we take seriously our mission to be the university of san francisco. today we look back half a century ago. idsa the vast majority of the people in this room assembled here today were not present then. increasingly, when i asked students about whether their parents were involved in the civil rights struggle of the 1960s, becoming their grandparents were. in order to make real are increasingly multicultural nations promise as a beacon of hope for freedom, for freedom loving people the world over, and the progress we have made it is important to go back to those days five decades ago in front of majestic lincoln memorial in washington dc. the march on washington was an assemblage of people in power converging on washington dc, our nations capital, only occasionally seen every few decades. a quarter of 1 million americans march on washington that hot summer day. each representing thousands and thousands of americans were standing up for both racial equality and job opportunities. across the nation. now i will defer to our main speaker, the man who is there

if in the mid the east expert and professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco. good to have you with us. >> good evening. >> you wrote a very detailed article. you made some arguments against going to war with syria and one of those arguments is a military attack strengthen the syrian regime. how so? >> there's a rally around the flag effect that happens with any country from the outside. you also have this particularly true in skwraeur where the assad regime has been quite successful in that pheuplating the strong sense of nationalsation which the syrian people have been used to for many generations. the u.s. attacks and forces of lebanon in the 1980s and other factors. and the hope of split for the baath party and the hardliners would likely disappear. people will close ranks around the regime. so whatever physical structural damage may be done to the military ^py the u.s. strike, i'm afraid is going to be more than made up in political gains for the regime. >> as you know the president laid out a very strong moral argument on why the syrian people need help

fell from his window a few days ago and they'll give it to james as a me men. >> today the university of san francisco said andrew will be greatly missed by his colleagues and friends. we offer sincere con dole lenses, and prayers to the family and friends. >>> archaist ta county fire continues to rage out of control. it is burned more than 11 square miles and evacuations have been ordered. about 110 structures have been destroyed or damaged. it's threatening another 350 buildings. the clover fire is 40% contained. >>> pg&e says only a few lawsuits have been settled. the remaining claims amount to about $110 million. a spokes woman said the money comes from share holders and some will be covered by insurance. 8 people were killed in that explosion 3 years ago yesterday. many more suffered catastrophic injuries,. >>> city attorney sued the state of nevada. dennis herrera said the city spent lots of money to tend to patients from a psychiatric hospital in nevada. the report fails to provide details. >>> a group of occupycal protestors had their first day in court today. 21 protestors filed that claim in

. >> a social psychologist at the university of san francisco. >> alcohol might be a conflict here but people get physiological around. >> reporter: some fans get so obsessed teams can become part of their identity. >> we become passionate about our teams when they're winning that's why we wear hats and shirts. that's basking in reflective glory. >> reporter: the giants are working to step up security in the ball park. >> there is no place at these games for violence. nobody's life should be at stake. >> reporter: police will have undercover policeman just as they have been since a giants fan was beaten outside dodgers stadium in 2011. >> there is zero tolerance. arrests will be swift. >> reporter: and jonathan denver will be honored tonight before the first pitch. >>> also new information about the san francisco state student shot in the back was shot for no reason and they have uncovered gear from the suspect's home. they displayed the items they found in thephakaysone's home who is charged with fatally shooting justin valdez. the suspect might have been planning a much larger attack

. >> professor is a social psychologist in the university of san francisco. >> alcohol might be a factor here, but as the tempers start to flair, and people get obsessed. >> the groupz of teams they -- groups of teams they cheer for, can actually become part of their identity. >> the team is doing well, this is called, basking in reflected glory. >> the statement said the giants are working with sfpd, to work with them to beef up the security. >> there's no place at these games for violence. nobody's life should be at stake. >> tonight, the police will have undercover officers, patrolling inside and outside the park, just as they have been, since this fan was baenlt outside of the stadium in 2007. >> there is zero tolerance, arrests will be swift. >> back life at the ballpark, many fans are not afraid to wear the colors tonight. they will honor jvrdz with a moment -- jvdz jonathan denver with a moment on silence. >> there is a statement today, they can say, we are hoar if i had, and deeply -- horrified, and saddened by this is act of violence. coming up at the 10:00 news, more of jonatha

