. >> was at that rally joins us now live from usf with details. rob, where things stand now. >> well, grande on welsh field here on the usf campus where students have set up their tent encampment behind the counter and about 60 tense here at welsh field with students occupying them and they say they don't plan on going anywhere. despite warnings from the university. >> for 15 days, students at usf have called for a cease-fire in gaza for the university to divest from israel. protesters likes to sue state. staying in tents on welsh field. but i really didn't realize until you start to sink him is how much it puts a toll on your body. the university has been in talks with protesters and says they've been working to keep an open dialogue, but protesters were given until 03:00pm tuesday to clear their tent encampment. a statement from usf saying, quote, the 03:00pm may 14th deadline in which we asked students to voluntarily vacate welsh field in exchange for amnesty. refers to an internal disciplinary process led by the u.s. at office of student condu

kron four's rob nesbit was at the rally, joins us now live from usf with the latest. rob. >> canada? well, this is welsh feel that usf where students have set up their tent encampment behind me. i counted about 60 tents at this encampment occupied by student protesters who say they're not going anywhere. despite warnings from the university. >> for 15 days, students at usf have called for a cease-fire in gaza for the university to divest from israel. protesters likes to sue state. staying in tents on welsh field. we've done nothing that great student code conduct. >> and also we placed our own guidelines of what it's like to be a people's university in have this collective. the university has been in talks with protesters and says they've been working to keep an open dialogue, but protesters were given until 03:00pm tuesday to clear their tent encampment. >> a statement from usf saying, quote, the 03:00pm may 14th deadline in which we asked students to voluntarily vacate welsh field in exchange for amnesty. refers to an internal disciplinary process led by the usf off

the students are calling for a cease-fire in gaza and for usf to divest from israel.rob nesbitt is live now for us on campus with more on the protesters plans, we can still see there pretty much set up there. so do you think they'll be out of there by 3 o'clock? >> they're still hear justine. and you can see behind me, they're about 60 tense that i've counted here on welsh field at usf campus and students here protesting don't plan on going anywhere. despite warnings from the university, the students have been here for 15 days. they started the tent encampment after seeing other universities such as uc berkeley protest the war in gaza calling on usf to divest all money from israel or any to israel in the war against hamas. the university has been in talks with protesters and says they have been working to keep an open dialogue. but protesters were also given a deadline of 03:00pm this afternoon to clear the tent encampment off the welsh field. a statement from usf saying, quote, the 03:00pm may 14th deadline in which we asked students to voluntarily vacate welsh field

the meals malia normally serves on these evenings are made up of excess food gathered from usf dining halls and the san francisco food market. it is part of malia's effort to bridge the gap between those who have too much food, with those who don't have enough. this is what i'm passionate about. this is what i'm interested in. if i see a problem and i know, like, awesome, this is this lines up with everything i stand for. like i will 100% go for it. and then you go down the stairs. but it's not just out in the community that malia has made her mark. it's right on campus, too. when malia started with the food recovery network at usf, its food pantry for students was not the easiest to find. it was housed in the basement of the school library. it was right in this room was the in a closet original food pantry. it definitely was something it felt like we wanted to keep it hidden. we maybe didn't want to talk about bread. sometimes these days, though, it has found a much more spacious home. the food recovery network's weekly food giveaways now in the library's main lobby and featuring muc

she's doing a fantastic job there at usf. rob mayeda here now and, to holiday tomorrow.ople are out and about and it's going to be just nice. it is a lot like today. so if you really like today, you're going to love. tomorrow. we're going to be watching a bit of a warm up later this week. so a bit of a roller coaster ride, slight cool down heading towards tuesday, but the second half of the week and early summer preview where temperatures are concerned, especially in those east bay and south bay valleys right now, watching the low clouds nearby sfo 55 degrees. if you have flights to the east coast tomorrow, call ahead. severe weather rolling out from the midwest heading towards the east coast might see some flight delays tomorrow. for those east coast airports, so check on that if you're heading that way tomorrow. 60 currently in walnut creek. kind of mild out there in contra costa county and down to 58 degrees in san jose. now air quality locally is pretty good, except one area will show you that coming up in the east bay in terms of pollen, the numbers have come down f

