the last uc regents meeting was canceled because of fear of violence. all of that may have been fuelled in the last few weeks u all across the state because thof the pepper spraying event at uc davis. the event has u only fueled the anger students have to the rising cost of higher education. ucsf, ucla and uc davis. in fact, some groups have posted they plan to shut down operations at uc davis today. nbc bay area political analyst dr. larry gerstein says something has to give to curtail the rising cost of education. >> more than a general strike. more than protesting going to classes or protesting regent's trustees. people need to realize you have to find alternative revenues. that means taxes. from where? from whom? how much? security as if the president was in town. a meeting an hour and a half before the 9:00 a.m. scheduled meeting. again, there are fears and obvious concerns over what might happen can students. if you know the campus here at ucsf. it's an industrial area over by at&t park so not a lot of housing. wooep keel you posted. >> damien, tha

some chanted uc regents got to go. during the march, they blocked traffic sitting on battery street between pacific avenue and broadway. afterwards, they targeted big basics in the financial district. they concluded the march with a message to the governor at the state building near golden gate avenue and market street. >> we are not going to put up with further tuition hikes! >> we are not going to accept further point freezes and purlows! >> reporter: the occupy sf protestors are hoping to hold a debate the first week in december. uc president -- chancellor robert birgeneau, and governor jerry brown are still waiting for all three to respond to those invitations >>> mayor edly says there are -- ed lee says there are health and safety problems at the occupy san francisco encampment saying he was "disappointed after his visit." he is beginning to harden his tone. he's calling on protestors to make more responsibly stopping violence, and keeping the area clean. >> i have expressed very strongly that i need dramatic chan

eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze from northern to southern california uc students will be protesting at a rescheduled regents meeting with threats of a campus shutdown at uc davis where students are planning a strike the latest response to this video of police dousing protesters with pepper spray. amy hollyfield is live at uc mission bay one of the four schools participating in the regents teleconference. >> reporter: this is where you come in the bay area if you have something to say. police are ready, just in case violence erupts. we've seen officers at the front door and patrolling the campus at this early hour. they've got barricades. uc students are upset about tuition increases and how police have treated the occupy protesters on campus. especially, at uc davis. they are calling for a general strike there they are hoping to shutdown that campus. upset after vick -- upset activists say the regents are unfit to represent the interests of students. they won't be meeting as a group in san francisco as they usually do. they are going to meet by teleconference. this meeting once postponed because of concerns

the regents also expected to get an earful from students. and the general public today. to talk about the uc davis incident that happened a week and a half ago. when campus police pepper sprayed the students there. that video was posted on the internet and infuriated many people. and now, also on the agenda, regents to decide whether to ask the state for increased funding, they will not be voting on a specific tuition proposal. and you are are taking a live look here, at one of the campus police cars here parked in front of the community center, over where the meeting will take place. a lot of police here already by the time we got here at 4:30 were told that they are not going to be beefing up any security. that is just the regular staff. and also, just to let you know, the regents are also going to be increasing the comment section of the meeting, from 20 minutes, to a full hour, to hear from those students and the general public. back to you guys. >> thanks, gill. >>> 5:04 now. and a firefighter remains hospitalized in critical condition this morning. he is a victim of a hit-and-run in sa

regents. i hope it's proportional. >> tuition, you might know, for uc campuses, has nearly doubled since 2008. the regents said they are doing what they can to prevent another fee increase, but they say sacramento keeps handicapping them with reduced funding. >> well, new at 6:00 tonight. first came allegations of faking safety report and now two fired caltrans are responding. the sacramento bay reports materials were used on the caltrans supervisors's property sometime between 2006 and 2008. according to the federal report, the engineer admitted to, quote, misappropriating supplies. the cause of a water main break that flooded parts of south san francisco is still under investigation today. the san francisco public utilities commission says he's going to need two or three more days to determine the cause of this league. take a look at the video. the broken pipe released 1 million to 2 million gallons of water friday morning before it was shut off. multiple cars and homes were damaged. two weeks after police tore down their encampment activists with occupy oakland say they will return tomorrow

the regents will hold their meeting via television screen at four campus including ucsf, ucla and uc davis. they are sure to get an earful about the pepper spraying incident. the regents are allocating one hour for public comment this time. tuition hikes, however, are not on the agenda. but askording to nbc bay area political analyst, the cost of higher education will spiral out of control unless californians swallow a bitter p ill. >> more than a general strike. more than protesting going to classes, people need to realize if you want to type them down, you have to find a way to get revenues. that means taxes. from where? from whom? and how much? >> reporter: the regents will meet in closed session at 8:30 this morning for half an hour. the meeting begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. if you have a first grader and plan on them attending uc berkeley, the cost will be $230,000 for four years of schoo school. >> thank you very much. very painful. >> an american airlines flight headed to san francisco was forced to make an emergency landing. the plane was leaving new york city late last night w

