and the university of california which have. our ship to run los alamos national laboratory before that it was the university of california. same with lawrence livermore lab so it's been essentially a privatized at this point. yes fully privatized. you know the lab has no way of processing radioactive liquid ways what's happening with this material well it is being processed be facility is old it's been patched there is workarounds and when there is a problem there are storage tanks slowly build up and then look we says process goes. in a kind of a campaign or batch mode but it's not seismically sound and you know there are safety problems so and has to be something has to be done on a per more permanent basis. the question is what scale how grandiose. should the operating contractor which is supposedly a scientific organization be doing this nitty gritty waste management or whether somebody else should be brought in more competent right well what is the solution for this and go area incompetence i mean if there's been privatized

been awarded nearly forty thousand dollars in workman's compensation john pike sued the university of california davis claiming he suffered from depression and anxiety was brought on by death threats against him and his family following the two thousand and eleven incident last week a judge approved the thirty eight thousand and fifty nine dollars worker's compensation award settlement between pike and u.c. davis now initially pike was placed on paid administrative leave after pepper spraying the u.c. davis students during a protest in support of occupy wall street he was fired eight months later however an internal university investigation concluded that he acted appropriately a u.c. davis student we spoke with expressed shock over the lucrative ward doled out for police brutality. what the pepper spray led to was not following orders and they wanted us to be an example for what you shouldn't do as a student and they wanted to put fear into people and it pretty much worked i

live with a warning from police and now crime numbers compare to last year. >> reporter: university of california at berkeley police are stepping up patrols and they are warning students to keep cell phones out of sight when they are walking around. >> reporter: university of california at berkeley police officers are increasing visibility day and night around campus these days. >> crime happens in big cities so it happened. >> reporter: lash night police say a -- last night police say a student was walking when two men -- two men approached him. >> produced a fire arm. took his cell phone and ran off. >> reporter: on saturday another student was approached by three men. when they tried to grab the student's back pack the student yelled and they ran off and last week, a woman was accosted at gun point and struck with a gun by a man demanding money. >> we are working with city of berkeley to find out if there is a connection. >> reporter: there has been an increase on crimes this year. including robberies. on the campus today it wasn't hard to find students walking with ear buds on with their cell

. >>> you probably remember the story now a former university of california police officer who was caughtn tape pepper spraying student protesters is going to be getting worker's comp. a judge approved the settlement with the university of california system. he said he suffered from depression and anxiety after receiving death threats. you are seeing the november 2011 incident on the campus. he was suspended then fired a few months later. >>> a plane trying to fight wildfires in australia has crashed. 64 fires are still burning across the state, 20 of them are burning out of control. temperatures will be getting cooler in the next few days, but officials are warning of hot and dry months still ahead. ♪ >>> i'm meteorologist dave warren, we are dealing with cooler weather here. much colder temperatures now affecting much of the coup try, midwest, and northeast, temperatures dropping down to the freezing mark. the first time that happens each year, that's the freeze warning issued, and that's the end of the growing season many areas here freeze warnings in effect overnight tonight. right no

our first awardy paul day in management and communications for the university of california san francisco. [ cheers and applause ] and mr. day, if you would like to talk to us about the work that you do for a few minutes. >> sure, yes. i just have to, i'm so honored to be mentioned in the same breath as all of you civil rights pioneers and our other 2013 awardees. i humbly thank you for choosing me for the work that i have done. i have always been a civic minded individual. i get that from my grandparents. i was thinking about this this afternoon and i remember the exact moment where the switch went off. i was a youth representative for the general assembly in presbyterian church in 1989 where they allowed gay ministers in the church. i sat there in the convention center that was as big as -- and through my own issues of being a gay man and when the debate the -- and when the final vote was they were not going to allow this, a spark, that was the moment for me. i stood up with maybe 20 individuals and walked to the center of the room and silently walked down in protest towards the front o

