i congratulation the university of california riverside school of medicine on their 10-year journey. may its impact shape a healthier, brighter future for all. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. weber: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute mr. weber: mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate a century of excellence of lamar university in beaumont, texas. for 100 years this institution has been a beacon of knowledge, innovation, and progress in the great state of texas. from its humble beginnings to its current status as a thriving hub of education and research, lamar university has transformed countless lives and shaped our community. i commend the dedicated faculty, staff, and students who have contributed to this remarkable legacy. here's to 100 more years of empowering minds, fostering creativity, and making texas and our nation stronger. happy centennial lama

the university of california regents is looking for a security upgrade after the university of california president's home in berkeley has become a target of racist graffiti and vandalism. i'm michael drake. is the uc system's first black president. he and his family live in a home on claremont boulevard. it has a new fence around it, but vandals have jumped the fence. there had been a suggestion to buy a $13 million home in nearby piedmont for drake. regents rejected the idea last month by a 13 to 7 vote and said they'll arrange for better security. time is now 705. we'll new this morning, we're learning that most of the high rise building windows in san francisco that were either broken or damaged during storms last march had problems with them even before the storms hit san francisco building commission will get a report today showing there were seven high rise buildings that had window damage and 30 of the 31 windows invested statewide could have been prevented if problems had been identified and had been fixed before the storms. the problems range from debris hitting the windows to t

university of hawaii at, manoa, former bear and professor in environment and the at the high meadows environment institute at princeton university and a permanent senior at the university of california, berkeley, and where she previously professor gerhart has been awarded fellowships by the fulbright commission. the national endowment for the humanities, the newberry library and the rachel carson center. she's held visiting appointments at columbia university, the free university in berlin, and also at harvard. she's an environmental journalist covering the annual u.n. climate negotiations, domestic renewable energy legislation and sea level rise, all with a focus on environmental justice. she's been published under the name tina gerhart and grist story, the guardian, the nation and sierra, among other venues. she's editor of climate change, hawaii and the pacific review with duke university press. right now. and she's the author of change atlas of islands a rising ocean. and it's so fantastic. this book has come to fruition is finally here and it's beautiful. and i hope you all will be able to spend a lot of time with this important book. i want to thank you, christina, and i want

labour secretary under president bill clinton and now professor of economics at berkeley, university of californiaast government shutdown in 2018/2019 had on the economy. it cost american taxpayers, and the american economy, anywhere from $11—$15 billion, and it put a lot of people out of work temporarily. paycheques were not delivered, even to members of the armed forces. it disrupted a lot of people's lives when these things happen. i have personally been involved in two shutdowns over the last 30 years. there is a great deal of human suffering that is unnecessary. it is embarrassing when these things happen. it is embarrassing to talk to you all in the uk about it, because this is not the way to run a government. the rate at which prices are rising in the eurozone has dropped to an almost two—year low. the rate of inflation for september in the 20—nation single currency bloc rose by an annual rate of 4.3%, according to the latest eurostat data, that's down from 5.2% last month and the lowest rate since october 2021. let's cross live now to agnese 0rtonali, europe analyst at the economist intell

story on the front page of "the new york times" about the autocracy going on inside the university of californiat is such a great representation where the left is these days. they have turned into thought policing. you only get hired in the university of california system once regarded as the greatest in the world if you sign up to propaganda and group think of the far left. you can't be hired, you can't be promoted. if you want to look at autocracy, authoritarianism right there in california. >> we're firing you up, steve. better stay for the hour. >> always a pleasure. stuart: we explode the next 60 minutes. stay there please. we have new numbers how californians feel be reparations. do they support it, lauren? lauren: actually no. 59% oppose it according to a uc berkeley poll. california established what, two years ago this reparations task force. research the issue, figure out the solution, maybe that could be the model to lead the nation for other places looking to do reparations. turns out people overwhelmingly are saying no thank you. what did this task force recommend? a million dollars

if you've heard them before, they may have come from the university of california or baylor's, the pharmaceutical company. but this is the first time the city of berkeley has had its own siren system on. that's the sound of berkeley's new siren system. the latest installation of emergency communications tools the city will be using in the event of a disaster. what we've learned is that we really need to have as many different ways to communicate with people as possible. and this was one tool that was missing in the city of berkeley. deputy fire chief david sprague says the outdoor warning system that's been in the works for the past three years is finally operating. i think lahina really drove home that this is an important tool in our toolbox of ways to notify the community. attention. ten sirens were installed throughout the city with the first round of testing beginning sunday. it's a blunt tool to alert the community that something is happening and we need them to get more information because an action is required. the sirens will work in tandem with the existing communication tools. the sire

