on uc berkeley property are down compared to last year.g we're waiting to hear back from uc berkeley police about these most recent robberies and whether police continue to keep up the patrols they stepped up back in october. live at uc berkeley allie rasmus ktvu. >>> police are investigating a shooting that put a 23-year-old man in the hospital. it happened sometime around 9:00 last night at euclid avenue and bell street. shortly after they responded to the activity they received a call about a gunshot victim at the hospital. the man is in stable condition and is expected to survive. anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the police department. >>> and a stray bullet hit a young woman last night in richmond. the bullet was fire department from the street into a home on waller avenue near 37th 37th street. shot responder picked up at least nine rounds being fired. the victim was struck in the lower back and airlift today a trauma center. >>> we just got off the phone with sfo and the airport is reporting that three fl

>> next at 6:00, why campus police have suddenly increased patrols at uc berkeley. >>> a small fire could force more than three dozen people from from their homes for the ohio. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> good evening, and thank you for joinings, i'm ama daetz. >>> uc berkeley police are investigating five robberies on or near campus. yesterday morning, two students were robbed on derby street. cornell bernard is live from campus. reporter: there's a real effort by uc police toback more visible on campus in the wake of these robberies. tonight they'll be deploying this mobile command center to a location on campus to serve consecutive fee, hot chocolate, and a bit of education about how to keep students safe. >> i still try to always look behind me. >> some uc berkeley students are taking more precautions after reading tweets from uc police about robberies around campus this week. the latest saturday morning in willard park. students taking pictures of a meteor shower were robbed by two men who stole their cameras, phones, and cash. the victims were not hurt on thursday two were robb

. >> next at 6:00, why campus police have suddenly increased patrols at uc berkeley. >>> a small firethe ohio. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> good evening, and thank you for joinings, i'm ama daetz. >>> uc berkeley police are investigating five robberies on or near campus. yesterday morning, two students were robbed on derby street. cornell bernard is live from campus. reporter: there's a real effort by uc police toback more visible on campus in the wake of these robberies. tonight they'll be deploying this mobile command center to a location on campus to serve consecutive fee, hot chocolate, and a bit of education about how to keep students safe. >> i still try to always look behind me. >> some uc berkeley students are taking more precautions after reading tweets from uc police about robberies around campus this week. the latest saturday morning in willard park. students taking pictures of a meteor shower were robbed by two men who stole their cameras, phones, and cash. the victims were not hurt on thursday two were robbed of laptops and phones. and on december 10th, female student

. >> a rash of armed robberies targeting students on and around the uc berkeley campus. tonight police are making themselves visible. >> the navy's training plan that could endanger marine mammals living off the california coast. >> rest in peace. yours was truly a long walk to freedom. >> a final goodbye in south africa. the country's greatest son, nelson mandela, is laid to rest. good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm ama daetz. it was the end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner turned president who transformed the nation. our reporter is in south africa with the story. >> today marks the end of an extraordinary journey that began 95 years ago. >> in front of 95 candles, one for each year of his life. a stream of family, friend, dignitaries, emotionally remembered the life and struggle of the antiapartheid icon. with full military honors nelson mandela is carried to his final resting place. his casket draped with the south african flag as the funeral mixed tradition with tribute. the coffin stood on a rug of skins in from of president zuma and the extend

>> a man killed in an avalanche of only old spent a good part of his life in the bay area, the uc berkeley graduate is the first to die in the avalanche in ski season. >> >> 29-year-old mike kazanjy was with five others near jackson hole, wyoming resort. he triggered an avalanche. >> a big avalanche. >> a big moving, turning, monster. >> fellow skiers tried c.p.r. to save him. he was outside the resort boundary in the back country where the thrill are bigger, but so is the risk. >> you literally have seconds to try and get out of the way. >> he grew up in southern california and moved to the bay area to attend uc berkeley and became the captain of cal's ski team and graduated with a degree in economic and public policy. the family said he lived life with a full heart. he loved his family, his skiing buddies and san francisco. his friends are expressing their grief on instagram saying today is a sad day in the mountains. mike kazanjy's death came during the second back country avalanche this week. >>> in colorado, a man watched his brother get buried alive and he could barely breathe if ten

the university of san francisco, san francisco spca provides dogs uc berkeley dogs are from a nonprofit rescue foundation. these dogs so popular with students they come to uc berkeley every month to help students there. >> that is a great idea. speaking of tony larusa, founder of animal rescue foundation learned he's joining baseball immortals one dog is dressed in the cardinals red in honor of the last team. they brought into the hall of fame along with bobby cox and joe tori. >> we're so excited tony and his good friends made it into the hall of fame. with over 75 >> during 90s early 90s inspired by a spray cat that darted onto the field. it's a no kill shelter that finds homes for pets. just hoping people will congratulate by making donations in his name. >> candle stick park? you know giants used to play there until they got their own right? . the time in san francisco recreation and parks department put seats on sale this morning the only come in pairs at a price of $749 for two. price of a ticket, right? season ticket holteders were awill youed to buy them about a month ago. the s

