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officials to explain why campus police used so much force against nonviolent protesters both uc ask california state university. top leaders were called to testify about this incident including pepper spraying peaceful protesters. abc 7's laura anthony joins with us the story. >> hi, cheryl, one thing learned today is that there is no uniform policy with regard to police use of force on campuses. now, after several incidents, lawmakers are looking at whether there should be. >> i don't want to see such pain inflicted on our students. >> after scandalous incidents like this one involving police, the university president conceded to lawmakers. sometimes, standard poll skpiz procedures need to be abandoned. >> now, you may not want to move these occupiers out. because it's just too confrontational. sometimes, we just waive rules for a while. >> at uc berkeley police used batons to disperse demonstrators. at uc davis, two police officers sprayed pepper spray in faces of demonstrators blocking a walkway. >> did i ask police to use pepper spray? the answer is no. >> in testimony uc davis chancellor

uc davis last month. university of california president approved a 12-member panel made up of uc davis students, faculty, alumni and staff. cruz ren. so will oversee the task force. it will try to figure out who's to blame for the problem when campus police out of nowhere shot pepper spray into the eyes and faces of demonstrators. >>> three bodies have been found in the merced river, believed to be the group of friends swept over a waterfall in yosemite early this year. the body of a 27-year-old was found trapped under huge boulders underneath that waterfall. on saturday rangers found another body believed to be 21-year-old ramina bedal, a former nursing student. the two fell over the fall while a third person was dragged to his death trying to save them, according to witnesses. they were posing for a picture in july. >>> from contaminated dumping ground to playground? crews in east palo alto are transforming a once-toxic site into a new water-front park. the city's mayor was joined by dignity tears from state and federal environmental groups for the ground-breaking at cooley landing park today, located

uc davis. university of california president mark udolf approved a 12-member panel made up of uc davis students alumni and staff. former state supreme court justice reynosa will oversee the task force and william bratton will assist in the probech the controversial incident happened on november 18th when campus police shot pepper spray into the eyes and faces of peaceful demonstrators on the davis campus. >> the city of east palo alto broke ground on a new waterfront park that will be built on an 80-year-old dump site. the city's mayor was joined today by representatives from the epa and the state department of toxic substance control. they broke ground on phase one of cooley landing. it's located at the end of bay road near the ravenswood open space preserve. crews say they will clean the topsoil of the property which theyed a submit contaminated with mercury, arsenal and other chemicals. after it's all clean and safe they will install a trail system that leads bay. this project has been years in the making. >> this was a pocket dump used by the county of san mato. we ereclaiming it and allowi

uc berkeley. police used batons to disperse protesters. >> i'm deeply distressed by images of university of california students being sprayed and pepper sprayed. uc cavis jabbed with batons at uc berkeley. >> udoff won't answer questions. >> and. >> i thought the hearing was fine. excuse me. >> and we're taking a look at the crowd at uc davis. we've been speaking and someone took their tent down. they're now just eight here, there are almost as many investigations going on into the incident here at uc davis as well as one at uc berkeley. president udoff hopes to have his report to them by march 1. that wasn't soon enough for some lawmakers concerned there could be many more campus protests after the new year. >> and we hear about this happening every year around the holidays. group of kids get together trying to do something nice. end up getting ripped off. >> someone stole $700 worth of donations from a school in vallejo. >> teachers say they're still in disbelief a couple of what is described as common thieves came and ripped off a huge chunk of what shurd have been the school's music budget. it was a winter concert supposed to be the bigge

uc berkeley and bolt. born and raised in sacramento, california. she continues to call northern california her home. and now lives in san francisco. so, with that i'd like to introduce debbie yee as our first speaker. >> this is called jasper john's wagon. >> i have an idea of how the fifth star was killed dear empire not by gunfire at close range, not in the study with the pen knife, not by the umbrella, crushed by the revolving door not jostled or hemorrhaged the narrow drain. we caught the tar and the bullet we came to the body encostic casement of skin rig motor us framed the opened mouths scream. wail for your mother wrap our sons in silken ribbons in a galaxy. the cause has been perp traited. we are adrift on a baron sea. the fleet diminishes me. who shouts for us now, dear empire? this next one is a postcard for a reason that i kept of harold's club in reno, nevada. i don't know if it exists it's a really old postcard. harold's club made we think of harold and the purple crayon. harold's club. who would figure let loose the boy with the purple crayon. let him conkokt the loses slots in women.