to san diego where we speak to a professor and -- in data science and philosophy at the university of californiak you for coming on the program. if anybody ever wants to take down a picture on the internet, trying to get a hold of the internet companies or the social media companies to do that is near impossible. if we have these images out there, shouldn't we be putting more onus on the companies to do that if requests are made? >> thank you. you are absolutely right that there is at least a moral and social obligation on these companies to do a lot more in terms of taking down these images once they are progated. part of the challenge is that it turns out to be very difficult technically to do that. it can be hard to track the images that are passed around with the social network and it can be hard to find them again. it is easy to me small changes and detect them. we are going to need some kind of overhaul of the framework of this network so that we can have better tracking of these images. >> and rules of the ai companies often monitor it. >> it is a lot more challenging to ask of one of the

(gentle music) >>> it's an age-old debate, what do you call the university of california's flagship campus that is located in berkeley of course. the university recently commissioned a task force to clear up the confusion, now we've got the results. the issue cames down to this, in the academic realm, the university is usually called uc berkeley but when it comes to athletics, teams are mostly referred to as cal. officials wanted to settle on one name after a survey found that two thirds of the country thinks cal and uc berkeley are actually two separate places and the task force recommends that the school use berkeley as its primary brand and refer to athletic programs as cal berkeley. >> that is too long, it needs to be quick. that is another issue. it has to go in cheer, you know what i mean? we have some opinions on this. that would include a revamp of the classic logo which is always hard to redo the logo because it is tied to the school. >> i know a lot of people that go there and they always say cal. san francisco firefighters were in union square today as a practice run for tomorro

be curtailed from the inside, just an abstract a and you see this to a professor at the university of california a citizen of, uh, the united states and predictably one of the eastern european countries in this case bulgaria this is the atmosphere they call a person the kremlin's henchman you already know, i must say dmitry i did you remember today how you performed at the anniversary session of the valdai meeting, when you sat with roman on the wire with the president of russia there and so on. i have met many times on these forums and a more honest decent wonderful person than anatoly levin i have not seen him he always participated, he was always objective , he was always proud that his ancestors served the russian tsars, because these are the germans with this. oh well, that is, they live one of his closest relatives neither more nor less. e, commanded the imperial guard, yes, the other , was the governor-general. uh, all these baltic citizens were called provincial republics and two brothers suppressed the uprising there with an iron fist. now they are professors, one at harvard, in my opin

california is bobby, i just wanted back. she's an associate professor of history at the university of california. it's gonna help you with this life all the i'll just say era, why does this sound of us? we need to be so publicly remembered, whether it's still politically role, quite device, if it has been cited for decades. and i think it is precisely the same because she is living in an incredibly you pull her eyes moment politically. i think there's a power in those who lost family members in those on the left to our oppose not just to the military dictatorship but also to it's ongoing economic impacts in coming together in, in the street. so we have the power of marching down the street and the candidate visual showing come us as a form of collective action to show their support for these official commemorations that are intent on the frustrating. just, you know, how far too, it has come as a country, but also how much has left to be addressed in terms of the that's to the family members of those who are killed and disappeared and imprisoned and tortured the respite to a lot to the america edit

points in the upcoming elections, this is how the professor of political science at the university of californiain stevenage explains the situation. in fact, the ruling party law and justice has a very large circle of voters among farmers in small towns and rural regions in general, but on the other hand, it is not entirely clear how smart a move this is on the part of the right-wing justice party in the sense that it reveals their maps in a certain way, we should not forget that this party in poland has been in power since 2015 , it has distanced poland from democracy and brought it closer to putin's model , of course not in the way that putin did, but in fact this party in its ideology is somewhat close to putin's in comparison with ordinary european liberalism. this fact was not obvious during the last year and a half because the poles helped the ukrainians very much, poland accepted 8 million ukrainian refugees, of which a million people are there, if great britain accepted 16 million refugees proportionally, this is the same as what poland did, so the poles also accepted ukrainian refugees