uc berkeley police are investigating five robberies in the last week on or near campus. the most recent yesterday morning. two students were robbed on derby street near willard park. abs news 7 has a look at the police response. >> i still try to always look behind me. >> reporter: some uc berkeley students are taking more precautions after reading tweets from uc police about robberies around campus this week. the latest happened saturday morning in willard park. students taking pictures of a meteor shower were robbed by two men in their 20s who stole their cameras, phones and cash. the victims weren't hurt. late thursday, two others weret on bancroft and telegraph avenues. december 10th a female student walking home on this street was robbed by two teens with guns who stole her wallet and phone. leann's thinking about her safety. >> everybody tells me to like, don't walk at night, there's been so many robberies. and it's pretty sketchy. >> reporter: uc police have stepped up patrols, becoming more visible. officers warn students not to be a target. >> just be aware of y

a rash of robberies near uc-berkeley has police on high alert, increasing patrols. story coming up. >> a water main break at san jose and mineta, prompting an evacuation of one of its terminals. we are following that story for you. >> a report is due out today on the findings from lechers fire at the chevron refinery plant in richmond. we will have a preview. >> there is a stall on the west

it is finals week at uc berkeley as police spent the early morning hours looking into four robberies and one attempted robbery that took place last week. they are trying to ensure the campus body that they will be safe after a woman was attacked early yesterday morning. we'll tell you who police say the thieves are targeting coming up in a live report at 6:30. >>> it is 6:07. and this morning we are learning new details about a school shooting that left a teenager girl in a coma. today arapahoe high school in centennial, colorado, will remain closed until at least wednesday. right now 17-year-old claire davis is still clinging to life after being shot in the head by her classmate. 18-year-old carl pearson shot her. 17-year-old claire davis was shot at point-blank range but was not specifically targeted. pearson was upset with a teacher after being benched on the debate team. he turned the gun on himself when officers arrived at the school. the shooting was over in just 80 seconds. we'll have continuing coverage of the tragedy in colorado including the update from a reporter outside t

. >> a memorial was held earlier today at uc berkeley. it was the scene of many protests back in the 80s, including demands that the university divest itself of financial holdings in south africa. the schools did that in 1986 and mandela later called it a turning point in abolishing white minority rule in his country. >> and we are learning more disturbing details about yesterday's shooting at a suburban denver high school. investigators say the 18-year- old gunman was armed from head to toe and was bent on revenge. police allowed students back into the parking lot at arapahoe high school saturday to pick up their cars. one day after an 18-year-old student, identified as karl pierson opened fire with a shotgun. critically wounding claire davis, before taking his own life. >> before we see it in another part of the world, now it has come into our home. >> investigators viewed surveillance video from inside the school that shows pierson shot davis point-blank in the head before heading to the school's library. they say he had a machete. sho

several of them were within a mile of the uc berkeley campus. berkeley and uc berkeley police are working together to patrol the areas where the recent robberies have happened. they're also working with b.a.r.t. police to investigate robberies near the ashby bart station. >>> this morning terminal a is back open at san jose's airport a day after it was flooded by a water main break. crews worked throughout the night to dry out carpets and test operating systems. half of the security check point lanes will be open this morning but officials say they do not expect that to cause significant delays. this was not the case yesterday when standing water forced airlines to cancel one flight and delay several others. >> under the circumstances it looks like it was a pretty devastating situation as far as the timing and everything else. i mean monday morning commute can be pretty crazy. >> this morning passengers are being advised to arrive at least 90 minutes early for domestic flights and two hours early for international flights. that's the normal reco

oc c chief trial attorney and i attended a presentation at the school of law at uc berkeley and it was on analyzing the police encounters with the public. and it was sponsored by the uc berkeley graduate school of education and the speaker was ucsd, sociology professor dr. jeffrey raymond and he presented his initial findings from a large scale observational study of police encounters with the report. and he determined from his initial data, that when an officer acknowledges, registers and responds to a civilians, verbal participation in the encounter and in other words, when the officer acknowledges that the civilian is requesting something that cooperation by that civilian can increase 20-fold, and reduce the use of force and during this presentation, he also expects his thanks to the san francisco police department that participated in the study and he said that all ten district stations participated in the city, and there were other police departments that participated as well. and those police departments that had, the video cameras in their cars and they relied on those videos fo