. >> students at usf held a pro-palestinian rally today at the encampment there. the protesters have similar demands as groups at other schools calling for usf to divest from israel and called war in gaza a genocide. the student group says usf's president visited the camp on thursday and would not agree to their demands. today, the school told us they are keeping lines of communication with protesters open. well happening tonight, another chance to see the northern lights, even down here in the bay area last night, the strongest solar storm in more than 20 years made the aurora borealis visible around the world. and we've been flooded with some stunning images like these from across the bay area. so many shots from the north bay down to walnut creek, even to santa clara. folks in south florida saw purple lights in the skies overnight as well. solar activity like this can cause problems, though, for satellites and our power grid. fema says it hasn't seen any major power impacts, and spacex says its starlink satellites are still holding up. tonight's event doesn't l

. >> this is welsh feel that usf where students have set up a tent encampment. i've counted about 60 tents on the field that are occupied by student protesters who say they are going anywhere despite warnings from the university. >> for 15 days, students at usf have called for a cease-fire in gaza for the university to divest from israel. protestors likes to sue state. staying in tents on welsh field. we've done nothing that great student code conduct. >> and also we placed our own guidelines of what it's like to be a people's university and have this collective. the university has been in talks with protesters and says they've been working to keep an open dialogue. but protesters were given until 03:00pm tuesday to clear their tent encampment. >> a statement from usf saying, quote, the 03:00pm may 14th deadline in which we asked students to voluntarily vacate welch field in exchange for amnesty, refers to an internal disciplinary process led by the usf office of student conduct. there are no plans to clear the encampment or involve law enforcement as long as th

they're calling for usf to divest from israel and call the war in gaza a genocide. the student group says usf's president visited the encampment thursday and would not agree to their demands. the school told abc seven news they're keeping lines of communication with protesters open and journalists killed while covering the war in gaza are being honored in the bay area. a ceremony was held yesterday in harry bridges plaza in san francisco, followed by a procession to rincon park. an estimated 141 journalists and media workers have been killed since the war started on october 7th. journalists are considered protected citizens under international law as long as they're not partaking in the conflict. happening today, the community will continue to honor the life of reverend cecil williams, who died last month at the age of 94. his memorial service will begin at one. williams was the longtime leader of san francisco's glide memorial church. he established a legacy of being a champion of civil rights and helping the poor. his decades of work is now available for viewing a

the meals malia normally serves on these evenings are made up of excess food gathered from usf dining halls and the san francisco food market. it is part of malia's effort to bridge the gap between those who have too much food, with those who don't have enough. this is what i'm passionate about. this is what i'm interested in. if i see a problem and i know, like, awesome, this is this lines up with everything i stand for. like i will 100% go for it. and then you go down these stairs. but it's not just out in the community that malia has made her mark. it's right on campus, too. when malia started with the food recovery network at usf, its food pantry for students was not the easiest to find. it was housed in the basement of the school library. it was right in this room was the in a closet original food pantry. it definitely was something. it felt like we wanted to keep it hidden. we maybe didn't want to talk about bread. sometimes these days, though, it has found a much more spacious home. the food recovery network's weekly food giveaways now in the library's main lobby and featuring

ktvu henry lee live now at the usf campus with the latest on the situation there. henry >> henry. yeah. university says that most of these tents were abandoned, that the crews were simply removing property to hold it for storage or donation. but protesters are telling me that some of these tents were occupied angry, frustrated, hurt, upset, just thrown off. okay she's just giving her orders. they got people. >> university of san francisco student sue. sue statia says the campus gave no notice before they started removing tents at a pro-palestinian encampment on monday morning. the students were already planning to leave, but she says that doesn't make it right. >> they once they came in, they just started breaking stuff down. no warning, no, no consent , no, like, hey, where's this? they just took everything down. they shoved the tent. they shoved everybody's personal belongings. >> the campus says most students had already left the camp, and that the majority of the 50 tents had been abandoned. the tents have been on campus since the end of april. protesters in line with the camp

set up at usf yesterday. they're calling for usf to divest from israel and call the war in gaza a genocide, the student group says. usf's president visited the encampment thursday and would not agree to their demands . the school told abc seven news they're keeping lines of communication with protesters open, and ceremonies will continue at cal state east bay today for the college of business and economics. yesterday, it held its graduation for the college of letters, arts and social sciences. so far, there have been no disruptions. the university has been hosting commencements for various majors since thursday, and one major highlight at cal state east bay commencement was the big honor received by a local trailblazer and legend. that's 102 year old betty reid soskin, who received an honorary doctorate. she was the oldest ranger for the national park service. she worked at the rosie the riveter world war two home front park in richmond until she retired at age 100. soskin was also a singer songwriter and a c

