i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm allen martin. the current contractor faces a myriad of complaints. >> kpix5's len ramirez says the city council may decide to find someone else to do the job. len? >> reporter: well, if you see recycling bins on the street out here like these, chances are it's the job of california waste solutions to pick them up. they're the big operator down here with three out of every four homes served, but as you mentioned, the city wants to terminate their contract because they say too many recyclables are not being picked up. california waste solutions trucks made their rounds throughout the neighborhoods of san jose. the trucks drove up to the curb and emptied recycling bin after recycling bin but not in all cases. we followed up on some routes today and found this, a notice of noncollection. the homeowner had tried to recycle a rubber garden hose which apparently is a no-no. so the whole bin was left unemptied. >> you come out to expect to find your empty bin and yours is the only one that's full and all t

to your question, i think for me, i will go back to veronica. pros in the book, the beauty in the book, it's all her. she was able to weave these voices. she would list history on top of it. will we did not give her everything she needed, she knew enough to know it would fit. i was most beautiful part. you know, i love her pros. i ain't never going to read another book. >> for me, it was when the book was done, or almost on. we were reading it back through. the conversations, so were 40. yolanda would be like are you sure you want that in the book and she was say, yes. i was a veronica, take that out. she will thank us later. or, something i would say. we are arguing about this the other day. i said. >> what she is trying to say, dear people is that i was there checker. i would say, do you really want to say it like that? but, they did not check me. they just let mine go through. [laughter] >> that's not quite it. >> it's a matter of personal preference. i was not going to dictate to her. >> we have a process where we drop somebody from an e-mai

. >> ambas porque primero verÓnica era muy cuidadosa, mÁs hermana mayor protectora que periodista.a, frente a eso dice que esta manera con que fue ya con este sello con este tatuaje que ya no se puede quitar de encima, de ser que como tantas otras que por un encuentro, por una situaciÓn en concreto quedan marcadas para el resto de su vida. >> recordemos el twitter inmenso de kate donde mencionaba al chapo tambiÉn, ahÍ empezÓ todo, la gente recuerda eso de alguna forma y hace este camino. >> pero ella querÍa hacer lo mejor para su paÍs, entiendo. trato de ponerme en la situaciÓn. >> yo pienso que la gente lo tomÓ de una manera equivocada. >> por cierto, fue poco refelxiva, hay una opiniÓn muy particular, kate es muy ambiciosa, a lo largo del reportaje que vamos a ver esta semana y uno que le hice directamente con su familia Última semana de diciembre, estabas acompaÑÁndonos en suelta la sopa, kate reconoce que ha sido una mujer ambiciosa pero nunca ha pensado mal, ha sido ambiciosa en su trabajo. >> eso no estÁ mal. >> lo que pasa es que tambiÉn las consecuencias jamÁs ella pudo hab

karla: nos vamos a enlazar con verÓnica cientÍfica forense desde nueva york. bienvenida verÓnica.ue ha muerto? verÓnica: hay varios factores que se necesitan. por ejemplo lo primero que hacemos esta tarde identificarlo por medio de huellas dactilares. si no es posible miramos y de pronto la persona tiene un tatuaje que puede identificarlo de esa forma. luego se miran los registros dentales. Últimamente analizamos el adn de la persona. una vez que extraemos el adn de la cÉlula, generamos un perfil de adn el cual se los puedo mostrar en pantalla. carlos: lo estamos viendo, parece como una grÁfica. verÓnica: si es como una grÁfica. es lo que los cientÍficos miramos todos los dÍas. en la parte de arriba hay cuadros que indican las diferentes Áreas de tu adn. el primer cuadro si pueden ver es una x y una y--xy significa que es el perfil de adn de un hombre, si es una mujer es una a mÁs una x. luego en la parte derecha vez dos picos que significa que esa persona en particular tiene un 17 y un 18 quiere decir que la mitad del adn fue recibido de la madre y la otra mitad del padre. carlos