the students want regents to know they are upset about tuition increases and police crackdowns at uc are calling for a general strike at four campuses where the agents will be located today. regents are aware of this anger they cancelled that one meeting. today they are going to meet by teleconference that won't stop students from poe testing. they are motivated because of the pepper spray incident at uc davis. -- regents will have a public session speakers can go to the ucsf mission bay campus in the bay area. also uc davis, uc merced and ucla from 9:00 to 10:00 this morning. usually the public comment session is 20 minutes long. today it will be one hourlong. regents will not be talking about the possibility of tuition increases today. but, that is a topic on the students' minds especially since their tuition has tripled in the past 10 years. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 6:32 now. a california man who survived a tour of duty iraq and now fights fires for state is in a san francisco hospital fighting for his life after being intentionally run down by an angry driver. police say th

. >>> today uc regents holding a rescheduled meeting. there's a twist, they will do it by teleconference. last week the regents cancelled their november meeting citing concerns about potentially violent protests. students planned to show up en masse to protest a possible 16% tuition hike. anyone interested can speak at 9:00 this morning at uc mission bay community center. the regents won't vote on hikes this month. but will discuss private funding and vote on the next budget. >>> the century old five story building that burned in berkeley friday night may have to be torn down. city officials red tagged the 39 unit sequoia apartment building declaring it unsafe to end. flames raised to the roof, engulfed the entire building also took out several ground floor businesses including two popular restaurants. investigators suspect an electrical problem started the fire. >>> 6:08. this past weekend we had rain, gorgeous rainbows now things are drying out. >>> live doppler not picking up radar returns. thick fog around novato visibility a quarter

student. >>> students are occupy uc davis are calling for a general strike today in response to the uc regentsting. the students hope to shut counsel the -- hope to shut down the university. since the menner spray incident on november 18th, uc davis has allowed. occupy camp to remain main in place. >> the occupy los angeles camp is still standing despite a midnight curfew. we're -- here's more. >> reporter: good morning. it has been very a -- a very long night here in leaks -- los angeles. officially at 12:01 this morning, it's illegal to camp out in the park. now, occupiers expected a massive police raid pie the lal pd did you that did not happen. it that -- it did not stop. about 1,000 or more pretesters from flooding the streets of los angeles and a standoff withland who showed undes ebt -- in-- unpress dented strain. police went around and people were asked to get up off the streets. when they didn't, police came in, it was amaze -- it was amaze there were only four arrests. four people were arrested after a shuffle broke out. some people were shoved into the place and were taken into cust

the marchers stopped at the office of uc regent richard blum. >>> tonight, the stents from the occupy cal camp are still up, despite repeated warnings all day long from police. heather holmes is live and tells us what she learned about when police might be moving in. >> reporter: frank, campus police tell me tonight they're working on a plan right now to deal with this encampment. that's about 12 tents. officers have been warning the protesters here, if they continue to camp, they will face consequences. but as you can see, the demonstrators are intent on staying. in the name of education. occupy cal protesters tonight took a vote of no confidence in robert burgeno. they blasted him and state lawmakers for the deep cuts to education. >> workers and students are punished by a system they don't have much of a say in right now. >> reporter: some cal students left the berkely encampment this afternoon to join students from uc santa cruz, uc davis and others. >> tuition has gone up, i think i calculated out, since 2006 about 97%. >> reporter: brannen anson is calling on the governor to all

the marchers stopped at the office of uc regent richard blum. >>> tonight, the stents from the occupy cal camp are still up, despite repeated warnings all day long from police. heather holmes is live and tells us what she learned about when police might be moving in. >> reporter: frank, campus police tell me tonight they're working on a plan right now to deal with this encampment. that's about 12 tents. officers have been warning the protesters here, if they continue to camp, they will face consequences. but as you can see, the demonstrators are intent on staying. in the name of education. occupy cal protesters tonight took a vote of no confidence in robert burgeno. they blasted him and state lawmakers for the deep cuts to education. >> workers and students are punished by a system they don't have much of a say in right now. >> reporter: some cal students left the berkely encampment this afternoon to join students from uc santa cruz, uc davis and others. >> tuition has gone up, i think i calculated out, since 2006 about 97%. >> reporter: brannen anson is calling on the governor to all

