on issues such as immigration, daca, youth and sanctuary cities, abortion rights and climate change, has called a special session to discuss ways to protect california policies from a new trump administration. in response, the assembly republican leader james gallagher sent an open letter to trump asking for mr. trump's support. >> i wanted to send a let

the rain will not stop a two day strike over at uc berkeley or uc system.ditions in their medical and other facilities, like student dining where they work. they're now demanding a new deal. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us with a look at how this may affect you. if you're receiving care at ucsf parnassus campus. well, good morning to you, marcus and laura. some of the 40,000 workers who will walk away from hospitals and other medical facilities are going to do that, including at ucsf. there's about 4000 of them that are going to be on the picket line over the next two days. but the union says they have a plan for some members to return to their jobs in the event of an emergency. and in case the uc system didn't come up with their own backup plan. this is the same union that walked off the job in 2018 to push for better conditions and a better contract. their existing contract for patient care expired at the end of july, and the contract for service workers expired october 31st. these are the people who treat patients clean facilities and serve food

so i should note that i helped design this policy back in 2007 with a professor and a team from uc berkeley and uc davis. so it's a policy designed to incentivize innovation and investments in low carbon fuels, and that is that it's so what it does is it says it's a regulation on the oil companies. so it says for the oil companies they need to reduce the carbon intensity of the fuels. they sell. you know, a little bit every year. and they can do that by selling alternative fuels. they can make the gasoline a little bit cleaner, or they can buy credits from others. and that last part is the key to this policy and why it's so attractive. there is no government money. first of all, there's no government money involved here. what's going on is this is the oil company providing money to everyone else. that is selling low carbon fuels. so this is one of, you know, one of the most elegant, best policies for climate reduction that we have. >> so i think the idea of it is pretty much well received by, all right, from lawmakers to even the petroleum association to drivers. everyone supports the inten

but according to a poll released by the la times and uc berkeley, just 47% of likely voters support the measure. 39% are opposed. and another 14% are undecided. needs more t 50% approval to pass. stay with kron. 4 on air and online for the latest election stories. we're tracking both local and national elections head to our website kron 4 dot com. and the south bay calls are going for san jose city council member omar torres to step down. torres faces allegations of child crimes. the santa clara county democratic party is now supporting his resignation. the party now join city council members, thousands of residents and san jose mayor matt mahan, who have all called for torres to step down earlier today on kron 4 news at noon i spoke with mayor mahan on how the city council would move forward if enough signatures are gathered for a recall vote. >> it qualifies. that would be a yes or no vote, assuming he's recalled, which i i suspect who would be and hope that he would be, then it would go back to the city council to decide if we will appoint or have a special election after that all wo

. >> reporter: ethan elkind, a climate professor at uc berkeley, says governor gavin newsom's plan tominate gas-powered vehicles by 2035 will face pushback. >> california has a deal right now to create its own emissions standards. that was chopped by trump in the first administration. does that get chopped again? >> i think it's almost a guarantee that the trump administration is going to revoke california's sovereignty and california's permission to exceed federal standards on tailpipe emissions. >> reporter: also potentially on the chopping block the $7,500 federal ev tax credit for buyers that could also hurt the auto industry. >> so for that to go away it's going to make it much harder for those legacy companies to continue to sell vehicles. >> reporter: but despite any short-term obstacles many experts and drivers believe evs are the future. >> i think the electric vehicle market is here to stay. i don't think whatever trump does is going to affect it. >> reporter: for those looking to buy a new ev now may be the time. jericka, some customers could save up to $15,000 to $20,000 w

uc berkeley alums founded more startups in 2024 than any other university's graduates.t's right, the number two university on the new ranking from pitchbook. guess i would guess stanford probably. right. that's right. remember that stanford. you're number two. number two. all right. >> good for you. all right. proud alum obviously. >> let's move on. an officer-involved shooting in san jose sends a man to the hospital. >> city officials finished a news conference moments ago. you'll hear their explanation as to what happened in a live report. >> and it's the next phase for san francisco mayor elect daniel leary. next. the heavy hitters he's leaning have worked very hard to get here. i know what i've done. i can hang my head up high. >> san mateo county sheriff christina corpus is not going anywhere. that's the message from her exclusive interview with i-team reporter dan noyes. just days after the board of supervisors voted, urging her to resign. >> an independent audit found that corpus had an intimate relationship with her civilian chief of staff, and that she allowed

uc berkeley police say the three suspects approached a man and tried to rob him.s kicked off the winter season at sierra at tahoe resort in el dorado county yesterday. hundreds of people were seen on ski lifts and the slopes for opening day. officials expect to see more than a thousand riders this weekend. it's the second year that the resort is open since the caldor fire destroyed part of the mountainside. kirkwood tahoe, donner downhill and diamond peak all open within the next two weeks. we have a complete list of opening days on our website. just head to abc7 news.com. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, zack. good morning to you. starting out with our frost advisory for our inland valleys. and you can see the fog here from parts of the delta and into the east bay. this expires in another hour. another two hours for the fog. you can see nice and clear and breezy. the golden gate bridge. it is chilly, though, with temperatures in the low 30s. sonoma 37 in danville. and you've got that fog in walnut creek. highs today with some sun mixed in with the clouds.