but we'll stay on the scene for us and have an update he is there a usf. thank you so much. and now to the south bay where protesters rallied outside of the google headquarters in mountain view today. they're calling on the company to divest from israel. all this happening during the company's i o conference where google announces some new products and innovations are charles clifford has more now from mountain view. >> well, here in mountain view on monday, protesters upset about the conflict in gaza between hamas in israel demonstrated outside google's headquarters, several 100 protesters gathered on the sidewalks outside google tuesday morning. they have chosen to be here this week because google is hosting a developers conference with thousands in attendance at nearby shoreline amphitheater. protesters on tuesday did block one of the entrances to that event. but attendees were able to get in through other ways. these protesters are particularly worried about what's known as project nimbus. a cloud computing effort by the israeli government in partnership with google and

set up at usf yesterday. they're calling for usf to divest from israel and call the war in gaza a genocide. the student group says. usf's president visited the encampment thursday and would not agree to their demands. the school told abc seven news they're keeping lines of communication with protesters open, and ceremonies will continue at cal state east bay today for the college of business and economics. yesterday, it held its graduation ceremony for the college of letters, arts and social sciences. so far, there have been no disruptions as the university has been hosting commencements for various majors since thursday. and one major highlight at cal state east bay is commencement was the big honor received by a local trailblazer and legend, 102 year old betty reid. soskin walked the stage to receive an honorary doctorate. she was the oldest ranger for the national park service. she worked at the rosie the riveter world war two home front park in richmond until she retired at age 100. soskin was also a sing

that they were building before they harmed it. >> now, in a statement, the university said in part, usfs grateful to all who have participated in charting a peaceful path forward and prioritizing safety and respect for all members of the community. the university did have its graduation ceremonies last week, and some of the protesters did interrupt the law school graduation, but for now, they are moving on to their next phase of their protest in san francisco. henry lee ktvu, fox two news meantime, 2000 graduate student workers at uc santa cruz walked off their jobs today and went on strike. >> they're protesting the uc system's recent crackdown on pro-palestinian demonstrators and college campuses across the state. the walkout involves teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers. no word on how long the walkout will last. you see administrators say the students are in violation of a no strike clause in their contract. congresswoman anna eshoo hosted a reception today to honor this year's u.s. service academy appointees. the event took place this afternoon at moffett fie

our wilson walker is live at usf with the school's message to protesters with commencement ceremonies less than 48 hours away. wilson? >> there have been some conversations behind the scenes here as the folks will be negotiating with the administration. and what happens next. >> we asked and request and demand that usf disclose all israeli partnerships and affiliation and investments with these occupations. >> the list of demands from the encamped protesters in san francisco is not unlike those at other schools and like many other encampments. this one has now run into a deadline. the administration has asked that the tents be dismantled by 3:00 and that hour came with a defiant protest. >> i'm a little concerned that we've got people on top of the buildings and some concerns that maybe the administration might decide to come in and forcibly remove the encampment and that is why i'm here out of concern for the student safety. >> reporter: in a statement, the school says they have no plan to forcibly remove the protest, but it has also informed students that being here beyond 3:00 coul

. >> students at usf held a pro-palestinian rally today at the encampment there. protesters have similar demands as groups at other schools calling for usf to divest from israel and call the war in gaza a genocide. the student group says usf's president visited the encampment thursday and would not agree to their demands. today, the school told us they're keeping lines of communication with protesters open. cal state east bay held its graduation ceremony today for the college of letters, arts and social sciences. the university has been hosting commencements for various majors since thursday, and so far there have been no disruptions. today, celebrations were held for graduates majoring in arts, languages, literature, and history. cal state east bay will hold two more graduation ceremonies tomorrow for the college of business and economics. and there was a big honor at the cal state east bay commencement for a local trailblazer and legend. 102 year old betty reid. soskin also took the stage to receive an honorary doctorate. she was the oldest ranger for the nation

also set up an encampment in solidarity with palestine and demand that usf cut ties with israel and there are new questions and concerns about the ongoing protests at uc berkeley. after a confrontation between competing demonstrators. this happened near sproul plaza, where pro-palestine demonstrators set up an encampment. a small group came to that area with an israeli flag and then someone grabbed it. during this confrontation, police say three people had minor injuries. one of those involved, who asked not to be identified, says there were also a series of anti-semitic comments. you see, police say they are investigating one person. we spoke with near that encampment today says the person who grabbed the israeli flag is not part of their group. all the campers are very, very much understanding of the goals and are very focused on what we're here for. and it's not to engage with agitators or people who are trying to distract us from our goal. those involved say the number of tents have actually grown substantially in the last several days. uc officials have said they continue to mo