the university of california at berkeley, the university of california at los angeles. the university of southern california and the university of wisconsin. they were our change agents and yes, those drag queens at the stonewall inn also are much age agents. just are my change agents. this nation has been defined by change agents. when this nation was founded, women had no rights, they could not vote, they could not own land, they could not even have rights over their own children. because determined women and fair-minded man challenged and debated and marched for equal rights for women, today we have three women sitting on the supreme court of this country. we have had three women serve as u.s. secretaries of state. and we've had a woman astronaut lead a team of astronauts and go soaring out into space. they were all change agents. the first change agents were our founding fathers who articulated the shining ideals of this country. they were change agents but they also kept other human beings as slaves. because those slaves hungered for freedom and justice and they str

sex scandal betray us was given a high profile teaching gig here at the prestigious university of southern california here in los angeles i don't think he deserves at all to murder thousands upon thousands of innocent civilians just to advance the interests of the united states criminal. and coming here to u.s.c. which is regarded as one of the pillars of education you know a decent education here in the los angeles particularly in the part of town which kind of like the ridiculous many in the mainstream press hail general petraeus as a war hero however critics point out. many feel years in his administering of the rack in afghanistan wars somehow in america we do have a history of violence but let's face it and i was part of that being in the vietnam war we have a history where we seem to celebrate violence we seem to think that violence is the answer it clearly is there are thousands of u.s. soldiers who lost legs or are dead because they were being sent on missions by patricius that had no other purpose but to advance betrays his own career and he should be tried and he should be in prison but ins

the university of california at berkeley, the university of california at los angeles. the university of southern california and the university of wisconsin. they were our change agents and yes, those drag queens at the stonewall inn also are much age agents. just are my change agents. this nation has been defined by change agents. when this nation was founded, women had no rights, they could not vote, they could not own land, they could not even have rights over their own children. because determined women and fair-minded man challenged and debated and marched for equal rights for women, today we have three women sitting on the supreme court of this country. we have had three women serve as u.s. secretaries of state. and we've had a woman astronaut lead a team of astronauts and go soaring out into space. they were all change agents. the first change agents were our founding fathers who articulated the shining ideals of this country. they were change agents but they also kept other human beings as slaves. because those slaves hungered for freedom and justice and they str

and at the university of california at davis, just outside of sacramento, students stage an occupy movement of their own against a proposed tuition hike. set them free! set them free! steven mccone is a sophomore at the university and an aspiring video grapher. >> i would say the general reaction is sort of pretty upset that tuition is still going up and people are, you know, of course, angered by that. >> what begins as a week-long peaceful exchange during the third week of november, 2011, escalates into a global spectacle. on thursday, november 17th, a few dozen students pitch tents "occupy wall street" on the campus squad. the following morning campus police repeatedly warn them to break down their encampments. >> you have been given several alternatives to voluntarily cease your positions. >> that afternoon, campus cops decide to take action. >> around 3:00 p.m. we are all up there sort of waiting in anticipation for how they're going to handle this and the word sort of spreads around, there's 50 or so riot police that are -- they were told that they had to leave and then started to adv

the winners were: martin karplus of strasbourg and harvard universities, michael levitt of stanford university and arieh warshel from the university of southern california in los angeles. their work-- dating back to the 1970s -- proved essential to developing new drugs and solar energy. still ahead on the newshour... the president's pick to head the federal reserve bank... how the shutdown is affecting the homeless in san francisco..... and workers and programs across the country... plus, the push to re-energize immigration reform.. our continuing series on the future of t.v... and alice mcdermott on her new novel... now, more on president obama's nomination of janet yellen to be chair of the federal reserve bank. the formal announcement came this afternoon. the white house event capped a prolonged, politically charged search for a successor to ben bernanke, whose second term ends in january. yellen emerged as front-runner after former treasury secretary lawrence summers withdrew from consideration. the president predicted today she will prove an exceptional choice. >> she doesn't have a crystal ball, but what she does have is a keen understanding about

