now, who's the director of mentally studies at the university of san francisco? and he's joining us from san francisco. thank you so much for your time. what do you make of this temporary extension announcement by israel of the ceasefire at a time when they were supposed to be negotiating the 2nd phase of the deal? on the one hand, this may be the best selected, realistically expect, given the area and even power dynamic. the hard line nature of the is really government and the blank check that the trump administration is giving them. on the other hand, as you're an list of already pointed out to it, post problems the really important for each face to which we're going to the permanent end of the fighting. and the withdrawal of the other remaining is rarely occupation troops from, from gaza. this is the, it seems like i and we might be wrong here that this is the extension of phase one that these really is have wanted to see happen in the americans as well. question now is whether a boss will accept this well, this is a typical thing that i'm often israel agreed t

stephen zunes from the university of san francisco. great to have you on. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> well, from the trump administration's foreign policy to its effort to shrink the federal government, those budget cuts and layoffs are prompting some pushback. >> and today, activists here in the bay area aimed their anger at elon musk, who is leading that cost cutting push. ktvu is an rubin joins us now live from palo alto, where protesters today showed up at tesla's headquarters. >> and yeah, they want their concerns to be heard. and this march was just the first step. they're also asking people to boycott tesla. >> the people you say power, people power, people power. >> they're fearful and frustrated by government cuts. today, hundreds of protesters took their message to the streets of palo alto and ultimately right to the doorstep of elon musk's tesla. >> we're not going to stand idly by while these billionaires, like elon musk, come and raid all of the taxpayer coffins. >> they blame elon musk for what they call an attack on essential institutions,

four, we spoke with stephen zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the university of san franciscod he says zelensky will need to look elsewhere for support. >> the united states is effectively abandoning ukraine. he's going to have to look to the europeans. the europeans have already put in more money than the united states in terms of supporting ukraine, are going to have to, you know, perhaps put in the whole lot, which is going to be a strain on their economies where they've been used to this american security umbrella. >> you got to be more thankful. >> professor zunes goes on to say that europe may be the only hope for ukraine if it wants to continue the struggle against russia. well, some california lawmakers are weighing in. senator adam schiff, a longtime critic of president trump, posting on x there was only one person acting presidential in the oval office today, volodymyr zelensky. he stood up to the bullies in a kremlin style shakedown. what will it take to awaken the conscience of the country after such a shameful display? and bay area congressman john garamendi, desc

we spoke with stephen zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco. he says zelensky will need to look elsewhere for support. >> the united states is effectively abandoning ukraine. he's going to have to look to the europeans. the europeans have already put in more money than the united states in terms of supporting ukraine, are going to have to, you know, perhaps put in the whole lot, which is going to be a strain on their economies. they've been used to this american security umbrella. >> you got to. >> professor zunes went on to say europe may be the only hope for ukraine if it wants to continue to struggle against russia. some california lawmakers are weighing in. senator adam schiff, a longtime critic of president trump, posted on x, quote, there was only one person acting presidential in the oval office today, volodymyr zelensky. he stood up to the bullies in a kremlin style shakedown. what will it take to awaken the conscience of the country after such a shameful display? bay area congressman john garamendi described today's events as a shocki

i mean, the protocol in terms of protocol alone, it was it was unprecedented. >> university of san franciscotical science professor stephen zunes says trump made several false statements. zelensky has a majority of ukrainian support, not a minority, and the u.s. has given $100 billion, not $350 billion to ukraine. >> first of all, the europeans have actually been paying more than the united states has in terms of supporting the ukrainian war effort. the other main issues are the history of the war that it was. it was the russians that started it by invading. >> local ukrainian americans said they were shocked to see the public clash. >> i feel a sense of sadness. decades of american foreign policy that is supposed to work with the international community in support of robust democracies, has been completely upended. >> these are pretty much putin's demands. this is what he's looking for. and i think there should be proper negotiations. and ukraine needs to be heard. and to what they're vision and goals are for the peace and how they see it. >> jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news. >> and be sure

. >> university of san francisco political science professor stephen zunes says trump made several false statements. zelensky has a majority of ukrainian support, not a minority, and the u.s. has given $100 billion, not $350 billion to ukraine. >> first of all, the europeans have actually been paying more than the united states has in terms of supporting the ukrainian war effort. the other main issues are the history of the war that it was. it was the russians that started it by invading. >> local ukrainian americans said they were shocked to see the public clash. >> i feel a sense of sadness. decades of american foreign policy that is supposed to work with the international community in support of robust democracies, has been completely upended. >> these are pretty much putin's demands. this is what he's looking for. and i think there should be proper negotiations. and ukraine needs to be heard. and to what they're vision and goals are for the peace how they see it. >> jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news. >> tonight, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are reacting to the contentious me

of relationships that this lab has with people from all over the world. >> san francisco state, now facing a $25 million budget deficit. the universityenter will allow san francisco state to redirect critical funding into the main campus. how much money do you need to survive here? >> well, we're looking for about $1 million a year for the next five years. >> boyer says she's actively looking for donors who can help keep the research center open. information about that is now on the ios website. she says losing the center would not be good for the future of san francisco bay. >> there's just so many things that we do here that rely on this specific site that will just end. >> in tiburon. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> all right. let's get a check outside with francis. >> all right. we are looking live in santa cruz at breakwater lighthouse. and there is a high surf advisory through this weekend. you'll want to be careful at the beaches. and that's all due to a system that's bringing us bigger waves and will also bring us some showers tonight through ♪ ♪ our cold system, this weather system moving towards the bay area. you might

that come rodney is a san francisco native and a graduate of the roots of ruth asawa school of the arts. he's an alumnus of carnegie mellon university, a broadway actor and director, board member of the american conservatory theater and san francisco arts education project and a district eight resident through his work at s.f. basco. rodney creates spaces and opportunities for bipoc and marginalized storytellers to share their stories. >> he's built a community that mentors young artists and builds pathways for historically excluded communities to thrive in theater. rodney has used his platform to ensure that black voices are heard in all aspects of theater from performance to leadership . he's shaping the future of the arts in the bay area by cultivating and showcasing unique talent. today one of his productions this year the day the sky turned orange is a time capsule of san francisco from the middle of the pandemic a time when the end of the world seemed to be coming into view. >> in dark times we turned to the arts to calm our fears and stave off despair. when the going gets tough we rely on artists and creators like rodney to h

to talk about san francisco's assets and the leveraging that, we sit at the epicenter of really great university and educational institutions. we are between uc berkeley and stanford. the graduates produced just from those institutions alone stay in the bay area and want to rise up and work here, provide a real opportunity for the start ups to build their companies and companies to grow here so we confident we will absorb a certain amount of office space with ai tech. with that, we are interested in increasing our human capital growing graduates. downtown university is something the mayor is open to pursuing and we are in conversations with uc berkeley we love to have as a partner in our downtown and then residential conversions are a great partner to that. as we build back the office space, people will want to live downtown again and we have a number buildings that can be converted to residential. the costs are high. mayor breed and her partners on the board made significant changes to reduce the costs. we waived fees for change of uses in the downtown area. there are code changes that will mak