the study from usf is the first to explore fentanyl resin as a key contributor to overdoses.astro valley woman is relieved tonight after her stolen truck was recovered by police. the suspect has been arrested and police are offering. >> some advice to make sure that you don't fall victim kron four's. rob nesbitt spoke with a woman in the parking lot where her truck was stolen. there was so much garbage. ask stephanie goose eat hoops about her blue toyota tacoma and she'll call the trucker prized possession. >> that's why it was so upsetting when she could not find her keys after shopping at this petco in castro valley, she had triple and lock the vehicle in the parking lot but no keys inside. that's when she feared her keys had been stolen. the dot all the information in my truck. >> just in case somebody came back and stole that. sure enough 9.30, that night. her and 2 accomplices came back and stole my truck. she called 9-1-1 to report that a truck had been stolen. detective kristen fegley and the alameda county sheriff's regional auto theft task force began investigating.

and at usf, first year law student hannah beauchamp pope says the administration's actions is an affront to the private jesuit university. state admission. >> and i literally woke up from that tent this morning. all of my belongings are in there, my computers in there, all my blankets are in there. my keys to my house are in there. i just feel like it was an escalation that was unnecessary. >> nor al-muhtasib is an assistant professor who's been monitoring the students safety and welfare. the fact that we told them we want to make sure everyone gets their belongings and that we don't let things go to waste, and we actually want to donate a lot of it to our on house comrades. >> those at the camp say protesters have been working with the university to find some kind of middle ground. what happened monday, they say, calls all that into question. any kind of bridge that they were building before they harmed it. now in a statement, the university said in part usf is grateful to all who have participated in charting a peaceful path forward and prioritizing safety and respect for all members o

we're keeping an eye on the usf campus where student protests has faced a 3:00 pm deadline to clear their pro palestinian encampment or face potential sanctions. the demonstrators told us this ultimatum came after the latest closed door negotiations did not go well. the university told us the deadline refers to an internal disciplinary process. and that it has no plans to clear the encampment as long as protesters. remain peaceful. meanwhile, san jose state is the latest university to see pro palestinian encampments pop up on campus. the demonstrators are echoing demands calling for a ceasefire fire in gaza. and for the school to cut any financial ties with israel. they joined demonstrators on college campuses around the bay, including uc berkeley. stanford. of state and sonoma state. pro palestinian protesters also rallied today outside google's annual developers conference our chopper was over the protests at the shoreline amphitheater in mountain view. the group wants google to break its deal with the israeli government. the company provides cloud a i tech israel but claims it's not be

students held a pro-palestinian rally at the encampment set up at usf over the weekend. they're calling for usf to divest from israel and for the university to call the war in gaza genocide. the student group says usf's president visited the encampment last thursday but would not agree to their demands. the school told abc seven news they're keeping lines of communication with protesters open in southern california. >> hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters tried to disrupt the graduation ceremony at pomona college. los angeles police say protesters tried to block the entrance to the shrine auditorium as people arrived last night. at one point, the protester was declared an unlawful gathering and officers began trying to disperse the crowd. police say one person was arrested after trying to hit an officer. administrators have already been forced to move the ceremony from campus after a group of pro-palestinian activists set up an encampment in front of the original graduation stage last week. protesters continue to demand the school divest from companies tied to israel.

usf began removing tents and belongings from a pro-palestinian encampment on campus today. >> as ktvu were not given any notice. >> angry, frustrated and hurt. upset, just thrown off like she's just giving her orders. they got people. >> university of san francisco student sue sue statia says the campus gave no notice before they started removing tents at a pro-palestinian encampment on monday morning. the students were already planning to leave, but she says that doesn't make it right. >> they once they came in, they just started breaking stuff down. no warning, no, no consent, no, like, oh, hey, where's this? they just took everything down. they shoved the tent, they shoved everybody's personal belongings. >> the campus says most students had already left the camp, and that the majority of the 50 tents had been abandoned. the tents have been on campus since the end of april. protesters in line with the campus tagline, have been hoping to spearhead change, drawing attention to the plight of palestinians half a world away. and at usf, first year law student hannah beauchamp pope says