researchers at uc berkeley found 78% of products would deliver to customers with no interaction whatsoevertomers, but didn't check id's flavored tobacco product sales have been restricted in 8 states. however, those regulations don't always cover online shopping. >> it's 6.39 and financial some airlines taking drastic measures southwest is now offering buyouts to thousands of ground workers at airports in 18 cities, including in san jose. these voluntary departure packages could impact customer service and ramp and operations agents to also cargo workers could be affected by the end of the year. meantime, spirit airlines is reportedly in advanced talks right now to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> where is your local election headquarters? and there's a poll that suggests vice president kamala harris >> would have a good shot at being california's next governor. harris, as you know, just lost the election to be president, but she has strong support in california. uc berkeley poll shows nearly half of california voters would be very or somewhat likely to support harris if she were to run

man is facing several charges for multiple shootings on the campus of uc berkeley. shootings happened late last month. berkeley police say they arrested the man at his home and that's where they found several firearms and ammunition. officers say security cameras and witnesses helped them locate this person. thankfully, there were no reports of anybody being hurt in any of those shootings. >> well, in the east bay, police in oakland are looking for several people connected to a deadly shooting. these are the photos of the group released by police are also looking for the car. they were described as being in a black lexus damage. on the front driver's side, fender, there goes. the shooting happened back on january, 13th near 90th avenue, a street, identity of the victim has not been released. well, a man convicted of shooting a safeway security are set to serve more than 30 years in prison. so says district attorney says the man shot the guard twice after trying to shoplift from a store in excelsior neighborhood. this is back in 2022, the security guard survive. she

uc berkeley police are now looking for a man they think is responsible. they're asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact them. four days to go until election day and the presidential election. breaking along gender lines. scott mcgrew the two candidates. they're both talking about what trump has said about women. yeah. good morning. the harris campaign quick to jump on something. trump said wednesday in wisconsin that he would protect women whether the women wanted him to or not. that allowed the trump harris campaign to go remind voters about trump's record with women and consent. and my people told me about four weeks ago i was saying no, i want to protect the people. i want to protect the women of our country. i want to protect the women. sir, please don't say that. why? they said we think it's. we think it's very inappropriate for you to say so. why? i'm president, i want to protect the women of our country. they said. they said, sir, i just think it's inappropriate for you to say. pay these guys a lot of money. can you believe it?

san francisco man now facing several charges for multiple shootings on the campus of uc berkeley.se shootings happened late last month. you might remember talking about the story. berkeley police say they've now arrested a man. they found him at his home. and when they searched it, they say they discovered several firearms and ammunition. officers say and ammunition. officers say security cameras and witnesses down. thankfully, there were no reports of anybody being hurt in those shootings. it's 7.40, in the east bay. police in oakland are looking for several people for a deadly shooting that happened and hear. >> are pictures of the group they're looking for and also looking for a car described as a black lexus that would have some front driver's side. fender damage. it circled right here. this shooting happened on january. 13th near 90th avenue and a street. the identity of the victim has not been released. it's 7.41, and a man convicted of shooting a safeway security guard will serve more than 30 years in prison. the man shot the guard twice after trying to shoplift from a stor

uc berkeley poll shows nearly half of california voters would be very or somewhat likely to support harrisernor california's top office is up for grabs in 2026. sonoma state political science professor david mckeown says that harris could play an important role in the governor's race. it's a big part of our game in washington, d.c., for what comes next for the vice president chief. she's young enough visible enough. >> active enough. she has enough prominence. i'm playing despite what happened in the national election to, you know, run for governor of california, the 5th largest economy in the world. she would be formidable. she someone can raise a lot of money. she can join, if you will, of voters that are in southern california as well as her northern california base. she can also raise a lot of money and provide a lot of have to, if you will, 2 to another candidate. >> you heard and that's a political game. just they know they talk about it. pundits talk about the odds of this. and that harris has said nothing. she hasn't announced any plans to actually run for governor. >> well, from t