they also chanted uc regents have to go. they rallied in front of the state building to send the governor a message. occupiers explain how tuition increases have impacted their lives. >> no more tuition hikes! we are not going to accept further increases and layoffs. >> i still have to war years left. >>reporter: you may not be able to go to uc santa cruz? >> i might be in great depth. >>pam: the mayor says there are major health and safety problems after an early morning raid. >> we are not going anywhere. we are not thinking of the short term, day-by-day. we are trying to save the entire world. >>pam: j.r stone has been following this story all day. he is joining us live from justin herman plaza. >>j.r.: the mayor says that he wants a change now. one of the deputy fire chiefs just left. there has been heavy police presence all day. in the distance, you can see some of the tents along the embarcadero in the grass area. the mayor wants the tense down. it does not look like they will come down anytime soon. some of the protes

the regents also expected to get an earful from students and the general public attending the meeting today to talk about the uc davis incident, where campus police had pepper sprayed those students, and it was posted online. it went viral. and it maddened many people across the country. also, on the agenda, regents to decide whether to ask the state for increased funding, we're told that the regents are not going to be voting on any specific tuition proposal. but a recent presentation to them at the last meeting indicated that tuition and fees have gone up by $10,000 in the past 20 years. also what is interesting, usually in these meetings, they have a general comment section, where about 20 minutes, people can come up and talk to the regents, they extended that 20 minutes, to a full hour. back to you guys. >> all right. gil, thank you very much. >> and now, an american airline jet from new york to san francisco, made an emergency landing in buffalo. officials say flight 177, landed safely, after the pilot noticed some smoke in the cockpit last night. and all passengers were escorted off the plane safely. >>>

the 19 year veteran of the vallejo police force had been a basketball coach at that school. >>> uc regentsasking state lawmakers for more funding for next year. faced with making another 100 million dollar budget cut if state funding falls short. angry denies gave regents an earful yesterday during a board meeting. lt. governor gavin newsom also a regent was the only one to stay after protesters interrupted the meeting at ucsf mission bay. students made several demands stud.ñ of excessiveal demands force by police. >> in the future there will not be any use of violence [ inaudible ] >> the meeting resumed after leaders moved it to another room for security reasons regents met at four campuses across california and teleconferenced. >>> governor brown has asked state police officers review their policies for using force and make changes to their guidelines, accordingly. the police officers' union sent an open letter yesterday defending police action against occupy protesters. the letter says video from november 9th, showing officers with batons attacking occupy protesters is misleading and d

tuition hikes and police use of force on student demonstrators packed the uc davis auditorium to give regents a piece of their mind. >> this board does not adequately represent the needs and wishes of the students and faculty of this you thought. >> reporter: the special teleconference took place at four uc campuses. but the only ring gends physically at the site were the student regents who say they would have liked to have been joined by their colleagues but the regents decided it wouldn't be wise. >> the best way to have the meeting continue to be at davis and have as few police as possible was to have just almost exclusively the senior regents. >> reporter: student regents look eed puzzled as students chanted and formed a sharing circle. many are still call issing on the chancellor who dodged reporters' questions too step down. while all denounced the actions of police. >> it's really upsetting that all this happened with the pepper spray incident, like obviously i feel like everybody will agree that it was an upsetting incident. however, i think that we're taking it in the right directio

. >> protesters are expected to show up for the uc board of regents meeting that is happening across the state. and gail diaz is in san francisco at one of it those meeting sites. good morning. >> good morning. that meeting is going to be happening at 9:00 this morning, and yes, one of the meeting sites is the building right behind me, but as i step aside and show you something interesting when we got here this morning. as we zoom in and we will see that barricades are up. campus police have put up barricades because there is talk as we mentioned that student protesters especially with the occupy movement, will show up. and this meeting has happened a couple of weeks ago but the regents are postponed because of credible threats of violence am and are remember that the students stormed one of the bank of america branches in the financial district, and they even pitched a tent, and 95 of them were eventually arrested. and what is expected to be the hot topic at today's meeting is the incident at u c davis a week and a half ago when campus police pepper sprayed those demonstrators. they