a rash of robberies near uc-berkeley has police on high alert, increasing patrols. we will have more on this story coming up. >> a water main break at san jose and mineta, prompting an evacuation of one of its terminals. we are following that story for you. >> a report is due out today on the findings from lechers fire at the chevron refinery plant in richmond. we will have a preview. >> there is a stall on the west span, the old suspension span of the bay bridge. the right hand lane is blocked. not only do we see traffic backing up in the toll plaza there is also slow traffic all the way across the span. the drive time is pushing towards 18 minutes and not so much because of the back of but the slow traffic that you still will encounter. >> we are waking up to temperatures not as cold as they have been the past couple weeks. most locations are above freezing 36 degrees right now in concord. we are waking up to clear skies and we do have patchy fog. all the time we reach the afternoon, we're talking 70's. oakland will have a high of 69 degrees. i will break down res

the department's policies and procedures which are 10-15 years old which are in partnership with uc berkeley and two-thirds are almost complete and a 30 more under the revision. we hired staff and developed training and we achieved 100 percent compliance for the last 4 years. every single employee of the department has received one. we received 100 percent compliance for training for correctional requirements for one staff. that is extremely difficult to do. implemented and risk and needs assess many. -- assessment and using based practices. we developed risked base policies and currently upgraded to a new electronic management system that will replace the old one. all of these reforms have resulted in 2013 in july received the award for the american probation award which is as far as you can come from where we started out so many years ago with all the of these deficiencies. the city has realized the significant return on this investment. >> okay. two more. in 2013 the completion rate of 78 percent. 51 percent of our clients are ab 109 clients are completing their 12-month supervision satis

. >>> a uc berkeley official is dead. he was biking when he sweefed -- shifted to watch out for a pike -- skate border. >>> a woman lost $2,000 to a scammer who replaced his call back number with the police department. he call and told her he would take her to the police. when the woman got the called the number back she got the phone system and realize she was scammed. >>> tomorrow is the last day to sign up for insurance. >>reporter: for the tens of thousand of california waiting for health coverage it's a week away. you have to sign up by tomorrow before it will kick im. >> do it online. go to a local agent. that's the best way to do. >> you can call the phone center but there can be more then half a hour wait. it will get longer as the dead line nears. enrollment doubles from october to november. last week 23,000 people were enrolling per day. older californians are enrolling more. they need more younger and healthier enrollees to enroll. >> they expected people to sign up. >> we are committed. every californian that

he went to school at uc berkeley and an employee of hotwire. a statement released says that he loved his family, cal bears, skiing buddies and san francisco. >> from louisiana overnight, a hospital worker is dead after a crime spree. authorities say a 38-year-old man identified as ben free man drove to the hospital and shot his ex-wife's sister, mother, and father killing the former mother-in-law and then shot and killed a hospital administrator at the hospital that he used to work for and wounded the man's wife. his current wife was found dead in the couple's home. investigators say free man, worked at three hospitals in the area in the past few years. >> today, we will get insight into the police investigation into last year's new stun shooting massacre. police will release throughs of pages of documents including text, photos and 9-1-1 calls to sandy hook elementary school after 20 children were murdered and six adults. >> >> bizarre story from san jose where a, worry was rescued from the back of a garbage truck. this happened at 6:00 last n

. ♪ >> today's event was held at the uc berkeley campus.t was there students gathered back in the '80s. today, people were encouraged to think about the role they can play in current struggles for justice. >> it is an opportunity to reflect, to find the part of you where mandela's spirit lives, the spirit of integrity, of love, of compassion, the spirit of fighting for what is right. >> the campus vigil was scheduled in time to correspond with sunrise in south africa, where the country is preparing to bury the former president. >>> hundreds gathered to cheer, sing and cry as the hearse carrying nelson mandela's coffin returned the late south african president to his childhood home. mandela will be laid to rest in the village of qunu. some people waited several hours to pay tribute to the antiapartheid hero. a convoy of police and military vehicles accompanied the hearse to the mandela family compound. >>> ktvu will be airing nelson mandela's funeral live on our air this evening. coverage begins tonight at 11:00 and is expected to last about