if your family makes less than $80,000 a year, you pay no tuition at university of california. not a single dollar. >> reporter: here in oakland technical high school, many will need financial help. 83% of the students graduate. 5% higher than state average. napolitano hopes more will stay in school if they know it will get them somewhere. >> think about your own passion. your choices and your own pathway. right up the hill from where you are today. >> reporter: as she was speaking a ruckus was going on outside of the high school. protestors believe she should never have been appointed uc president. a small group of students point to record numbers of immigration arrests and deportations. >> she's tacked immigrant communities of oakland. >> reporter: some worry she can bring heavy handed immigration statuses. >> high school students are thinking of not applying because they're undocumented. >> reporter: when reporters asked, napolitano responded with a commitment. >> we're going to do more for all first generation students than ever done. we're looking for ways to do . that i wo

university police officers spraying pepper spray into the faces of students who were seated on the ground well that man has been awarded nearly forty thousand dollars in workman's compensation john pike sued the university of california davis claiming he suffered from depression and anxiety was brought on by death threats against him and his family following the two thousand and eleven incident last week a judge approved the thirty eight thousand and fifty nine dollars worker's compensation award settlement between pike and u.c. davis now initially pike was placed on paid administrative leave after pepper spraying u.c. davis students during a protest in support of occupy wall street he was fired eight months later however an internal university investigation concluded that he acted appropriately a u.c. davis student we spoke with expressed shock over the lucrative board doled out for police brutality. what the pepper spray led to was not following orders and they wanted us to be an example for what you shouldn't do as a student and they wanted to put fear into people and it pretty much worked i remember after the pepper spray happened i went home and was deeply afraid of ever protesting again the police a slap on the

university police officers spraying pepper spray into the faces of students who were seated on the ground will that man has been awarded nearly forty thousand dollars in workman's compensation john pike sued the university of california davis claiming he suffered from depression and anxiety was brought on by death threats against him and his family following the two thousand and eleven incident last week a judge approved the thirty eight thousand and fifty nine dollar worker's compensation award settlement between pike and u.c. davis now initially pike was placed on paid administrative leave after pepper spraying u.c. davis students during a protest in support of occupy wall street he was fired eight months later however an internal university investigation concluded that he acted appropriately a u.c. davis student we spoke with expressed shock over the lucrative board doled out for police brutality. what the pepper spray led to was not following orders and they wanted us to be an example for what you shouldn't do as a student and they wanted to put fear into people and it pretty much worked i remember after the pepper spray happened i went home and was deeply afraid of ever protesting again the police a slap on the

she took over as president of the university of california. she is paid more than half a million dollars. that is three times she made as a member of the president's cabinet. backers say her experience will come in handy as the university pursues government funding. >>> he swore to protect and serve snow a police officer is on the wrong side of the law facing allegations of molesting young girls in a after school program. new at 5:00 p.m. ktvu's christien kafton is live after talking to police. >> reporter: police say they arrested richard scott mcleod here at police headquarters saturday night. they asked him to come down, he had no idea he was a suspect in a series of sex crimes. police say richard scott mcleod was arrested without incident. an victim came forward several months ago saying he carried on a relationship with her when she was in junior high school. police say that launched an investigation. they found numerous victims. they won't say how many. police say they are looking to see if that behavior continued after he was hired on as

from the university of california, 91 yards, the sea hawks have that feel as they did with the 49ers, for a while with their defense. can't put them in the end zone. russell wilson, 34-22. 7 sacks, 4 turn overs. we have a new proathlete trend. arian foster received $10 million for a 20% stake in future earnings, signed a 5- year contract. may he needs a little dough if he is giving 20%. people will play him like a stock exchange. oregon is also first in football apparel. pink socks and gloves in support of breast cancer awareness. the ducks go pink against washington state. a 92-year-old woman doing the splits. this is jane. she was honored at a texas home coming. she was a cheerleader in 1939. >> she had a hard time getting up. >> but she is getting up. we have video she got up. sad bart news. >> it isn't good news. a reminder of what it looked like in july. the new strike is a half hour away. we had clogged freeway and lines for ferries. here we go again. check with us in the morning beginning at 4:00 a.m. >>> capitol building freakout. >> this is not -- one nation under god. >> her

