classes down at uc irvine were canceled. 'll continue to stay on this breaking news throughout the evening. and again, we told you that there's been a house takeover at uc berkeley. and there's also protesters currently at san francisco state and san jose state as well. so it's an active night of protests across california. well, speaking of california, we are rebranding for years. visit california, our state's tourism arm, has been using the slogan dream big, but now the campaign and the ads are changing. find your ultimate playground at visit california.com. you just heard it. california will be known as the ultimate playground. the ads feature some of our hot spots, our iconic spots, lombard street, our giant grove of sequoias, and the hollywood sign. so the question is why the new campaign? joining us now is dan gordon, the chair of the visit california board and the owner of gordon biersch brewing in san jose. dan, nice to have you back on the program. you're well known across the state through your beer. are we in a slu

this is a live picture now from the uc irvine campus. you can see officers moving pallets there and throwing them into the grassy area. protesters on that campus, like others demanding that the university divest from companies with ties to israel and weapon manufacturers. again, it does appear that officers are starting to partially take down this encampment will continue to monitor the situation. if we get more information, of course we will bring it to you. by the way, tomorrow classes will be remote at uc irvine. >> okay, new at five. a stolen truck is tracked to oakland. the owner now calling out police after getting it back. >> the broken window, the alignment's off on the. i believe it's the rear tires. so they must hit a curb or something. >> a redwood city man says thieves stole and damaged his pickup tru in redwood city. he tracked it to oakland. then he went to the scene and says he waited for hours for police to show up. >> ktvu crime reporter henry lee live tonight at the redwood city police department with more on the story.

tonight, school officials are asking everyone to leave the uc irvine

this situation at uc irvine started spiraling out of control.point the police said you know something you? are not taking over this building. you are not going to lay siege to this building because classes are supposed to take place in some form or another tomorrow even though they weren't tonight or today during the afternoon. your reaction to some of these scenes we are seeing in? so the world has changed. it's unbelievable ha what you watch and what you see. common sense is no longer common. as a constitutional officer, we protect constitutional rights, public safety, so if someone wants to peacefully gather and peacefully assemble, that's completely different than takeovers. when you have to send out memos and messages for people's safety, it's crossing the line and i'm proud to see law enforcement standing strong and not allowing this havoc from our state of florida ron desantis and down to the constitutionals, we will not have that. >> laura: these protesters were claiming they were taking over the university not just the physical sciences

. >>> classes are out at uc irvine after protesters clash with riot police. uc irvine canceled all classes yesterday because they are angry that they were worried that they suspended protesters who were on a negotiation team. hundreds of protesters rallied outside the school and faced off with riot police. they did not articulate how the violence is defined. >>> protesters wanting the attention of regents. inside those meetings they are debating whether professors and staff should be barred to post their own views on the war on garza -- gaza. face congressional pressure to set boundaries, appear to represent the official stanford we are monitoring and encampment in san francisco were ceremonies for graduation happened. a deadline has come and gone. protesters say they are not moving. administrators say they're not planning to move them by force but warned they could face academic replica additions -- repercussions. >>> mike lee was put on leave after an agreement he made with protesters on campus. csu chancellor said he made the announcement in an email and d

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thank you, anne. >>> now to a situation we are monitoring at uc irvine. police appear to be moving in on the pro-palestinian protesters. we've seen them make arrests, hauling some protesters away who refuse to leave. the university says several hundred protesters would enter the physical sciences lecture hall. now students are being asked to avoid the area. irvine police and the sheriff department are assisting university police. these protesters joined a group who had established an encampment right now as classes are canceled for the rest of the day. >>> reaching an agreement with the group students for gaza where they have been camping out on campus for the past three weeks. in the agreement that they agreed to disclose their investment for the future investments, to divest from weapons manufacturers. the students say they are willing to work for the university and they ultimately want more. >> you will keep the pressure on. and what you have is this working group through the summer and the fall when we say this movement is not over, and we will contin