. >> uc berkeley graduate has become the first person to die in an avalanche this season. he was an avid skier and moved to jackson hole, wyoming from san francisco. >> it's a risk. that is what it was. >> billy shared a ski house with mike a couple years ago and says strong sense of adventure. >> very experienced with a group of very experienced people. and they did most of the right things but you can never be too careful. >> he he had all of the safety gear when friends found him outside of the boundaries of the resort the doctor attempted to revive him. his brother arrived today the two grew up in orange county. and moved to the bay area. >> he had shovels and what not. so my understanding they're able to find him quickly. and unfortunately unable to revive him. >> his family saying mike lived life with a full the heart loved his family, skiing buddies and san francisco. >> the big take away is that mike lived with a lot of love to people around him. and for him, as well. >> according to experts, the laugh lafrj type tend to break at your feet. >> a california man plea

people near the uc berkeley campus are on alert after a rash of robberies. the latest was early saturday morning on derby street. two students say they were just going to the park to watch a meteor shower when two men approached from behind. the victims were held up at gunpoint. >> it is like the wild west now. people walk up to you. no fear. they are willing to give me your phone or else. >> reporter: the suspects were a couple of men in their 20s. if you have any information about the hold up, police would like to hear from you. >>> a chilling story out of ohio where the body of a missing nine-year-old girl was found in a dumpster. hours after her parents reported her missing yesterday. police have arrested 24-year- old neighbor jared metzger for the murder. sources say he lived down the street about was a friend of the family. >> reporter: my best friend she was indestructible. hard to believe that something like this could happen to her. >> reporter: metzger is the only person arrested in connection with the girl's death and is set to be arraigned on cha

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>>reporter: at uc berkeley students protested leading the way in the anti-apartheid movement not the only one in the east bay dock workers refused to unload south african good. in san francisco reverend brown and third baptist church had for years collected money for the anti-apartheid cause. >> my church directed the first sign in the city the protesting apartheid back in the 1980's. >>reporter: it was mandela only visit to the bay area. one that still touches so many. >> i wouldn't have missed it. i just wouldn't v. we have a lot of work to do. struggle continues on. >>reporter: this is abc 7 new news. >> oakland congresswoman lee issued a statement today saying quote his legacy will live on forever and how we live our lives and fight for freedom an justice in a multi-racial society. and this from governor brown. his cranial us life shows what is possible when one acts on his convictions. president obama said today that nelson mandela now belongs to the ages. he was 95 years old and had been in failing health for some tim time. >> now later at 9:30 you will hear from mandela's jail

. >>> uc berkeley will take on a new policy for reducing energy.l will recommend energy efficient designs for construction projects and propose ways to create comfortable study spaces out installing air conditioning. uc berkeley has taken cost saving measures for installing light fixtures. >>> and beginning tomorrow bart and muni riders will see an increase in ticket prices. on average bart passengers will pay an extra 19 cents per ride. it is part of a program to generate $325 million to be spent on upgrading the system. on wednesday muni prices will also increase to $15 for a one- day pass. $23 for three days. and $29 for seven days. meantime bart work is continuing on a bart extension to antioch. over the past few months a three story high maintenance bidding, bus stop kiosk, and parking lot surfaces have become visible for those driving along highway 4. its scheduled to open in late 201. the trains will run down the middle of highway 4. >>> his poll numbers may be dun down but president obama appears to be the number one admired man in the coun

year was 1985 and the students were from uc berkeley. california assembly woman nancy skinner was the leader of the student difficult vest committee. >> it was students and city leaders and it was the if is to difficult vest 1979 so there was already activism. >>reporter: there were daily rally at this plaza. students quickly began camping out. berkeley police staged a raid and arrested does he says of protestors. one leader of those demonstrations was student body president pedro. who spoke to us by skype from new york. >> i think our protest played in a role in elevating the issue and generating broad support for the issue. >> all that is left of the future is now. >>reporter: by now the movement had gained a lot of media attention and interest of professor, celebrity and lawmakers. >> ask the question what the hell is the university of california doing making profit from slave system in 1986? a then speaker of the calf assembly will brown was in serrated to address the crowd and help convince the uc regent to vote to withdraw the univ

live at uc berkeley, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank for the update. to the weather now, and there is another spare the air alert for tomorrow nap's nine straight days with the wood burning. that's a new record. here's a live look at the bay bridge in downtown san francisco. and our meteorologist joins us now. rob, some people are having problems breathing as well? >> yes, if you have any respiratory issues or asthma, things can get considerably worse. when we see levels like we do around the bay area, it's not just the south bay or the east bay, but also the north bay and now towards the coast we're seeing poor air quality because of the a slight shift in the winds, turning just a little bit offshore. not strong enough to mix out the smoke and push it away from the bay area, but just kind of move it around. the winds are slightly offshore. overnight tonight, we will see the spare the air alert that will take us into monday and probably through tuesday, which i think will make us have our tenth spare the air day in a row before the winds increase wedne