uc berkeley and bolt. born and raised in sacramento, california. she continues to call northern california her home. and now lives in san francisco. so, with that i'd like to introduce debbie yee as our first speaker. >> this is called jasper john's wagon. >> i have an idea of how the fifth star was killed dear empire not by gunfire at close range, not in the study with the pen knife, not by the umbrella, crushed by the revolving door not jostled or hemorrhaged the narrow drain. we caught the tar and the bullet we came to the body encostic casement of skin rig motor us framed the opened mouths scream. wail for your mother wrap our sons in silken ribbons in a galaxy. the cause has been perp traited. we are

uc berkeley. damian trujillo is live with more. >> protests on california campuses are becoming more and more common as budget cuts throughout the entire uc system builds frustration and anger in students and faculty, and staff alike. state lawmakers held a hearing to make sure the administration isn't clamping down on students' rights to peaceful protests and expression. uc president mark udoff faced questions about who was in charge when pepper spray and batons were used on peaceful protesters. the video of police spraying davis students in the face went viral, and was seen around the world. the uc chancellor testified she doesn't tell the police how to manage security. >> did i tell the police to use pepper spray? the answer is no. did i direct the police to use force? and the answer is no. i have to, and i do accept responsibility for this event. >> one part of me says we've got to use minimal force all the time, even when someone's engaged in unlawful conduct. but then you have to be very careful that if you original leave the police officers with their flack jackets and guns, there has to be l

. >> guest: before harvard i was at university of california at berkeley, uc-berkeley. fore that from 88 to 91i was in a small community colleges stockton california, northern california before i went to uc-berkeley and before that i was working in the field. c-span: helm did you work in the field? >> guest: about a year-and-a-half. and then simultaneously as i was working -- as i was studying english and community college i was working in the railroad. c-span: let's go back before you jumped the fence. >> guest: yes. c-span: when did you fall into the tanker and why? >> guest: this is around this time when i was in kennedy, which learning english and i felt and i, i guess we have to set up the story because it is a metaphor in the ways as what it's like to fight for your own life and it's like some times to give up control. right after working the fields i worked in the railroad company and i was doing the most rental job you can imagine. i first cleaning tanks that carry fish oil. and at that bottom there will be fish lard that would accumulate and i had to clean that.

years old, and i moved to the east coast for six years before going back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara, graduated in 19988 -- 1988. i have lived in the excelsior since 1999. i have had lots of different jobs, but my main job is doing social work force and a disco, i have been a community organizer, i worked at a labor organization supporting janitor's working in our high- rise buildings. i was a legislative aide before .wr. i got to see how it all work from the outside, community organizations supporting young people, children, families, working for labor, and saw how city hall could be an effective tool for change and then considered running in 2007, 2008, and somehow, i made it. >> you were raised in los angeles, moved to the east coast. what made you want to come back and live in san francisco? >> i love cities. i never felt like i lived in a city in los angeles, but when i lived in massachusetts, where i live, i was close to boston. i had such a great time in boston but i did not like massachusetts so much because it was cold, the culture was foreign to me. when i cam

uc davis. they release it every year. this year looks like last year's results. very little progress. women according to the study hold fewer than one in ten executive positions in the 400 largest companies in california. more than a third have zero women represented on the boards of directors. uc davis say the pace of women advancing in the board room has been so slope it would at the current rate take california more than a century to achieve gender equity in those companies. rough news for some employees at santa clara mcafee, the maker bought by intelaid it will lay off 250 people, 3% of its work force. something we haven't been able to say for a while, a big pay day tonight for yahoo!. no, didn't get bought. it won a 610 million judgment against spammers. you may have gotten the e-mails telling you, you won the yahoo! lottery. they came from nigeria and thailand and were sent to more than 11 million people. speaking of crime, former accountant at marvel pled guilty to a role in an insider trading scheme. he admitted to passing information about the chip maker's earnings to an investment club, he faces time in prison. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. >> bay area company known for helpin

