reporting live at uc berkeley, christie smith. >> new this morning right near the uc berkeley campus an unusually high number of alcohol poisoning cases as the fall semester at cal gets ready to start. the cases are reported at different locations overnight including bancroft way and ellsworth street. they are treating at least a dozen people most of them women as christie just mentioned school starts tomorrow at uc berkeley. >>> we're following developing news in san jose where crime scene tape and flashing lights are becoming a very familiar scene on the city street. a deadly stabbing last night on story road marks the 31st killing in the city this year. and as you can see from these red dots on the map there it's the seventh homicide city wide in just the past eight days. now this violent surge in crime is prompting calls for back up. stephanie chuang has a look with how the city is planning to crack down on the crime. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. the crackdown on this crime may require some outside help. police chief chris moore telling us he could be calling the

nbc bay area's christie smith is live at uc, berkeley, now. she joins was these new details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. lieutenants here at uc, berkeley, tells me overnight at least four people needed medical attention because of alcohol poisoning and certainly drinking and college are not that unusual together, it looks like some students are off to a rough and early start. >> we just heard a loud screeching sound and, like, a crash, and we also felt the building shake. >> reporter: a driver lost control overnight, hitting a gaes meter at pull nam hall causing a gas leak and evacuation for hundreds of students in their dorm. >> we ran to see what was going on. we heard people screaming and yelling and it was really crazy. >> reporter: everyone was okay, but uc police say the 22-year-old driver believe to be a student was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. officers say they've been busy. already a number of calls for students drinking so much they needed medical attention. >> probably a little higher than we would like to see and

students at uc berkeley and families also concerned about rising tuition prices. administrators are considering putting sweeping on enrollment if state lawmakers can't come up with the money to fund higher education. >>> the latest giant panda born there appears to be healthy and thriving. the 25 day old cub had its first exam this morning. keepers sneaked it out of the den for just a few minutes while momma was eating. at this point they don't know if the baby is a male or female. they say the cub weighs a pound and a half and his heart and lungs are strong. the giant pandas are on loan from china where there are only 1600 left in the wild. >>> we'll tell you about his olympic size birthday challenge in a hotel swimming pool. >>> and we're tracking more fog and drizzle this evening but chief meteorologist bill martin will let us know what t . >>> tropical storm isaac is on course to strike the caribbean sometime tomorrow. the u.s. military postponed hearings at gaun gaun cube baa due to the storm. in miami today people stocked up on gas and groceries. isaac could

uc berkeley's paper reports earlier this summer sometime between june 15th and august 10th an android tablet and set of head phones were stolen. campus police were able to track down the stolen goods through -- live from uc berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >>> romney's vice presidential running mate -- >> yeah his running mate is paul ryan. he will be giving his acceptance speech tonight. our reporter renae marsh is there right now. renae, thank you. you're talking about the nights last two headliners coming up. it should be a big night. >> reporter: it is a big night ahead of us. we're talking about you said it mitt romney's running mate paul ryan will give his big speech. and condoleezza rice will also be giving a speech. it is quiet in here now. last night the crowd went absolutely wild during the two headline speeches we are talking about. and romney really tried to humanize her husband and we're also talking about chris christy that really energized the crowd. >> we stand up for mitt romney as the next president of the united states and together -- [ cheering and applause ] >> reporte

she has been a tremendous mentor to me and thousands of students at uc berkeley. if they are all winners today. i am pleased and proud to announce at tonight's winner is dr. elaine kim. [applause] elaine is very proud to accept this award. she is out of town and could not be with us this evening. let's give her another round of applause in absentia, and thank you very much. [applause] do i get to keep this? [laughter] >> thank you very much. congratulations to dr. kim, and special thanks to our other nominees. we were like to thank everybody for all of their hard work for their time in coordinating and organizing the awards process. please could give them a round of applause -- please give them a round of applause. [applause] are your stomachs growling? there is a reception, catered by some of the best agent pacific -- asian pacific ches. at this time, i would like to bring up chris, the owner and chef to speak on behalf of all of tonight's chefs. that is a little nervous. i have been speaking to him backstage. give him a really warm welcome, and make him feel rea