your work, and my wife teaches elementary school in daley city and i have taught at the university of san francisco education, is everything. and okay. that is enough of my speech. >> you know, i don't think that we ever get tired of people telling us that we do important work, so thank you. >> every week. >> okay. >> president norton? >> i wanted to say because i don't think that people realize this, i think that the san francisco board of education is the only board in the country that has had a professional parliamentarian and i appreciate as always, someone appreciating what we do but i don't think that really the public or any of us in this school district understands what we learned about the importance of professionalism from evelyn and the 25 years that i knew her and i just can't express enough how important, having her as an advisor and a teacher was to us. and i have you know recently, i have had the opportunity to have to rely on the skills more than i otherwise would have liked in my role as president last year of the california school board association, and it was always, always the t

the work that i have done for marriage equality in san francisco and california and the work that i do at the university of california san francisco for fighting for individuals and students and under represented minorities, it's my passion and my life. i would also like to thank chief navarro and chief of staff for nominating me for this award. i'm truly honored. thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] >> our next awardee for the individual leadership award is linda evans who is the organizer for legal services for prisoners with children. she's retired from that position. [ cheers and applause ] >> i just want to say thank you so much to the human rights commission. i'm deeply honored and really humbled to receive this award and to be present in the presence of so many civil rights heroes. i appreciate this recognition, not just for myself, but for the collective efforts of all of us and all of our members of legal services for prisoners with children and all of our allies. in 2003 we began over a decade of partnership with the human rights commission. when we launched or band a box to reform hiring p

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the 56-year-old professor at university of san francisco kied in the blaze. goodman found on oregon street around 1:30 this morning he died at the hospital. the older home was engulfed in flames. the red cross helping several others who managed to escape from the buildinging. >> it's scary to see how the top four of the third floor was angled this flames and stuff just burning. >> neighbors say goodman was a smoker and liked to burn candles but there is no word on the cause of the fire. >> tonight a break in the case of a legendary blues man who had his instruments stolen. no one talking to our cameras today but we did get a look at surveillance cameras. they tell a clear and disturbing story. >> i can tell the name on it he's a blues legend and a crime victim. thieves stole his gibson guitar. >> it's a person gots your skpar guitar is watching this? >> just give it back. please. in stead video appears to show three men trying to sell them. >> the guy called me and he probably pretty sure it's stolen property. >> the men with instruments disappeared within 10

. >>> tomorrow, grief counselors returning to the university of san francisco to help them mourn the loss of 56 years andrew goodwin, who died in an apartment fire. the media studies professor was nicknamed the professor of pop. his body was discovered on the top floor of his apartment building in berkeley. the flames broke out after 1:30 that morning and firefighters rushed inside to rescue him but goodwin later died at a hospital. at this point, there is still no word on exactly what caused that fire. >>> it's 4:49. san francisco's city attorney has sued nevada accusing authorities of deliberately busing psychiatric patients to california. he filed that lawsuit this week demanding half a million dollars in restitution for the city of san francisco. that's the amount of money he said the city has spent caring for patients bussed there from las vegas. he is seeking a court order forbidding the transfer of patients to california unless residence or prior arrangements have been made for their care. >>> car thiefs picked up some unexpected cargo during a heist. somebody found a box of hu

. >> an appeal to help from closing the university of san francisco.he knackty is joining in a fight to retain accreditation. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. happy fall to you. it arrived this afternoon. a terrific day today. temperatures up as much as ten degrees. we will cool down. we'll take >> ama: oracle team u.s.a. ken the america's cup alive today with two wins. the catamaran took a commanding lead in both races against emirates team new zealand. the american team has notched four straight victories since new zealand reached match point last wednesday. oracle needs to take four more races for america to keep the trophy. the kiwis just have to win one more race. oracle boss is celebrating the turn-around. he won't get to celebrate the win for long. right now he is sit to give the keynote address during oracle's con phelps san -- conference inn francisco. open world runs through thursday. >> faculty at san francisco city college say they'll file a lawsuit in an effort to keep the school open. two teachers unions are expected to make an o

. >>> students and faculty at the university of san francisco are remembering a beloved professor.ormer students say andrew goodwin was a brilliant teacher that loved pop culture. goodwin was killed when a fire broke out his in berkeley apartment early yesterday morning. >> i wish i could just say thank you for what you have taught me and it's unfortunate i haven't had a chance to say thank you to him. >> officials at usf say plans are in the works for a memorial. >>> people in north concord finally have answers about the loud noises that left them on edge monday night. the refinery in concord has fessed up. crews were there working to fix a small leak. burning off excess gas gave a loud noise. neighbors that were left in the dark about the cause feared for their safety. >> it was like a jet engine, volcano, and loco motive all together at once. >> we were not aware at the time that the sound was carrying as far as it did. >> some neighbors want to know why a warning didn't go out to the community. it's possible more noises could continue into friday. >>> a man who had a heart atta