breaking tonight, anti-israel protests are escalating at uc irvine.y have reportedly overtaken a building on campus. you can see right here the university issuing a shelter in order place is the police move-in. we will have the latest on this coming up after the break. and later in the nightcap, the presidential debates are set but biden has a long list of demands including no audience, kill buttons on the candidates microphones. should biden be allowed to have as much control over the debate or does he need the help? and why or why not? let us know x and instagram @tracegallagher. we will read your responses in the nightcap. [♪♪] customers experience is personalized service. made possible by t-mobile for business. with t-mobile's reliable 5g business internet. employees get the information they need instantly. this is how business goes further with t-mobile for business. spring into savings this moving season with pods. save up to 25% now on moving and storage... and see why pods has been trusted with over 6 million moves. but don't wait, save up to

protesting there, like many universities across the country, students at uc irvine calling on the school to stop doing business with israel or major companies that may support the war in gaza. those demonstrating in irvine say they are refusing to leave until their demands are met. regardless of the threat of arrests. >> i believe that anything were to happen, i will have be able to get out of it and say i did the right thing. i my ground. i had the backbone to stand against the genocide when we are being reprimanded for sending against the genocide. >> according to the associated press, more than 2400 people have been arrested on 47 college and university campuses since those protests began back on april. 18th. stay with kron. 4 for the very latest on air and online with information on the israel-hamas war, the campus protests and the war in gaza to the latest on the hostages. go to our website. kron 4 dot com for more. tonight marks the beginning of holocaust remembrance day state senator scott wiener joined community members tonight at the san francisco jewish community center to kick

uc irvine. sent out an alert calling the protesters violent and telling students to avoid the area they will hold classes remotely tomorrow. happening now, an evacuation warning is in effect in a part of butte county because of fire has burned. 25 acres there. the fire started around 7 o'clock this morning in the town of kang cow just east of paradise. as of now, fire crews say the fire has stopped spreading and is 20% contained. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the weather conditions in that area. as we start to dry out here in the spring, lawrence. yeah. and of near paradise paradise. the area where saw the terrible fire a few years ago. but >> we are seeing those winds come in sting throughout the day. we had those nice westerly winds and that was blowing the fire toward the sierra nevada. now everything is switch gears late in the day. the winds not terribly strong, but strong enough to push that fire along the good news is they're headed the other direction now. so we're gett

there was no reason for this to happen. >> the situation on the uc irvine campus intensified over the past week after some of the protesting students received suspension notices from the university, including some who were involved with negotiations with administrators. >> anne, thank you. >>> governor gavin newsom was in vatican city today to speak in front of pope francis and other world leaders at the climate summit. newsom spoke about success says california has seen in reducing carbon emissions, including the state's cap and trade program and pivot toward clean energy. he also called the climate crisis a fossil fuel crisis. >> the polluted heart of the climate crisis are these fossil fuel companies that have been lying to us, that have been deceiving us. they've known the science. they've denied the science. they've delayed advancement. >> newsom also took shots at republican presidential candidate donald trump saying his campaign would roll back 50 years of environmental progress if elected. >>> this week top federal officials warning that bad actors will use artificial intellig

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uc berkeley all-star uc irvine, sorry, uc irvine did this study, they looked at 125 women and they viewed series of images depicting negative and neutral experiences before they went about. so a car accident, for example, on the bad side or a field of grass right? and then they rated their emotional responses. how you feel about the, you know, grass, you're looking whatever, right? and then they went to bed. the next day. the researchers assessed they it had this dream the previous night recorded a change in their overall mood. and the people reported that dreaming. they had a better recall of it. and those that recall that they weren't as bothered by the negative image that they had seen the night before. the study suggests that dreams help us work through our emotional experiences. they come to conclusions about stuff like dreams, you know, because i've heard before, too. but you go, wow, that how they into that. i've but you can't make yourself dream is the thing. news has to happen. yeah, it has to happen and how it happens. it may help. interesting. okay. 27 is a time. >> new this mo

charges that our union has filed against the uc for unleashing the police on protesters down at ucla, uc irvine san diego, palestine. this afternoon, some students put up boards to block one of the entrances to uc santa cruz, and now their call for change just got a lot louder as 12,000 more uc academic workers walked off the job at uc davis and here at ucla, we were the first campus here at santa cruz to stand up. last week, and we're very honored to do that in solidarity with, you know, workers around the state. and now i think we are also very happy to see that, you know, the workers at ucla and uc davis who've been raring to go are now also on strike with us. the ucs office of the president calls the strike illegal, saying the contract with the union has a no strike provision when the union disagrees. here at uc santa cruz, the striking workers include teaching assistants, researchers and graders. they say the strike is authorized through june 30th and could impact students if the uc doesn't come to the table and resolve these unfair labor practices, you know, dropping charges, recognizing

