. >>> we want to take you back live to a process at uc san francisco.his is a campus at the avenue over proposed lay offs, police are standing by and we did see protesters blocking the street and also see police in the street standing by. we do have a reporter on the scene and will continue to cover this both on ktvu.com as well as our later newscasts at channel -- here on channel 2 at 5:00 and 6:00. looks like police are starting to moving right now, so again this is a story we will continue to follow, this at the medical center, a dispute over layoffs and looks like there will be police activity. again a story we will continue to follow on our website and later newscasts. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we will see you the next time news breaks. be sure to join us again at 5:00. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc.

. >>> we want to take you back live to a process at uc san francisco.s is a campus at the avenue over proposed lay offs, police are standing by and we did see protesters blocking the street and also see police in the street standing by. we do have a reporter on the scene and will continue to cover this both on ktvu.com as well as our later newscasts at channel -- here on channel 2 at 5:00 and 6:00. looks like police are starting to moving right now, so again this is a story we will continue to follow, this at the medical center, a dispute over layoffs and looks like there will be police activity. again a story we will continue to follow on our website and later newscasts. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we will see you the next time news breaks. be sure to join us again at 5:00. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc. >>> up next on "eco company" -- fighting climate change one student at a time. how high schoolers on this campus are getting it done. plus building it green. tiles and build

many care including at uc san francisco and they also care for students on, on campus clinics and they have been negotiating a new contract and end on thursday. >> new fires are concerned and what it coo mean to police. >> plus they are helping to track down a suspected kidnapping. . >>> good morning, 452 is the time, high winds may push us to a red flag warning after months of only a little bit of rain it is very dry. yesterday crews took three hours to control a vegetation fire and it is the combination of what can cause extreme fires. now the ban will last until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> the scene of a kidnapping, a car was seen just before taking the toddler and the driver may have seen what happened. the child's mother ran after the man before he dropped the girl and ran away. police released the sketch, he is described as in his 30s and was last seen wearing a blue shirt and jeans. >>> they are tracking complaints against police officers. now the independent police officer released the year-end report online last week and complaints against officers fell compared to 2011 and

. >>> union members set up a picket line this morning around uc san francisco's mission bay project because they say the contractor is using nonunion employees. with trucks honking, members of local 38 manned a picket line around the project aimed at shutting it down. the union represents pipe fit, electricians and sheet metal workers and accuse the contractor of bringing in seven nonunion workers. >> it's bad for me and it's also bad for our economy because they don't get paid what we get paid. they are typically from out of state or from somewhere else. the money doesn't stand here. >> our "mornings on 2" crew went on site to ask the contractor for a response but they were ordered off the site. >>> uc berkeley was showing off its newly ren nateed electronics design lab. a $2.2 million gift from texas instruments paid for this. it gives them a state of the art lab where undergraduates to make innovative new projects. they hope to reverse the trend in which students have been gravitating towards developing software instead of hardware. >> we need to continue to develop better and better tec

. >>> union members set up a picket line this morning around uc san francisco's mission bay project because they say the contractor is using nonunion employees. with trucks honking, members of local 38 manned a picket line around the project aimed at shutting it down. the union represents pipe fit, electricians and sheet metal workers and accuse the contractor of bringing in seven nonunion workers. >> it's bad for me and it's also bad for our economy because they don't get paid what we get paid. they are typically from out of state or from somewhere else. the money doesn't stand here. >> our "mornings on 2" crew went on site to ask the contractor for a response but they were ordered off the site. >>> uc berkeley was showing off its newly ren nateed electronics design lab. a $2.2 million gift from texas instruments paid for this. it gives them a state of the art lab where undergraduates to make innovative new projects. they hope to reverse the trend in which students have been gravitating towards developing software instead of hardware. >> we need to continue to develop better and better tec

college campuses across the country are pursuing divestment including san francisco state university the university of san francisco and ucerkeley in the bay area, four colleges have enacted the divestment policies they are the college of the atlantic, sterling college, (inaudible) and the mayor of seattle is p pursuing divestment, vermont, and it is co-sponsored by 25 state representative and four senators in the state of vermont. divestment is the important compliment to the climate work and others happening. locally we have succeeded in significantly reducing our emissions and close to launching the clean power. california is moving for ward with the implementation with ab 32, environmentalists are finding to stop the keystone pipeline and there are hundreds and thousands of people to protest the pipeline when president obama came to san francisco. but government action is not enough. the fossil fuel companies are the root of our climate problems, in fact the companies have tried very, very hard to make sure that the debate and discourse about the climate action is something that is not scientific at all and it is base