. >>> mean time, a general strike at university of california at davis, one of the sites of the uc regents meetings. this was the scene as demonstrators were sprayed with pepper spray on november the 18 which led for a call of the resignation of the chancellor at university of california at davis. the students want her to resign. they are also against tuition hikes. davis was one of four campuses connect for the university of california board of regents meeting today. >>> funeral services for james cupoowill be held this wednesday. he was gunned down while chasing a bank robbery suspect two weeks ago. the suspect has been charged with murder. he leaves behind a wife and three daughters. the funeral is 11:00 wednesday morning. >>> and the body of a u.s. marine killed in afghanistan was brought home to danville today. he graduated last year where he -- 150 flags lined the route. kron spoked to the man who organized this event today. >> i want to show this service member, the community is there to support them. we are here to show the family the importance as a community to honor this young 1

. >>> protesters took over a uc regents today. they were set to discuss next year's budget dut students interrupted and then started their meeting. the regents walked out. protesters say they are upset with the crack downs on occupy camps and protests. >>> scott olsen who was injured in a "occupy oakland" police raid talked about what happened. >> we were attacked and i was victimized. i was attacked and i ended up in the hospital. that night. >> scott olsen didn't elaborate on his injuries but he spent several days in the hospital. >>> new poll shows voters are divided over the occupy movement. when asked whether they identify with the movement, 46% said they identify a lot or some. 58% said they do agree with the reasoning. 32% said they disagree. as for placing blame about the economy woes, they blame george bush. many who don't support occupy plame the obama administration. you will find the latest o on the occupy movement on www.ktvu.com. click on the occupy protest tab. >>> a return home for a marine killed in afghanistan. kt

the regents had planned to get updates from uc staff about using private fundraising to avoid raising tuition but uc police say anarchists have been planning to attach themselves to peaceful protests by students and possibly commit violent acts. >> there was evidence that law enforcement found very credible that there was some rogue elements who were looking to cause trouble, violence and vandalism. >> several thousand people are still expected to travel to the city for protests and a rally is planned tomorrow in the financial district. >>> there is a new concern at "occupy sf." the spca is urging protestors not to take their dogs to the camp because they could catch a deadly disease. "the examiner" reports that three cases of highly contagious parvo virus were diagnosed among dogs at the camp. experts also think that some dogs may have kennel cough. the camp is growing beyond the boundaries of justin herman plaza. and some businesses along nearby market street have barricades up in order to control the expanded crowds there. >>> and up to 100 people were arrested early this morning a

. >> angry students gave uc regent an earful disruning board meeting and demanding the wealthy pay more taxes to help fund higher education. >> will you join us? >> what the hell. [applause]. >>reporter: lieutenant governor newsom who is also a regent was the only one to stay today after protestors interrupted the meeting at san francisco mission bay campus. students made several demands following charges of excessive force by police during recent demonstrations. >> in the future that auto campus not any use of violence, police non-vailt protest. violence shouldn't be used. >>reporter: meeting resumed after leaders moved to another room. they voted to ask the state legislature for more funding for the 10 campus system. for security reasons they met today at 4 campus across california. protestors also disrupted meetings in davis and los angeles. >> mean time police officers union at uc berkeley sent open letter to regent and stunts at the university defending police action against occupy protestors. the letter says that video on november 9 showing officers with baton attacking occupied p

>>reporter: for security reasons uc regent attended meetings at one of 4 campuses. this way there were no large crowds gathered in one place. students made several demands following charges of excessive force by police during recent demonstrations. >> in future at all campus there won't be any use of violence. l non-violate protest. tm veils shouldn't be used. buck stops with you guys. >>reporter: the president and regent were then asked to sign a pledge asking for reform to proposition 13 and higher tax on the wealthiest one percent. >> go ahead and open that up and. >>reporter: he said he would review the demand. but when the public comment period ended students decided to take over the meeting. >> facilitate this discussion. many. >>reporter: the protestors were so loud the rage interest could not continue with their meeting. all of them cleared the room. the only ones to stay was lieutenant governor newsom also a regent. he was then have inited to join the protestors. >> would you join us? many. >> what the hell. >>reporter: interruption caused the regent to del

students calling for a general strike, then, wednesday and thursday, students plan to protest the uc regents meeting which will be held at mission bay campus. i'm live in uc berkeley, abc 7 news. >> and thank you very much. and a fugitive on the run nearly 40 years after being accused of shooting at a police officer turned himself in today. the 67-year-old ronald bridgeforth saying he will face consequences of his actions. he jumped bail in 1969 following his felony conviction for assault with a firearm on a police officer. outside of a south san francisco department store several months earlier. >> this seems to be the right thing to do. and in the end it's about family. >> he's taking responsibility for his actions. he wants to be a model for his son. he wants his sons to continue to be proud of him for the man that he is today. and not on that tragic day of november 5, 1968. >> bridgeforth taken into custody after a brief court appearance skpk held on $25,000 bail. today, developments came just hours after the state attorney general cleared him of charges in the 1971 shooting of a san fra

and plans for a strike tomorrow at cal and announcement by uc regents that caught some people by surprise. here is another live look at occupy protests in downtown oakland. you can see there is quite a crowd reaching city hall. we'll take you back there live at 6:00. protestors try to retake frank ogowa plaza. >> and that