hour state lawmakers began a hearing on how california public universities respond to protesters in response to two incidents pepper spraying of protesters by uc davis police officer and the melee between uc berkeley police and occupy demonstrators. top officials from the csu and uc systems will testify the panel will hear from police oversight experts and student representatives. >> ouch! >> meantime, the san francisco chronicle reports the oakland police officer who shot an occupy protester in the leg with a nonlethal bean bag has been taken off street duty. the incident happened november 3rd. the victim oakland resident scott campbell has filed suit against the police department in federal court. sources say the officer and his immediate supervisor will remain on desk duty until an investigation is finished. >>> state attorney general harris will lay-off 102 department of justice agents and 21 civilian employees next year. that's half of the 203 agents who originally were expected to lose their jobs. the department is ending its involvement in 2/3 of california's 52 drug and gang fighting task forces next year. >> 2/3 of chief executives of

california, in the south area. went to public schools. ended up in uc-davis. made my way out to san francisco when i was a college student, and i sat in the class is in san francisco state as well, and i remember growing up at that time around clement street. we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time. just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant

hour state lawmakers began a hearing on how california public universities respond to protesters in response to two incidents pepper spraying of protesters by uc davis police officer and the melee between uc berkeley police and occupy demonstrators. top officials from the csu and uc systems will testify the panel will hear from police oversight experts and student representatives. >> ouch! >> meantime, the san francisco chronicle reports the oakland police officer who shot an occupy protester in the leg with a nonlethal bean bag has been taken off street duty. the incident happened november 3rd. the victim oakland resident scott campbell has filed suit against the police department in federal court. sources say the officer and his immediate supervisor will remain on desk duty until an investigation is finished. >>> state attorney general harris will lay-off 102 department of justice agents and 21 civilian employees next year. that's half of the 203 agents who originally were expected to lose their jobs. the department is ending its involvement in 2/3 of california's 52 drug and gang fighting task forces next year. >> 2/3 of chief executives of

in california, where i live, incredible news today, where this is all with the occupy college movement that started at ucthe pepper spray stuff we all know about. but the university of california administration just voted big pay increases for a handful of the saime these inible string of tuition hikes, in the last few years, heading up in the next few years. and one of the things people don't understand, ari, is that no not only is it the budget cuts that the state is facing, that have put all this budget pressure on low-income and middle income students that are racking up all this student debt, in a way that's killing the american dream for them, but it's also these bloated administrations. we've got a washington monthly headline from the last month about administrators ate my tuition. a big story that they had. help people understand, ari, what the stakes are here? >> i think the stakes are huge. i think this is not going to make up for the budget and the critics are not saying that it would. but what we are seeing in a public context is similar to what we saw in a private sector context. which is th

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varieties, but only a handful are grown commercially in california, one of the most popular being the albion variety that daren worked closely with uc-davis to develop. >> it has several advantages over other varieties. first of all, the production is hh. i mean, this thing will produce anywhere from 6,500 to 8,000 trays a year, ok? the second thing that it does, it has that beautiful red color, probably one of the prettiest berries that you can buy on the market. it also has shipping ability. so what it does is it allows us to ship it full color. now, that has been something that has eluded us for years. >> once the berries are picked, they are then rushed into the cooling facility where huge fans draw out field heat. once cooled, they are theb trucked off for same-day delivery to a variety of places, including one of northern california's most famous berry businesses, shari's berries. started in 1989, this is the place where strawberries go on a unique adventure. here, they are drizzled, dipped, dunked, and no doubt devoured by those lucky enough to receive one. >> you talk about how a company succeeds. it's got to have a product

california. but we have to live within our means. >> the uc and csu's systems will lose 200 million dollars each. be slashed from services for the disabled. school bus services will lose 248 million dollars. the cuts were part of the state budget authorized in june and they've been triggered by a shortage in state revenue those cuts go into effect january 1st. >>> this maybe the most talked about story of the day. what would you think if we told you an artist wants to add lights to the bay bridge, moving lights designed to reflect the mood of the bay. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco. you can show us how this will look? >> reporter: i do want to show it to you. caltrans would have to determine this wouldn't distract drivers. tell us what you think, would this distract you? they say you wouldn't be able to see it while driving what about below on the embarcadero looking up? would this distract you? the installation would have 25,000 bulbs flickering. the artist says the lights would be programmed to pulse to the pace of the winds and tide. the artist not only has to get approval of caltrans