they're calling for usf to divest from israel and calling the war in gaza a genocide. the student group says usf's president visited the encampment last thursday, but they would not agree to their demands. the school told abc seven news they're keeping lines of communication open with protesters open. >> in southern california, hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters tried to disrupt the graduation ceremony at pomona college. los angeles police say protesters tried to block the entrance to the shrine auditorium as people arrived last night. at one point, the protest was declared an unlawful , unlawful gathering and officers began trying to disperse the crowd. police say one person was arrested after trying to hit an officer. administrators had already been forced to move the ceremony from campus after a group of pro-palestine activists set up an encampment in front of the original graduation stage last week. protesters continue to demand the school divest from companies tied to israel. >> i think it's sad, and i think it's, it's a really bad way to end your college care

the rally follows a heated meeting with the usf president on thursday. students say president paul fitzgerald did not meet their demands and agree to address a genocide in gaza, students claim. the president said the university does not have ties with israel, but the students disagree, citing a school program that offers a trip to israel. earlier this week, usf said in a statement university leadership is committed to finding a peaceful path forward, adding they plan to have another meeting with students soon and over in san jose city and santa clara county, leaders gathered for an annual raising of the palestinian culture and heritage flag. community members shared this video right here with us. the event honors the palestinian community and their contributions to the south bay. during the ceremony, county supervisor otto lee spoke out against the war in gaza when shooting down 300 missiles from iran, raining down on israel. that's defending israel, but restricting humanity, foreign aid, including food, medicine and even water to seniors, women and chil

the rally follows a heated meeting with the usf president on thursday. students say president paul fitzgerald did not meet their demands and agree to address a genocide in gaza. students claim. the president said the university does not have ties with israel, but the students disagree, citing a school program that offers a trip to israel. protesters tell us they feel this reveals a much bigger issue with the school. i want to see them start defending people pro-palestinian people and palestinians and other muslim students here at this school because it's bigger than just us. we want people, them to start, you know, protecting more black students on this campus and respecting them and respecting the latinx and asian communities at this campus. students say they will continue to camp on welch field until their demands are met. earlier this week, usf said in a statement that university leadership is committed to finding a peaceful path forward, adding they plan to have another meeting with students soon. no word on when that meeting might happen. okay did y

ktvu james torres live at the usf campus.ith the ongoing conversations here, james, between protesters and the university, we. >> gasia this encampment here has been here since the end of april. you can see behind me. it doesn't look much different than any other campus. you see, the tents that have been pitched here, signs letting you know exactly what the cause is all about. a number of people you see here in those green vests. so those are community members, not students here, all serving basically as security, as students are away for either their exams or preparing for college graduation. that begins in just a couple of days. students here did say they actually met with the university's president, paul fitzgerald, for about three hours. they talked about what it would take to break the encampment down at welch field, but there was no agreement. a graduation, as i mentioned, at usf, starting soon, at the end of the week, commencement ceremonies will begin at saint ignatius church, just next door to where these tents are p

students are talking about welsh field here behind me at usf where student protesters, as you can see, have set up a decent size encampment there. >> the school's graduation is saturday. so that's a looming. and students say they're going to stay here and they say that encampment could be there beyond graduation. if their demands are not met. students remains unfazed this afternoon despite the school's threat of repercussions, if they didn't clear out by 03:00pm. >> says the suspension or explosion. so you are at risk of being suspended or expelled. and we just think that's a scare tactic. we think that we understand that we have so much power as a collective of what we did here. >> either encampment has been really unifying for all of us. >> the university has been in talks with protesters in says they have been working to try to keep an open dialogue. in a statement, they say there are no plans to clear the encampment or involve law enforcement as long as that encampment is peaceful, nonviolent. we'll keep you posted. well back to you. thank you. grant. meanwhile, congressional aide

professor zunes from usf. my pleasure. of course. >> time now is 819. carter's grandson says the former president is coming to the end. in an update on carter's health, carter has been in hospice care for more than a year, and his grandson says he believes carter is on a faith journey that you can only live at the very end. jimmy carter is now 99 years old. he entered hospice care in february of 2023 and made a rare public appearance to attend his wife's memorial service back in november. the planning commission in half moon bay has approved a new housing development for senior farm workers. dozens of people attended last night's planning commission meeting, which went well past midnight. the proposal to build a 40 unit, low income apartment complex for senior farm workers in downtown half moon bay has divided the community. >> we have way too much going on down here. we have schools, churches, boys and girls club down here. it's just not the right space for that. >> well, there's always reasons not to build something somewhere. people will always find