two suspects who attacked and rob add female student on the 2500 block just a few blocks from the uc-berkeley campus. chase cain live in berkeley this morning. one of the robbers could be as young as 14? >> reporter: 14 years old and the second robber wasn't even much older. we are about four blocks south of the berkeley campus, that attack happened about a block or two away from where we are. this was tuesday evening around 8:30, a female student, 21, she was walking away from campus when she says these two robbers approached her, pushed her up against the wall and sort of physically attacked her, taking her cell phone and her wallet. now, fortunately she only had minor injuries but the two robbers got away. here is a description she was able to give police. the first suspect is a black male, about 14 years old, only 5'4" with a thin build, he had a shaved head wearing a maroon headed sweatshirt with black pants. the second a black female, slightly older and taller, had her hair in a ponytail wearing a black jacket and jeans. the two got away in a beige 2000 jeep and the victim believes it w

he went to school at uc berkeley and a former employee of hot wire. he loved the cal bears and san francisco according to the relatives. >> from san jose, a, worry was rescued from the back of a garbage truck. at five o'clock last night the san jose fire department says the man suffered a broken ankle and the department's search-and-rescue team was called to pull the injured worker out. he is expected to be okay. no word on how he helped up in the back of a garbage truck in the first place. >> a.c. transit bus workers will vote own a new contract after a tentative deal last friday was reached. members voted down two previous offers. union leaders are fought revealing details of the new proposal but they say they were able to make changes that the rank and file asked for. >>> this morning, vallejo police have two men in custody in a string of armed robberies after arresting one for attempted murder. 20-year-old is accuses of shooting a 22-year-old man december 8 that sent the victim interest a coma during the arrest on monday, that they took 19-year-ol

. >> anti-apartheid protest students took place here in the 1980s at uc berkeley.luding a sit in and rallies that brought thousands of students. >> demonstrators scuffled with police and more than 150 people were arrested. >> students, community people here again overnight all day long in solidarity to ask our regions to divert. >> nancy skinner now a state assemblywomen, was a student who led the anti-investment committee. >> we felt we were morally i am ply crated in the regime that was denying the people of south africa their freedom, their ability to participate in government and other parts of democracy. >> larry wright harass a longshoremen unloading ships at port. he recalls how union members refused to remove cargo off ships. >> every day there was a demonstration. every day the longshoremen refused to work. they tried to negotiate to get the ship unloaded but we refus refused. >> reporter: the movement gain momentum. >> until the world stood with south africa through means of divestment it's struggle would never have reached its fruitful conclusion. >> rep

stanford and uc-berkeley haas. take it away shows us how schools are catering to students' startup dreams. >> reporter: off campus, in downtown berkeley, the top floor of this office building looks like a startup company. right down to the fun and games in the workplace. we're at the skydeck accelerator. it's actually a group of about two dozen startups all founded by uc-berkeley students. >> just even on a personal level it feels great to be building something. >> reporter: traditional mba programs have had to change course because of students like mitch gordon. he left corporate life in new york city to come to the haas school of business. >> the students want to start companies. they are coming in with that idea, more so than i think has ever happened before. >> reporter: the dream is to follow the path of successful cal startups like the crowd funding site indiegogo or the test prep startup magoo. andre marquis says the entrepreneur track is so popular it's tough for the school to keep up. >> when we're trying

uc berkeley earthquake researchers kyle stinbrugey took these pictures of this house.ith a crack along the garage and between the first and second stories. 44 years later that same house still shows some signs of the earthquake. cracks right there on the gradual just below the mail slot. some say houses should never have been built along these coastal cliffs right on top of one of the most active homes. to homes along west line drive that have had to be demolished in recent years because the ground gave way beneath them. they set a top acliff 700 feet high. a cliff that in wet weather became a landslide. >> that landslide moved in 1906 yet they built houses on the very top of the landslide in the 50s. >> jason: now hundreds of houses along a 15-mile stretch of coastline sit atop of a development that engineers say is a disaster. was it a lesson not learned in the 1950s earthquake? >> it should have been more of a quake up call than it was. the saddest thing is it caused major damage and they continued development in that area. >> reporter: ilene says she was so shook u

sit ins and mass arrests at uc berkeley to force the campus to cut ties with corporations linked with the appar tide regime. the board of regions voted to digress. mandela's visit was emotional for the east bay. >> i will never, ever forget it. ever. >> skinner says south africa's hard fought victory was one the east bay shared. >> it was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residents could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. >> in oakland, kristen ayers, kpix5. >> another bay area politician involved, willie brown. he served as the host when mandela made his bay area visit in 1990. >> there are some bay area services to honor nelson mandela. the group are both in the planning stages. the memorial church plans to hold its service this sunday. and you can see mandela's life in pictures and president obama's full remarks on our website, kpix.com. >> check out these people trying to keep warm. they are dressing in sweaters, heavy coats, hats. hugging puppies whenever possible. paul has been out there tonight. it has gone below freezing. >> it was 39 a

