john from the university of washington and dogging u doug from the survey and others and jan from uc berkley jan is the one doing the legwork >> just over a woong at 320 at one time morning the magnitude 6 pointed 0 napa earthquake struck 2 hundred injuries and fortunately nobody died and the cost is billion dollars. at the same time an alert was issued across the san francisco bay area here and berkley we had a 5 second warning san francisco 8 seconds the bart received the alert and activated there be awkward train meter there was no trains the trains would have been brought to a stop it sound in the 9-1-1 center and other response and operation centers across the state, however, the public did not get a warning the cost of building the system for the west coast of the united states california washington and oregon a hundred and $20 million for 5 years $80 million for the california piece this investment is needed to make the system faster and to provide the public education campaign it's key. now the alert last week was not fast enough to provide an alert in napa, however, with the investm

, thank you so much for not only our work and xrrns in making the commitment to convene here at uc berkleyyear's gant to help us move the ball forward in california. in parts due to the introduction we're pitting this exhibitions in an concept my directed is from southern california including this community known as northridge we celebrated this year or recognized the 20th anniversary of the northridge earthquake this mayor in the san francisco bay area will age actress the that twooiblth i 25th anniversary of the other earthquake we're aware of that this is the tenth day anniversary of the napa quart the last reminder of the urgency for which we need to act in california to deploy an earthquake he early warning system to help electrical. that's our bottom line. you know, enclosing gloss to earthquake i applaud the governor for seeking assistance from the federal government on recovery for the impacted community but i'm hoping to pay attention to turnover every rock necessary to get the funding to help build it not only in california early earthquake system but the backbone of western regi

richard allen i believe has spoken before from uc berkley is going to give us an update we've partnered with the sxhifkal lab hello dr. allen. >> just what is an early warning it's about dektd the beginning of an earthquake and the amount of shaking and pushing that warning out to people in harm's way the idea the earthquake has started and seconds tens of seconds a best-case scenario is seconds in advance we've tested the shake alert the system has been running end to end since 2012 and we've been partnering with the city with ann for the entire duration of the project. so how did the system do in the napa earthquake i'm going to show you a quick video of an alert that was received in san francisco, california you get that video? >> ♪ ♪ kweerth earthquake ligament shaking expected in two seconds >> so as you can see it is a short warning 8 seconds between when the alert was pushed out and the shaking actively occurred it's telling you how many shaking in synthetical circulations it's light, of course, it's stronger in napa but this is a success story of (siren). earthquake earthquake a

introduce the honorable mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee the city of san francisco partnered in uc berkley when we tested our system it's a great pleasure to have him to talk about that (clapping) >> well, thank you professor allen and again thanks to the lieutenant governor and the snaerts for being here today, we're just coming all together after the south napa earthquake milestone my thoughts of r5i78 with the first responders and the folks in the northern california cities that recorded damages we're supporting them to recover i'm here today to do what i think lieutenant governors already suggested we do is move ahead on something that's important as this just a week and a half ago or lecture i joined the mayor of napa to tour the downtown napa we're proud of the 71 of napa for coming together to unit in a speed i didn't recovery this early warning system is to the a panacea of everything but we must do other things we taking take this occasion to see what we've been doing in san francisco to us real emergencies look like people come on together we've got to bring for people together o

also threatened, a key research station owned by uc berkley. researchers use it to study of all things fire management, wildlife, soil, and air quality. scientists are forced to sit back and watch as firefighters try to control the path of the fire. >> reporter: a packed high school gym in garden valley friday night. >> we have a line that we put in. we're taking a real hard look at different options. >> reporter: people like susan were here looking for answers about the expected path of the fire. >> we're not in an evacuation area. i just wanted to know how close it was. it fe >> reporter: for craig davis, it's been more nerve-wracking with a mandatory evacuation in effect since tuesday. >> clean things up around the house a little bit to make it so the old girl would have a chance if the fire came through. >> reporter: law enforcement officers had the only access point to volcano point blocked. if the fire comes through, people will be trapped. cal fire says weather cooperation remains key to this unpredictable fire fight. >> when it comes to

we get no warning. >> reporter: uc berkley professor josh bloom made this simple warning device. >> i got involved with the berkley seismology laboratory. >> reporter: the lab is involved in building a network of sensors around california, oregon, and washington state. >> this network that's been created that pushes this information out and for now, you have to be part of this group that is essentially a data tester of this network. and i'm part of that group. >> reporter: this not so fancy earthquake warning system made up of parts you can get almost anywhere. >> and here's the back of the speaker, and it's plugged in to what's called a raspberry pie. >> reporter: the raspberry pie is a commercially available computer that costs about $35. there's a disk inside that costs $16 and a back-up battery. the entire device, $110. >> if we had the ability to push out these alerts, there would be millions of people, literally millions of people, who could be listening and could be saved. >> reporter: bloom's family is ahead of the curve. they got a warning just prior to the napa earthquake. >

