candidate of the university of california berkeley 70 percent of separate schools homeless have been forced to move by and by a police officer 69 percent have been cited by a police officer 46 percent of their terms rather borg's complicated by city workers he went on to point out that only 12 percent reported that they had been offered services and even less than 5 percent tab so that they actually were offered a shelter with a bed to go to war is always criminalize being poor yes we have on every level i mean somebody has a debt they have got cops showing up at their door you have someone who is homeless to through any number of situations that you may or may not know and understand is forced to be in a situation to be living in their car to be living in a tent city doing this thing some people don't even have that much and nothing to criminalize a you've made it a crime to be poor. and that's the part that no matter what you do you're going to have this cycle of people throwing money at certain things and putting people in jail and then going i just don't know why this keeps happe

harley shaiken is a professor at the university of california, berkeley who specializes in labour andelcome to business briefing. give us welcome to business briefing. give us your take on this industrial action. how is gm going to play this one out? it is a critical moment for gm and for the united auto workers union. at stake is how gm competes in the global economy and whether workers benefited from that all became its victims. you have close to 50,000 workers walking the picket line. gm has done something unprecedented — it released what it said it was offering at the bargaining table publicly, in a way seeking to go over the heads of the union leadership directly to the membership. that may in fact backfire. it is the day after a major holiday in november in the us gm announced the closure of four major auto factories. there is no doubt that general motors is pushing through huge restructuring, which as you say is closing down several factories, thousands of jobs you say is closing down several factories, thousands ofjobs are on the line. all carmakers worldwide, certainly those

a former university of california berkeley student has been ordered to stand. for the alleged sexual-assault of 2 women. according to a report in alameda county superior court judge ruled that the 20 year-old fan. wolf should stand trial on 7 felony counts, it's related to the alleged attack. prosecutors say that wolf bit punched a woman during a march attack at his home and forced her to perform oral secs a second woman then came forward during the investigation and the lunch that in 2017 will brewster raped her at a fraternity near campus. >>a step outside now get another update on the weather situation around the bay area's we give you a shot of the studio, very nice the studio. >>very nice and cannot who in the studio right that's compared outside today. you know was speaking of humidity. this that time of year when the tropics. right about the peak of hurricane season really just lit up with storms now here's umberto that is off the coastline. there's bermuda there. they certainly could be a factor into this this storm system going to very close and then we

my parents met with a were graduate students at the university of california berkeley in the 1960's. [applause] [laughter] sen. harris: they were active in the civil rights movement. my sister and i joked that we grew up surrounded by adults who spent time marching and shouting about this thing called justice. of the many heroes of that great civil rights movement, there were lawyers, people like thurgood marshall and these individuals who understood the skill of the profession of law, to translate the passion from the streets to the courtrooms of our country. musto the work we know constantly be done of reminding people of the promise we that we arein 1776, all equal and should be treated that way. they were the heroes of my childhood. that is why i decided i wanted to be a lawyer. it was a community of fighters. my mother was also extraordinary. she raised me and my sister. my mother was a scientist. one of the very few at the time, and still, women of color in science. her specialty was breast cancer research. my mother had two goals in her life -- to raise her daughters and and b

joining us now is an associate professor at the university of california's berkeley goldman school of public policy. he studied the economic consequences of climate change. solomon, thanks for being with us. you know, we have historically measured the insured damage of a hurricane. we put these remarkable prices on them. and they're astronomical. i think what we're learning these days is when we put this in climate change, damages from a hurricane may not be the most effective way to look at this. >> absolutely. all of our research on the topic suggests a huge amount of the costs from these types of storms manifest years down the road. people will have to spend their money rebuilding and that means they're not going to -- right now they want to catch up to where they were a few years ago. because the storm basically takes your business back in time. you know, you take a few steps forward and suddenly you lose all the things you've been saving up and got to rebuild it. >> when we talk about the insured damage, we're talking about the costs of replaces and repairing opposed to the cost