the california highway patrol says a caller reported seeing a possible body on the shore line about 3:30 this afternoon. it was spotted about a half mile south of university avenue. so far, there is little information on the individual. the case was turned over to the east bay regional parks police. >>> a southern california woman who describes herself as a glass pioneer was ticketed, as she drove wearing her google classes. she gave a talk earlier this month about her experiences wearing google glass. one of the things she touched on was that people might be better drivers if insurance companies monitored them wearing google glasses. she was stopped yesterday, and cited for speeding wearing google glass. >>> a hotly debated case that centers around the making of saracha chili sauce. the city sued the company on monday, claiming the smell of the ground freshed peppers is a public nuisance. some neighbors who lived near the factory complained of burning eyes and throats. >> every morning smells like chili powder, the irritating. >> the city wants the company to bring in a new filtration system. >>> a wakeup call. that's what some people are calling a new f

if your family makes less than $80,000 a year, you pay no tuition at university of california. not a single dollar. >> reporter: here in oakland technical high school, many will need financial help. 83% of the students graduate. 5% higher than state average. napolitano hopes more will stay in school if they know it will get them somewhere. >> think about your own passion. your choices and your own pathway. right up the hill from where you are today. >> reporter: as she was speaking a ruckus was going on outside of the high school. protestors believe she should never have been appointed uc president. a small group of students point to record numbers of immigration arrests and deportations. >> she's tacked immigrant communities of oakland. >> reporter: some worry she can bring heavy handed immigration statuses. >> high school students are thinking of not applying because they're undocumented. >> reporter: when reporters asked, napolitano responded with a commitment. >> we're going to do more for all first generation students than ever done. we're looking for ways to do . that i wo

napolitano took over the university of california a month ago and is scheduled to speak to oakland highents today about the response of a college education. credit is say the appointment creates a more hostile environment and are petitioning for her her her removal. >> two huge excavators have been stolen from a site and they have been tracked down. this is one of the two, 15 ton excavators taken from the construction site last month in clayton. they are each worth $120,000 and would take a huge effort to move. a tip led c.h.p. to a property in byron 20 miles from the construction site. no arrests have been announced. >> officials want to know why stevens creek is die -- is dry for unknown reasons, starting last week. water has been released from the low reservoir to protect fish and other wildlife but it hasn't helped. it is to the point where the district will tap a pipeline that carries water from the sacramento delta to the reservoir which could be released by today. >> the bay area largest city is facing a growing problem: san jose listens on keeping police officers from leaving th

the california highway patrol says a caller reported seeing a possible body on the shore line about 3:30 this afternoon. it was spotted about a half mile south of university avenue. so far, there is little information on the individual. the case was turned over to the east bay regional parks police. >>> a southern california woman who describes herself as a glass pioneer was ticketed, as she drove wearing her google classes. she gave a talk earlier this month about her experiences wearing google glass. one of the things she touched on was that people might be better drivers if insurance companies monitored them wearing google glasses. she was stopped yesterday, and cited for speeding wearing google glass. >>> a hotly debated case that centers around the making of saracha chili sauce. the city sued the company on monday, claiming the smell of the ground freshed peppers is a public nuisance. some neighbors who lived near the factory complained of burning eyes and throats. >> every morning smells like chili powder, the irritating. >> the city wants the company to bring in a new filtration system. >>> a wakeup call. that's what some people are calling a new f