in the past week, protesters on the usf campus have defied orders to clear out their encampments this afternoon. >> but as ktvu jana katsuyama tells us now, the university is still hoping to get them to leave peacefully in the united will never be defeated. >> at the center of campus, student organizers held a rally at the university of san francisco at 3 p.m, the deadline that the school's president gave the anti-war protesters to leave the site. pre-college students and supporters spoke out against the war in gaza. >> theology is action, not silence. if the world is committing injustice and you do not speak out against that injustice, you are responsible. >> the students have had the tent encampment for two weeks, calling for the private university to take action to divest from companies tied to the war in israel and take other actions to support palestinian students on campus and palestinians in gaza, where the un has declared a humanitarian crisis, students say it is personal to some of the protesters. >> we've had folks whose friends lost 30 over 30 people from their family entir

the usf says those students involved will be given a chance to respond to the allegations of violating the conduct code. >> pro-palestine protesters have cleared out their encampment at san jose state just in time for the start of commencement ceremonies there, sjsu for gaza organizers have cleared the area near the well known tommie smith john carlos victory salute statues on campus after being camped out there for the past ten days. organizers say even though the encampment is coming down, their message remains the same. >> i'm not only here for palestinians that is the primary reason, but there is an underlying reason why we're here, and that is to fight racism in all forms. >> organizers say the protest was an important opportunity to have a deeper understanding on the war in gaza. commencement ceremonies continue on campus today through tomorrow. well, starting now and for the next couple of days, roads and airports will be very busy. triple a expects today and tomorrow to be the busiest travel days for the memorial day weekend. ktvu james torres live at oakland international with

over at usf protesters had until 3:00 a.m., but some held a rally at the deadline. any students that stay could be violated for vie lighting the coat of conduct. protesters are not backing down. >> they are vague for a reason. we made it clear that we will stay until our demands are met. >> the university has made a few concessions to the protesters including creating a new task force evaluating the investments and one of the pro activitiors will have a -- why the off the clock messages could soon be illegal. >>> the fog is rolling back in. you can see it outside, you can see it from the mark hopkins hotel room and at my feet. it had an impact of low temperatures, warming up in the 50s and the 60s, inland, nice and warm, see if we can ke a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed f

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. >> time running out for student protesters camping out at usf over the war in gaza. the warning from university officials if they don't clear out, then tensions rise as tech workers protest outside google's conference in the south bay. >> why employees are aiming to spotlight corporate responsibility over google's business ties with the israeli military. >> then a family's anguish as they search for their missing brother whenever the police do encounter him, they never called us even just to let him know that. >> let us know that dennis is okay and that he's seen their pleas for help to bring him home. >> live from jack london square. this is morning time two. >> the nine. >> it's a cool start to the day. it's tuesday, may 14th. san francisco. you need that puffy jacket today. maybe around 3:00. you can shed it. the day does tend to warm up as we go. chad gpt is upgrading its voice assistant with a new ai language model called gpt four zero. the changes make the voice assistant more expressive. doesn't sound like a robot anymore. it'll also allow you to look at what

today's hearing, though the first with public universities, usf says about 25 students are on interim suspension for taking part in a pro-palestinian encampment. >> they received conduct notices on tuesday. the students say that the notices were indiscriminate and included both people who vacated the camp before the deadline and those who had been promised amnesty. the accused, the university of not negotiating in good faith. usf says those that were involved will be given the opportunity to respond to the alleged conduct code of conduct conduct code rather violations. the department of justice is officially going after live nation entertainment still to come. the illegal monopoly. the doj is accusing the owner of ticketmaster of. and predators preying on children online. the fbi investigation that is working to uncover who is behind a group that's targeting kids and who is the most v nerabl hey! it's your dry skin. every day we lose ceramides i need to seal in moisture. cerave delivers three essential ceramides to help restore my barrier, so i can lock in moisture, feel hydrated, and

usf says about 25 students are on interim suspension for taking part in a pro-palestinian encampmentt notices on tuesday. students say that the notices were indiscriminate and included both people who vacated the camp before the deadline and those who had been promised amnesty. the accused, the university of not negotiating in good faith. usf says those involved will be given an opportunity to respond to the allegations of violating their conduct code. >> firefighters in redwood city finally put out a huge fire at a scrap yard. not before all the smoke caused air quality concerns for people in several nearby cities. thick black clouds of smoke rose above a scrapyard near the port of redwood city. the fire started around three in the afternoon yesterday, burned a pile of cars and scrap metal. resulting smoke drifted far into parts of santa clara county. no injuries reported, but local health leaders did urge people who are sensitive to smoke to stay inside. >> i kind of just smelled, maybe like burning. burning metal and burning, just burning metal and burning maybe rubber. we have a