. >>> a uc davis study shows that women are long way from equality in california business. study of the states 400 largest companies found that women held fewer than 10% of the top executive jobs. more than a third of the companies had no women at all in the highest positions. but there is some good news for the bay area. sanan francisco county and mateo county both ranked with the highest percentage of women on the board of directors and the highest percentage of women among the top five executives. >> now, at the other end of the spectrum, santa clara county was second from the bottom. goldman sax estimates that closing the gender gap would grow the u.s. economy by 9%. >>> companies that want to really share holiday joy with their employees may want to skip the offense party and give them cash instead. 72% of employees surveyed said a cash bonus was among the top choice for offense holiday perks. a pay raise comes in second. 62% would like that. followed by paid time off. and 32% would choose a grocery gift card. only 4% of workers chose a holiday party, even one with an

california. the government said a family of four is low income if the household earnings are less than 4 5,000 dollars per year. >>> usc -- uc berkley caps student tuition fees at 15% of their earnings. if they make between 80 and $100,000 a year will be eligible. philanthropic donations will help pay for that program. >>> mark is planning on a major research project on the health affects of pepper spray. his pledge comes from uc davis. last month we watched campus police pepper spray foreman -- more than a dozen protesters, and she asked the questions that were on the minds of many workers... >> did i direct the police to use pepper spray, the answer is no, did i direct the police to use force, the answer is no. >> william brandon is leading the investigation and he is expected to release his report next months. >>> well it turns out the woman featured on time magazine's featured person of the year issue, she is from california. the woman is an active member of the l.a. movement. and it is by the same street artist who created the president barack obama hope posters before the 2008 presidential campaign. >>> negotiations ov

california what it is today is university system. now, it is in the cross hairs. the first thi back on education in the uc system. that is not a way to go forward boldly into the future. tavis: one of the other things that is not being talked about is the issue of poverty, thanks to occupy wall street. i have talked about poverty as much as i could this year on this program. the issue is on the agenda, the problem is that the new port in this country are the former middle class. you take the perennial poor, the new poor, you cannot talk about "the time of our lives" without talking about poverty. perhaps talking about a eradicating it. >> what i make clear in this issue is that we will not get out of this unless we all work together. that goes to the core of all the anxiety in this country. the middle class has not only lost its way but is slipping back into another economic level. we have more people on food stamps. more children living in cars in the southeast and other places. that is a terrible commentary on a great and what the nation like the united states. that does not mean that you just write a check and

uc hastings community and economic development clinic. i am here to talk about the after mentioned profits and patients report. we use data from the states of california as well as the irs. we prepared the report on behalf of several coalitions, and i would like to present the report to be made part of an informational document, and i am also able to make copies of the report. to reiterate some of the points brought up earlylier, this is te largest fee-for-service hospital in san francisco. the reported net patient revenue of over $1.2 billion. they maintain 644 beds with staff. now in 2010, st. francis reported $174 million in net revenue and is home to 366 ben and staffs 355. we felt providing an absolute numbers would not provide an accurate comparison with other hospitals in said francisco. instead we looked at it as a function in order to make a fair comparison accounting for a relative size. we thought it was accurate and adopted by the industry. i am available for any questions many of the supervisors may have as far as more details on the report. >> you have a question? >> if you could say a little bit about how you obtained this information.

uc berkeley. ---actualmente un estudiante tiene que pagar en promedio 32 mil 600 dolares por matriculacion, vivienda y libros. cu --a pesar de esta nueva frmula de asistencia financiera, la universidad de californiauna de las instituciones impactadas por los recortes al presupuesto anunciados ayer por el gobernador. --otras, son el sistema de salud, guarderas, y sobre todo escuelas pblicas. --jaime peluffo nos trae el informe.. jaime.. take anchor live take pkg no fueron los recortes drsticos que se teman, pero siguen siendo problematicos y entran en vigor en enero del 2012.. s.o.t. 5:24:00 ya nos quitaron tanto dinero, ahora nos van a afectar más.. distritos escolares como alum rock en el este de san jos perdern millones de dlares que pagan por los autobuses que transportan a sus estudiantes.. pero como los autobuses son un mandato federal, los distritos tendrn que buscar la forma de seguir pagando.. s.o.t. dolores márquez/directiva, distrito alum rock 3:37:00 ahora no sabemos como se van a hacer las cosas porque tenemos que quitarle a uno para ponerle aca a otro... s.o.t. lucila ortiz/siren 19:09:00 a nosotros se nos hace desastrozo que estén pasando tantos recortes a nivel estatal.. la organiz