the students at uc irvine are calling on the university to stop doing business with israel or the majorhat may support the war in gaza. those demonstrating in irvine say they're refusing to leave until their demands are met. regardless of the threat of arrests. >> i believe that anything were to happen, i will help be able to get out of it and say i did the right thing. i said my ground. i had the backbone to stand against the genocide when we are being reprimanded for sending against the genocide. >> according to the associated press, more than 2400 people have been arrested on 47 college and university campuses since the protests started popping up on april 18th. do social media users have the right to control what they see or don't see on their feet. a lawsuit filed against facebook parent company. meta argues the company should allow people to unfollow all the content fended them by facebook's algorithm. the suit asks the court to determine whether user's news feed falls into the category of objectionable material that they should be able to filter out in order to enjoy the platform

charges that our union has filed against the uc for unleashing the police on protesters down at ucla, uc irvine, uc san diego. the students say that the union has agreed to continue this strike through june 30th. and that means after the grading deadline. so they told me it is possible that this strike could impact students getting their grades, but they also tell me that they are very encouraged that both uc davis and ucla academic workers have now joined the strike, and they anticipate even more uc campuses will do the same back to you, maria. thank you. let's move on. now, here's the big question. is crime really going down in san francisco and oakland? sfpd and opd are reporting a drop in crime this year. so our investigative unit dug into the numbers. tonight. we're looking at stolen cars. we saw a spike in car thefts following the pandemic. take a look. in san francisco, car thefts hit an all time high high in july of last year. you see it july 2023, an all time high. but since then they've been on the decline, down about 50. and back to pre-pandemic levels. what about in oakland? car the

meantime, this was the scene at uc irvine and orange county. let's go and get a look at that heavy police presence on campus yesterday evening after pro-palestinian demonstrators overtook the building and build a barricaded encampment. there that you can clear it out of the building. now, but many are staying on campus. the demonstrators are demanding the university divest from israel. uc irvine sitting out an alert calling the protests by london telling students to avoid the area. they're going classes remotely this morning. let's head to the east bay because police are now looking for a gunman after someone was shot in oakland. this is citizens video of the scene. international boulevard and 5th avenue just a few blocks away from lake merritt, the victim a beating to the hospital at last check was in serious but stable condition. we don't have any word on what led to the shooting. san francisco's first and only black woman owned cannabis shop in the hunters point neighborhood. it's risk of closing down for good. the shop's owners trying to ra

. >>> the sights and sounds of a clash at uc irvine after protesters there in southern california clashedh riot police. they were trying to stop a takeover and a barricade situation inside a science lecture hall. uc irvine canceled all classes following the protest yesterday and they're angry about word the university suspended protesters who were on a negotiations team and authorities broke down an encampment housing hundreds of protesters on campus. the school described the protest as violent but did not say what type of violence they are citing. >>> protesters wanting to get the attention of the university regents meeting at uc merced inside those meetings, regents are debating whether professors and staff should be barred from posting their views about the war in gaza on campus websites. university officials across the nation face congressional pressure to set boundaries on political speech that could appear to represent the official stance of universities. >>> also monitoring an encampment at the university of san francisco. you see it here by hind me where graduation ceremonies are

. >>> all right, we want to take you to uc irvine right now. the school telling people to get off campus right now. the police are clashing with protesters. the school says it all started around 2:30 at the sciences building. we have seen the police tearing down signs and barricades and throwing them in a large pile. multiple people have been arrested. the group students for justice in palestine posted on their instagram they were taking over the building after protesters were suspended. they told teacher to work from home tomorrow. >>> students are holding a rally at their campus encampment. they are protesting near the victory salute monument. the statue shows olympians tommy smith and john carlos and there you go, live pictures right now. our photographer telling us the protesters marched away. unclear where they are going right now. >>> san francisco state, the school agreed to form a working group of students to come up with a new strategy. the school agreed to divest from weapon manufactures. >>> the date is set for the recall election fo