. >> angry students gave uc regent an earful disruning board meeting and demanding the wealthy pay more taxes to help fund higher education. >> will you join us? >> what the hell. [applause]. >>reporter: lieutenant governor newsom who is also a regent was the only one to stay today after protestors interrupted the meeting at san francisco mission bay campus. students made several demands following charges of excessive force by police during recent demonstrations. >> in the future that auto campus not any use of violence, police non-vailt protest. violence shouldn't be used. >>reporter: meeting resumed after leaders moved to another room. they voted to ask the state legislature for more funding for the 10 campus system. for security reasons they met today at 4 campus across california. protestors also disrupted meetings in davis and los angeles. >> mean time police officers union at uc berkeley sent open letter to regent and stunts at the university defending police action against occupy protestors. the letter says that video on november 9 showing officers with baton attacking occupied p

students strike to protest tuition hikes plans for next tuesday to he could insize with the uc regents -- coincide with the uc regents meeting. >>> it was supposed to be a joke but tonight two police officers in southern california are facing discipline for making a video meant to spoof police harassment. kirk hawkins shows us long list of no-nos in a viral video. >> open the door. step out. >> reporter: in this controversial video you can see five men dress in west covina police uniforms and driving two west west west covina cars. they harass an officer at gunpoint and fire guns in the air. >> where's the little girl. >> you know what we're talking about. where's the little girl sh. >> hurry. >> show us the little girl. >> i don't know any little girl. >> where is the little girl! >> reporter: the video is meant to poke fun at police harassment but some west covina city officials say it's a waste of resources. >> in today's world with a lot of the things that are happening with police services and stuff, certainly it is an embarrassment and puts us in a bad light because that's not ho

uc regents were scheduled to meet tomorrow and the next day in san francisco.cause of threats of violence. there are signs all over campus in morning calling for students to join in on the strike. professors are expected to join in. joining occupy cal will be some of the folks who have been staying at occupy oakland where we find amy hollyfield with that side of the story. >> reporter: good morning. for the first time in about a month look, you can see frank ogawa plaza. the whole thing, your view is not obstructed by tents or the kitchen, any of the hundreds of people who have been sleeping here. even a street washer here cleaning the plaza this morning. so, they are gone. they are still again after being cleared out yesterday morning by police. there were plenty of police officers here to keep it clear overnight. 10 officers were here watching the three protesters who did spend the night here. they did not try to pitch a tent, police say they were here to make sure another tent city doesn't pop back up. occupy oakland protesters regrouped yesterday after gett

they're calling for a general strike in response to the uc regents meeting. 150 speakers signed up to speak during the comment period. >>> today the uc berkeley police officers association has released an open letter in response to the use of force by campus police to break up an occupy encampment earlier this month. the letter says in part, quote, to the students a and faculty, please peacefully respect the rules. we are required to enforce them for all our safety and protection. please respect the requests of our officers as we try to do our jobs. to the university administration and regents, please don't ask us to enforce your policies and then refuse to stand by us when we do. the association also says it support as full investigation into the november 9 event. >>> occupy protesters in los angeles are celebrating what they call a small victory. they're back at city hall park despite a midnight deadline to dismantle the encampment. demonstrators had technically complied by flooding into downtown streets just before midnight. police ordered them off the street before the morning com

. >>> the uc regents will convene one week from today to make up for the postponed meeting. as campus police have cracked down on occupy protests. in a statement released yesterday uc president said he expects campus officials to honor peaceful demonstrations. fulness a fairfield man accused of gunning down a vallejo police officer is due in court today. henry albert smith junior is accused of shooting and killing officer james capoot last thursday. it happened after smith robbed a bank and led police on a chase. if convicted he could face the death penalty. >>> hundreds gather to mourn fallen police officer james capoot in an emotional vigil last night. he served nearly 20 years on vallejo police force. he was the beloved course of vallejo's basketball team. and he was a positive influence on countless other lives. >> i know it's a sad event and hopefully that the community can rally together and still keep his legacy alive by the lives that he has touched and the many memories he has made in a lot of lives. >> in a statement officer capoot's family thanked the community for