we have links to the alerts for city college, university of california at berkeley and stanford on www.ktvu.com under hot topics. >>> turning 92 aour coverage -- turning now a our coverage of the government shut down. there was progress on capitol hill. president obama met today with speaker of the house john boehner. the white house says there was no agreement on ending the government shut down but both sides could be close to a temporary deal to raise the debt ceiling. >> reporter: a week to go till the united states runps out of money to -- runs out of money to pay off their debts they are open to a temporary deal. >> we want it offer the president the ability to move. a temporary increase in the debt ceiling to go to conference on the budget. >> reporter: the plan would raise the debt ceiling for six weeks till november 22. it is unclear if it would address the government shut down. president obama wants any debt ceiling exattention to include funding to reope -- extension to reopen the government. >> no strings attached he would sign it. >> reporter: republican leader offered cautious opti

. >>> an update on the breaking news out of the university of california at berkeley where the power ge is forcing the cancellation of classes tonight. we have one photo taken from the scene, it shows a large plume of smoke rising near the library. the campus police say the smoke was from the outage power. the outage may have been caused by an attempted theft copper of the high voltage system. we have heard one person may be injured. we have crews at the scene and we'll be tweeting update with live coverage for you on the 10:00 news. >>> some people took pictures and took videos of the bear, at one point police spotted it and could not track it down. police say the young bear got off truck and may have t 60 miles per hour before reaching to rose wood. >>> 60% of internet users have searched for their own name. the 66% number is a significant increase from the study 12 years ago, people who does the most self searching are those between 18-29-year-old. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news, we'll see you at your news break at 10. tonight of the impact of the government shut do

the cost to attend one of the university of california schools tripled over the past decade. during a visit yesterday, keeping tuition affordable would be a priority. is currently visiting all of the campuses. >>> the florida man hunt is over. authorities say the men used phoney documents to forge their way out of prison. but they didn't go far from there. >> reporter: police found joseph jenkins and charles walker at a hotel in florida. just 100 miles from the prison they escaped from. no one was injured during the arrest that came hours after family members urged the men to turn themselves in. >> want you to surrender yourself to someone who you trust who will bring you back in safely. >> the two men were serving life sentences. but both were allowed to leave the prison after officials received forged court papers ordering their release. >> we took him to his grandmother's house. she had no idea who was coming. we then took him to his mother's house. >> earlier this month both men returned to a jail to registered as free felons. correction officers took these mug shots, fing

. >>> university of california at berkeley police issued a crime alert. a robbery last night near the library. two men approached a student, and took his cell phone. two other people were robbed also over the weekend. students say they are already on alert. >> if i am walking late at night or if i am walking alone i need to get where i am going and i will have the stuff on me. >> police are advising students to keep their electronics out of view and if they are alone call for a escort to walk with them. >>> continuing coverage now, a truck driver was crushed to death by rebar today at the 49ers new stadium site. the secondb deadly accident there in four months. work will resume tomorrow. ktvu's ann rubin is looking into the safety record of the sub contractor involved and has the latest. >> reporter: an accident, however cal-osha inquiry could take months. a contraction worker was fell when rebar crushed him about 6:30 a.m. cal-osha will look into the lighting conditions at the site, though the fork lift looked fine and they were using a spotter to watch

. >>> the new head of the university of california system, janet napolitano. not everyone was happy about her visit. members of an emigrants right group are upset with her legacy as the department of homeland security, the record number of deportation. she told us that she'd push for more immigration reform as head of homeland security and says she wants high school student tons that the uc system is open to everybody -- students to know that the uc system is open for everybody. >> we're going to do more for all first generation students whether they are documented or undocumented than has ever been done. >> and just in the past five minutes we learned napolitano will earmark $5 million to help students live in the u.s. illegal, special counseling and financial aid. she calls the money a down payment on a commitment to all acdemically qualified students. >>> and a multimillion dollar fine for pg&e's gas line failure. and the massive construction excavators. they've been found. we'll tell you how they were found. >> and how warm it will be in your neighborhood a