. >> in a letter to protesters, usf president paul fitzgerald explained steps they plan to take after negotiations monday between the staff and students. those include calling again for a ceasefire in gaza, giving a student a seat on the new socially responsible investment task force and considering a request for a second seat. researching curriculum changes and the addition of palestinian studies. students say they plan to remain on site, however, until they have assurances of more action. >> we know that we're here till graduation, we're here until you know, we get another meeting and we get clear defined answers on everything. >> the university sent ktvu a statement saying in part, the university is continuing to prioritize communication, dialog and de-escalation with the protesters. we remain committed to continuing dialog and have not cut off conversation. there are no plans to clear the encampment or involve law enforcement as long as the encampment is peaceful and nonviolent. and back here live at the usf campus, the university says anyone who remains camped here past today's d

usf says about 25 students are on interim suspension for taking part in a pro-palestinian encampment.ed conduct notices on tuesday. the students say the notices were indiscriminate and included both people who left the camp before the deadline and those who had been promised amnesty. they're accusing the university of not negotiating in good faith. the ucsf says the people involved will be given the opportunity to respond to the alleged conduct code violations. >> protesters have cleared out their encampment at san jose state university just in time for the start of commencement ceremonies. organizers cleared the area near the well-known statues on campus. after ten days at the site, they say even though the encampment is coming down, their message remains the same. >> we are not only here. for palestinians, that is the primary reason, but there is an underlying reason why we're here and that is to fight racism in all forms. >> the university says the protest has been an important opportunity to have a deeper understanding about the war in gaza. commencement ceremonies continue on cam

usf a is certainly leaning into our communities and certainly their vulnerability to wildfires. we know the impact of climate change has various impacts. we have looked at the vulnerabilities of our land areas and where we are building communities towards fire prone geographies. so this continues to escalate our risks. and where usfa was leaning to advocate for building codes, we are advocating for technology to be able to be introduced. we are leaning towards more and more complete quality data that can be leveraged to help us understand the fire risk index, not just in the wild landscape, but once a fire his communities, we have no idea today the dynamic nature of that fire. yes. we can equate it to hurricanes and should elevate it to that recognition level, but unlike a hurricane, there is no code for a fire. we can look at the code on a hurricane and prepare based on that. this is a challenge that i will say to you we are leaning in heavy on wildfire evacuation, and how we are going to prepare communities. right now, we use a ready, set, go. well, ready and set should alread

. >> usf president paul fitzgerald said the university would call for a ceasefire in gaza and researchedhe addition of palestine studies as part of an agreement to disperse, but students say they plan to remain there on site until they have assurances of more action in silicon valley, protesters tried to shut down google's biggest conference of the year. ktvu jesse gary tells us how the tech giant's billion dollar contract with israel continues to be a lightning rod for pro-palestinian supporters who our freedom. >> we say how tuesday in mountain view, old chants greeting innovators of new tech outside google's annual developers conference. >> doing this at this conference sends a clear message to ceo sundar pichai and to google cloud ceo thomas kurian that you will be afforded. not a moment of peace. >> starting at nine in the morning, hundreds of pro-palestine demonstrators using this light to shine a spotlight on the big draw of this conference artificial intelligence. i think a lot of the topics were around ai and the new advancements they've made, and it seems pretty impressive. >>

violence, like we've seen in other places were on high alert at cal at stanford at san francisco state, usf sonoma state about these issues, and we're very concerned that it could spiral into what we've seen in other parts of the country. how would you propose administrators deescalate? number 1 they need to put guardrails around what's acceptable, peaceful protest, talking about their policy positions, all that's fair game when they started intimidating other students blocking them from going to class, calling out names. having hate speech signage that's really where they need to come in, and either clear the encampment or get rid of the folks that are instigating 1 pattern that we've seen. there's actually non students and non faculty that have come in and try to ratchet up tensions instigate. and so 1 thing that we've recommended to administrators is banned non campus community members from being a part of these encampments because they're usually the agitators we've seen bring the heat up, and that's not been helpful. what role do you think schools should play in this? and how should th