to believe that ukraine does not matter, although in fact it does, the professor of the university of california bakersfield, charles lam, who is a representative of the minority from hong kong, joined the campaign. hong kong went through a democracy movement that was suppressed by the chinese communist party, and since then we know that china has quietly supported russia throughout this war, and we know that if ukraine fails, there will be much worse consequences, including a chinese invasion of taiwan, and that is why the people of hong kong are recklessly supporting ukraine. activists are closely following kevin mccartney's position on voting and supporting bills that provide aid to ukraine, and are also actively calling his office to convey their own position to voters, politicians, and republicans. from bakersfield, khrystyna shevchenko, for voa. and in the international court of the un in the hague on wednesday another hearing of ukraine's lawsuit against russia under the genocide convention was completed. this is just one of a number of cases related to russia's war against ukraine in int

to robert reich, former us labor secretary under president clinton, now professor at the university of californiagiants' current offer of a 20% raise doesn't look fair when executives have seen their payouts increase by more than double that. what is a fair offer? the ceos, chief executive officers of the big three, they have seen their pay go up about 44% over the last four years and it's notjust them but the top executives under them. there has been in every major auto manufacturer a huge amount of money going to buy back stocks, shares of stock to keep the share prices up which is a big subsidy to major investors, so if i were a worker i would say to myself, "wait a minute, what about me?" "my wages in the last ten years have gone up about 6%. "i am the last person who is being "thought about here and i have a lot of wages "and benefits to make up for." patrick george is editor—in—chief of insideevs, which provides news on the electric vehicle industry. thank you very much forjoining me. it is good to see you. we are expecting this next phase in the strike action to potentially go ahead unless

kal raustiala is from the university of california, los angeles center for international relations. leaders who aren't attending the meeting. well, the only member of the permanent five of the security council, the original five members, present was president biden today. and so, it is unusual, and unfortunate, but it's not unprecedented, and while obviously some years you see more people, more world leaders coming, other years, less, this isn't the highest number we've ever seen — again, not unprecedented. there is a sort of gloomy mood, it appears, and the ukraine war has been the focus of much attention at the un but it's not the only issue, and so, while the absence of those world leaders is again something that no—one really wants to see, at the same time, there's a lot of activity going forward. president biden in his speech spoke about many other aspects, and so i wouldn't view this as a disaster, it's just again somewhat unfortunate. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. here in swindon, the council

joining us to discuss alyssa kendall, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the university of california davis, in oslo. christina bu, secretary general, the norwegian e b association. and with us from london, henry sanderson, author of both rush, the winners and losers in the race to go green. and of course you, we want you to join this conversation as well. so see that box over there. we have a live producer waiting to get your comments to me so i can get them to our guest. so how about we do this thing together, right. all right, henry, i want to begin with you. can you set us up here with one why it's important to transition to a base, but let's just begin with that. why is it important right now to transition to this? yeah, started to reduce carbon emissions and limit the time is from climate change. we need to colonize pretty much every, every sector on transportation is one of those key sectors which accounts for, you know, about 1516 percent of tribal carbon emissions. and as the r dcc set this week, we have a window of opportunity. we need to move fast on what certain portion of

in 2009 he graduated from the university of new york and the very next year in 2010 in the process of obtaining a scientific degree from the university of californiatudents in the country . alexander soros made his first really big charitable contribution in favor of the jewish justice fund. but despite his youth age. he is familiar to the strongest of the world this time attack george sures, of course, is a very discussed person, both in the usa and in europe i think it is very important to understand him, but at the same time, it seems to me that he is only a facade of the globalization of neoliberalism. of course he is one of the important players and his son. now, too, is becoming such a player, but there are many elements in this network and most likely the most important of them do not appear in the news, therefore, we need to talk about sus. but i think we should understand what we will say. so not the only enemy in there is a lot of this network. eat a lot of people, but i think he's a convenient symbol here in hungary , the state media used george soros as a symbol of what hungary is fighting against in trying to maintain its independence

in 2009 he graduated from the university of new york and the very next in 2010, while earning a degree at the university of californiacountry. indeed, alexander suros made a large charitable contribution to the jewish justice foundation, despite his young age. he is known to the mightiest of this world. george suras, of course, is a very discussed person, both in the usa and in europe , i think it is very important to understand him, but at the same time, it seems to me that he is only a facade of the globalization of neoliberalism. of course he is one of the important players and his son. now he is also becoming such a player, but there are many elements in this network and most likely the most important one does not appear in the news, therefore, we need to talk about speed, but i think that we must understand that it is not the only enemy in this network who will say this a lot of people a lot of forces, but i think he's a convenient symbol here in hungary , the state media has used george soros as a symbol of what hungary is fighting against in trying to maintain its independence. so in that sense it is useful, b