>> reporter: she responsible for him -- he is responsible for himself. >> yeah. >>> the university of san francisco state university released a statement, the president of san francisco state said this is a tragedy for friends and family and for the entire university community. today we are also hearing from friends of the victim, justin valdez, i got a chance to talk to his high school principal in southern california. he said he was a great student and we are putting together more reaction and comments coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m. live in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a 25-year-old cold case may be solved. a break in the case led them to two suspects. as a result of dna evidence the district attorney issued warrants for fausto chavez and josafat presencion. they are accused of strangling wynetta davis in 1988. >>> new developments tonight in the case of a elementary school teacher accused of molesting students. joseph martin is expected of abusing 13 boys. he pleaded not guilty. he taught at woodside elementary school. they say officials with the district knew he may h

neighbors tell us he was a professor at the university of san francisco. the fire started at 1:30 this morning on oregon street. very close to uc berkeley. firefighters say when they arrived, flames were pouring from the third floor apartment and that's where goodwin lived. he was taken to the hospital where he died. neighbors say they woke up to banging on their doors and frantic calls to get out. >> they burst in saying get up, get out of the fire. wron what they were saying, but they were just screaming at us in the middle of the night. we jumped out of bed and just grabbed, like, some stuff and just ran out. >> brand new bill from scrambling cell phone service, now just one signature away from becoming law. the legislation would now require all government entities to obtain a court order within six hours of a crisis before interrupting cell service. that bill cleared the california legislature just last week, and now it a waits the approval of governor brown. >> still to come, high speed sailing returns to the bay. we'll have a live preview of today's

discussion is the cfo of the tobacco vapor electronic association, stanton glantz from the university of california san franciscoand danny mcgoldrick, the vice president for research from the campaign for tobacco-free kids. danny, how should e-cigarettes be regulated? >> first of all, if they're making a cessation claim, they fall under the regulation of the fda drug center, and they have to show that they're both a safe and effective tobacco cessation product. so nobody has done that, and to my knowledge no e-cigarette has applied for that. if they fully transition or claim they transition people from conventional cigarette smokes to e-cigarette smoking, that's what they need to demonstrate to the fda. the tobacco control act of 2009, which finally gave the fda the authority to regulate tobacco prush products said you can assert your jurisdiction over other tobacco products. we need the tobacco center at the fda to act expeditiously to assert their authority over e-cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products that aren't currently regulated and decide which of these sales, marketing and manufacturing restrict

kelly she's a journalist at antiwar dot com and in san francisco we cross is steven zoon as he is the chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it kelli if i go to you first you know thinking about kenya when i look think about kenya i think well what what everything that went wrong in somalia so somalia is broken and now we have these other groups which many would say american policy and western policy in somalia generated these groups and now it's spreading further as i said is the cure worse than the disease here when we look at the war on terror. well let's consider for a moment what's been going on for the last twelve years in somalia we've had cia covert operations we've had joint special operations command forces doing covert operations we've had private contractors. military operating in somalia since nine eleven they've been conducting targeted assassinations air strikes drone strikes all of affected to billions they're. they've scattered. groups but also created new ones and clothing al s

kelly she's a journalist at antiwar dot com and in san francisco we cross is steven zoon as he is the chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco point folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it kelli if i go to you first you know thinking about kenya when i look think about kenya i think well what what everything that went wrong in somalia so somalia is broken and now we have these other groups which many would say american policy and western policy in somalia generated these groups and now it's spreading further as i said is the cure worse than the disease here when we look at the war on terror. well let's consider for a moment what's been going on for the last twelve years in somalia we've had cia covert operations we've had joint special operations command forces doing covert operations we've had private contractors centcom military operating in somalia since nine eleven they've been conducting targeted assassinations air strikes drone strikes all of affected to billions they're. they've scattered. groups but also created new ones and clothing a