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a uc berkeley poll showed nearly half of the state's voters would be very or somewhat likely to supportris for governor california's top office is not up for grabs until 2026. a political expert we spoke with says harris, whether in or out plays an important role in the 2026 governor's race, parlor game in washington, d.c., for what comes next for the vice president chief. she's young enough visible enough. >> active enough. she has enough prominence in play despite what happened in the national election to, you know, run for governor of california, the 5th largest economy in the world. she would be formidable. she someone who can raise a lot of money. she can join, if you will, of voters that are in southern california as well as her northern california base. she can also raise a lot of money and provide a lot of have to, if you will, 2 to another candidate. >> harris has not announced any plans to run for the governor's job. the new trump white house is taking shape and one of the president elect's picks is drawing controversy. he nominated florida congressman matt gaetz to be attorne

. >> uc berkeley, thousands of students passionately protested campus regulations that limited theirexpression after one of their peers was arrested for disturbing civil rights, getting a sight civil rights literature and that hundreds of students ended up being arrested at sproul plaza. now, eventually the university did vote to lift all restrictions on political activity. granting the students demands. >> also making uc berkeley at that moment, a token symbol for student unrest. and today the plaza is still an active location for protests and marches with dozens of tables distributing political literature. well, happening today, a new affordable housing community is set to open in morgan hill to support local farm workers. bilyeu companies is holding a grand opening now for royal oak village. it's a 73 unit development out on watsonville road. the project includes housing for farmworker families as well as rehousing for homeless individuals and low-income residents. the project received more than 8 million dollars in funding from the county's affordable housing bond, which the city

and uc berkeley poll shows nearly half of california voters say they would be very or somewhat likely offices up for grabs in 2026. sonoma state political science professor david mccuan says that harris, whether she's in or out could play a big role in the 2026 governor's race. it's a big part of our game in washington, d.c., for what comes next for the vice president chief. she's young enough visible enough. >> active enough. she has enough prominence. i'm playing despite what happened in the national election to, you know, run for governor of california, the 5th largest economy in the world. she would be formidable. she someone who can raise a lot of money. she can join, if you will, of voters that are in southern california as well as her northern california base. she can also raise a lot of money and provide a lot of have to, if you will, 2 to another candidate. >> it's important to state that this is all just talk right now as we all like to do when it comes to politics. harris has not actually announced any plans to run. >> a rally in the south bay for better access to mental he

he is now at uc berkeley, majoring in music and now to frank mallicoat, who has a story about service and students tucked under the shadow of mount tamalpais is marin catholic high school, where 17 year old jack miller is in his final year college. >> his calling busy? you bet. but it's not all about books and classrooms for this super senior. >> i really love it because i've learned some cooking skills along the way, and it feels really good to help people. >> since his sophomore year, jack has been volunteering at series in novato. the marin nonprofit provides thousands of weekly medically tailored, organic meals and delivers them to those facing diet related illness. >> i love cooking the food. i've really found a passion in making the meals, and i've really met a lot of nice people there. i've met a lot of friends through who are teenagers from other schools and it still feels really good to help out into the community. >> jack's work at series is part of marin catholics christian service project, where students are required to volunteer at least 50 hours of service time to senior

but according to a poll that was released by the la times and uc berkeley, just 47% of likely voters support that measure. 39% are opposed another 14% are undecided. the proposition needs more than 50% approval to pass for information on the upcoming election. you can scan a qr code on your screen there and it'll take you to our website kron 4 dot com where you can find details like voter guides more election stories and results on election night. as a police arrested a man for recording video inside a middle school girls locker room on monday afternoon. the suspect, travis street was seen inside bret hart middle school. he was found recording video inside the girls locker room while students were present. there street was confronted by a staff member and he ran away. police arrested him wednesday for having child abuse material and recording teens with the hidden camera. to the east bay. now at uc berkeley, police are on the lookout for a man who was sexually assaulted a person at a concert. they say last night at the greek theater. the attackers believed to be a man between the age

john swartzberg a uc berkeley infectious disease specialist. good afternoon to you, doctor. >> good afternoon. >> great to see you. so first off, these orders are in place as we just heard michael reporting for health care workers and some patients in certain counties to slow the spread of potential issues. but should the general public also be masking up right now, too? >> i think they should seriously consider that. i certainly would mask up i was going to visit somebody. i cared about a great deal in the hospital. even somebody didn't care that much about the hospital because i don't want to bring anybody who's already sick. another gift like covid rsv or influence that. so i think masking is a very good ideas were the respiratory season. >> and could you walk us through the differences in the symptoms for covid versus the cold or the flu should people be keeping an eye out for? >> frankly, if anybody any respiratory symptoms, a running nose, a sore throat, a little bit of cough where giants are a lot of certainly if you have fever or any of