jonathan stewart from the university of california, thank you forjoining us and sharing your expertise pleasure- _ let's turn to india where the second and final day of the g20 summit has just got under way. a short time ago, global leaders began gathering for a ceremony at the memorial of mahatma gandhi, india's independence leader, before final sessions are held. on saturday, the group issued a joint declaration on the war in ukraine — but the statement made no mention of russian aggression. live now to delhi and we can speak to our south asia correspondent samira hussain. samira, what's the latest there? well, the big news of course happened, it is getting a joint statement on ukraine. and after a lot of discussion and back and forth between the leaders, they were able to agree on some language. however, there has been quite a bit of criticism with regards to the language because, as you rightly pointed out, there is no criticism of russia's aggression or not even any mention of russia's aggression. so, does it actually holds any weight? yes, it does give india that elusive joint st

the fact of the matter is is that berkeley law school and the rest of the university of california istudents and black faculty up, that it admits students and hires faculty with grades, test scores, academic skills much lower than their white and asian peers. you tell me, how can that make that institution a racist institution? it's twisting itself into knots to get its black members up and yet the students are emotionally invested in the idea of their victimhood. >> jesse: could they give an example of how they were discriminated against at berkeley? >> one student mentioned that he had been asked for his idea from a police officer. i have no idea what the circumstances of that word, whether he matched somebody's description, a criminal suspect's description, whether there was a universal i.d. checking going on. as far as the real issue, which is naming your professors and the administrators who are racist. there was nothing. all there was was heckling. >> jesse: okay. i have asked to show my i.d. before and i never thought much of it. heather, i want to show you something james carv

let's discuss this with steven fish, professor of political science at the university of california berkeleythe election in poland isjust weeks away. is this a move by the polish government simply a move to win votes? it the polish government simply a move to win votes?— move to win votes? it is, in fact the _ move to win votes? it is, in fact the law _ move to win votes? it is, in fact the law and _ move to win votes? it is, in fact the law and justice - move to win votes? it is, in. fact the law and justice party fact the law and justice party the governing party has a very large constituency among farmers, and small town and rural voters generally but on the other hand, it is not clear this is a very smart move on the part of law and justice party. in a sense this really kind of shows this party poss mac hand, we have to keep in mind the law and justice party which has been in power in poland since 2015 has dragged poland since 2015 has dragged poland back away from democracy and toward something that is closer to the vladimir putin model, not nearly as far as putin has done but this part

there is a wonderful website that the university of california at santa barbara has put together that has actual video you can see online and it's really terrific. and he starts this theater where they improvise and they do skits and he's teaching theater to farmworkers who many of them are not literate. but they can perform, and they are naturals. and then the theater becomes immensely popular vote as entertainment and also for education. so he's teaching basic concepts. what is a contract. how does this work? what is a union? it becomes more popular, and he is a rival force to cesar chavez, not because he wants to run the labor union but because he is a credible voice for the farmworkers. he also sort of embodies the more radical elements of the movement not in terms of politics but in their independence. so if any of you know have dealt with people who are clinically active, they have strong opinions. there comes a time in 1967 when those opinions are not really welcome. chavez i think never really believed in a democratic organization. he did a good imitation in the earlier years

. >>> harley shikin is a professor at university of california at berkeley, an expert on labor and thelobal economy, joining me from switzerland. so good to have you with us. what are the ways the united auto workers' historic strike could impact the u.s. economy? >> it could impact in many ways. and it is truly a historic strike. first, the auto industry is about 3% of the gdp of the entire economy. that doesn't sound like much, but it affects so many other industries. and in the key states such as michigan, it's about 7% of the economy. if the strike lasts a long time, we could see some serious economic slowdowns in key sectors. >> would you go as far as to say that it could push the country into a recession? >> probably not. it would be more minimal on a national level. but the last time there was a strike, uaw strike against general motors, in 2019, it pushed the state of michigan into a recession for a quarter. and that's not incidental from where we sit right now. michigan is a critical battleground state. so michigan in a recession could be damaging to president biden. >> from a