if the uc-berkeley police would let us know, that will be great. they are not saying much. >> darya: so we do not know if the to the driver into custody or who the driver was maybe this is something they will tell us through out because we will keep testing--checking in with you for the details. >> erica: we have another cloudy day no doubt about that. as a result we are having problems with visibility. we are having problems with the arriving flights at sf international. now looks like we have mid- 50s waking up in san carlos. we have 56 in livermore. checking out your extended forecast we may lose a couple of degrees. we will continue with a cool done and we have to change to talk about as the stock the next work week i have details coming up. >> george: here is your quick commute no major problems so hot spots and for the east bay everything looks pretty good so far. it is still mostly light for the south bay peninsula and the north bay riots. >> darya: the recent crime search continues in san jose. just last night person was stabbed to death in

first day of class for a son of a serious alcohol- related incident at uc-berkeley while a car driven into a dorm nobody was hurt this time the police say it's a more mundane emergency call that has been consigned to uc berkeley tells cbs 5 there have been 11 alcohol overdoses this month there'll name for reports in august the year ago. the waves part of that culture is party and that alcohol is involved in party so is an issue for us every year. that's a big part of the message. >>> sr. 7 matthew helps run party say if a project educating students about the dangers of collagen game. >>> you can god and have fun. risky things that went on as well. and just be saved. the folks at party safe say what drinking in college is what a long-held tradition and by the way not just here uc-berkeley they've noticed a disturbing trend in recent years in the old days it was mostly beer and cheap wine. now students seem to be drinking a lot more shots of the hard rock hall faster than the body can handle them. and once they get drunk they really drunk. talk to folks on campus there seems to be an ag

. >> into a party at of the first day of classes at uc-berkeley. several calls to treatments for all poisoning but the topper was a car that slammed into a dorm building on campus. >> the day before school started with a bang, a 22 year-old student to drove his car into a dormitory after being under the influence. >> this is a college environment and within that environment, unfortunately part of that culture is parties and all is involved in partying. so it is an issue every year. >> matthew anzac are freshmen at uc-berkeley and without having started one day of class they already know about the drinking culture. >> i feel like it is bit of a tradition of people come to college and feel they need to have a drink. but it is more of a personal thing. >> personally i really cannot do anything, i do not smoke or drink. but i speak to people and everyone tells me about the party they went to. it is pretty normal. >> in addition to the accident, police got a number of calls of public intoxication and under aged drinking. in fact a number of alcohol pois

. >>> that breaking news from near the uc berkeley campus. a car crash has resulted in a gas leak. >> amy hollyfield is there with the latest. >> reporter: take a look at college avenue behind me you can see it is shutdown. if you look closely you can see the crashed car. this started about 2:56 this morning. triggered a gas leak. uc officials decided to evacuate putnam hall on college avenue. all students have been accounted for. they did move the students out, just in case. pg&e has been able to turn the gas off. we asked the police officers about the driver if he survived, if the driver is okay? they told us yes he did survive that's all they would tell us. police still here, still working on the case deep inside the police tape. we are still waiting to get a few more details about what happened. the basics, sound like things are okay and under control at uc berkeley. students have been evacuated, accounted for, okay inconvenient midweek on campus for them to go through this in the middle of the night. but they've been moved to a safe loca

a car has gone off the road and into a dorm at the uc berkeley campus. the driver has been detained? >> reporter: yeah. they are still trying to figure out what went wrong and that's why the driver was detained. but not arrested. i was briefed by uc police and a much calmer scene out here right now. we're on college avenue right near channing. it it was around 2:56 this morning and a driver jumped the curb and lost control and crashed into the building. this is putnam hall, a dorm. students start school tomorrow. the dorm was filled with people. someone hit the fire alarm and the students evacuated. everyone got out okay. but that driver actually hit a gas meter outside and fractured the gasoline. there was a gas leak for some time but i spoke with pg and e and they told me that was capped within about 20 to 30 minutes so the latest we have here is that those students that were evacuated and brought to another hall here near uc berkeley are actually being allowed back in at this hour. everyone is accounted for. everyone is okay. and we asked if perhaps d

the uc berkeley police sergeant says the fire alarms in the building alerted students to the leak. >> it was a wonderful process. that way the evacuation started immediately. >> the fire alarm went off. that was really scary. it was scary coming down the scares dare dash coming down the -- it was scary coming down the stairs. >> reporter: uc berkeley police say the driver of that car that crashed this morning was the chain for questioning. they are not releasing names. i do have calls in to see if that driver will be facing charges in connection with the crash. students are back in their dorm rooms after what was obviously a very event -- a very eventful morning. live this morning in berkeley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> berkeley police say this summer they've had four armed robberies lanked -- linked to craigslist ads. they said each time the buyer was to bring cash. the seller turned out to be a robber each time. >>> the coast guard cutter has arrived on the scene of a search on the san francisco bay. the search started 60 miles southwest of the golden gate