. >> reporter: an astronomer with uc berkeley. >> it might affect our models how the interiors of moonshat causes all the moon quakes? well, imagine your house cooling down at night. you know how it pops and cracks? same thing with the moon. i mean imagine sunrise on the moon. >> as the sun comes over, it gets incredibly hot and then after the sun sets, it gets incredibly cold. some of the rocks will just break and crack. >> reporter: that's the source of thousands of tiny moon quakes which aren't always tiny. >> like a magnitude 4.8 is the biggest we've ever seen. >> reporter: and when it shakes, it does not stop. that's another curious discovery about shaking on the moon. one example, the 1906 earthquake in san francisco, that one shook for about a minute. >> on the moon if you had one as big as the san francisco earthquake, it would be going for days. >> reporter: you're saying shaking lasts much longer on the moon? >> yes, much longer. >> reporter: thousands of quakes, endless shaking, all secrets finally extracted from neglected tapes for passionate scientists like carrie nunn. >>

now, back here at the uc berkeley campus, there are also reports of flooding as well. and that's putting a big damper on what's supposed to be a big, big weekend. of course, with the cal stanford football game. as intense storms continue hitting our region on friday. the east bay getting drenched with rain in berkeley, city manager daniel marroquin tells us the bad weather has been good for business over the past few days, with customers opting for more hot tea options. >> they stay inside, get the hot drink and they just stay for a little bit and they leave the bad weather not making everyone's job better, though. >> outside the tea shop, we ran into fedex worker michelangelo rosales. rosales says the rain can destroy many of the packages he's delivering. >> it's always the packages inside, so we kind of have to force ourselves to bring the packages back and bring a new batch on the campus of uc berkeley. >> this weekend is one of the biggest football games of the year. the school's team is set to play arch rival stanford saturday for their annual so-called big game.

uc berkeley poll shows nearly half of the state's voters would be very or somewhat likely to supportris if she were to run for governor. california's top office is not up for grabs, though, until 2026. sonoma state political science professor david mckeown says that harris weather in or out plays an important role in the 2026 governor's race. >> and parlor game in washington, d.c., for what comes next for the vice president chief. she's young enough visible enough active enough. she has enough prominence. i'm playing despite what happened in the national election to, you know, run for governor of california, the 5th largest economy in the world. she would be formidable. she someone who can raise a lot of money. she can join, if you will, of voters that are in southern california as well as her northern california base. she can also raise a lot of money and provide a lot of have to, if you will, 2 to another candidate. >> well, harris hasn't announced yet any plans to run, but we'll let you know she does. all right. take a look at this. bullet holes left in a woman's home in antioch a

researchers at uc berkeley found 78% of products were delivered with no customer interaction. 16% spoke with customers, but they didn'tnclude checking in. i d flavored tobacco products. sales have been restricted in 8 states. however, those regulations don't always cover online shopping. >> well, a new poll suggested vice president kamala harris might actually have a pretty good shot at being california's next governor. if she wanted to run, harris just lost as we know the presidential election. but her suppott here in california is still pretty strong. thanks for uc berkeley poll, in fact, showed nearly half of the state's voters said that they were either very or somewhat likely to support harris for governor if she ran california's top office not up for grabs, obviously for another couple of years. so there is some time so state political science professor david mckeown says that harris, whether she's in or not will play an important role in that race. >> it's a big part of our game in washington, d.c., for what comes next for the vice president chief. she's young enough visible enou

mccauley and his team of researchers at uc berkeley and uc santa barbara created an online interactiveing data and artificial intelligence to predict how certain policies can help shrink the world's growing pile of plastic. they've met with roughly 30 nations to explain how a few global changes could reduce plastic waste by more than 90% over the next 25 years. reforms like capping the amount of plastic produced and requiring new plastic products be made with more recycled materials. it's not too late, but we have to do it now. it won't be easy. one thing more resilient than plastic is our reliance on it. despite a messy history, deep wounds and a sea of trouble, the plastics industry association tells us it supports the creation of a global treaty, but says capping plastic production would harm u.s. manufacturers, and the group questions whether it would even be sustainable. meanwhile, member nations of the u.n. are gathering in south korea, right now. over the next week, after more than two years of negotiations, they are finally expected to release that long awaited plan to end plas