demonstrators want the csu board and the uc regents, including bank of america director monica lozano, to sign a refund california pledge. a promise to make big banks pay their fair share to stop cuts to higher education. representatives from cal weren't available for on camera interviews this morning but i just got off the phone with two spokesmen before we sent in our package and they said they are supportive of the students exercising their right to freedom of speech and that they're drawing attention to the need for more public school funding. but they say they are concerned about the students setting up tents. they said that they have told students multiple times this is against school policy but as we have seen at other encampment this doesn't stop people from staying overnight and additionally, a spokesman said that this 81% tuition hike that students have been talking about so much he said that's not on the table right now and in fact regents now have turned to the state for additional funding. they are asking them for $411 million which if they receive would prevent the schoo

california also added 26,000 jobs a third of the nation. [ laughter ] >>> and uc regents will meet monday about avoiding rate hikes. they gathered in confibut they cancelled over planned protests that may turn violent. >>> herman cain will be on late night with david letterman and will have a secret service protection now. he asked and got the protection after receiving what the homeland security department deemed were credible death threats. cain is the first republican in the 2012 presidential race to receive secret service protection. >>> actor and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger was hurt while working on a film in albuquerque, new mexico. he tweeted about the injury and included this picture. he has a bloody gash on his forehead. here's what he said. got a little banged up onset today. thanks to the medical staff who got me back in action an hour later. >> that had to hurt. he's in his 60s now. that's going to leave a scar. >> still going for. >>> coming up, you may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks. >> but a dog in california taught himself an impressive ski

. >>> uc regents canceled their meeting in san francisco after what police called credible threats.ice say anarchists were planning to attach themselves to peaceful protests and take violent actions t meeting has not been rescheduled. now while the camp at franco gala plaza is gone occupy oakland is growing by leaps and bounds, it's getting so busy that businesses along market street had to set up barriers. he says he does not support camping but wants to negotiate a peaceful solution. >>> another oops moment in the presidential race. this time from herman cain. elizabeth cane on the question he had trouble answering and how his wife is now standing up for him publicly. >> interview: okay, libya. president obama. supported the uprising, correct? >> reporter: kahne was sitting down for an interview with the milwaukee sentinel editorial board. he said he would have done a better job than president obama handling the situation but had trouble getting out his answer. >> interview: i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. no, that's a different one. >> reporte

. >>> threats of violence have forced uc regents to cancel their meeting this week. they urged the regents to postpone wednesday's meeting in san francisco. they received intelligent against that some anarchists were planning to disrupt the meeting. >> interview: there was evidence that law enforcement found very credible that there was some rogue elements that were looking to cause trouble, violence and vandalism. >> reporter: meantime, university police have been criticized recently for using what some call excessive force against occupy protestors at cal. today one student arrested in a clash with police on wednesday says officers attacked protestors without warning. >> interview: an officer walked up to me and started stabbing me in the ribs with her baton while i screamed i was a peaceful protestors not resisting in any way. how could i, my arms were behind my back. >> reporter: they are calling another day of strike and action protests on the cal campus tomorrow. for more images from today's police raid in oakland and to hear mayor quan's press conference in it

. >> and here is a tweet uc regent sent out just a short time ago. just concluded meeting with chancellor this, must never happen again. >> and there are no occupy demonstrators camping out in oakland tonight. but that could change. they're holding a general assembly now to decide their next move. and there is nick smith with the story. >> what they're doing now, they're deciding that next move, what they decide could have a strong impact on whether or not shoppers over the holiday decide that oakland is where they want to come to spend cash. >> mika has been owner and operator of this boutique since 2005, saying convincing shoppers to spend money in oakland has been a hard sell. she's hoping this won't discourage phone shall shoppers. >> oakland has a lot of independent vendors. >> and small business owners have been hardest hit. he's glad this appears to be over. >> this is time to recover and look at positives of the city. >> he believes it started with a clean up. gone is the tent zpi occupation of this lot. and this is here, which two has been c