california bus at about 6 tonight. there were no injuries. >>> today young oregon woman came to say thank you to the staff at uc f who got her back on her feet after a breakthrough operation. the woman was told by her doctors in oregon she would be paralyzed for life. she drug weld a spinal tumor for 4 years while she was a high school student. she sought help from neurosurgeon at uc sf who was confident that she would make a full recovery after a day long surgical procedure. >> if there are problems that are there you have to make sure you cover both problems so her case she got both the tumor and the deform ty surgery at one setting. >> my surgery her was phenomenal. life changer for me. >>reporter: it sure was. today was her final checkup one year after that operation and she brought her family along to chang the doctor and staff for the new less on life. gratitude obvious. for good reason. >> let's talk about the forecast. we are inching closer to the christmas holiday. sandy is here. sounds lake no rain in sight. >>reporter: not over the next 7 days. but i want to tell you about a little change that may happening beyond that in just a m

. >>> the uc-davis pepper spraying takes center stage at the capital. but are any changes coming to california campuses? >>> and "time" magazine's person of the year revealed, store? ,,,,,,,, how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today more 1230 our top story at 6:30, changes -- >>> our top story at 6:30 changes to the uc system that would give more students the opportunity for a higher education. it's not for low-income families. it's a new financial aid program aimed at middle class families. christin ayers at uc-berkeley to explain how it works. >> reporter: allen, cal officials call it a first-of- its-kind program at a public institution. they say it will boost financial aid for about 6,000 middle class families with students here at cal at a time when tuit

california public education as a less than third world country. >> the superintendent is going to sue to stop the cuts. >>> changes coming to the uc system would give more students the opportunity for higher education. it's not for low-income families. it's a new financial aid program aimed at the middle class. christin ayers is at uc- berkeley to explain how it works. [ signal breakup ] [ pause ] >> reporter: it was the one thing that junior sarah feared would stand between her and a $30,000 a year uc-berkeley education. >> i am really, really, really poor. >> reporter: it wound up working in her favor. at cal, families making below $80,000 a year don't have to pay tuition. and sarah got a full ride. >> for me, it was an all-or- nothing. it was if i didn't get -- if i didn't get my -- a full ride, i wasn't going to come here. >> reporter: but for middle class students it's more complicated. >> if you were lower class would you get aid and qualify for -- you would get aid and qualify for financial aid. i don't qualify for financial aid. >> reporter: that may be about to change. >> we have been very successful in keeping the costs of education down

california's latest round of spending cuts. governor brown announced $1 billion in trigger cuts that kicked in when the state revenue fell short. school transportation and uc and csu systems and in-home support services are taking the biggest hits. the l.a. county school district plans to sue to block the cuts to school transportation. cuts take effect january 1. >>> california department of justice will not lose as many employees as expected next year. the doj had been expecting it lay off 203 agents next year but the attorney general now says it will be 102 sworn agents plus 21 civilians who will lose their jobs. harris, the attorney general, was able to find money in her budget to keep the rest of the agents on the job. >>> president obama will be in fort bragg, north carolina today to thank servicemembers who served during the nine-year war in iraq. that war will end in three weeks. all u.s. combat troops are supposed to be out of iraq by then. >> it's important for to us continue to have a security partnership with iraq but it's not going to be with our folks based inside of iraq. >> at the height of the war in 2007, about 170,000 u.s. servicemembers

california bus at about 6 tonight. there were no injuries. >>> today young oregon woman came to say thank you to the staff at uc f who got her back on her feet after a breakthrough operation. the woman was told by her doctors in oregon she would be paralyzed for life. she drug weld a spinal tumor for 4 years while she was a high school student. she sought help from neurosurgeon at uc sf who was confident that she would make a full recovery after a day long surgical procedure. >> if there are problems that are there you have to make sure you cover both problems so her case she got both the tumor and the deform ty surgery at one setting. >> my surgery her was phenomenal. life changer for me. >>reporter: it sure was. today was her final checkup one year after that operation and she brought her family along to chang the doctor and staff for the new less on life. gratitude obvious. for good reason. >> let's talk about the forecast. we are inching closer to the christmas holiday. sandy is here. sounds lake no rain in sight. >>reporter: not over the next 7 days. but i want to tell you about a little change that may happening beyond that in just a m