. >>> new art work on display at uc berkeley. and it is being called a waste of your money. >>> good morning, westbound 80 traffic looking pretty good. another look at the morning commute and the bay weather are coming up.

that breaking news from berkeley where a gas leak remains under investigation at the edge of the uc berkeley campus. a car jumped a curb, hit a gasline and came to rest in front of a building in front of the student dorms. >> amy hollyfield has been on the scene since 4:30 this morning. those students who had to be evacuated, are they back yet? >> reporter: they are. they are back inside, a little shakey after all of this has happen. some tell me they think it is going to be hard to fall back asleep. i'm standing where it happened. you can see now happened, there's the tire park -- tire marks where the car jumped the curb then headed straight for the dorm. that's where there was a gas meter, sheared off the top of it, causing all kinds of concerns here for officials. came to rest at putnam hall didn't crash into it. officials were worried enough to evacuate the whole building. here's a shot of the car before it was toed away. it crashed at college and ch ning, before 3:00 in the -- college and ch anning, some were -- officials did decide to evacuate as a precaution they wanted to check out t

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it is a uc-berkeley campus the police are not saying much of anything. i can tell you about 15 minutes ago and told truck came into the area and pull the car out of the building itself and towed away. the students that were in the dormitory were allowed back into the area of the gas had been turned off had been turned off a while ago. pg&e are still out here on the scene obviously they're checking to make sure that everything is fine. i am saying that we are getting almost no details from anyone involved in this as soon as to get more information will pass along. >> mark: so you are trying to find about any injuries and as far as the condition of the driver of the vehicle. >> reporter: yes that would be it, but as of this point they are getting no information. >> mark: we will check back in with you. >> darya: and other developing story this one out of the south the history of violence in san jose, investigators are looking at the city's 31st murder that happened last night. a man was stabbed to death inside of a safeway store. will tran is live. he is o

the search is on for the thieves who stole more than 2 dozen ipads from uc berkeley. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is live to explain why police may have such a theft. >> reporter: good morning. police say this is a crime that, along with other stolen items, amounts to $1,000. earlier this summer between june 15 and august 10th, an android electronics tablet and headphones were stolen. in other cases, police were able to track down the thieves on craigslist but not in this case. now, in july, burglars struck mullford hall and in that case, they made off with 39 computers. police did recover those. we're waiting for an update and we'll bring that to you. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> we're continuing to track developing news out of oakland, the westbound 508 on an offramp at west macarthur boulevard is closed while police conduct an investigation. this is after a goddy was found in the -- body was found in the roadway. police say the death is suspicious. >> sal's been on that for a while now. >>> you are watching also the toll plaza. it'

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thought, wow, if i can do something like that with a guitar -- and i remember, i was a student at uc-berkeleyconsidering going to graduate school in economic geography and working as an intern coming here at the san francisco planning 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 compon

. >>> start of a big weekend forenew students entering uc berkeley and many other campuses move-in day. thousands will be moving into dorms, apartments and co-07s -- co-ops. 1300 international and out of state students begin orientation monday and classes next thursday. >> bringing back memories of your first day on the uc berkeley campus? >> and yours. >> to a degree. i think it was much later in my day. september. we started in october. >> they keep getting earlier. >> glad i got out when did. >> some districts have started. we'll check in with mike. [ talking over each other ] >>> doppler showing what is going on. cloud cover out there, organized wet weather to the east. a lot of mist because the clouds are lower to the ground. a little more moisture, half mile visibility at half moon bay 3/4 in santa rosa. area of low pressure remember how it pulled away from the coast yesterday, now it is coming back that's why we have the deeper marine layer. 7:00 with mainly cloudy conditions outside of the east bay valleys. clouds over the next hour or so, by 7:00, they should be into your neig

it was a very active night here at uc berkeley. the police officer estimates it was a couple hundred students who evacuated. he was busy with the crash so he's not sure. i asked was it dozens, hundreds? he said probably a couple hundred. he said the evacuation was orderly. they got the students to other halls and dorms because it is a little chilly out. they had -- now they are being told they are being allowed back in. as for the driver the captain at the police department told me he fled the scene, but then came back, turned himself in they are now talking to him, trying to figure out who he is? and trying to figure out what happened? amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> two huge wildfires continue to burn out of control in far northern california. 79 squire mile fire called the chips fire threatened 900 homes in the national forest, 3500 homes if lie in the path of the ponderosa fire along the shasta tehama county line. it has claimed 50 buildings, including seven homes. calfire got a break when winds changed directions yesterday givi