. >>> uc regents will meet by teleconfrence tomorrow. police warned of possible violence if the regents all met in one location. instead they will hold teleconference meetings. the public may go to the teleconference location or watch online. look for the link near the top of the page. >>> los angeles police are interviewing witnesses and victims of the pepper spray incident at a wal-mart in the san fernando valley. about 20 people were hurt on black friday when a woman sprayed the crowd near an x box display. she turned herself in that night and was later released. her name has not been released. police want to complete interviews to decide whether or not to press charges. investigators don't know if she used the spray to try to gain advantage to get an x box or if she was frightened by the crowd. >>> people came together to remember masconi and harvey milk. people then marched through the castro to milk's old camera store. he and masconi were shot and killed in 1978 by dan white. milk was the first openly gay person to be nominated int

they'll demonstrate as the uc regents gather for a scheduled meeting. damien trujillo is live with more on what we can all expect. good morning, damien. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this meeting here at ucsf gets under way at 9:00 this morning. it will be heated. you can see some police are still arriving. police have been all around this campus making sure things don't get out of hands. they had to cancel their last meeting for fears of violence by student protesters. this morning they'll hold their meeting on a television screen at ucla, at ucsf and at uc davis. davis is where students say they'll shut down the campus just days after that now famous pepper spraying incident by campus police. the students this time will have one hour of open forum to voice their concerns or anger at the regents. the allotted time during normal meetings is 20 minutes. the system cannot continue to function without one big change. >>> what people need to realize is you have to find revenues. from where, from whom? how much? >> and again security will be fight at today

occupy uc davis organizers are planning a general strike for tomorrow to coincide with the uc regents meeting. demonstrators are protesting recent tuition hikes and are voicing their support for other occupy movements. the meeting will be a teleconference for four different campuses. no word yet on whether any uc board members will be there. classes are expected to be in regular session. >>> a week from thursday, the plan to extend bart to san jose could get a nearly $1 billion boost. an $800 million contract will reportedly be passed. >> once this contract is awarded on december 8th by our board of directors, basically all we're waiting for is the agreement to be signed by the federal government. once that ink dries, we are in place to break ground on the project. >> the project has a total price tag of just over $2 billion. the federal government will decide on federal spending in february. if approved, bart service to san jose could begin as early as 2016. this is what we'll be talking about with our political analyst larry gerston, about feasibility and whether or not this could a

that same day the uc regents settle in and they are 5ing way to last year -- they are giving way to lastk's pepper spray incident. >>> and councilwoman will take part in their celebration and she is a strong supporter of the occupied movement. they have taken to demonstrate at city leaders after being evicted from their camp at city hall. >>> the parents filed a $10 million civil rights lawsuit against the district yesterday. in january school district police shot 20-year-old raheen brown near the park. a school dance was taking place and officers say he tried to stab the officer with a screwdriver. >>> jim harbaugh is leading his team against the other, it is the first time two brothers squared off as nfl coaches. there is much talk about where their parents will sit and the parents will watch from the house and they do plan to drop by the stadium before the game. you will not have to wait long and coverage starts at 8:30 right after mornings on two. of a ron rogers will try to remain undefeated. >>> brenda denise scott wrote in saying, most definitely i will be helping to finish dinner

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. >>> how campus police respond to student protests will be a hot topic when the uc regents meet from one week today. regents postponed last week's meeting in san francisco because violent protests were expected. >>> the public comment period for that regents me meet -- meeting has been expanded from 20 minutes to an hour. >>> 42 million americans plan to travel this thanksgiving. but that's down 2% from last year. one reason for the decline may be -- may be increasing airfares. the top detonates are now averaging -- the top destinations are now averaging $373, up 11%, according to the travel website orbit. but once you get the to the airport, security screening may be more bearable. in october, flyers registered 360 complaints about security and screening -- screening procedures. >>> 7:20. some breast cancer patients have complained of something they call chemo-brain. memory loss after chemotherapy. now there is a new study that appears to back them up. >>> a scenic ocean above the pacific ocean finally gave way. the los angeles community finally looking for a way new way home. >>> t

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ironically, despite the ongoing protests, on monday the uc board of regents approved several raises. the vice chancellors of each university will receive 9.9% raises, one interim dean received a 7.5% raise. and six uc campus attorneys received raises ranging to 21.9%. they said the raises were necessary to keep pay in line with market rates. >>> and we continue to follow developments in los angeles. the occupy protestors there facing eviction tonight. a deadline for those protestors has passed. los angeles police have closed off streets. you are looking at a live arial picture. the encampment is likely being torn down by police. police cars line a one block perimeter around the city hall camp where hundreds of those protestors are preparing for what they do believe is an imminent raid by police. we'll tell to follow developments and be back with more in this newscast. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry

in a statement they said it is concern thag the uc regents and ucpd were not prepared for the meeting. they should be ensuring students ability to demonstrate safely. they have done a great disservice to students and our ability to participate in the university system. the university is already under fire for students trying to occupy a camp. >> ensure the safety of the regents wasn't the concern. the concern was students themselves, staff and others in the uc san francisco community. we might be in the area where the meeting was taking place. >> reporter: usually, these protests revolve around the probability of tuition hikes. the spokesman we talked to today said tuition hikes aren't on the agenda for this meeting. right now, they are not sure when they will be able to reschedule. traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. the cost of attending the california state university could be going up again. they will decide whether to raise tuition by 9%. it comes up $500. the increase is the only way to keep up with rising enrollment and declining state support. they lost $650 million.