i'm sorry one other thing this has been planned an international conference on early warning at uc berkley next week focused on how to get the necessary funding the signs behind that people are welcome to attendee and i'm pleased the mayor is going to be joining us in the discussion next week >> thank you, dr. allen. >> alicia johnson of my staff is going to give us a brief review on this. >> thank you antonio. sf 72 is designed to build a momentum to create a platform you see did digital and the physical in front of in front of you i focuses on a more resilient thank you sf 72 needs to be inclusive and human and clear. is it so designed to be co- ordinary with the residents of san francisco. we want to have san franciscans to talk about preparedness and take simple steps to prepare and take care of each other in the first 72 hours after an emergency. this is where we need our help please connect with us those of you who have received the could lateral please reach out to us we're happy to give you more information and set you on the right foot and help you to connect to other in the city

through the development of the advanced national system in california the partners are cal tech and uc berkley the california governor's office of emergency services and in the patrick northwest washington. together we're monitoring earthquake activity and able to provide critical tools to make our nation less vulnerable for loss of life due to earthquakes. the earthquake early warning system has been one the goals tennis sits inception now after work of investment from the generous foundation the u u u.s. g f with the state partners and individuals from the private sector have been able to develop the earthquake early warning that's been delivering earthquake warnings to test users for 2 and a half years the first time that's been successful in capturing earthquakes if california including the napa earthquake so we're really pleased that the staivengs is enthusiastically purring this we're pleased that the goals are to provide public alert thank you lieutenant governor newsom and; isn't that right pedia for moving it on and the mayor not only mayor ed lee here 90 in san francisco but mayors o

. >> i'm eric clark a disabled veteran from the panama in the gulf war and/or and a graduate of uc berkley and in chinese i was a twitter slash introrpg from 1998 and the national graduate if 94 to 96 i've experienced i'm preservation housed i was fortunate to have obtained one of the very first vouchers when it was start up in 2008, and 9 my number was c a-2001 and at that time the san francisco housing authority had a cap of $457 for a one bedroom apartment for $457 so having experienced homeless i know at least seven hundred and 50 maybe 9 hundred homeowners maybe closer to 75 hundred homeless veterans also the difference this project is like a ripple in the pond you through a pebble out and i mean from that, we, grow this is just a start and i'd like to see f it grow and without the va funding they're approved every year thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm actually, the director for the residential program so the veterans are vietnam and/or veterans they have protecting and disabled and looking for housing has been a huge challenge the vete

smith come up with that san francisco waterfront was it might look like and gabriel at uc berkley as imagine active ideas surely many other innovative idea approaching the plan how to develop the san francisco waterfront may seem overwhelming but let me offer a few words of solace i hope will make our job easier and the first thing to suggest that i hope provides comfortable is that your challenges are easier to deal with than the challenges by your predecessors imagine users sitting here in 1914 with the board of state harbor commissioners. upper operating a port encountered to handle cargo operation in much the same way they're used for since you were pleased that the construction of the sea level along the waterfront that began in 1963 was nearing competition you were in the midst of carrying out to strengthen the piers and finish building sheds in the piers for the waterfront you built a railroad the belt line and either adapted a program for architecture decoration to apply the city behalf movement to hide the dangers cargo operation on the piers it had a hollywood backdrop of t

john from the university of washington and dogging u doug from the survey and others and jan from uc berkleyan is the one doing the legwork >> just over a woong at 320 at one time morning the magnitude 6 pointed 0 napa earthquake struck

nbc bay area's damian trujillo joins us from the uc berkley campus where heavy hitters are getting involved. >> reporter: people from around the world are here to take a look at this early warning system. although cost still remains an issue, many say napa should be the wakeup call. napa wouldn't have gotten much of an early warning when the 6.0 struck because it was near the epicenter, but san francisco is testing a regional shake alert early warning system. >> our fire stations that are already involved in shake alert, even though it's a few seconds, i know the scientists can improve on this. >> reporter: the system has been running for two years. there are still worries about false alerts. but researchers and proponents of the early alert system say the technology is there to improve and expand the system. >> it's a wake up call. >>> state senator padilla says it is more reason for the bill to be signed. and he wants this system statewide. but nobody knows how they're going to come up with the $80 million to pay for it. >> i don't want people to come up after the next big one and say why

it's stanford, it's occidental, uc berkley, just we're in a major revolution where people used to gowarton -- there's great private schools, great school, but they are going to where the jobs are. they are going to the harvey -- the average tech school. >> hard to get into the east coast schools. >> oh, noing they are hard. >> we'll have a technology school here in new york, roosevelt cornell. >> i'm just saying there was a time when -- >> sticking up for the east coast here. >> now people want to go and get $500 million for vice for tvc part -- >> 250 million from them. >> 2.5 billion valuation for vice. how you went from tesla to vice, you managed. >> with college in between. >> the college thing is such a tech tonic shift for people and where they go. people know if i get a computer science or engineering degree, i can put up rockets for rusk or build my own company, give a billion dollars from seed capital quickly. what we have in this east coast, bedo have good biotech. our country is opposite of the continue innocent with 7 00 million people and can't find a thing to do to put