i spent a few minutes at the university of california, san francisco. i spent a bulk of my career at two places, united airlines and a company called materion matay. aryan is an engineering company and if you've ever seen the james webb telescope, you see those nice, pretty shiny gold panels behind those panels. those are hexagonal plates made of beryllium materion is the world's leading beryllium manufacture. where i worked at our company in fremont, where you might have heard of the hadron super collider. we made electron beam pipes for the super collider, and i was a manager over those projects. so next. so what is it that i do here next? go ahead. i have a lot of different hats, roles and responsibilities here in the department, but my primary responsibility is to provide assistance to the health and safety and wellness chief battalion chief alba. i also review and update had most of our our plans to comply with cal osha and the epa as well. so you'll see a bunch of letters there that says iip, rpp, the iip stands for the injury and illness preventio

. >>> next up there is a university of california riverside professor resigning amid a controversy surroundingupposedly native american heritage. for the past several years andrea smith was accused of falsely claiming to be cherokee. does that remind you of anyone? after several colleagues complained she is resigning. it's a cushy agreement that allows her to avoid investigation, keep her position through august next year and hold onto her retirement benefits and honorary title. you love this story why? >> i love it because this is important progress. trans native native american lives matter. the representation has not been there. we only have one at the highest level in our society and its elizabeth warren. she should not have been fired. she should have been promoted. we do not have representation for this community. seriously. how can you really in the progressive warped view say she did anything wrong? who can identify as whatever you want. if nothing is set in stone, this is the logical next conclusion. of course it is absurd and offensive. >> why do they always choose cherokee? >> how c

in history from the university of california, berkeley. this evening, she will be discussing about her book. i can't wrap it up in there. it's on the screen here. i thought it was up there. i can't wait to call you my wife. all right. african american letters of love and family in the civil war era. this book illuminates the struggles of african-americans who spent the civil war trying to hold their families together through letters, family, family members exchanged despite harsh laws against literacy and brutal practices of of separating families. this work explores how african-americans found ways to write to each other against all odds. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming our author. thank you, gavin. i am so delighted to be here. this is one of my favorite research places, i have to tell you. and i want to thank olivia, who has been so instrumental in coordinating all of this. and heather rockwood. i don't know if i've met heather yet, but we've met on email and others who helped put this whole event together. thank you

board of supervisors to authorize dph to accept and extend gift of retinal imaging machine values at $496.500 from university california san francisco. >> good afternoon health commission members. >> please speak closer to the microphone. >> good afternoon health commission members . we ask for approval for acceptance of this retinal images gift from university of california san francisco. this donation from the university california san francisco has (indiscernible) conduct and facilitate comprehensive eye care for the city and county of san francisco. please approve acceptance of this gift and director (indiscernible) is happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> thank you. is there a motion to approve acceptance of the gift? >> so move. >> is there a second? >> second. >> is there any public comment on this item ? >> any public comment in the room on the item? folks on line, item 4 recommending the board of supervisors to authorize dph to accept a gift from ucsf. please let us know by pressing star 3. no hands. >> this is great news, because these imaging machines are so important especially people with a

. >> it is 6.24 the university of california, san francisco is opening a new academic and research facilityerberg. general hospital opens today. it's in a building called pride hall and it is supposed to be providing scientists and educators with state of the art facilities for research and teaching, for example, wet labs, dry labs, a simulation and surgical training facilities will all be there and it celebrates 150 year partnership of the 2 medical institutions. the opening is at 10 o'clock this morning. >> well, also happening today, santa clara county officials are expected to make an announcement on grants for early childhood education february. the county's board of supervisors unanimously voted to invest 15 million dollars from the american rescue plan into childhood facilities. now with the grants, officials hope cities, family, childcare, homes in affordable housing developers are going to consider renovated building and expanding child care facilities. that announcement is expected at 10 o'clock this morning in san jose. full of food and drug administration panel found nasal decon

the university of california office has given institution -- instruction for parenting program, advanced researchers such as some of the members on the panel you will see it today and we will offer this guidance to the community. so we can come together and talk about the amazing work they are already doing. identifying problems and reading solutions and understanding how to track the data better and what to do with it. also just encourage up what data collection will bring us, clarity, insight and collaboration. thank you so much for listening to my story. i will turn it over now. >> thank you. i am honored to be here today. i come to this work as a former student parent. when i started in this position, or the first projects i conducted was making support available to student parents. i had many conversations with parenting students. based on this conversations in my experience, students -- parenting students often feel invisible. i was 22 and in the last of my undergraduate degree program and i had a four-year-old at home. we were struggling financially. i thought that my professor wo