again at uc irvine, prompting the closure of that area. major police presence there, many of those officers are dressed in riot gear, so there could be a confrontation that's coming in the near future. in the meantime it is a standoff as we speak. >>> in the meantime an agreement announced at san francisco state. the groups they say that the chancellor has agreed to start the process of divesting from the weapons manufacturers, first disclosing the university's investment, then integrating a human rights principal. the students say they will continue to work with the administration over the summer to meet their other demands. >> reporter: from the beginning of this encampment, we have maintained transparency and democracy from the structure which we organized. this is true since the vote to start the encampment that could be true for future businesses regarding the movements. >> reporter: these student groups say this is progress, not a victory. >>> at san jose state, a deadline has passed for students to clear out of their encampment. the

this is a live look right now at uc irvine in southern california tonight as police are moving in afterro-palestinian, demonstrators have taken over a building in the built a barricaded encampment. there. this is some from the university. the demonstrators are demanding the university divest its relationships with israel. the university sent out an alert calling the protest violent than telling students to avoid this area. we are, of course, monitoring all these protests will keep you up to date as the situation develops there at irvine. meantime, here at home happening right now, protesters at uc berkeley of taking over a building near people's park. >> this is new video from that protest. this comes just a day after the pro-palestinian encampment at cal was cleared from in front of sproul hall. we have a news crew on the way to the scene there. we'll get the latest from them coming up tonight on kron. 4 news at 10 controversy in the north bay after the president of sonoma state university reached an agreement with protesters and members of students for justice in palestine. now we've

and now workers at across number campuses including uc irvine, la, and san diego are facing disciplinary charges simply for peacefully protesting the war in gaza what would you say to officials from the university who say that this strike is really an unlawful attempt to pressure the system to concede to a political agenda. >> your reaction to that? that assessment it's the university's own claim that is unlawful. >> we filed a uop over this. the university is trying to intimidate workers, but it's actually the sole the soul prerogative of prb, the public play relations for to decide if the strikes unlawful, but are strike is lawful. the university violated our rights as workers and created an unsafe environment for workers. and this is really a crisis university its own making. we're sending up for our rights as workers are rights, system, students are rights to be able to protests on campus and engage in free speech are you worried though? >> this strike could hurt actual students more than it could hurt the administrators that you're hoping to actually target with this strike the univ

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. >> in southern california in orange county, police cleared a pro-palestine encampment on uc irvine's campus after protests escalated yesterday. university says several 100 protesters arrived on the campus and surrounded the physical sciences lecture hall. the encampment was cleared out by late last night. today classes were held online. meantime, a union representing about 48,000 academic workers in the uc system voted to give the union's executive board the ability to strike at any time. union members say they believe that university of california mishandled a pro-palestinian demonstrations at uc campuses. specifically at ucla where counter protesters attacked a pro-palestinian encampment for several hours without police intervention. the vote does not guarantee a strike 8 uc campuses still have a month of instruction before the summer break. >> stay with kron. 4 on air and online for all the latest information on the war. gaza from campus protest to the conflict on the ground and the hostage situation. just head to our website. kron 4 dot com. the new warning tonight from police in

in california, police in helmets and riot gear cleared a lecture hall at uc irvine, arresting 50 peopleicago police arrested two protesters at depaul university while clearing that encampment. at least five students chained themselves to columns at the university of oregon, and at the university of michigan, protesters placed fake bloody body bags outside the private home of a school board member. these scenes are playing out in the middle of graduation season, and this weekend, president biden could step into the fray when he travels to georgia to give the commencement address at morehouse college. cbs's nikole killion reports on how the school and the white house are preparing for possible disruptions. >> reporter: tonight, at morehouse college in atlanta, fences started going up around the campus ahead of president biden's commencement address this weekend, as concerns build for possible protests. the school's president, david thomas, warned he will halt graduation ceremonies if demonstrations erupt. >> if my choice is 20 people being arrested on national tv on the morehouse campus,