want to acknowledge that the proclamation recognizes is honoring the partnership with the university of san francisco. because i think that that's important as well to acknowledge them and their partnership. but what it does at the end it celebrates the march on washington and for jobs and for freedom day. i just want to say, i know you moved up here. let me finish this spot. for the jobs and the freedom, i think it is fabulous and it is strength base and it is wonderful that we can celebrate how far we've come, but i think it's equally important that we recognize how much farther we still have to go and how much more work we still have to do and again, i'm encouraged by the fact that this room is filled with all of you that are advocates and that are standing with me that are going to continue the fight and not sit down an not address specifically what we need to do specifically with jobs and freedom and i want to talk a little bit even with the jobs. we all know that statistically when we talk about jobs and opportunities for employment, that is the best way we can move this community forward and u

kelly she's a journalist at antiwar dot com and in san francisco we cross is steven zoon as he is the chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco current folks cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it kelli if i go to you first you know thinking about kenya when i look think about kenya i think well what what everything that went wrong in somalia is so somalia is broken and now we have these other groups which many would say american policy and western policy in somalia generated these groups and now it's spreading further as i said is the cure worse than the disease here when we look at the war on terror. well let's consider for a moment what's been going on for the last twelve years in somalia we've had cia covert operations we've had joint special operations command forces doing covert operations we've had private contractors. military operating in somalia since nine eleven they've been conducting targeted assassinations air strikes drone strikes all of affected to billions they're. they've scattered. groups but also created new ones and polluting al

. >> credibility on national security, thank you professor of politics at the university of san francisco. firefighters are battling the massive wild fire blazing through yosemite national park, and they say they are finally making head way. crews have been working nonstop to put out the so called rim fire. fire officials say more than two-thirds of the fire is now under control. but it can still take more than two weeks to completely knock it out. ♪ . >> well, as we befin the new week here, some of you are going to stay quite wet in h terms of rain showers and the possibility of flooding. let's take a look at the northeast. we have a frontal boundary that is making its way through parts of vermont, as well as down here towards maryland. what is going to happen is this front will go through, we will have flooding and severe weather with the front. by the time the front goes through, things will be much better on the back side, and cooler as well as drier. temperature wise it looks like this. we will see rainy conditions over here, and your temperatures are going to be cool tore the north,

. >> university of san francisco mourning the loss of this man, media studies professor andrew goodwin. he died in a apartment fire in berkeley. the 56-year-old used popular music to teach cultural theory and blogged as professor of pop. the fire broke out on the third floor of his apartment building. he was taken to alta base medical center where he died. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> a boat from japan washed on to shores of crescent city two years after 2011 sue nam gee beginning the journey back home now being stored in menlo park. monday, will be loaded ton ocean freighter going back to japan. the boat being used by japanese high school marine science program when the school learned the boat ended up here in california. they asked for it back. people say the return is kinld of bittersweet because they're going miss the boat. >> google launched a federal privacy lawsuit today. a three-judge panel cruel ruled google street view is not exempt from federal wire tap laws. google apologized in 2010 for collecting data from unsecured wireless networks as it drove around

my name is anisha and i'm a pediatrician at university of san francisco [speaker not understood]. in my position there i researched strategies for preventing obesity in children and adolescents and i provide clinical care for patients at the pediatric general [speaker not understood]. when i'm in clinic i'm always struck by the numbers of children ho come in to checkup with preventable chronic diseases such as obesity. we are increasingly seeing children presenting at younger ages as christina mentioned with obesity related conditions seen mostly in adults such as fatty liver, high cholesterol and adult onset type 2 diabetes. it is projectedth the current generation of parents will live shortver lives than their parents. in addition to obesity we see children with dental carries that could have been prevented with hygiene and nutrition habits. one common link between obesity and cavities is sugar drinks. if adolescents drink water instead of drinks with added sugar this could lead to a number of health consequences. drink the water instead of sugar beverages can help children and

berkeley apartment house. 56-year-old andrew goodwin, a media studies professor at the university of san franciscodied in the blaze. investigators say goodwin was found in his third floor apartment near telegraph avenue around 1:30 this morning. he died at the hospital. the older home was engulfed in flames when crews arrived. neighbors say goodwin was a smoker and liked to burn candles. but no official word on a cause of the >>> the city manager of e is calling it quits. after a 44-year career of public service, she anounsed plans to retire by december. she has been the top administrator for six years now. she started her career with the city in 1969 as a part-time recreation aide while she was in high school. >>> also in san jose, a police officer's quick thinking likely saved the life of a man who suffered a heart attack at the airport this morning. rob dayo was assigned to a checkpoint when a 43-year-old passenger suddenly collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. officer grabbed the nearby defibrillator and went to work. it turns out rob, a 25-year veteran was the force was the right man for th