college campuses across the country are pursuing divestment including san francisco state university the university of san francisco and uc berkeley in the bay area, four colleges have enacted the divestment policies they are the college of the atlantic, sterling college, (inaudible) and the mayor of seattle is p pursuing divestment, vermont, and it is co-sponsored by 25 state representative and four senators in the state of vermont. divestment is the important compliment to the climate work and others

san francisco really begins to continue to thrive. >> happy arbor day, everyone. we have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district center. i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more seniors in that area. we are trying to focus on whethe

uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organization supporting kids and families, working for labor. i got to see how city hall could be an effective tool to create change. i looked at running in 2007, 2008, and somehow i made it. i have been in politics for so many ways, doing work around central america, supporting people in central america against u.s. imperialism, their right to live, self determination. i did a lot of work on that on campus when i was in college. a bit of work on apartheid when i was in college as well. >> i never got involved in supporting a candidate. i never thought a

smith graduated from uc berkeley and previously worked for the san francisco school system before taking over in oakland. >> new this morning, san francisco police are searching for the man who stole a cab and refused to stop for officers. the chase spanned several bay area cities coxing to a dramatic end at san francisco state university. abc7 news reporter kira klapper is live at the cab company. >> police are coming here to look at surveillance video. the yellow cab has a dash camera that shows what goes on inside the taxi and on the road ahead. the yellow cab is not releasing the video saying the purpose is for the police. they do say the video will help them identify and catch this thief who stole a cab. the pursuit of the stolen taxi started at 1:15 this morning with a cab driver trying to be nice. >> the taxicab was parked in the district and he got out of the vehicle to help a passenger who was not feeling well and the suspect jumped into the cab and fled the area. >>the man led the san francisco police, the california highway patrol and daly city officers on a chase from san fra

one that we development and it's of it's kind in the uc >> speaker: and improved the education of our own trainee and is residents of san francisco but neighbors across the globe. must slow schedule a tal problems and injuries are the second largest burden in the world of healthcare. the least patients are seen in these developing world countries with poor resource many of these patients are los angeles wishing on wards. our course bring in surgeon and is teach them so they can spare these limb and is bring the patients back to a functional status where they can go back and provide for their families. >> the foundation also supported bay pack which, is an exiting and innovative program. this particular program works with the sector to pregnant woman and the treatment of woman so that for babies who are born free of virus. >> when i first walked into the office doctor coen told me i can have a natural birth and i didn't wrap my head around that. >> we know a woman with hiv if we do nothing her risk of passing the hiv to her baby is 25% with the use of this medication we can substantially reduce that risk to much less than one%. ba

>>reporter: san francisco p uc says the leaking water into the red tag home did not make the sink hole any worse and that in fact the above ground surveys now show no significant settlement of soil since february. resident homeowner getting those above ground survey results today. in westportal, abc 7 news. >> sandhya is in for spencer christian tonight and wind has calmed down some but it's chilly. >> yes. dan only going to get chillier so tomorrow morning we may even see some frost around part of the bay area. >> that cool. >> very cold. frost advisory issue. freezing warning north of here show those in a moment. show live doppler 7hd and we have no rain on our radar. radar along with the national weather service radar along the bay keeping you ahead of the storm and at this point no storms are expected over the next 7 days. but 30's going to be a chill first thing tomorrow morning and we are not alone. frost and freeze warnings extending from the organ border all the way down to santa barbara so you notice here that we will be seeing some cold weather north bay valley going under a

system improvement bond but another 55 million dollars will have to come out of a separate san francisco p ucenance fund and needs to be approved by the supervisors. in fremont, abc 7 news. >> high powered group of former lawmakers cabinet secretary and policy advisors was challenged on immigration today by a young woman from san francisco. she wanted to know why family like hers should take a back seat when it comes to deciding who gets to leif here. mark matthews has that story. >> bipartisan policy center task force on immigration is an impressive group. former secretary of state rice former governor barber, former cabinet secretary and hilda rice said they came to menlo park to hear from technology leders. >> in long to the tech leaders you recognize the importance of immigration reform to them. >> rice talk about the need to attract high skilled immigrant mississippi forker governor talk about the need for low skill labor. >> if you do chicken processing plenty we process 2 and half billion dollars worth of chicken, nobody speaks english. >> stepping into the discussion 23-year-old perez