. >> an update now from down in southern california, protesters have mostly dispersed from uc irvine's campus after a tense standoff with officers and deputies in riot gear. officials say demonstrators blocked the entrance to the physical sciences building. these demonstrators demanded that the school divest from israel and rescind suspension notices that were sent last week to some students involved in previous protests. several people were detained after law enforcement did declare this protest an unlawful assembly. a union representing university of california workers voted to authorize a strike in response to the crackdowns on pro-palestinian protesters was uaw 4811 says 79% of participating members voted to approve the strike. the union represents about 48,000 academic workers. some employees are saying campus leaders have mishandled these demonstrations. the executive board can now call a strike at any time. they will discuss their next steps at a meeting on friday, and you can stay up to date on the ongoing campus protests across the bay area, really nationwide. just head to ktv

before we get to all that news, we are following some breaking news right now out of uc irvine.we want to take you there, give you a live look at the campus right now. police there, campus police reporting over 200 pro-palestinian protesters closed off a lecture hall on campus. there is a clash going on between protesters and police right now. as you can see, this is some video that just came into the newsroom a short time ago. police are asking the students and demonstrators to leave the area and avoid it. buildings near the lecture hall are on lockdown. no classes are in session right now. as you can see there, there's people marching. there's also a phalanx of police. we're going to keep a close eye on ■this and we'll bring you more information and take you back here as this story develops. some resolutions at sf state were pro-palestinian. protesters have been camped out for a couple of weeks. they say they've won a partial victory in their fight to get the school to divest from israel. and that means their encampments will start coming down, but not all at once. nbc bay are

police cleared an encampment on uc irvine's campus this afternoon and arrested several pro-palestinianrotesters after they had barricaded and occupied a university building. >> there were some small clashes as officers moved in and corralled the demonstrators. as you can see, some of that chaos right there in that video, police say some of the protesters had chained the doors to a lecture hall shut. the group was demanding the university divest from israel over the ongoing war. >> then earlier today, the uc board of regents meeting was disrupted and paused because of jeers and shouting from protesters who were sitting in over the listen to our voices. >> so the second warning. you're welcome to observe the meeting should you continue to disrupt it, we will have to recess and have the police clear the auditorium, this is the final warning. and if and we will clear the room until you divest >> the demonstrators yelled over the board members during several points of the meeting held at uc merced. after that final warning, the regents asked the california highway patrol officers to step in

. >> uc irvine held classes remotely today after 50 people were arrested yesterday when police cleared a pro-palestinian encampment. at least one of the people arrested said they were part of the school's faculty. most of the people were arrested for failing to comply with a police order. a few were arrested for trespassing. the protest started a couple of weeks ago but intensified this week. some of the students received suspension notices. >> the campus protests were the primary subject this morning at the uc regents meeting. it started with public comment and just about everyone single one was about the pro-palestinian demonstrations and how the schools have responded. some of the speakers call for school leaders to be fired over all of this. the public comment lasted about 45 minutes, but as is common practice with these meetings, the regents do not respond. no action was taken before they went into executive session to discuss further. now, stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protests in the bay area and all across the country. get the latest anytime at abc

police in southern california have taken back a lecture hall at uc irvine that was occupied by pro-palestinian demonstrators. officers in riot gear swarmed the campus after protesters entered the building. they also cleared an encampment, detaining about a dozen people. today's classes will be held remotely. meanwhile, overseas, the us military has finished installing a massive floating pier off the coast of gaza to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid. it is expected to be up and running soon. >> now to europe and the shocking assassination plot caught on camera. this morning, slovakia's head of state fighting for his life after an apparent assassination attempt, prime minister robert fico greeting supporters outside a cultural center. when this happened. five gunshots ringing out, hitting fico in the abdomen. the gunman immediately wrestled to the ground and arrested fico's knees, buckling his security detail rushing him to the hospital. >> it's a political assault, his deputy prime minister saying. >> there was a clear political motivation for the attack. fico is a divisive figure in

at least a dozen pro-palestinian protesters were arrested on uc irvine's campus today as police took down an encampment there where hundreds had been protesting. police used zip ties to take several people into custody earlier. the school says protests turned violent, although demonstrators refute that. the school's chancellor says negotiations with protesters will continue. as local students start to graduate, one group of small businesses in san jose is stepping up to help them pay their bills. and they're giving away shol arships to some deserving high school grads. but a twist, one of those recipients decided to pay it forward and to give his check away. len ramirez has the story. >> weer started so small, but it has grown big exer bigger every year. >> i'll be studying at uc davis. >> reporter: the scholarships were sponsored by small business owner, many of them along east santa clara street. >> we need to help each other out. >> reporter: but one of the recipients, tyler gordon, told the organizers to give his scholarship money to another student. and that's because at 17 tyle