amber-- >> reporter: frank, justin valdez has lots of friends here at the university of san francisco. his friends say his life may have been short but his vision for the future lives on. >> he was all about love and happiness. >> reporter: valdez is described as an eternal optimist voted by his high school class as most likely to change the world. valdez was on his way home after his life -- his job as a life guard at the local swimming pool. >> i want to know out of everybody in the world why justice. >> reporter: his sister came here to mourn. >> my brother was truly just an amazing individual. and i know he had so many things to accomplish. >> reporter: his passion was recycling and conservation to save the world. one of his professors tell us valdez stood out among the hundreds she's teaching this semester. >> i just want everybody to think about justin when you're conserving, recycling. i think we should have a conservation day on campus that is a justin valdez day. >> reporter: classmates say that without him they will be lost. >> it pains me to know that he will no longer be t

amber-- >> reporter: frank, justin valdez has lots of friends here at the university of san francisco. his friends say his life may have been short but his vision for the future lives on. >> he was all about love and happiness. >> reporter: valdez is described as an eternal optimist voted by his high school class as most likely to change the world. valdez was on his way home after his life -- his job as a life guard at the local swimming pool. >> i want to know out of everybody in the world why justice. >> reporter: his sister came here to mourn. >> my brother was truly just an amazing individual. and i know he had so many things to accomplish. >> reporter: his passion was recycling and conservation to save the world. one of his professors tell us valdez stood out among the hundreds she's teaching this semester. >> i just want everybody to think about justin when you're conserving, recycling. i think we should have a conservation day on campus that is a justin valdez day. >> reporter: classmates say that without him they will be lost. >> it pains me to know that he will no longer be t

. >>> tomorrowct grief counselor will return to the university of san francisco to help them mourn the loss of 56-year-old andrew good win. he died in an apartment fire. the media studies professor was nicknamed the professor of pop. his body was discovered on the top floor of his apartment building in berkeley. the flames broke out after 1:30 that morning and firefighters rushed inside to rescue him but goodwin later died at a hospital. at this point, there is still no word on exactly what caused that fire. >>> the time is 6:08. coming up, we'll tell you about firefighters finally getting the upper hand on that fire on mt. diablo. burglars are getting their hands on some of the firefighters personal belongings. wedding rings and things like that. we will tell you how they broke into an east bay fire station while the crews were out there battling the flames on the front line of the massive wild fire. >>> we'll take a look at apple, a day after the major announcement. plus, coming up in business. >>> america remembers. 12 years since 9/11, as we give you a live look at the pentagon thi

of time by uc berkeley's administration. >> the university said what happened during the protest does not reflect its values. it says the actions were legally justified. >>> and we are learning more tonight about a university of san francisco killed today in an early-morning fire. >> ktvu amber lee is in berkeley near where the fire happened with how the professor is being remembered this evening. amber. >> reporter: frank, the cause of the fire here at this apartment building is still under investigation. tonight, those who knew the professor who lived here said he left a wealth of knowledge to his students. usf is in warning for andrew goodwin who taught here for 20 years and cofounded the media department. >> he was a very great teacher. you ask him one question and he will answer it like ten times more than what you expected. >> reporter: chris moore is a former student of goodwin. the 24-year-old says that the professor was quote edgy and challenging. goodwin studied taught a class about the band. >> that was his fashion. >> reporter: mike weber described goodwin as a brilliant teacher who loved his family, friends and students. >> i was proud to call him a colleague and even more proud to call him a friend. >> report

of time by uc berkeley's administration. >> the university said what happened during the protest does not reflect its values. it says the actions were legally justified. >>> and we are learning more tonight about a university of san franciscorofessor killed today in an early-morning fire. >> ktvu amber lee is in berkeley near where the fire happened with how the professor is being remembered this evening. amber. >> reporter: frank, the cause of the fire here at this apartment building is still under investigation. tonight, those who knew the professor who lived here said he left a wealth of knowledge to his students. usf is in warning for andrew goodwin who taught here for 20 years and cofounded the media department. >> he was a very great teacher. you ask him one question and he will answer it like ten times more than what you expected. >> reporter: chris moore is a former student of goodwin. the 24-year-old says that the professor was quote edgy and challenging. goodwin studied taught a class about the band. >> that was his fashion. >> reporter: mike weber described goodwin as a brilliant teacher who loved his family, friends and students. >> i was proud to call him a colleague and even more proud to call him a friend. >