that's definitely going to come in handy the kiddos are traveling with you as welthe uc berkeley central snow lab tells fox 40 that the snow is expected to continue to fall to about 03:00am. >>and we should expect to see around a foot of powder by saturday being overly prepared. never hurt. it's the beginning of the season. so this is going togood t t t t ti rest mentor. >>they'll rowena shaddox kron. 4 news. >>well, speaking of winter weather, what's the rest of the week looking like here at home? for that, we turn kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence, what can we expect in the coming days? >>want to get up there and enjoy it. you got to be ready for tomorrow. partly cloudy skies still likely some snow showers over the mountains from time to time. then more snow moving in. a look at the temperatures on the high temper hovering slightly above freezing on friday should clear out and dry out but still staying cold as we head in towards saturday. other right now, you can see a couple scattered showers still popping up here. some more snow over the high country. but overall,

según una encuesta del instituto de estudios gubernamentales de uc berkeley.raciones presidenciales, estaría en sus últimos 2 años de mandato final. la encuesta dice que harris es una de las figuras más reconocidas y que tendría ventaja sobre otros posibles candidatos. sin embargo, hay que hacer referencia que la contienda sigue abierta. hay 9 demócratas y republicanos que también están interesados en llegar a la gobernación, incluyendo nombres destacados como el de katie porter y el senador brian dell. durante los siguientes días, vamos a estarles recordando sobre la red de respuesta rápida que proporciona ayuda a quienes sean inmigrantes docuntados y sospechen de la presencia de ice o agentes de inmigración en su comunidad. repasamos la información en pantalla. la línea telefónica está disponible 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana para que usted pueda informarle. ellos le pueden informar, jor dicho, de sus derechos y además le pueden atender de manera anónima. así que su información permanece confidencial. vamos a ver esos números en pantalla. depende de lo

. >> reporter: and dan was the city administrator, a professor at uc berkeley now. way to get out of the city's current budget crisis without making some kind of cuts to public safety. >> two-thirds of the general fund is in police and fire. and if there are going to be shortfalls, the only place with major reductions could come from is it in police and fire. >> reporter: members of the council knew this was coming as they were counting on money from the sales to help balance this year's budget and next. they put that budget in place to outline which departments would get cut if the deal fell apart or was delayed. the group buying the property has already missed the november 7 payment to the city of $10 million. but insist the deal is still on track and it will pay the full price by the end of the fiscal year. >> the money hasn't come in. it's unknown whether this deal is real, and they have not made substantial cuts. since we're halfway through the year, then the cuts have to be twice as big in order to get the savings they need. >> reporter: while council members

. >> reporter: between going to class, studying, and applying for jobs, uc berkeley's senior, zoey blunt, spends her free time scouring these shows for books. >> reporter: but none are for her, but for incarcerated people across the country. >> sending you my strength and empathy. >> reporter: she handwrites a note to each person, thanking them for their request to the literature project. and for some, it is the only one they'll receive this holiday season. where she hopes their small act will make a big difference and will bring a smile to the face of the people who will receive the books. >> i always put that doodle on there because it is cute personally. >> reporter: it's an all-volunteer grassroots project, where they would send them to people behind bars with hopes of improving their lives. >> every book we send out, it is just a little boost to someone and who is trying to broaden their perspective or change their circumstances, or increase their chances of success. >> reporter: the books range from fiction to textbooks. christopher gales has been volunteering with plp for more tha

. >> reporter: director of the climate program at uc berkeley law school ethan elkhind admits the goal might be a lot more difficult. he expects president trump to cut back funding for the technology to meet the state's aggressive zero emission vehicle standards. >> we're able to exceed federal standards because we get permission from the federal government to do that. what happened in the first trump administration was they actually tried to revoke past permission. >> reporter: trump specifically revoked the waiver from the environmental protection agency that allowed california to limit tailpipe emissions from automobiles. elkhind says the issue is being litigated and was never resolved before joe biden became president and restored the waiver. >> it could be california is able to kind of run out the clock over the next four years in litigation, but you lose a lot of time and vehicle manufacturers need to have that certainty. they need to know what the long term target is. they're making investments now for vehicles they plan to sell ten years from now. >> reporter: for now mulvahill

route down telegraph avenue around the uc berkeley campus, and on to the finish line at civic center park. the winner of the half marathon run was eric noll of berkeley, who finished in one hour and 11 minutes. congratulations to all who participated. well, coming up next, a salute to service the 40 niners honor veterans at this afternoon's game at levi's stadium, and weather anchor spencer christian is up next with your accuweather forecast. >> and live from levi's stadium. the 40 niners and seahawks playoff positioning and a battle on the line. and it went down to the final seconds. it ended with a night night for the other team but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga, like: hazy or blurred vision, so it's hard to see fine details, colors that appear dull or washed out, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. if you think you have ga, don't wait. treatments are available. ask a r