he went to school in uc berkeley and just moved to jackson hole from san francisco. a selfie photo could land him in jail. releasing this image of the guy. he is one of two who robbed a woman in august. two people demanded her cell phone and a necklace and ran away. they investigated his stolen phone to take a picture of himself. they didn't realize that it uploads photographs to the vehicle's computer. if you recognize him, call the cops. >> american military members are free after spending several hours in custody. the u.s. state department said they were detained for several hours. they tell us the four were signed to the american embassy and conducting a standard review of evacuation routes when arrested at a security check point. the u.s. announced they were stepping up support for libya's forces. on september 11th, you will remember four americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi, libya. starting tomorrow, more than a million americans will lose unemployment benefits. the government is ending their program for 1.3 million people. california is home

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uc berkeley official is dead following a tproebg accident. steve monzono was biking along the greenway when he swerved to avoid a skateboarder and smashed into a fence. his heart stopped and paramedics were unable to revive him. >>> people use caller id to avoid annoying phone calls but a woman lost $2,000 to a scanner who replaced his call back number with the police department. he called claiming to have a warrant for her arrest and threatened to take her kids if she did not pay up. thinking the call was legitimate she sent the money and then the woman called the february back and got the police automated phone system and realized she had been scammed. >> >>> tomorrow is the deadline to sign up for health insurance. for the tens of thousands of californians waiting for health coverage, the holy grail say little more than a week away. you have to sign up by tomorrow. >> do it on-line. go to a local insurance agent, go to a office enrollment counselor that is the best way to do it. >> reporter: you can call covered california phone center but

well, the halls of uc berkeley may never sound the same again.his grand organ is the newest edition. it replaces an electric org onand brings a richer experience. >> it provides a really important recycling instrument with 35 stops and 3,000 pipes so it is a bit of a big piece of equipment on campus. it gives the students access to the different kinds of music. >> it was built in 1982 and referbishd. >>> one effort longest holiday traditions is back. visitors are knocking to christmas tree lane. >> i think it is great they are willing to let the kids stomp all over their yards to sit on the slay and hear "twas the night before christmas". >> it is in the 73rd year. you can see it for yourself through december 31st. roberta is joining us now to tell fuss -- us if you would have great weather. >> it is great. high pressure, helping the cold snap coming to an end it is the cold front allowing the air mass stay here in the bay area. kicking up high surf. up to 10 feet. off of the ocean beach today. good evening everybody. in fact, currently, air temp

. >> some uc berkeley students are taking more precautions after reading tweets from uc police about robberies around campus this week. the latest saturday morning in willard park. students taking pictures of a meteor shower were robbed by two men who stole their cameras, phones, and cash. the victims were not hurt on thursday two were robbed of laptops and phones. and on december 10th, female student walking home on this street was robbed by two teens with gucks who stole her wallet and phone. the crimes have lyanne thinking about her safety. >> everybody told me to, don't walk at night because there's been so many robberies and it's pretty sketchy. >> uc police have stepped up patrols, becoming more visible. officers warned students not to be a tank. >> just be aware of your surroundings. walk in well-lit areas, pay attention what is going on around you. don't be so engrossed with your cell phone, i.e. ex-texting, talking on your phone, looking at the internet. >> i want to be safe. >> many students are taking advantage of nighttime walking escorts and shuttles. >> sometimes call u

wilson directs and services as lead investigator for uc berkeley's occupational and environmental health >> could you say there may have been exposurest that happenedt at this fire station that contributed to the development of cancer? that is plausible. >> reporter: an epidemiologist said cancer clusters in general are rare. but several san jose firefighters say the concerns of station five are not limited to cancers. they also point out a series of environmental exposures during more than a decade. >> the reputation was that it was a dirty place to work, a place to stay away from if you could and that if you worked there you would be exposed to things you wouldn't bet at other stations. >> reporter: fire station five sits at a highly industrial part of the city. for years firefighters raised concerns about problems with air quality. and the bay area air quality management district has determined station five as located in a, quote, toxic air contaminant zone. several studies have not identified harmful levels of contamination. perhaps the greatest concerns center on the belief that sta