uc system are losing $200 illin more, services being slashed $100 million. and tuition for students will go up $10 a unit this summer on top of a similar hike this fall. >> there is california with sound finances and the triggered cuts which are pulled together are a part of that process of fiscal discipline. >> leaders say the cuts were necessary and show tax hike dz not need to be extended. >> we've proven again and again they're not needed to balance the budget. >> critics say the price is too high. elimination of bus service hits urban and rural kids. >> they have no other choice. parents cannot afford another car to take the doidz school. >> trigger cuts mean another $7500 fewer slots in child care. and. >> my son is unable to attend preschool. there are no other options for us i have been unable to work and am forced to resign. >> the mid year cuts total $1 billion. the governor used this opportunity to tout his plan to tax the rich and raise sales tax to avoid deeper cuts. voters will have a say in november. >> and some union workers have agreed to cuts in wages and benefits just to keep jobs. last week workers passed chambers to complain about proposed cuts. and the

uc and csu system, and $100 million for in-home support services. >> i'm sensitive to what these cutbacks do to real people, but i'm also aware that over time, california does have to balance its budgets. we have to exercise fiscal discipline. >> the los angeles countiy school district plans to file a lawsuit to block the cuts to transportation. those cuts take effect january 1. >>> state leaders hope to get more money out of taxes, though. and you new law that takes effect in july, the state will be able to suspend driver's licenses for failure to pay taxes. tax delinquents can get their licenses back after making payment arrangements or demonstrating a financial hardship. >>> not a lot of seasonal good will on capitol hill these days. lawmakers are still locked in a high stakes game of chicken over the expiring payroll tax cuts. tara merge inner explains 160 million american workers stand to take the hit. >> reporter: the house approved republican legislation tuesday night to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits that expire at the end of the year. >> we've passed a large bill that contains many of the priorities of our caucus and the white h

uc and the csu systems and $100 million for in home support services. >> i'm sensitive to what these cutbacks do to real people, but i'm also aware that over time, california does have to balance its budget. >> the los angeles county school district says it plans to file a lawsuit to block the cuts to school transportation. those cuts will take effect on january 1. >> state leaders hope to get more money out of tax cheaters. under a new law that takes effect in july, the state will be able to suspend your driver's license if you don't pay your taxes. tax delinquents can get their licenses back after making payment arrangements or demonstrating a financial hardship. not a lot of seasonal good will on capitol hill tonight. lawmakers are still locked in a high stakes game of chicken over the payroll tax cut. and tara explains 160 million american workers stand to take a hit. >> the house approved republican legislation tuesday night to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits that expire at the end of the year. >> we passed a large bill that contains many of the priorities of our caucus and the white house. we worked to find common ground. >> now, the bi

doctor from uc santa cruz and we found the water from the turf to be 100% fatal to a quiet life. 100%. the eir acknowledges this. the peer reviewed studies confirm this. the state of california and usgs say the chalet is likely to flood in the event of severe ocean storms. it is not -- a matter of when, not if there is flooding. if chrome rubber gets into the water, wildlife will die. i love golden gate park and its ecosystem and i urge you to vote against this. it is a picture that paints a thousand words. a video paints a million. i urge you to look at the video i made with my digital microscope of the chemical in the runoff water. see how the water gets into its digestive system and kills it. do not allow this. please don't know. -- vote no. [applause] president olague: there is another child. if you could come out to the mike. we do not want you stuck here all night. with the rest of us. >> ipla play lacross at beach chalet. it is hard to use. when i tried to play their i cannot scoops the ball. the grass is sometimes really over ground. there are pro for holes, we stepped in them and get hurt. one time at another part, my friend and i were running there, we had a soccer

california. temperatures in the mid 70s, los angeles at 75. more news now with eric. >>> 6:43. one of the uced in iran is now speaking out against the iranian -- against the iranian government. sarah shourd criticizing the country to further their own political causes accuse iran of disregarding justice and human liberty. shourd made the comments in an article for the daily beast. she thanked iran after her release in september of 2010. shourd now says she did that out off fear for bauer and fatal's treatment. she feels the u.s. could have done more to prevent or lesson their -- or lessen their imprisonment. >>> the republican presidential hopefuls are fanning out across iowa today, six days before the first important nominating test. the gloves are off as campaign stops are filled with snackdowns. tahmon bradley has the latest. >> reporter: with just six days before the iowa causes it is getting nasty hammering away at each other with so-called super pacs financing some of dirty work. >> the fact that gingrich was fined $300,000 for it -- ethics violations. >> reporter: gingrich is trying t