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

hastings college of -- uc hastings college of law in san francisco. >>> it's a gray start out there, e-mailville towards the -- emeryville, san francisco, back drop. santa rosa reporting visibility down to a couple miles, half moon bay reporting visibility three to 6 miles. you can see here on our screen a lot of gray, not a lot of green, not seeing any radar returns this morning. maybe a little bit of drizzle falling below that radar that just swept through. 60 degrees in oakland, 57 sfo, 56 degrees san francisco, now 60 degrees in antioch so some of our temperatures gradually climbing under the mostly cloudy skies, partly sunny and as we get into the afternoon i think this is what we will continue to see, just a slim chance, maybe a light shower, mainly dry conditions. this system continuing right about here but it's going to be pushing east. by tomorrow it's going to slide into the great basin. right behind it ridge of high pressure going to build in. that's going to warm us up. i think by tuesday, wednesday our temperatures are going to be anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above wha

san francisco. find out who is trying to put the brakes on the new plan. >> students and staff at uc berkeley are warned, get ready to do a lot >> welcome back. a san jose maintenance worker would shot an unarmed intruder at an apartment complex has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. the district attorney's office says that the 26-year-old hernandez will be sentenced to four years in county jail. he shot and killed a 36-year-old on new year's eve during a confrontation. he was reportedly trying to make a citizen's arrest. this have been a rash of burglaries at the apartment complex in the months prior to the shooting. >> relief is on the way if frustrated san francisco people who believe they wait too long no a cab, the municipal transportation agency voted yesterday to put 120 more taxis on the street this year and 200 more next year and the agency will eventually increase the number of vehicles from 1,600 to more than 2,300 but cab drivers want to hold off on the increases until the state decides whether ride-sharing companies like lift and sidecar unfairly compete with the taxi services. >>

teams from uc berkeley, san jose and fran know sta and san francisco state. >> have you both had a chance to get down there? >> i have. to gilroy but not the festival. >> maybe we should all load up a bus and head down. >> one of the strangest things i tasted was the garlic ice-cream. i will take ice-cream in any form. >>> it hit 96 degrees in gilroy yesterday. so it was very fragrant throughout the drive on 152. we get to enjoy that. 6:17 now. gilroy, prepare for the heat yet again today and even warmer days ahead. we are talking about the low 90s today. it is the coolest day of the next four to five. i will show you my forecast in just a minute. a debate right now whether friday or thursday is going to be the hottest. i'm going with thursday. 6:18. a live look here. as you can see, some mid-level clouds over san francisco, a welcome site. it is going to keep your temperatures a couple of degrees cooler than where we ended up yesterday. it is going to be very warm. those winds are going to increase. we have a red flag warning in place. the four corners region as well. very dry under the

hastings college of -- uc hastings college of law in san francisco. >>> it's a gray start out there,om e-mailville towards the -- emeryville, san francisco, back drop. santa rosa reporting visibility down to a couple miles, half moon bay reporting visibility three to 6 miles. you can see here on our screen a lot of gray, not a lot of green, not seeing any radar returns this morning. maybe a little bit of drizzle falling below that radar that just swept through. 60 degrees in oakland, 57 sfo, 56 degrees san francisco, now 60 degrees in antioch so some of our temperatures gradually climbing under the mostly cloudy skies, partly sunny and as we get into the afternoon i think this is what we will continue to see, just a slim chance, maybe a light shower, mainly dry conditions. this system continuing right about here but it's going to be pushing east. by tomorrow it's going to slide into the great basin. right behind it ridge of high pressure going to build in. that's going to warm us up. i think by tuesday, wednesday our temperatures are going to be anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above w

uc berkeley and u.s. hastings college of law in san francisco. >>> governor jerry brown leaves tomorrow for china where heo attract billions of dollars in new investments. brown will be promoting california exports, tourism and green technologies in meetings with china's business leaders. he also plans to open a foreign trade office in shanghai. it is brown's first official trip abroad since retaking the governor's office in 2011. >>> happening right now, more than 5500 runners from 45 states and 15 countries are taking part in the rock 'n roll half marathon in san francisco and if as you can see there on the right side of your screen, they were crossing the golden gate bridge. the route will take runners past crissy field on their way back and then ending at aquatic park. drivers can expect some road closures near crissy field until 1:00 in the afternoon. >>> it is a very big kay for the cal women's basketball team. making their first final four appearance. they will take on the five seed louisville cardinals. the game starts at 3:30 this afternoon. happy's on telegraph avenue in berkeley is hosting a wa