san francisco. it will focus on the use of the internet and other technology to detect early signs of disease outbreaks. the event runs through friday at the university of san francisco. >>> 6:35. we have less than a month for bart and the unions to come to a contract agreement. they have until october 11 to avoid another potential bart strike and from what we're told, the two sides have a lot of work to do. the talks are long, the mood is tense. both sides blaming one another for not budging on any issues. yesterday day 2 of 10 scheduled negotiations sessions. the unions offering a 17% wage increase over three years. but bart says no way. >> there are people working late into the night. we're talking still 112, $115 million over four years. >> we are not here to play games or collect 4$00,000 from the public like mr. hock is doing and not doing his job. if he doesn't like to negotiate, he should go back home. >> lawmakers and governor brown have expressed they have no intention of intervening. >>> caltrain is apologizing to its riders for problems that have caused a major headache all week long. there were mechanical problems monday and tuesday on a

san francisco. they're investigating whether wind was a factor in those outages. >>> a vigil will be held for a san francisco state university student who police say was a victim of a random killing at a muni stop. 20-year-old justin valdez with us gunned down in the eveningleside neighborhood. police say a man was seen on muni cameras right before the shooting. >> the kind of person just continue was, denot deserve what happened to him. the guy deceives to be punished. justice needs to be served. >> valdez grew up in southern california. friendses say he was a good student, a swimmer and someone who was passionate about the environment. today's vigil will be held at 7:00 at san francisco state. police also plan to release more detail about the case later today. >>> an investigation is under way into a deadly motorcycle crash in san francisco. at 9:15 last night, officers received a report of an accident on portola drive in the city's twin peaks area. police tell us here at ktvu news they believe the motorcyclist died after crashing into a parked truck. officers closed the road as they investigated what happened. there's no word yet on the person's identity or wh

to the san francisco historic preservation committee i'm with the san francisco state university where i teach. i'm the form leader of the san francisco civil rights movement when people could on the work in their own communities. we willing busting u busted open opportunities for a blacks. the store was the historic site first for japanese-americans and they were incarcerated. and then from 6 to 45 thousand i know the history from julian who basically scald the scholarship in black studies. and before there was an installation called black studies this was an institution called marcus bookstore. dr. was the deepen of the college now chair a georgia state school was from therd of the marcus. so that bookstore has been a repository of history and brought about change and astronomers so designating it as a historic landmark is crucial for a community and people of color and for san francisco at large. i brought a letter i know you require 10 or 15 but i hope you take s it and copy it on behalf of our department >> thank you, sir. >> and you'll have other statements. >> thank you. (calling names). >> commissioners thank

there was one at the university of michigan that took up an entire room and worked well. university of california san francisco has got one that's going to be a lot like the pump we talked about that helped the heart that dick cheney had. we had one that helped the heart. now we're going to have one that helps the kidney in the same way. like a power pack for the kidney. that is not going to be in clinical trials until 2007. you ask that, eric, when will we see it in the doctor's office. the one in california is 2017. it uses actual kidney cells and sulacone and it's really amazing. this one that we're talking about today, a company is promoting an artificial kidney. again, i want to hear what david has to say, but it's a filter. >> how can we protect our kidneys? >> drink a lot of fluids and make sure you're not diabetic, and making sure that your blood pressure is in moderation and you control your blood pressure. those are major risk factors for kidney disease. >> a lot of people don't understand the connection between blood pressure and kidneys. where it all happens. >> high blood pressure is a major risk

three other teenagers were also questioned but they are only considered witnesses. >>> a university of san francisco who died in a fire of berkeley will be remembered during a memorial service today. former students say andrew goodwin was a brilliant teacher who loved music and pop culture. goodwin was killed in a fire in his home in berkeley earlier this month. today's memorial will be at the xavier hall at 4:30 in the afternoon. this morning students and faculty are remembering a teacher and football coach who died on campus. officials say education etch tooer larry shimle collapsed yesterday morning -- educator larry shimle collapsed yesterday morning. they tried to perform cpr but he passed away. he was the head football coach at a christian high school in modesto. >> he was the best coach i've ever experienced. he's inspirational. >> the team is planning a special tribute for him tomorrow at the game. he was 58. >> lets check in with sal. you are watching the -- let's check in with sal. you are watching the commute. >> it's heavy because of problems on 80 westbound. we had an earlier crash that