well, in a uc davis labratory, maul size translate to big ambitions. could put a microphone and get it to dance around. items on the table may look nan descript but could be the ancestors to the machine in your future. they are mobots. little ones that connect by using standard part making bigger adaptable ones. when you have a moving mob on the in the hand. this part moves and this part moves and all configurable and they put them together and these mobots can do all kinds of tasks. >> we are doing different ways of sensing the world and moving. robots are a building block like legos and more complicated. >> wylancame to uc davis as a opportunity and now in business with professor chang. they have learned that building a mobot is involved mechanical discipline as mankind has attempted. >> the mobots combines mechanical and electrical and software, basically computer science together. >> the day of our visit they spent one hour convincing that mobot to stand on its own. and now the courtesy if you will. it spun around and in practical terms they envisi

wayne reports that in a lab at uc davis they already exist. you know the line about boys and the size of the toys? well in a uc davis laboratory small size translates to big ambitions. >> that would be a cool thing to put a microphone on it and dance around to music. >>reporter: the items moving on the table may look non-descript but could become the ancestor to snens your future. >> they are mobile, mobile robot. >>reporter: little ones that connect with other little ones by using standard parts making bigger more adaptable ones. about when you have one of the moving robot in your hand it's like it's alive. >> this part moves. this part moves. all configured. they put them together and these robot do all kind of task. >> we talk about different ways of sensing the world. we are talking about different ways of moving l. robot are a building block. kind of like lego but a lot more complicated. >>reporter: grant came to uc davis as a student. now he's in business former professor chang. three years into this project the team has learned through

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 whether a sto

sju baseball team catches a road victory on tuesday defeating uc davis by a score of 13-1. the team will return home who defeated the spartans earlier in the year. plus the softball team set the last game of three game series by a score of 12-4 in six innings, will now do battle of the season at home against hawaii starting may 6 at 3:00 and i don't know about y'all. it's been a good week in sports and go sharks. >> oh, go sharks. >> thanks. >> and that does it for this week's edition of update news. thanks for staying up late with us and be sure to check us out on facebook. >> you can find us by checking on sju news. get some rest. and be sure to join us next week.

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ended up in 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

when you are on a vacation and get admitted, that probably would include trauma centers, uc-davis, etc., so that falls in, but our health plans do not negotiate hospital rates with them, so we pay whatever comes up there. again, kaiser is our largest provider of care. the other hospitals charge more, but it makes for a very small percentage of our total amount. sutter is the second highest in terms of cost per day. ucsf, interestingly enough, came out with the lowest cost per day, which is actually surprising when we were working with the data. this is a 12-month rolling measure of inpatient versus outpatient costs, so looking at this over the last few years, kaiser costs have remained pretty much the same at about $130 per member per month. there increase is in single digits. it is 8%. outpatient costs have increased 14% sen. more services are being delivered in the outpatient setting, and that is good. in terms of blue shield, their combined hospital data shows a double-digit increase for both, with 11% being the inpatient, at about $150 per member per month and 24% being the outpati

two of them are being treated right now at uc davis. >> i believe this is probably the widest outbreak of herpes. and potentially the greatest number of horses. >> reporter: the outbreak has been traced to a horse show held earlier this month. it was only after 800 horses returned to their home stables across the west that authorities realized they all may have been exposed. matt farley cancelled his trip to a sacramento show this weekend. >> we were set to go, and of course we got up close to the show. and went to a friend's ranch and that is when we were informed of the outbreak. >> they are our friends that are pets, we take good care of them. some of them born here they are also our livelihood and we're concerned about our customers and their animals and the potential for death. >> reporter: after symptoms appear it may be too late. veterinarians say if your horse was exposed to check their temperature every day. >> the equine herpes virus-1 is hard to spot. symptoms include fever, sneezering, staggering or loss of balance even partial paralysis. the virus cannot be spread to peopl

two of them are being treated right now at uc davis. >> i believe this is probably the widest outbreaklly the greatest number of horses. >> reporter: the outbreak has been traced to a horse show held earlier this month. it was only after 800 horses returned to their home stables across the west that authorities realized they all may have been exposed. matt farley cancelled his trip to a sacramento show this weekend. >> we were set to go, and of course we got up close to the show. and went to a friend's ranch and that is when we were informed of the outbreak. >> they are our friends that are pets, we take good care of them. some of them born here they are also our livelihood and we're concerned about our customers and their animals and the potential for death. >> reporter: after symptoms appear it may be too late. veterinarians say if your horse was exposed to check their temperature every day. >> the equine herpes virus-1 is hard to spot. symptoms include fever, sneezering, staggering or loss of balance even partial paralysis. the virus cannot be spread to people. >>> pg & e is reporti

apartment are in serious condition with very severe burns crews transported them by helicopter to uc davis in sacramento and santa clara county. >> when our crews first got on scene they found an apartment building with one apartment involved in fire with heavy smoke and three victims outside with burn injuries. >> the explosion caused $350,000 in damage. four other families had to be moved out until a safety inspection is completed today. >>> vietnamese community in san jose has a monument to mark little saigon. the sign was unvailed yesterday in an area filled with restaurants and shops near story road now recall back if 2007 city council voted to name the area the saigon business district but elements of the community fought for little saigon instead. they got very contentious now city officials want to put the discord behind them. >> this is just a fantastic opportunity so i am going to ignore what happened in the past and says the a great day. >> the compromise involved having the community pay for the monument to do that they raced $10,000 from individuals and businesses notably abse