- and i remember, i was a student at uc-berkeley, considering going to graduate school in economic geography and working as an intern coming here at the san franciscolanning department. i was also a record in my first album. i wrote this piece called " turning, turning back." it began the recording but it also began a new direction for me. they say every musician that starts recording for writing, arranging music, they have to find their own voice. i think i may be found my own voice in that one. >> are you going to play some of it? ♪ >> just playing an excerpt from the middle, -- time part. -- double-time part. the main theme -- ♪ [applause] >> that is the main theme. >> often, when i listen to guitar players, because i'm a guitarist myself, i'm trying to figure out what they are doing and how they do it. i cannot do that when i listen to you. the music for " washes over me. for me, it is so immediately engaging and hypnotize him. to be fair, the other part of it is, in 1000 years, i could never do that. there is a technical component to would you do, and i am reminded, one of your albums was reviewed by "coo guitar plar magazine." i am prepared p

worked for a non profit in uc berkley so he's also a /prabg /teugs /tpher as well working with communities job placement. i think she brings a very strong background to the san francisco public utilities commission and we look forward to hearing from her in the near future. >> we'll have some questions. welcome. >> this is my third day. >> this is your third day. no wonder you're still smiling. thank you for being with us and welcome. >> i'd like to call gee lee for the water system improvement update. >> good afternoon. as you know, we've spent a lot of time the past few months working on this comprehensive assessment that will allow us to refine or budget and schedule and that work culminated with the publication on march 22 of a notice of public hearing where you will be asked to consider changes to the wisip and that will take place on april 23. at the program level i want to highlight the fact that we have now passed the 5 million worker hours milestone. this is a pretty important record. i also have some project level news that i'd like to share with you. as you know, the differing site conditions that were discovered at the site in mid 2012 are by far the large

san francisco. >> thank you very much n washington, d.c. hundreds of people marched for immigration reform including about 50 students from uc berkeley. they join students to help pressure congress to act on this issue. >> and still to come retailers being asked to clean up store shelfs and clear shelves of certain potentially toxic chemical autos and free ride could be soon over for san francisco's answer to cab shortage but will this drive ride sharing business and drive customers away? >> in sacramento a senate committee okays a move to take away tax >>> a federal judge ruled san francisco police were justified in shooting a man in a wheelchair two years ago this, is cell phone the incident shows who officers firing at randall dunkin after slashing an officer in the shoulder. the officers say he continued to be a threat after they fired a bean bag at him. he was file aid civil suit against police. the judge didn't buy it. his attorney is outraged. >> if this shooting is on videotape appearing outragis if a person can claim self-defense the person is protected by the law. >> he plans to appeal the ruling to the 9th circuit court of

i had a chance to meet with all of our san francisco chancellor and is i see chancellor here today from -- state and he joined me with chancellor helm man from uc s f city college our own public schools superintendentent to form a major education leadership counsel to advise me in making sure that the skill sets that we need in the jobs in the future are being trained and reflected in the education curriculum and how to support not only the institutions, but all of the different programs that we can use to lift up all of the educational stands for our youth i have person learn adopted 12 middle schools in san francisco to make sure each principal gets what they need to campus to support teachers effort on campus to raise the educational needs of the schools. middle school is the biggest challenge with truancy and educational challenges and we know that while we are increasing the performance stand of the whole cities one of the highest increases in the whole state is happening here in the public schools in san francisco they are to the satisfied with just a bump we need to taken it at the highest levels and train from elementary to middle to hi

uc school. the out of state acceptance rate is up nearly 21%. >>> job growth in san francisco is the strongest inhe state. the cityunemployment rate is down to 6%, 1.5% less than a year ago. the jobless rate is the same in san mateo county. it's slightly higher in sili valley at 7.6%. but last year, it was 9.2% there. and in alameda county, it's down to 8%. overall, the bay area is doing better than california as a whom. the statewide inappropriate rate is 9.7% -- unemployment rate 19.7%. >>> you can check a san francisco landmark building from a new point of view. a visitors center just opened inside the transamerica pyramid. oh, yeah, they have a gift shop, too. for over -- kids will love it. [ laughter ] >> for over a decade tourists have had to admire it from the outside. built in the '60s, the building with its unique shape, of course, has a controversial past and now an iconic status and the displays tell the stories. >> transamerica was a bunch of young turking looking for a purpose. >> the acquisition of that particular corner was quite an adventure. it was very, very complicated. >> the