. >> it did step up attacks on the city of rafah and to get some perspective, we a usf professor who teaches middle east politics to share his thoughts. he sees reason for at least some hope. >> we help can only hope because of the it's been a humanitarian disaster. it gotten the attention of the world. >> professor stephen zooms points out already the rate of civilian deaths in gaza has been the highest of any conflict in the same amount of time since rwandan genocide. and now the million and a half displaced people in rafah have endured new attacks, at least israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a delegation is being sent to continue talks. the one hand he's got a pressure from this hard right-wing ministers. you don't want any kind of real cease-fire and they starting to withdraw from his narrow coalition, which would then bring him down, require new elections. >> on the other hand, there have been tens of out in the streets of the friends and relatives of the hostages demanding that that that he would be willing to compromise >> as for the widespread campus protests caus

and she is getting ready to graduate from usf.t what she did while in college may be just as impressive, if not more. her story is going to make you bay area proud. the news at five starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre and i'm janelle wang. a fire in san francisco's alamo square neighborhood has destroyed two homes and injured two people. one of them is the home of a man who has been getting disturbing racist mail. but as the fire and the mail connected, that's the question. nbc bay area sid quintana was the first reporter on the scene. he joins us there now with the very latest. said he'll. jessica and janelle, this is a fire that raced very quickly, according to some of the neighbors that we talked with when fire investigators arrived, they acted very fast. i can tell you that there has been a joint investigative task force, fire investigators and police investigators that have been inside that building, which is two units. it's a top unit. and then the middle unit there. they have been going through both

there are similar scenes at stanford, sf state, usf, and sonoma state. they are all asking their schools to divest from companies that do business with israel which may seem unlikely, but it looks like one northern california college campus play have succeeded. >>> pro palestinian protesters at sacramento state who have been camping out for eight days were seen packing up their belongings. this comes after the university agreed to change its socially responsible investment policy. the move makes the university one of the first csu campuses to do so. student protesters celebrated the resolution on campus. >> sac state's administration did everything right. this is what they should have done. >> students are now hoping the whole csu system will follow suit. >>> on to the south bay, b.a.r.t.'s extension project just got a major boost from the federal government. the biden administration will be sending over half a billion dollars to help fund b.a.r.t.'s six-mile four-stop extension from its berryessa station in north san jose to santa clara. the project is

today's protest remained peaceful at usf. >> protesters remain on the lawn near saint ignatius church. protesters have been there since last friday. university officials say they're committed to keeping students, faculty and staff safe on campus. >> time now to talk all about that. well, you know, there's one person who got the best seat in the house today. >> i think that's sandhya patel. sandhya. >> yeah, it's absolutely stunning out here, i can you that much for sure. so, yes, i do have the best seat in the house, jr. and as you look behind me, it is just. just blue sky behind me. and as we take a look at some of the highs so far today, it has been a warm one. santa rosa hitting 86 at the airport. same thing for san jose and concord, 81 in the city, 83 degrees in oakland. these are some of the warmest weather readings we have seen since october or the highest temperatures, i should say, since october. looking at live pictures, no matter which direction you look. clear skies right now. enjoy the sunshine. soak it up. high pressure is in control of the weather. the ridge brought us t

. >> at usf, protesters remain on the lawn near saint ignatius church. >> that's right, protesters have been there since last friday. university officials say they're committed to keeping students, faculty and staff safe on campus at san francisco state. >> things grew heated earlier today when protesters marched into the humanities building. administrators told us. the group eventually left and the building they left the building returned to the quad area encampment. faculty tells us the peaceful, the protest that is have been peaceful. >> the oakland airport is getting a new name. after a final vote approved the change. it will be called san francisco bay oakland international airport. despite criticism and an oncoming lawsuit from the city of san francisco, the board says the main reason is location . research shows it could attract more passengers by letting them know the city is another gateway to the bay area, and a name change can certainly do that. >> that brings the knowledge for people pass the mississippi to really understand where oakland sits in the greater bay area and als

a different story, though over usf protesters they're not showing any sign of clearing out, the university told them to leave by 3:00 pm yesterday without consequences. in response, protesters dug in their heels and held a rally. the university says they have no plans to forcibly remove the tents. but do say any students at state could be punished for violating the student code of conduct. well, despite pausing bomb shipments to israel due to concerns about their use and densely populated areas of rafah to congressional sources confirmed to cbs news app the biden administration intends to transfer $1 0 in weapons, to israel. and this just in the family of a man who died after being in police custody, and antioch has settled with the city for 7.5. 0. 0. the law ossoff john burris will release more details this afternoon. the antioch police department faced a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing officers of excessive force after the death of 30 year old angelo quinto. he suffered a mental health episode. this was back in 2021. and died in police custody. yeah. and looking live at oakland, w