. ♪[ music ] >>> a memorial for nelson mandela at uc-berkeley's sproul plaza recalls the university'se in the struggles to end apartheid in the 1980s. the plaza was the scene of many protests against apartheid and demands that the university divest itself of financial holdings in south africa. the university finally divested in 1986. mandela later said he felt the uc divestment was a turning point in abolishing white rule in south africa. >>> a year ago today 26 people were gunned down at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. the school has since been torn down. and the city chose not to hold any kind of public events asking for privacy instead. at the governor's request, church bells rang at 9:30 a.m. that is the time adam lanza shot aid every his way into the school and began -- that adam lanza shot his way into the school and began his rampage before killing himself. president obama observed a moment of silence at the white house this morning. they lit 26 candles one for each of the victims killed at sandy hook. and in his weekly radio address, the president made an

and some of uc berkeley staff and so with all of this way inconvenience our customers and we are stacked with our own staff. and so it is really two main reasons that we pick up at the statement and particular location for the pilot. and if you move towards the up left and the landings and the upper and the lower landings is where the incidents occurred and the unlawful activity occurred including some of the staff get assaulted here in these locations and then, on the lower left is a typical entrance which is no identification, where you walk on the street and even meet as the architect or if you pull it right on the market street, i cannot tell that this is a power street verses the montgomery station entrance and so by providing a heed of house and provides the availability and then, last but most importantly, when it was the lower right corner, is the weather impact and the water and sometimes the human waste and the significant amount of debris from the street, have accumulated at the bottom of the escalator which is a huge volume areas for the liability and the intensity of the mai

. >>> a string of robberies near the uc-berkeley campus has police and students on alert. there have been five thefts in the area recently. the thieves were armed and three of them. police say they have increased foot patrols in the area and are working with berkeley police on a joint robbery suppression team. uc officials say robberies on campus are actually down from last year. >>> health experts are considering an unlicensed vaccine to prevent the spread of meningitis at uc-santa barbara. four students were diagnosed with bacterial meningitis last month. three recovered. the fourth had both feet amputated. government and school officials are trying to determine if the vaccine bexsero would be effective against the illness. princeton university got permission to use it after eight students there got sick. >>> nelson mandela's funeral gets under way in just a few hours. how south africans are now looking to the future. >> and much of the midwest and northeast covered in snow and ice. nearly 1,000 flights canceled but not everyone was stopped in his tracks. >> stay with me

. >>> today, uc berkeley is expected to announce a new naming rights deal for the field at memorial stadium. under the 15-year, $18 million deal, the field will now be called kabam field. kabam is a video game producer for mobile devices. the money will be used to help pay off the $321 renovation and earthquake retrofitting of memorial stadium. >>> excellent attendance good classroom behavior are paying off for 200 oakland school kids. the howard elementary school kids are being treated to the zoo and met some as players. santa made a special appearance. each child received a wrapped gift. the as players are visiting seer your lus ill center today at the care center at the george markum house. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >>> up next on "echo company." dining out green. >> all the disposables we use here are made out of biodegradable, compostable plastic. >> it's not just about the food on your plate. >> ready to get your feet dirty? definitely fun to walk on. >> we're chipping in to build a house. >> plus, we're headed out to the farm to see how these fruits and vegg

. >>> well, here in the bay area, a memorial for nelson mandela at uc berkeley's plaza recalled the university's role in the struggle to end apartheid. in the 1980s , it was the scene of many protests against apartheid. the university's finally divested in 1986. >>> tonight, we are learning more about the 18-year-old who opened fire at a colorado high school shooting a fellow student before killing himself. wendy gillete has more. >> reporter: the students were allowed back into the parking lot at arapahoe high school to get their cars but they could not go back in the school to get their belongs after an 18- year-old student named carl pierceon wounded claire davis before taking his own life. >> now it has come right into our home. >> investigators have viewed surveillance videos from inside the school that shows pierceon shot her point-blank in the head before heading to the library. he had a machete, a shotgun, am mission strapped to his body and three malitov cocktails. he ignited one of them. that is when the sheriff's deputy arrived. ant a minute and 27 seconds after entering the school, p

it is finals week at uc berkeley and campus police spent the early morning hours reaching out to students in the string of robberies on campus. there have been four robberies and one attempted robbery in the latest week. students are taking cell phones and other electronics. officers stayed out until 2:00 this morning serving hot chocolate to students studying at the library. police set up their mobile command center in front of a hall where the student was attacked earlier yesterday morning. students say they are on edge. >> it is scary because libraries are open 24 hours a day and people take advantage of that because it's finals week. it is always terrifying when you are on campus and you have a lot of other things on your mind. >> police have made no arrests. >>> a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after a routine surgery. shortly after having her tonsils removed, doctors at the children's hospital in oakland determined she had swelling in her brain and declared her legally brain dead. overnight we talked to a family member who said the hospital should have done more. >> absolutely