a general strike a uc-davis is today which was one of the teleconference sides of the uc regents' meeting this was the scene as the demonstrators chanted. they want the chance to resign after they sprayed pepper spray uc-davis students who were silently protesting. >>justine: we have much more to get to this morning on the kron4 morning news. we will take a quick break on this tuesday morning with a live look outside over the james lick freeway in san francisco and it is all the out there today. we will be tracking the latest systems moving into the bay area when the kron4 morning news comes right back. >>reporter: for decades after db corporate lead into notoriety,--db cooper notoriety, they have gathered for what is billed as the first symposium on the cooper case. >> to me this seems to be a perfect crime, it is incredibly interesting that this guy the on--the only unsolved hijacking in u.s. history in the sky is unknown. >>reporter: they stay in the trail is now thawing the fbi reexamine all of the evidence they recently discovered a new lead, titanium particles on a clip on tie found

board to look into the matter to see if there was unnecessary and excessive force z today, the uc regents decided to cancel their meeting supposed to happen on wednesday and thursday. after the authorities told them that there was a possibility of significant violence and perhaps vandalism. again, to talk a little bit more about walkouts of the university told me today that they will not speculate how many classes will be interrupted tomorrow. and i'm live at uc berkeley abc 7 news. >> and there is let's go live to stanford hospital where surgeons are up indicating us on progress of two conjoined twins. there, you can see the 2-year-old girls. they were separated just weeks ago, preparing to go home this week. >> and they're doing beautifully. the 2-year-olds are going home soon. >> it's hard to, you know, it's hard to see them like this. but, i -- for every day passed, i think that god is going keep this for me. if we will not do this so god has a purpose for everything. i thank god now because there are no many -- my twins are separated now. and i thank god. thank our medical team. than

regents show up there? >> reporter: absolutely. here at uc davis there was assembly speaker john perez by his position as lawmaker is on the board as well as student regent. students gathered outside of the campus, inside there's a ballroom where regents are participating in a teleconference between the uc davis, ucsf mission bay, uc merced and ucla. when we were there, there was a good amount of public comment. students started to wait to get in 7:30 8:00 this morning. a lot of familiar faces, the same group of students went inside quietly sat and got up for a public comment period each got one minute to voice their concerns. move of what was discussed was tuition-hike related students are fed up of increasing fees. of course people upset about the pepper spraying incident here at uc defense and the violence at uc berkeley this month. one of the last speakers to talk said she is an 30 representing 30 students. she demanded the charges again the protesters be dropped among other things. >> we demand that you stand with the students on this ca

and ken, the meeting was telecast, much to the chagrin of some protestors who believed that the uc regents were trying to put a damper on their protests that did result in low turnout. it wasn't the protest expected, just a few dozen protestors holding signs in a regents meeting that was called on a day when some believe students wouldn't show up. >> 150 people signed up for a regents meeting that was deliberately called the monday after thanksgiving because regents didn't want to face thousands of students. >> reporter: and they didn't have to. the meeting was teleconferenced, a move that infuriated protestors but that gavin newsom called worth a try, the teleconference or video conference is a worthy experiment. >> reporter: the circumstances worsened earlier this month. first it was protectors at uc berkeley clashing with police and the you tube videos that went viral and then this, a pepper spraying incident ten days ago. the uc president apologized and today expanded on a fact- finding investigation that he said would be complete in 30 days. >> the fact-finding will be thorough, ranid

regents show up there? >> reporter: absolutely. here at uc davis there was assembly speaker john perez by his position as lawmaker is on the board as well as student regent. students gathered outside of the campus, inside there's a ballroom where regents are participating in a teleconference between the uc davis, ucsf mission bay, uc merced and ucla. when we were there, there was a good amount of public comment. students started to wait to get in 7:30 8:00 this morning. a lot of familiar faces, the same group of students went inside quietly sat and got up for a public comment period each got one minute to voice their concerns. move of what was discussed was tuition-hike related students are fed up of increasing fees. of course people upset about the pepper spraying incident here at uc defense and the violence at uc berkeley this month. one of the last speakers to talk said she is an 30 representing 30 students. she demanded the charges again the protesters be dropped among other things. >> we demand that you stand with the students on this ca