into weapons, manufacturing and surveillance industries specifically and taking a live look now at uc irvine in southern california this evening where police are said to be moving in after pro-palestinian demonstrators overtook a building and built a barricaded you can see there it's beginning to dismantle this encampment there. the demonstrators are demanding the university divest its relationships with israel. the university sent out an alert calling the protests violent and telling students to avoid the area. we are monitoring the situation and we'll keep you updated. of course, as the situation develops. >> hundreds of jewish community leaders from across the state, including folks here in the bay area, spent the day in sacramento for the annual j pack capital summit. the largest advocacy conference of its kite, 500 people from some of the state's leading jewish community organizations and the coalition of diverse non jewish groups are taking part in the 2 day conference organized by the jewish public affairs committee of california commonly known as j pack attendees our meeting with law

now to southern california, where in-person classes will resume tomorrow at uc irvine. >> this comes after a tense standoff. there between police and pro-palestinian protesters forced the university to move to remote learning. law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly last night after ordering the demonstrators to leave their encampment that had been set up for weeks. the university says officers arrested 47 people, including students, uci employees and people not affiliated with the school, for failing to leave campus. and you can stay up to date on the campus protests happening nationwide and here in the bay area. just head to ktvu.com or download the fox local app to your smart tv. >> residents of an oakland neighborhood say they are frustrated after multiple break ins were reported. the incidents have occurred in just the last month. new tonight ktvu is. amber lee joins us live from oakland. amber, you spoke with one of those homeowners. >> that's right greg. she was very upset. she tells me she's taken many security measures and that there were witnesses around. but that did

in california, police in helmets and riot gear cleared a lecture hall at uc irvine, arresting 50 peopleicago police arrested two protesters at depaul university while clearing that encampment. at least five students chained themselves to columns at the university of oregon. and at the university of michigan, protesters placed fake bloody body bags outside the private home of a school board member. these scenes are playing out in the middle of graduation season, and this weekend, president biden could step into the fray when he travels to georgia to give the commencement address at morehouse college. cs's nikole killion reports on how the school and the white house are preparing for possible disruptions. >> reporter: tonight at morehouse college in atlanta, fences started going up around the campus ahead of president biden's commencement address this weekend as concerns build for possible protest. the school's president, david thomas, warned he will halt graduation ceremonies if demonstrations erupt. >> if my choice is 20 people being arrested on national tv on the morehouse campus, take

uc officials have already said they don't plan to divest today, classes at uc irvine will be held online following a showdown on campus between the police and pro-palestinian protesters. >> three protesters took over the physical sciences building and blocked the entrance. that's when university police called for assistance and hundreds of law enforcement officers in riot gear rushed to the campus. many demonstrators were detained when they would not leave, and the university declared their protest an unlawful assembly. >> no more business as usual. when 15,000 children were bombed in the past three months. no more business as usual. we all love each other. we all care about each other, our people, our humanitarian standing up for human rights here. >> we don't know yet if any of the protesters were formally arrested or just detained. the encampment that had been on campus for a few weeks was also cleared. now you can stay up to date on the continuing campus protests across the bay area and nationwide. just go to ktvu.com for the latest updates. the presidential debate schedule is now se

police cleared an encampment on uc irvine's campus this afternoon and arrested several pro-palestiniantesters after they had barricaded and occupied a university building. >> there were some small clashes as officers moved in and corralled the demonstrators. as you can see, some of that chaos right there in that video, police say some of the protesters had chained the doors to a lecture hall shut. the group was demanding the university divest from israel over the ongoing war. >> then earlier today, the uc board of regents meeting was disrupted and paused because of jeers and shouting from protesters who were sitting in over the listen to our voices. >> so the second warning. you're welcome to observe the meeting should you continue to disrupt it, we will have to recess and have the police clear the auditorium, this is the final warning. and if and we will clear the room until you divest >> the demonstrators yelled over the board members during several points of the meeting held at uc merced. after that final warning, the regents asked the california highway patrol officers to step in a