found outside the social security administration building and we watched members of the university of california bomb unit pull up on the scene and we have learned there have been no injuries reported and most of the inemployees were ordered to evacuate which the building which houses 900 employees at 10:00 this morning. they can check back in at 1:00 o'clock p.m. for more information and possible re-entry to the building. officials found the pack knowledge with wires sticking out it and we are working to learn more. >> before you go, the federal government, of course, is shut down but these are considered essential workers, the folks in the the building? >> that is exactly i don't know were held and there were 947 employees inside and they have been out here since 10:00 a.m. they are frustrated. we will talk with them later today and there have been no reports of injuries. >> up next, you will want to get ready to meet miss agg of using toothpaste to clean a denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow a

according to a new poll from the university of california at berkeley, 16 percent of restaurant employeesnger of reduced hours because of the affordable care act. however, starbucks and the cheese cake factory have already found success offering health benefits to employees working fewer than 30 hours. still to come...find out what's in store for amazon stock ahead of earnings. chart talk is next. in chart talk this morning andrew keene president of keene on the market dot com joins us for a couple of earnings stocks. good morning to you andrew. i want to start with amazon. after that spectacular move in google, does it change how you feel about this tech stock? > >yeah, definitely. we saw a lot of technology stocks starting to roll over. we saw weakness in ebay, intel, ibm, and yahoo all last week. so then when google came off it was more than off to the races. the stock got up to $1,015. it was up over $125 in google on friday. obviously you're gonna get amazon and apple to go with it as well. so amazon reports later this week. amazon has a history of it does not matter what the quarter

university, assistant professor, five years. federal reserve board, economist two years. london school of economics lecturer, three years. university of california berkeley, professor of business and economics, 14 years. federal reserve board governor, four years. white house counsel of economic advisors, chairman. clinton administration, three years. oecd, the organization for economic cooperation of the economic policy committee, three years. federal reserve bank of san francisco, president and chief executive officer, seven years. federal reserve system, vice chair, three years and currently. >>> is it fair to say that if yellen cannot resolve the problems of the world's economy, nobody can? i ask you, mort. >> well, i think the first thing and her major challenge and job is to resolve the problems in this economy. that will help the rest of the world. she is as good a federal reserve bank governor as we're going to get. bernanke, i believe, saved our system, as chairman of the federal reserve board. she was his principal deputy. she followed in his steps. i think she understands what he was about. she is absolutely the right choice for it. i

the report by researchers at the universities of california and of illinois found fast food's median wage is 8.69 an hour. that only 13% of jobs provide health benefits. and that the public cost to taxpayers is seven billion dollars a year---more than half of it for medicaid and children's health insurance. and an irony not lost on researcher---more than a billion dollars a year in food stamps go to people who prepare and sell fast-food. "if you have an economy that doesn't pay enough, somebody has to make up the difference. the report says low wages is the norm in our labor market." a companion study by the national employment law project found mcdonald's the most costly fast food company for taxpayers. low wages and lack of benefits leave taxpayers contributing 1.2 billion dollars a year in public assistance. we asked mcdonald's officials last month if there were plans to raise wages to anywhere near the 15 dollars an hour sought by workers. "we are in many cases, paying above minimum wage. our employees enjoy working for mcdonalds. (any plans to raise it to $15) thank you. thank y

she works at the university of california berkeley and she works as the ceo at the bank of san francisco from 2004 to 2010. president obama will make the announcement at noon pacific time. if confirmed the 67-year-old will be the first woman to chair the federal reserve. >>> tonight we are just two days away from a possible bart strike. that's when the 60-day cooling off period imposed by governor brown expires. talks between bart and the unions are scheduled down to the wire. abc7 news reporter alan wang is live in oakland where negotiations wrapped up in the last hour. >> carolyn, the two sides left around 10:00 and there was deaf flatly a sense -- and there was definitely a sense of urgency. they felt it in a march and rally. about 200 union memberrers and supporters marched from city hall to this cal trans building where the negotiations have been taken place. despite a chance to shut it -- chants to shut it down now they insist their goal is to avoid a strike. >> has there been some movement? >> there are ideas and we are talking about them. both sides seem to be receptive. >> both