. >>> a uc berkeley official is killed in a freak accident. steve moranza was biking along the greenway when he swerved to avoid a skate border and crashed into a fence. his heart stopped and paramedics were unable to revive him. he was an assistant manager for the university's office of environment health and safety. >>> a scandal conned a vallejo mother. the suspect called claiming to have a warrant for her arrest and threatened to take her kids. when the woman called the number back, she got the police department's automated phone system. the scammer had somehow replaced the phone number with vallejo pd. >>> if you want health coverage undercover california, you have to sign up by the end of the day. thousands are flocking to the website daily. there's one particular group that has been slow in signing up. >> for the 10s of thousands waiting for health coverage, the holy grail is a week away. >> do it online. go to a local insurance agent. a county officer. >> you can also call the cover california phone center. but there can be a half hour

. >>> starting tomorrow uc berkeley will take on a new energy policy aimed at saving energy and reducing cost. the office will recommend energy efficient designs for construction projects. the college has already taken cost saving measures by installing energy efficient light fixtures and installing sensors that turn off lights when they are not in use. >>> flu season is under way in the bay area. health officials say there is still time. including fever, aches, and coughing. cases of influenza a jumped 20% in the past two weeks at kizers region. the last week of december is the typical start of flu season. >>> the king tides are appearing along coastal areas around the bay area. so far they are not causing much flooding. flooding did force cal tran to shut down some streets but flooding has been minimal. high tide reached nearly 7,000 feet. the tides are expected to stay around through thursday. if you are heading to the beach be careful. >>> 4:40 is the time. getting ready for new years eve. the celebration firefighters want everyone to avoid and the fines you can face. >>> history is

a spike in crime on the uc berkeley campus.ieves are -- stealing. >>> and we're looking at another cold night and spare the air alert. >> touchdown 49ers. >> the 49ers with a big win in tampa bay. we have reaction and post game from the 49ers on xfinity sports sunday. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer and thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. we are on right now because of sunday night football. we begin with new information from berkeley. police are stepping up patrols after a spike in robbery, four in less than a week. thieves are targeting students late at night and taking cell phones an other -- and other electronics, sometimes at gunpoint. and monty is live, i would guess many students are up studying. >> campus police are urging students not to walk alone but walk in groups. if you are alone, there are code blue phones all over campus, you press that blue button and you are immediately connected to campus police. >> with finals week at hand, students are burning the midnight oil and robbers

students on the uc berkeley campus are on alert after five robberies just last week. the latest was yesterday morning. a 21-year-old student was walking on campus when a man forced her to the grind tried to steal her purse. she scream and the suspect ran away. police were unable to find him. >>> take a good look at this picture. the fbi is hoping this neighbor beard will help nab -- fake beard will help nab this guy. he is known as the p bad beard ban kit. looks like former giant brian wilson, but it is not him. his most recent robberies were earlier this month in dublin and sunnyvale. >>> the board says the site which has been open rating atop mount hamilton since 1888 is low on the priority list when it comes to saving money. the plan is to cut costs gradually in 2016 and stop completely after 2018. >>> those telephone records secretly gathered by the nsa have been rule unconstitutional by a federal judge. he ruled that the nsa's bulk collection violates the constitution's band on unreasonable searches. but his decision is on hold pending a government appeal. the ob

last month, uc berkeley decided to include ecigarettes in its campus wide smoking ban. tonight at 7:00, a liveup date, including what the cdc is now saying about wider use among young people. >>> stilledders in sunnyvale are meeting to discuss what -- city leaders in sunnyvale are meeting tonight to discuss traffic near the stadium. city leaders there have concerns about overflow of traffic on game days. the $1.2 billion stadium is expected to be finished in time for the 2014 nfl season. in santa rosa tonight, city leaders there will be considering the set of guidelinest for proproposed developments next door to the stadium, including one that joe montana is involved with. montana's centennial gateway is a mixed use property that would include retail space, a restaurant and office space. >>> snow is falling in the sierra tonight where ski resorts are hoping it is just a sign of things to come. november brought only a little snow, especially compared to last year. snow was coming down this afternoon where we found a couple already hitting the slopes. >> man, first day sk

. >> hi california. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: right out of uc berkeley, she got a job workingwith at risk families. but getting her degree in social welfare was simple. compared to her job at home. >> help me with the breakfast? >> reporter: this is her two years ago, a junior at cal with full legal custody of all four of the younger siblings raising them in student housing, it's a job she knows well. >> i grew up bathing them and taught them how to walk and talk. >> reporter: everyone has a job. >> i have the garbage. >> i do the recycling. >> i do the bathroom. >> i clean the kitchen. >> reporter: shanita had a deferent dad and they all share the same mother who died of aids. she was a drug addict who would leave the children with shanita. >> she would steal our food in exchange for drugs. she would steal christmas presents and bikes. >> yours? >> yeah. mine, my brothers and sisters. >> reporter: kids went back into foster care when she went back to college. >> getting calls from the -- she was getting calls from the school if things were going on with the kids. if she was k