. >> as elizabeth cook shares with us, veronica didn't always see herself in that roll. >> whether it's coaching teammates during soccer practice. >> we can work on this helpat homework, cveronica aad>> a quon this often asked of me, did i become a leader because i i becomeader ool thgh hoolsenior asked herse >> sometimes i am ' to be the one to step up and do something, or i want to do something, create a change or speak up for someone. >> veronica is a strong advocate for others as a youth organizer for a local nonprofit and captain of her soccer team. at home she admits it's been a different story. >> i kind of raised in a home where i was taught to be silent when there were things going wrong. >> her parents immigrated to america for a better life. money was tight, her father worked long hours as a truck driver. each time he came home, the family dynamic changed and her parents frequently argued. >> really common in households, some households where the father figure is like the one that has authority and always what i was taught. >> veronica realized she needed to help her father t

again to veronica's point, this is expanding economy. we still have very decent run rates in terms of car sales in this country. so i'm concerned about the leadership, i have been concerned about the leadership of the company for some time now but now we're calling into question the company's ability to produce as much as what the street is expecting as well as to make profits it is demanding in exchange for its exorbitantly-priced shares. ashley: all right, danielle. move on quickly. get to this issue if we can. veronica mentioned it, netflix under fire after dropping a come my show, "patriot act." at the kingdom's request they did this. they said we strongly support artistic freedom, worldwide and only removed the episode after receiving a valid equal request and complying to local law. did they do the right thing or mistake. >> what happens when countries start demanding the whole thing. they have to think about this with the younger business model. think about younger millenial subscribers in the united states. this is not a good luc

allen martin and veronica de la cruz will now start at 5 p.m. then at 6:00 more local news with ken and myself. that's followed by the cbs evening news with jeff glor at 6:30. >>> coming up at 6:00 dozens of bay area horses could be homeless. a south bay ranch may be turned into open space for hikers, but there's no other place like it for horses to roam, the scramble to find them new homes. >>> kamala harris selling her story in her new book, all that coming up in 30 minutes on kpix5 news at 6:00. >> look forward to that. >>> costco can't seem to keep its buckets of mac and cheese in stock. >> 27-pound tubs are 90 bucks, but they are sold out on costco's website. each tub is 180 packets worth of pasta and cheddar cheese sauce, perfect for camping and emergency or just all around snacking. because the product has a 20 year shelf life, no word when the buckets are back in stock, but if you really want one, amazon is selling the same one. >> do you keep it in your garage with like a little shovel? >> absolutely. away from grandma and the kids. >>

de la tecnologÍa porque cada aÑo abre las puertas la feria de consumo la mÁs grande de su tipo, verÓnicastro comportamiento, quÉ queremos hacer, a quÉ hora. >> la inteligencia artificial es el ingrediente del futuro nos explica la directora de comunicoes para tecnologÍa para consumidores, 4.000 desarrolladores y expertos en tecnologÍa presentan sus desde video juegos de realidad virtual hasta lo Último en... y el uso de impresoras 3d como esta que nos explica carlos que puede trabajar con poli carbonato. aunque muchos de estos productos aÚn estÁn en fase temprano algunos ya los puede comprar. >> son ideas o prototipos o ya en el mercado como los televisores. >> sin duda los televisores son los productos mÁs atractivos, especÍficamente los que tienen tecnologÍa 8k que supera la realidad. >> en cuanto a lo Último en belleza esta aplicaciÓn te deja probar antes de comprar. y nos cuenta que aparte de mostrar los Últimos productos tambiÉn realizan esfuerzos para traer talento latino. >> estÁn diciendo aquÍ estamos, estamos representando a nuestra comunidad. >> isabel comparte con nosotros que

soy vÍctor hugo rodriguez con esta informaciÓn regresamos contigo a los estudios >> saludamos a verÓnicacuela de californiqu eÁ en huelga, muy buenas tardes maestra, no ha habido manera de evitar la huelga >> no, no ha habido. >> si en tres dÉcadas no ha habido ninguna otra huelga podrÍa pensarse que negociaciones anteriores sÍ fueron por el buen camino, quÉ ha cambiado en esta para que hayan acordado esta protesta >> lo que queremos es tener menos estudiantes en una clase y hemos visto que teniendo menos s haciendo en s afecta a los la escuela, ya estamos cansados de seguir, haciendo lo que hemos hecho con muchos poquito apoyo pues >>d que el distrito los Ángeles puede tener una vida digna y ahorrar para el futuro >> es bien difÍcil, con el salario que tenemos, de maestro, en california especialmente, viene siendo bien caro para vivir, hay muchos maestros que tienen dos trabajos, es difÍcil tener esa carrera y depender solo de esa. >> verÓnica quÉ les dirÍas a estudiantes y tambiÉn a los padres para demostrar que esta huelga es el mejor camino, no solo para ustedes, sino para ustedes a