us now is maria estevete, former chief of staff to president clinton and lecturer at university of california berkeley school of law. thank you for joining us tonight. you've worked in a presidential administration. you know the way the thinking works. you know the way persuasion works. what would you suggest as an approach to try to persuade the trump administration to pull back on what is a death sentence? >> i think the first thing to focus on is understand what is motivating this administration, to try to figure out how to persuade them. unfortunately, every step that this administration has taken on immigration is really rooted in what i believe is an effort to take discretion out of the system. because that's what this new rule is, to just sim mary say, you've been here, we're no longer accepting as a reason for you to be able to stay here that you are having critical essential medical treatment. it is to take that increase and to basically lose the humanity. hide the humanity of immigrants. so i'm sort of at a loss, frankly, lawrence, to say how i would persuade this administration to withdraw

this is to the manager of the football team at the university of california berkeley. writing back. they're again, looking to set things up later in 1904. january 26, a letter he wrote about a game on christmas. in los angeles, would be a financial success without a doubt and i think the newspaper gossip will be controlled to your satisfaction. ok. if you agree to play in los angeles on christmas, it will be satisfactory to us. so on and so forth. we will see no third party gets the lion's share of the receipts as has been the custom in the past. so no ticket scalpers. we have arranged with warner of cornell. they are saying we want to play with you, we have a great coach coming. let's leave california and go up to washington. let's talk to the university of washington. we want to take a trip to your section and play a game at seattle next season and would prefer to play december 17th. they have to make an announcement that they now have william warner of cornell coming out to coach and play. we will be pleased to hear from you with regards to this matter as soon as possible. so the

let's welcome a professor of at the lations university of california at berkeley. information at information technology with labor and tkpwhr globalization. why is the risk of a strike so high? what are the conditions that may be setting it up? a critical set of negotiations. it is defining for the company. to compete in an industry that is going through a electrics ion with and autonomous vehicles. union they want to see that but they want to ensure members job security and they share in those gainsment so their are higher wages and road changes in various classifications of workers. there are many temporary workers those hired since 2007 that earn far less. apart we far negotiations started. it is in the end game and how u.s. manufacturing competes economy.obal >> i come from the u.k. where quite common and british airways are busy at it. how monumental is it to see it it he united states and see spre spread? >> this is something that has rare in the singly united states. we he last several years have had an uptick in strikes was say eyond what it the 1970's and 1

create that wealth tax are now pushing for a tax on charitable giving the two at the university of california berkeleywealth tax, certain types of charity should be taxed to curb abuses the first is private foundations. they have about $850 billion in assets right now so bill gates, for instance, would be taxed on his $100 billion in personal wealth along with the more than $40 billion that he has in the bill and melinda gates foundation that would include money given to that foundation by warren buffett. the second would be donor advised funds. they hold $110 billion the economists say people who give to donor advised funds or foundations, they still control that money until it's distributed to charities so, quote, such wealth constitutes individual power and, therefore, it makes sense to make that wealth taxable now, warren has not said publicly specifically how charity would be handled in her wealth tax she has proposed 2% on wealth over $50 million, 3% on wealth over a billion estimating it would raise $200 billion a year. without a new tax treatment on certain charities, these economists say the

>>well the fall se ester began at the university of california at berkeley this week. more than 9,000 freshman and transfer students are entering u c berkeley this fall, one of the major challenges as providing adequate housing for students because of the bay area's difficult housing market. school leaders say they are making progress in the second year, a 10 year effort to double the amount of housing for students. a key component of that effort is a plan to build housing for both students and the homeless at the historic but crime ridden people's park, a 2.8 acre site near the u c berkeley campus. well a large number of donor kidneys are being thrown away yearly but even even larger number of people are on the waiting list for one details on why doctors say this is ha welcome back to kron 4. >>news at 10 for your health tonight, a new study finds the us throws out about 3500 donated kidneys a year. nearly a 100,000 americans sit on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. researchers looked at the rate donated kidneys were used in the us between 2004 and 2014 they fo

from the university of pennsylvania and jd from the university of california berkeley school of law. we welcome all our distinguished guests on the first panel. now if you please rise, i'll begin by swearing you in. please raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief, so help you god? let the record show the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thanks. you may be seated. i ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes. to help you stay within that time, there's a timing light on your table. when the light switches from green to yellow, you have one minute to conclude your testimony. when the light turns red, it signals your five minutes have expired. mr. chairman, we'll begin with you. >> chairman cicilline, ranking member sensenbrenner, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. my name is adam cohen and i'm director of economic policy at google. in my role, i lead our public polic