>> in route awakening for some cal students, a car plowing into a uc-berkeley dormitory. >> a man is stabbed and dies inside the produce department of a safeway store. coming up, san jose police might be asking for help as the crime rate soars. >> low clouds and fog are back and even some drizzle outside this morning. >> we have a car fire reported now across the richmond san rafael bridge. we will have the latest on that and also why traffic could be heavy near san jose state university >> good morning everyone >> we have a developing story out of berkeley this morning where a car drove into a dormitory >> the students are safe and the driver has been detained. patrick is live outside the building where the accident took place early this morning. >> what a rude awakening, you can see the natural gas lines that were taken out by a toyota that crashed into putnam hall. pg&e crews are on the scene. you can see skid marks that the car left. we're on the corner of channing and college way. the driver took off and was detained by police. a first-year student tells us what happened >> basi

. >>> uc berkeley's memorial stadium is getting a retrofit. we were in ahead of the reopening. the field is four feet lower than before. the stadium is equipped with new dampners and flex joints to make it more earthquake safe. >> it is perfectly safe. i want to be here during a earthquake. >> we got a complement from one of the major donors, he said, you know, what you accomplished is it looks like memorial stadium. >> the first football stadium at the stadium say week from tomorrow against the university of nevada. >>> it was like a scene out of "csi". >> witnesses describe moments of terror after a shootout at the empire state building. who shot whom? >>> we are live where, yes, high school football is already underway. it is our friday night high school football game of the week. mira monte, we will have a preview, next. >>> a little bit of a bump in the temperature today. coming up, the updated forecast model. we will show you where the fog will be first thing in the morning and the warmest day of the up coming weekend big news ! verizon wireless is teaming up with xfinity

several streets blocked off here around uc berkeley. we're standing on college right near channing way. we're about a block away from the scene. a driver lost control and even slammed into the building and hit a gas meter around 2:56 this morning according to one dispatcher i spoke with. the building there that's being impacted is putnam hall. this is a dormitory and all of the students have been evacuated and now at another building. everyone okay. we did see pg and e coming on scene as well as a tow truck out here this morning. we don't smell gas. in fact, the gas may have already been shut off. i've spoken with a couple of students who say they weren't being allowed back into their building. i'm also told the driver did survive this. so, it looks like the scene pretty much under control. again, all the student accounted for and okay. we can see firefighters on scene. we're awaiting for a spokesperson to come and update us but that is the situation from here. >> unfortunate scene as homicides are in the rice in the south bay after a m

of back to school, hundreds of students spent the morning moving to their home away from home at uc berkeley, today was dorm move-in day across campus. many parents were on hand to help make long treks from the car down the sidewalk, up the elevator and down the hallways. thankfully the school did have equipment so the walk wasn't so hard. when asked about the experience, students showed a range of nerves and excitement. >> scary, like, i'm a hoarder, but everyone else is here, too, so i feel better. >> really cool because you get to try a different location and you get to live with other people that you don't know. >> classes at uc berkeley start on thursday, we know that because that's where our baby sitter's headed. >>> next at 5:00, tapping into technology to catch a thief, the free app offing you a way to get crystal clear look at anyone who is trying to use your stolen smartphone. >>> also an unconventional journey, how two brothers from the bay area made their way home from new york and why to help their friend. >>> plus, how a check's mistake made one man and his family very, very ri

uc berkeley police say they've had a string of i said dents involving students drinking too much. >> since august 1st i know we've had 11 situation where is we've had to call paramedics in to actually do medical treatment on students that have been intoxicated to the level that they need hospitalization. >> campus police say that's a big increase compared to last year where there were four incidents and 2010 where this were three. >> parties going on this week. it's a little more this week because it's welcome week and everyone is getting -- no one has classes right now. >> some returning students say they've noticed the drinking especially among new student sdmrs there was like an ambulance right up front our house like someone had, like, thrown up on the lawn. it's their first experience outside of their house, you know, they want to make friends. >> the campus health center does have a party safe campaign. >> when alcohol is around, risk is elevated so your antenna has to be up, be ready to notice, be ready to intervene. >> since 2006, berkeley has required all incoming students t