veronica escobar out the new members, to welcome them and say how important it is that they are going to be serving with three chairs of the congress. juan vargas and congresswoman, her father was a cochair, cofounder and she is in appropriations of homeland security. it is exciting that texas is sending not one but two latinos to congress. veronica escobar i mentioned the founder, not only of the congressional hispanic caucus but a founder of so many things in california. important with the farmworkers, and the rest, that is what you are all about. family, it is about community, it is about faith. it is about making america more american with more latino coming to our country. when i look at joaquin castro i think of his mother, rose, and his grandmother coming to this country and how proud they must be. they must be of the castro brothers and we are of our chairman of the chc. it reminds me of the president that i've quoted most in this political campaign, it would surprise you to know it was ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan said this is the last speech i will ever make a

>> reporter: well, veronica, you can see crews still behind me at this hour working. they have been out here all day. to give you an idea how many people are coming to san jose, the game is sold out and levi's stadium can hold more than 71,000 people. injust a few days downtown san jose will transform into what organizers are calling the championship campus. the area from the s.a.p. center to the convention center and discovery meadows will be center stage for free concerts and much, much more for football fans. the tens of thousands of visitors expected into the south bay, caltrans crews cleaned up highway 87 and i-280 today, but the transformation isn't just happening outdoors. nearby businesses are gearing up for typically what is a slow month in sales, especially o'flaherty 's, the official bar for the clemson team. >> this will be a blackout week. we'll treat it like the christmas to newspaper new year's week or for us st. patrick's day. >> reporter: they're anticipating a much bigger week in sales than what the super bowl brought to the area a couple years ago,

i'm veronica de la cruz. >> and i'm allen martin. the suspects targeted the home off scenic avenue near blair park saturday morning. kpix5's don ford found out these suspects aren't just wanted in piedmont. >> reporter: the home invasion robbery here in piedmont happened at 9:30 in the morning, broad daylight. that's pretty brazen. and now we're learning it may be connected to a string of crimes. seems that piedmont is full of cameras. this home surveillance video shows the three suspects walking up the driveway. here seen approaching the victim's front door. >> they confronted the 9-year- old who answered the door. they pushed him aside, forced their way into the house. at that time the dad heard the commotion of what was happening in the house and then he came upstairs and confronted those same three individuals. one individual pulled a weapon on the dad, held him at gunpoint. >> reporter: the criminals suddenly fled without taking anything. no one was hurt. however, police say they are persons of interest in a lot more crimes. >>

with her current project forty two year old veronica has a personal challenge she wants children to be able to use her software to. get his wish one day maybe not in a year or maybe five six or seven but would be able to provide these technology to every child in the world so they can learn from any other children so we can deal to peer their need to the most just at the beginning but the virtual world is growing and veronica ohio wants to make it a little more human. and now big brother in china where the government is introducing a social scoring system to rate the social behavior of its enormous population its collecting endless amounts of data via smartphone apps facial recognition and surveillance cameras. using a facial scan to receive a ration of toilet paper absurd. in beijing this is already being tested to cut down on the use of toilet paper in public toilets is just one example of how china is experimenting with the most cutting edge surveillance technology privacy not likely surveillance cameras may soon be installed everywhere the state wants access to everything there wil

world the avatar can be used in viewer games along with her current projects forty two year old veronica has a personal challenge she wants children to be able to use her software to. this wish one day maybe not in a year from a being five six zero seven but would be able to provide these technology to every child in the world so they can learn from any other children so we can do peer to peer their need to the most just at the beginning but the virtual world is growing and veronica ohio wants to make it a little more human. and now big brother in china where the government is introducing a social scoring system to rate the social behavior of its enormous population its collecting endless amounts of data via smartphone apps facial recognition and surveillance cameras. using a facial skin to receive a ration of toilet paper absurd. in beijing this is already being tested to cut down on the use of toilet paper in public toilets it's just one example of how china is experimenting with the most cutting edge surveillance technology privacy not likely surveillance cameras may soon be installed