graduation is set for saturday after demonstrations and the ucla and uc irvine in violently, a union representing about 48 >> 1000 academic workers in the uc system voted to authorize a strike. now, the vote does not guarantee a strike, but it could happen. the union believes the university's mishandled the demonstrations specifically at ucla where counter protesters attack a pro-palestinian encampment for several hours without police intervention. 8 of the uc campuses still have a month of instruction before summer break and stay with kron. 4 on air and online for all the latest information on the war from campus protest to the conflict on the ground and the hostage situation head to our website at kron 4 dot com. well, today skies clear briefer. the fog racing back on shore again. and here we go. >> a lot of clouds coming our way. here's a wake-up weather forecast tomorrow morning. maybe a little bit wet, especially along the coastline plan on some patchy drizzle. some of that could be inside the bay to temperatures. cool in the 50's at 06:00am by 8. still mostly cloudy skies. the t

and we will, of course, be continuing to monitor the situation at uc irvine and on campuses in the bay area on air and online at kron 4 dot com. other news tonight. happening now, an evacuation warning is in effect in part a butte county because of this wildfire. it's burned. 25 acres so far. county fire says the fire started about 7 o'clock tonight in the town of khan count as just east of paradise, which of course, have that devastating fire. as of now, fire crews say the fire stop spreading and is 20% contained. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow tracking the weather conditions in the area right now. yeah, you can see just in the afternoon you can see on that video that wind was coming now the west. >> headed toward the east, blowing the fire toward the sierra nevada. but things have changed. you can see it right here as we head through the afternoon. we have those onshore breeze. and then all of a sudden the wind begins to switch direction. and that's a good thing. so if you have an active fire and then you get that wind blowing from the opposite direction, all of a sudden that's

arrests from the encampment takedowns are continuing at college campuses across the country with uc irvine the latest to clear out protesters. some tents moments on the campus last night as police in full riot gear climbed... law enforcement from across the region were called in after reports that protesters had taken over a building. fifty people were arrested after they refused to leave. among them, students and faculty members who say they were doing nothing wrong. >> i'm only a student, look at what they are doing to us. we did nothing wrong. we just stood there and they run in with their guns and their teargas. the riot gear. are you serious? >> also in california the president of synovus state university has been placed on leave after a promised -- he promised protesters that they would like is really -- book on colleges >> the chancellor of the california state university system called the move insubordination though she stopped short of calling it outright anti-semitic. she wrote in part quote i want to acknowledge how deeply concerned i am about the impact statement on the communi

dozens of arrests on a california college campus at uc irvine, as law enforcement cleared out a pro palestine encampment. >> george: wild tale. one family comes face to face with a cougar in their own back yard. how they channelled cat like reflexes to get to safety. >> robin: kansas city chiefs kicker facing backlash for his commencement speech remarks on gay rights, abortion and women's role in society. >> i think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lie told to you. >> robin: what the nfl is saying this morning. >> michael: abc news exclusive. one on one with olivia munn. when you heard the word cancer, what went through your mind speaking about her fight right now with an aggressive form of breast cancer. >> if i didn't make it, i wanted my son to know they fought to be here. that i tried my best. >> michael: the risks she took and how she hopes her story helps others. >> robin: mother's day trip gone wrong. now an american mom arrested in turks and caicos as a u.s. senator calls on the state department to take action. >> michael: over the edge. newly released video the

and also funds hamas and 70 because i went to uc irvine, that's where i went to college and to think, anything to be 18 years old and then being prevented what he class. a neighbor of mine whose jewish went to ucla and to counter protest the students there were yelling and she said they were yelling at a counter protesters you know to turn the jews into self and go back to poland and hitler did not finish. and you know, you see a video of a guy radical jihadists the saying we went into office and infiltrate the education system get people elected a government and you guys we've already succeeded in dearborn michigan which is where that person mother doing it, and you know they wrote a book about the holocaust cold night, and he said you know, this village idiot came and disappeared for four days that showed up and said, the killing of the jews putting them on trains this like i'm the village idiot and i talked with the jewish people they do not believe that. well you know about me like their ostriches and is like happening again. and i appreciate you inviting me to go on your show and

in person classes at uc irvine will be back this morning after classes were held remotely because of a tense standoff between police and pro-palestine protesters. now, the protesters were ordered to leave in encampment after it was declared an unlawful assembly. 47 people were arrested, including students, uci employees and people not affiliated with the school for not leaving the campus after classes were held remotely yesterday. normal classes will be held today with extra police on the campus. >> new this morning, trucks carrying humanitarian aid for palestinians in the gaza strip have rolled across a pier built by the us for the first time. today's shipment is the first in an operation that american military officials say could handle up to 150 truckloads a day. meanwhile, in washington, dc, house republicans voted to pass a bill to reverse president biden's freeze on sending a shipment of weapons to israel as it plans to invade the southern gaza city of rafah. democrats are calling the bill a political stunt by republicans, as president biden defies the will of congress with his