the new head of the university of california system is meeting with high school students at oakland tech right now. but not everyone is happy about her visit. brian flores is live with more. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. this was one of the first public appearances for janet napolitano. she spoke to hundreds of students here trying to push them to go to college. but she also got the attention of immigrants rights groups [chanting] >> reporter: students and community members with the group by any means necessary protested outside the gates this morning. uc regents confirmed napolitano back in july. but despite the confirmation, many say she's the wrong person for the job. she's had to deal with a backlash for immigrant rights groups who are upset over her previous stances on immigration and what they say was deporting 2 million illegal immigrants while the director. >> we judge people by the action and she was responsible for federal immigration enforcement and the record number of deportation ofs of -- deportations of more than 2 million people. she is an insult and a threat and an

he's a local boy including university of california berkeley background where he was captain of the football team and he did not include this in the biobut i know it and he wrote his under graduate thesis on emily dickon son so he's kind of a renaissance dude and he's 6-foot something. next to him is -- [applause] and next to him is george gaston and elect to the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco in 2011 after winning more than 62% of the vote which in san francisco is very enviable and focused on reducing violent crime, protecting vulnerable victims and respecting with high school truancy and rel haven't to the conversation today. last is cheryl young and the chief executive director of gate path and oversees a large nonprofit in san mateo county and focus on turning disabilities into possibilities and she's a wonderful addition to the panel and it's an area that school districts have to deal with in terms of special needs and what we're talking about affects these children if not more than the other children so thank you cheryl. [applause] so we have a large panel a

she took over a month ago at university of california and will speak to the high school students about the response of a college education. critics say the appointment creates a more hostile environment and they are beating for her -- petitioning for her removal. >> two huge excavators have been tracked down that were stolen from a site. we have this photo of one of the two, 15 ton excavators taken from the job site in clinton. each is worth $120,000 and would take a huge effort to move. a tip led them to a property 20 miles from the site. no arrests have been announced. >> time for a check on the weather. what is going on, mike? >> it is much cooler. 11 degrees cooler in livermore. nine in san carlos. four in oakland. 13 degrees cooler in half moon bay. to the north, the frost advisory is dropped. it is 39 in santa rosa. that is as cool as it is right now. napa is 40. novato is 41. mill valley is 42. 49 in richmond district. temperatures are 53 in alameda, a warm spot, and 48 in redwood city and 43 in san jose and lafayette and 42 in san ramon. it will be cooler stepping outside this

. >> he will get back pay, that's the decision concerns a former university of california police officer may recall he was was seen straying protestors in november of went 11. earlier this month, they approved his settlement with the university system, pipe said he suffered from depression and an sighty, he was suspended after that incident, and then fired just a few months later. up next on al jazeera america. >> for our economy and our future. >> no one it seems is visiting egypt with all the political problems going on, and the tourism industry is taking a huge hit. >> find out why people are saying there's a hit and run epidemic in miami, and what's being done about it. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undiscovered stories. >> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> h

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recently janet napolitano was chosen to lead the university of california surge, the first woman president in the uc's 145- year history. there's also stanford grad condoleezza rice the first black female secretary of state. so what's next? >> there's only one spot that hasn't really been held by a woman yet. we may actually see this in our lifetimes. >> reporter: griffin-caen says gender will be less of a headline the more women end up in these roles. in san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> yellen would be taking over at a pivotal time. analysts say her nomination could ease concerns over the debt ceiling debate in washington. >>> today we are learning that the body found at that stairway in san francisco general hospital is likely that of a missing 57-year-old woman lynne spalding. anne makovec live at san francisco general where staff members and deputies have been updating us on the investigation. anne. >> reporter: and they also say they believe it was lynne spalding who was found here dead in a stairwell at sf general yesterday. >> this is a nightmare. >> reporter: 57-year-old ly

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