(ken) the university of california, san francisco and berkeley are creating a new joint center for researchslexia and other learning differences. financier charles schwab donated 20 million dollars for the research center. schwab is the founder and chairman of the san francisco-based brokerage company -- charles schwab corporation. he was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 40. (pam) this video shows what used to be a shows what used this video shows what used to be a balcony at a south bay condominum complex. it collapsed last night -- with a group of people standing on it. kron4's haaziq madyun talked to a downstairs neighbor who says, she feels lucky to be alive. a one story balcony that (pam) a jury selection controversy... why an attorney says -- the selection process in sacramento county may be racist. (ken) plus -- two daycare workers are in custody -- accused of putting chidlren's safety at risk. their disturbing act -- captured on camera. (pam) an a-t-m machine gets stolen in the south bay, and then -- abandoned on a highway. how police say -- the suspect managed to wheel it out of a cr

well the university of california, san francisco and berkeley are creating a new joint center for research on dyslexia and other learning differences. but it's your chart's swab he donated $20 million for that research center suave and his self was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 40 he's also the founder and chairman of the san francisco based brokerage company charles schwab corporation. schools in san francisco and all plan are getting a big boost of a cell's for seo marc benioff he announced today that his company is donating more than million for computer science math classes at the schools. now this is along with training and also retaining teachers. >>we're here to serve our communities. we're here to serve our public schools. we're here to serve. everyone who's part of san francisco or oakland or anywhere that we're doing business we're thinking about. >>the bigger picture. >>well mayors of san francisco and oakland they were there at that announcement they called on other companies to also follow sells for us and invest in their communities. a san francisco's famous cable car will b

bush justice department, now a law professor at the university of california berkeley, he talks aboutoncerns about impeaching trump especially when it comes to this phone call with a foreign leader. as a member who served on the foreign relations committee, he writes that the constitution vests the president with the authority to -- authority to conduct foreign responsibility -- foreign policy and the responsibility to protect the nation security. a president engaging in wrongdoing must have confidence in the confidentiality of his munication's or he will not be able to perform his constitutional duties and our international relations will fall victim to government by committee. we must avoid hindering the president's ability to conduct foreign policy. guest: i believe the president should have confidence in their confidentiality but if they are using this for personal dealings to commit criminal acts or for governmental abuse, at think you have to draw the line somewhere. host: 15 minutes before the house comes in. we will take you there when they do. until then, your phone calls wit

because they had an alumnus that allowed an endorsement to happen over the university of california, berkeleyuilt into it, unless it is rolled out in a standardized way. i would like to see money given into an account, not access until you graduate or go through four years but i don't think you should have the wild west of endorsements out there because there is much opportunity for corruption. stuart: did you see gronk on my show this morning? >> did you see him on our show this morning? stuart: excuse me. what did you get out of him? he wouldn't tell me whether he is going back to the nfl. he says he uses this cbd oil and it does kill his pain but he has got a problem going back to the nfl still using cbd. what did he tell you? >> a couple of things. he has lost about 60 pounds since he left the league. he has to put it all back on. number one he is ripped. not out of shape as you saw. number three, he has one of the best personalities in and out of sports. so natural, so real. i'm not sure it is analytical. he has such a great time on the field, he said at the commemorating the super bowl

scores. 5 universities in california have been caught up in the scandal including berkeley, sanford and ucla. stay lawmakers passed a package of bills designed to level the playing field after the college admission scandal. the scandal brought to light how wealthy fail families can gain the system to get their kids in the door and three bills will require closer view of special exemption given for sat and a.c.t. scores. and will consider doing away with the tests altogether. . >> that's disheartening because it takes spots away from people who deserved it. >> we want to make sure there was adequate data regarding donors, and what kind of preferential treatment donors receive. >> a third bill would prevent parents from writing off bribes as charitable donations on their taxes. the three bills passed ate semmably and state senate and now they are heading to the governor's desk but it is unknown if he will sign them into law. >>> california uber drivers saying enough is enough. they he filed a lawsuit demanding the ride share giant make them full time employees. governor newsom is expected to sign a bill to force uber to treat dr