we have these different battle fronts from gw to uc-irvine. and in each one they have battle commanders, field marshals. and these are people from that marxist, lend anyonist network across the country, and that's why we're seeing the campus protests in spain, itly, south america because this target that they have right now is israel and america, but our entire global democracy as we have it right now. griff: well, and it's not clear the students understand that. in fact, melinda, it's not even clear the students understand the narrative, we could start with a history lesson about the fact that there has never been an actual palestine state. but don't take it from me. former secretary of state hillary clinton talking about the students may be a little bit uneducated on their history. listen here. >> i have had many conversations, as you have had, with a lot of young people over the last many months now. and you're right, they don't know very much at all about the history of the middle east or, frankly, about history in many areas of the world

time now. 704 well, today, classes at uc irvine will be held online after a showdown on the campus between the police and pro palestinian protesters. we are. now, the protesters took over the physical sciences building. they blocked the entrance. that's when university police called for help. and hundreds of law enforcement officers in riot gear rushed over to the campus. many of the demonstrators were detained when they wouldn't leave, as the university declared their protest was an unlawful assembly. no more business as usual. >> when 15,000 children were bombed in the past three months. no more business as usual. we all love each other. we all care about each other, our people, our humanitarian standing up for human rights here now, we don't know yet if any of the protesters were formally arrested or just detained. >> that encampment that had been on campus for a few weeks was also cleared out. now, protesters who had been at sproul plaza on the cal campus packed up and went to uc merced. that's where uc regents are meeting. they want the regents to divest from companies that give suppo

we'll be back today at uc irvine after classes were held remotely because of a tense standoff between the police and protesters. the protesters were ordered to leave an encampment after it was declared an unlawful assembly. 47 people were arrested, including students, uci employees and many people not affiliated with the university. >> new. this morning, for the first time, trucks carrying humanitarian aid for palestinians in the gaza strip have rolled across. sapir built by the united states, first in n operation that american military leaders say. meanwhile in washington, house republicans voted to pass a bill to reverse president biden's freeze on sending a shipment of weapons to israel as it plans to invade the southern gaza city of rafah. democrats are calling the bill a political stunt by republicans, as president biden defies the will of congress with his use of executive privilege. >> he is brazen, doing so by withholding congressionally mandated aid. >> everything it calls for. the administration is already doing. and it is just yet another example of the republicans using is

unclear if any arrests have been made police in riot gear clearing out protesters uc irvine who stormed and barricaded a campus building yesterday. officer clearing encampments that the university says had been there for more than two weeks. the school says all classes will be held remotely today as a result of all of this this as a fox news poll shows 59% of voters oppose anti-israel protests. a third of respondents say they support them hunter biden will be facing two trials at the same time next month legal team may have a big problem. so-called sugar brother reportedly told his associates that he can no longer afford to fund the first son's legal defense. hunter's first case is expected to begin on june 3rd. we will be watching as that happens. new jersey senator bob menendez's corruption trial resumes today this after his lawyer claimed the senator was unaware that his wife had stashed gold bars and cash in her closet. telling jurors, quote: the gold bars were found in a locked closet. it was nadine's closet. menendez is facing charges alleging he accepted bribes of gold bars and c

uc irvine held classes remotely today after 50 people were arrested when police cleared a pro-palestinianent yesterday. we brought it to you live yesterday at 6 p.m. on abc seven. most of the people were arrested for failing to comply with the police order. a few were arrested for trespassing. the protest started a couple of weeks ago, but in intensified this week. some of the students received suspension notices. >> workers in the university of california system have authorized their union to call a strike over the handling of the protests that have roiled campuses for weeks now. the uaw represents roughly 48,000 people. the uc system, however, has a different view, saying, quote, this strike is illegal. uaw decision to strike over non-labour issues violates the no strike clause of their contracts with uc and sets a dangerous and far reaching precedent end of the statement. stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protest in the bay area and all across the country. get the latest any time at abc seven news.com. >> happening tomorrow. highway one leading into big sur wil