te pastr the '70s brought more changes, 1978 uc-davis runner convinced a dozen other people to put theirrp. to date bay to breakers is the world's centipede event. it goes into the record book as the largest foot race in the world. more than 110,000 runners took placin 1986. 1990's costumes cae into the wrong as this picture shows, they were rare as recently as 1987. tv coverage encourage car shares although sometimes not all the way. costume judging in 1992. runners and not looked back since. >> darya: bay to breakers kicks off sunday live on kron 4 at 8:00 a.m. you will see all of your favorite personalities there. if you're sleeping and or in the race you can race home later that night and we will replace the coverage

victims go, we're told they're in critical condition at valley medical center in san jose, and at uc davisedical center. reporting live from livermore, channel 2 news. >>> fairfield police are looking for three siblings this morning, after they disappeared from a park. officers say 10-year-old trinity richardson, and 6-year- old liliana normally stay with their grandmother. the children were last seen at the tot yard. they believe they maybe with their transient mother. lopez may be driving a white ford explorer. if you have any information, you're asked to call the police department. >>> the report of two missing children in stockton that prompted an amber alert turned out to be a hoax. they were found safe and sound with their mother. the father claimed someone stole his car with his two children still in the backseat. stockton police say the children were with their mother the entire time. >>> it is still not clear what exactly led up to this crash. the victim has not been identified. >>> san francisco police are searching for three suspects after a shooting in the bay view district. it

the '70s brought more changes in 78 a uc-davis renard convinced a dozen under to poke their heads through it is the world's end of the day. in the '80s the bay to breakers goes into the record books as the largest foot race of the world. more than 110,000 people take part in 1986. it is also the last time american wins. since then every winner has been a canyon. the '90s are wearing costumes came into their own as this picture shows there are pretty rare as recently as 87. television coverage encourage them to put on costumes although sometimes not all the way. costume judging began in '92 and the runners have not looked back since. >> darya: don't forget kron4 has exclusive coverage of the 100 zazzle, bay to breakers on kron4 that will be sunday, may 15th, beginning at 8:00 a.m. we have cameras all along the course and we will replay the event sunday night at 7:00 p.m. with pam and gary housing. -- hosting. ?Ñc promise me low prices. and stick to it. like seriously low prices. [ male announcer ] at safeway, we made a promise of low prices. and we're keeping it. [ female announcer ] take

the authors come from institutions including harvard medical school, columbia university, ucla, uc davis, and many other most reputable institutions. do you have an overall comment that you can make to this commission about this body of scholarship and the weight we should give this scholarship in our deliberation? >> yes. of course, i haven't read the 3,000 pages but the references that i provided as well as the articles that i could identify from your queue there are initialed peer reviewed top scientific journals. it's not easy to put an article out there after it's been reviewed by the editor and three our reviewers who are not necessarily friendly to the author. those articles went to very, very severe critical review. in my mind, having reviewed many of those articles in particular in the area of youth, the evidence is overwhelming on each of those three elements that are required to show causal relationships between the environment and some kind of health outcomes. and the three are, number 1, that you have to show that the group, in this case, sexual minority youth experienced mo

they come from institutions including harvard medical schoo for the university, ucla, uc-davis and many other reputable institutions. do you have an overall comment you can make to this commission about this body of scholarship and the way we should give this scholarship in our deliberation? >> yes, i have over 8,000 pages the preferences i've provided a well as the articles i could identify are published in the per peer review journals it isn't easy to put an article ou there after it's been reviewed by an editor and other reviewer who are not necessarily friendl to the author. those articles went through ver severe critical review. in my mind, having reviewed man of those articles in particular in the area of youth the evidence is overwhelming on eac of the three elements required to show causal relationships between the environment and som kind of health outcomes and the are number one, you have to sho the group in this case sexual minority youth experienced more number two, the experience more of the disorder is purported to be caused by the stress, and number three, that these are

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south area, and it at that uc davis but made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up at that time on clement street. i have always lived around the area. just discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up. i am hoping that we can help support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes this a neighborhood so rich and good to live in. i've also been active as a community organizer. i work in chinatown at the chinese progressive association, and my first job was at the mental health center in the richmond district. i guess i have always been somebody that is passionate about civil rights and equality for everyone, and i have a 10- year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality and other issues, but i guess i have always been somebody that is vocal about my politics. as a supervisor, i am having to listen to many perspectives before making key decisions. there was a crosswalk where one of the staffers' was recently hit. so, there will be much more seniors and the

they come from institutions including harvard medical schoo for the university, ucla, uc-davis and many other reputable institutions. do you have an overall comment you can make to this commission about this body of scholarship and the way we should give this scholarship in our deliberation? >> yes, i have over 8,000 pages the preferences i've provided a well as the articles i could identify are published in the per peer review journals it isn't easy to put an article ou there after it's been reviewed by an editor and other reviewer who are not necessarily friendl to the author. those articles went through ver severe critical review. in my mind, having reviewed man of those articles in particular in the area of youth the evidence is overwhelming on eac of the three elements required to show causal relationships between the environment and som kind of health outcomes and the are number one, you have to sho the group in this case sexual minority youth experienced more number two, the experience more of the disorder is purported to be caused by the stress, and number three, that these are