uc berkeley says 29 ipads were stolen from the hall of science. the thefts occurred sometime between june 15 and august 10. last month a cal grad and another person were arrested for the theft of 39 desk top computers from mullford hall on campus, and back in july, 10 lap tops were stolen from a nearby housing complex. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, as we crawl towards, we have a holiday weekend coming up, right? >> for all of you who do have it off, for today, a warmup with us as advertised. a pretty warm wednesday out here, close to 100 in livermore, my weather watcher steve calling that in, also my weather watcher archer, reporting 99 in los gatos. it's all about the north wind this time of year and we are seeing that throughout the peninsula and the south bay, that was enough to get those temperatures hotter. but what you'll notice out of san francisco, that's out of the west at 13. that is promising a little bit of haze and the marine layer is trying to get going, and it's going to have a tough time tonight. we're not

. >>> a car plows into a uc- berkeley dorm >>> a body found produce aisle has a sense a murder spree goes from bad to worse. the stories and more are in the morning minutes. >>> he was shaking all of it face down. >>> a man stabbed in theroduce aisle of the safeway >>> this the worst homicide i've seen in the city >>> an accident on uc berkeley campus expert a career that has crashed. >>> cent sometimes very evil. >>> we're on the south side of the fire. they're the main concerns. >>> and not know anybody would agree with this >>> controversial comments about right back congressman are keeping abortion in the spotlight. >>> the situation is being blown out of proportion and that he misspoke when word in one sentence on monday. >>> and california wins >>> is unbelievable comeback all the time. >>> from across the bay to around the world the stories that matter this morning. >>> thank you for joining us. since announcing that beckon to uc-berkeley pawn after car crashed in their early this morning. >>> pg&e is tackling a ruptured gas pipe. we of the story developing on the cal campus r

they are finishing up a successful olympic campaign for uc berkeley. members of the california women's swim team worked out today with one of their coaches. their head coach is leading the u.s. women in london. >> whether it is seeing new freshman come in and make an olympic team before they get here or veterans going and doing incredible things in london, we are proud of them. >> swimmers have taken seven of california's nine medals so far. nathan iowa adrian and jada won gold. >> i know how hard they have worked and you know, having been a part of their journey, it's amazing to see them doing so well on the world stage. >> nathan is a real great guy. awesome to see him win gold, because he's such a nice guy. >> yesterday, kara from clayton was part of the four women team that took the bronze. at the california rowing club in oakland, the former world champion talked about working. >> she brings every physical aspect and she is a great woman, which competes and win this medal. >> cal's women's soccer team has two olympians. >> people recognize her qua

supervisor chu: i came to the area to pursue a master's degree in public policy at the uc- berkeley school. ever since then, i fell in love with what a wonderful area the bay area is. >> what motivated your interest in politics? supervisor chu: to be frank, i never saw myself in an elected position at all. i had grown up in southern california, and during the first day of the los angeles riots, my parents had their cars stolen at gunpoint. they were left out and had to pay someone $100 to get back to chinatown. it really influenced me. we had a restaurant at the time, and at the time, we were always worried, watching the news, to see whether or not the restaurant would be looted, whether or not it would go up in fire. that was something that was a big concern and worry for my family at the time. i remember thinking even at that age how important it was to consider what the economics were in communities, whether people had or felt that they had opportunities or did not have opportunities, and what role it was that government played in those outcomes. that is what really put me on the path t

. >>> new details this noon time about the driver who slammed into a uc berkeley dorm this morning. he is now facing charges of dui and hit and run. the crash happened just before 3:00 a.m. at the corner of college avenue and channing way. police say the car severed a gas line and that students preparing for the first day of school today were evacuated from all eight floors of the building. they say the driver left the scene but that his father who is the registered owner of the car came to the scene and said his son would be returning soon. >> when the son came back, the officers contacted him and brought him into the station, we did some field sobriety it testing and also interviewed him and subsequently arrested him for suspicion of drunk driving and also for hit and run. >> police identified the driver as 22 year old douglas perez who is a uc berkeley student. they capped the leak by 3:30 and students were allowed back in the dorm. >>> not just cal, but many students are heading back-to- school and that's why governor jerry brown was at a middle school in san francisco to take p

the group occupied the tract of land owned by uc-berkeley for 22 days in april and may.rotesters plant their own crops on two acres of land used by the college of natural resources for research. the protest was meant to pressure the university into protecting the land from commercial development. uc-berkeley sued the protesters last spring for trespassing. >>> today marks ten years since the worst fire in recent memory in sanyo say. flames ripped through a construction site at the santana row shopping center on august 19, 2002. 221 firefighters battled the 11-alarm fire. which displaced 34 families. the fire loss was approximately $19 million. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, showdown at state capital. why your taxes could soon go up. what you can do about it just ahead. >>> plus, cuffed and heading to court. how clowning around led to an arrest after a break-in at steve jobs' house. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredi

. >>> campus police investigate a bold and sad theft of electronics at uc berkeley. what the thieves got away with and why this is not the first time something like this happened. >>> san jose firefighters are still on the scene of an overnight fire that had them watching closely for dangerous chemicals. why hazmat had to be on scene out here. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. couple companies visiting the new york and the nasdaq exchange this morning. that is con med celebrating good financial quarter there on the nasdaq. overnight news not great. concerns about spain asking for and needing financial aid from the euro zone. investors may be waiting until friday. that is when we hear from ben bernanke. there is a lot of hope. >>> we'll go ahead and smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. >>> developing news in san jose. a hazmat team right now is at the scene of a huge early morning fire. this one started at a garden supply store. firefighters say the

uc- berkeley police is the lead agency on this. they are not providing much about the accident and now we know that no one inside of the building was hurt. as i said dozens of the students were evacuated for about two hours from about 3:00 a.m. until about 5:00 this morning. >> mark: we will update you in a plant on an advocate expect it happened. >> darya: we now have the 31st murder of the year that happened just last night. heyman was stabbed to death and a safeway grocery store. will tran is live there outside the store with the details on what happened. >> will: we walked inside of the store just a few minutes ago. it happened right there in the heart of the store right next to the cash registers. it was only a few feet away from where people checkout. there were customers inside when the murder took place. here's the information that we got from last night there was a phone call given to authorities saying that there was a man injured in time of the store. the paramedics came and they realize he did not collapse because of a

there is a program where if you take 28 units and you get 3.65 and above, you have a direct path to uc-berkeley for better, stanford. [laughter] i forgot this was being televised. [laughter] i met albert and we started the firm in 1988. that is 25 years ago. we employed over 25 people. quite a few of them, members of this city college. let me tell you, we hear a lot of negative things about the community college. but i must assure you, that in terms of technical expertise and great educators, we have absolutely the best teachers in the nation. [applause] i can guarantee you we will be preserving them. i have, behind me, my wonderful family, my wife jenny, my two twins -- one of them. adriano and alexander santos. alexander graduated from ucla and is a proud member of the famous structural engineering firm of santos and urrutia. my daughter is a graduate of boston university. she works for the san francisco international terminal marketing division. born and raised san franciscans. i want to encourage everyone out there listening that this is the best city to raise a family. regarding a few of t

i wanted to mention that according to the sustainability research center at uc-berkeley, households can0.5 tons of carbon emissions annually through car sharing. this type of program was certainly have an amendment to benefit. congratulations once again to bmw. welcome to san francisco and please call me welcome the doctor to the stage. [applause] >> hopefully this microphone is working. what a pleasant to surprised to see the sun shining. i am impressed with the connections you have. it is my pleasure to give you a bit of the background as to what we are actually talking about. i think there are many trends across the world but i will try to be brief in analyzing them. there is no doubt that there is a growing population in the world today. that population is being focused on cities. here we are in san francisco. if we look at any of the forecasts over the next 20 years, up to a half of the population, 3.5 billion people, will live in cities. they will live in an urban environment. it is already happening in asia and south america where there is a migration toward the great cities of t

a mixed report card at uc berkeley where it was the first day of the school year. the annual briefing, the administration gives the school an a for how well it weathered the budget crisis in spite of turmoil and downturns, the school maintains high standards and reputation. the outlook for the school's future depends on what california voters do on election day come november. >> that does not part, we have a very significant budget cut that is possible. >> there is a lot of uncertainty. if huh to catch someone. >> they're said they will make no cuts in teaching and research. despite the deep cuts from the state. >> across the bay, a san francisco state university was move in day. many of the tuition hikes in recent years for the average student on campus now carrying about a $12,000 loan. >> they have set sail and it's a sight to see. the mifrt americas cup world series race in the bay area is now history. the race crews and fans are back on dry land. lauren scott joins us live. quite a day, huh? >> really nice action today here at marina green. they wrapped up not

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