the university of california regents will discuss cal's move into the atlantic coast conference next week at ucla. cal athletics department could receive millions of dollars from ucla after the university agreed to leave its sibling institution open last summer and play in a new conference. the governing body will decide whether ucla will have to pay cal a portion of the media share it will receive as part of the new deal. the potential move could leave cal's former conference with only two remaining schools. a judge granted a temporary restraining order request to prevent departing pac 12 schools from meeting. according to the ruling, a meeting with the league commissioner and officials from the ten universities that are leaving for rival conferences is scheduled for tomorrow. officials at the two leftover schools say they want to take control of the conference's assets and intellectual property while preserving and rebuilding. the pac 12 brand lego creations characters and a lot of candy kicks off halloween season at legoland. ashley dvorkin with a look at this year's brick or treat

i got a chance to see the procedure firsthand when i went into the operating room at the university of californiahe third patient ever to have this done. showing promising results. a 90% reduction in seizures in the first two patients treated so far. >> people think of seizures like, oh, you know, it's one to two minutes of a seizure two to three times a month, it's like, what, six, seven eight minutes out of your life in a month, but the people spend 99% of their time trying to avoid those six, seven, eight minutes and that really impacts their quality of life. >> reporter: the company plans to study whether the therapy can treat other brain conditions like alzheimer's. >> i think these patients are incredibly brave to be a part of a trial where we don't know for sure what the end result is. >> reporter: since annette underwent the procedure last october, she's had just one seizure since and says she finally has her life back. >> we're going to be capable of doing the things in life that we haven't really been confident to do over the last, you know, since 2014. >> reporter: dr. akshay syal, nbc

. >> yeah, cal fire and the university of california at san diego have teamed up and are using a massive a.i. to spot those fires early, and it seems to be working. stephanie elam takes a closer look at this remarkable technology. >> reporter: in california, where wildfires are a constant threat, firefighters want every advantage they can get on a blaze before it becomes an inferno. >> whilis was asleep, my phone dippinged. >> reporter: cal fire scott slump got that leg up while testing new technology in july when he got a text message with a link to this. video of a fire that started in the middle of the night deep in the california wilderness. >> the dispatch center was not aware of the fire. >> reporter: something else was. artificial intelligence. cal fire in partnership with uc san diego's alert california program and its network of more than 1,000 cameras across the state is using the technology to recognize a fire early on. >> the next morning that fire would have been a fire of significance. >> reporter: instead, firefighters were dispatched immediately. knocking the blaze down b

cal fire and the university of california at san diego have teamed up and are using a massive networktakes a closer look at this remarkable technology. >> reporter: in california where wildfires are a constant threat, firefighters want every advantage they can get on a blaze before it becomes an inferno. >> while i was asleep in bed my phone dinged. >> reporter: cal fire's scott slump got the leg up while testing new technology in july when he got a text message with a link to this. video of a fire that started in the middle of the night, deep in the california wilderness. >> the dispatch center was not aware of the fire. >> reporter: but something else was. artificial intelligence. al fire in partnership with uc-san diego's alert california program and its network of more than 1,000 cameras across the state is using the technology to recognize a fire early on. >> the next morning that fire would have been a fire of significance. >> reporter: instead firefighters were dispatched immediately, knocking the blaze down before it did major damage. >> so the fires that you don't hear about

it is more difficult to get into cal poly than university of california schools such as uc davis and cruz. and this makes it the most competitive. cal state school to get into for the city of capitola kicked off repairs on the wharf this weekend, which was nearly destroyed by winter storms. city officials held a ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction community members came together over the past few months in support of the restoration, thanks to government funding. the project will bring several enhancements to the wharf, like binoculars, new benches and lighting and shade structures. i was here the day of the storm and watched the waves come out and take out the wharf. >> i was in tears. >> it means everything. it's iconic. it's it's kind of the centerpiece of the whole city. the restoration will replace all the decking and it will also widen and reinforce the pier leaders of the project hope the wharf will bring back. >> well, it'll come back better than ever by this time next year. tropical storm ophelia has strengthened off the east coast as it's expected to make la