kpix five's veronica de la cruz is here to explain. veronica: juliette: that geneticist... jankui ... has already taken criticism from the global scientific community. that's after he spoke at a conference in hong kong last fall... about manipulating the d-n-a of embryos to make them immune to h-i-v. now chinese investigators are out with preliminary findings. they say: "huh" and his team "seriously violated" state regulations... by editing human embryos and implanting them in female volunteers. he's accused of using unsafe methods... and forging ethical review materials. china said in state media today that "huh" violated an explicit law banning embryo editing and did so-- quote: "in pursuit of personal fame and fortune, with self raised funds and deliberate evasion of supervision and private recruitment of related personnel." in november... "huh" presented data but no definitive proof of what he did. that same month... a volunteer who got one of his implants gave birth to twin girls. if successful... the genetic alterations would be passed along to future generations. one

allen martin and veronica de la cruz will now start at 5 p.m. then at 6:00 more local news with ken and myself followed by jeff glor at 6:30. >>> many parents can relate. your kid ignores your text messages and it can be extremely frustrating. >> but now a clever new smartphone app is giving parents the upper hand forcing kids to reply to those text messages. a british father was fed up with his teen ignoring his messages, so he developed a solution. the reply asap app. it makes missing messages impossible. when you send a text, it takes over the screen and sounds an alarm until the user responds. you can hit snooze, but the alert will just keep on coming back. over 100,000 people have downloaded the app so far. right now it is only available to android users. available to android users. >>> a new ferry service between richmond and san francisco set sail for its maiden voyage today. >> the commuter ferry takes 35 minutes to get across the bay. here's a look from one of those boats right now, a live look, in fact. it just left san francisco to he

in the 16th district elected veronica escobar. she was previously el paso county commissioner and county judge. she taughther career english at the university of texas at el paso as well as literature at the county community college. she is one of the first latina congresswomen elected by voters. sophia garcia. she previously served in the state senate. before that she held a number of elected and appointed positions including terms on the harris commission. voters from the seventh district sent lizzie fletcher to the house. this is the first time he seventh has elected a democrat since it was constituted in 1967 on the west side of houston. the first member to hold the seat was future president george h.w. bush. new congress, new leaders, watch it on c-span. "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, professional services council vice president will join us to talk about the government .hutdowns impact the conversation continues with the national parks conservation

donde dos clientes dejaron uno nota donde se podÍa leer que no se diera propina a los inmigrantes, verÓnica tenemos muchas preguntas laura, la primera, ¿quisiera saber quÉ tipo de comportamientos tuvieron este tipo de clientes que llegaron a este restaurante en un pueblo que bÁsicamente la gente es muy amable? >> sÍ, no y cuando entraronuand complementaron con el servicio, todo lo que les expliquÉ del menÚ, eran tipos muy amable, cuando dejaron el mensaje, era no lo podrÍa creer. >> siempre les hablaste a ellos en inglÉs? >> sÍ, era totalmente en inglÉs con ellos, pero lo que pasÓ un compaÑero de trabajo, saliÓ y yo le hablÉ a el en espaÑol, me parece que ellos escucharon y eso es en ese momento donde me llamaron inmigrante. >> una pregunta, ¿cuÁnto era el cheque y cuÁnto deberÍan haber de bdejado de propina? >> el cheque era 9 dÓlares, no era mucho. >> para nada. >> muchas gracias. >> cÓmo de quÉ manera te afectÓ a ti ver este mensaje que ella puso en redes sociales y de quÉ manera la apoyaron usted como dueÑos del restaurante? >> bueno nos afectÓ bastante porque estamos todos bastante emo

. >> she is tonight's guest on the tonight show with stephen bezo's and veronica cruz is here with the latest on that. >> reporter: tonight, stephen colbert asks her if she is sitting for more than just book sales. >> many people, who have put out books two years before a presidential election do so to introduce themselves in a broad way to the american people. are you going to run for president? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> eye mite. >> you might? >> now r sw to sources ll kpix 5 insider that harris is running and plans to make ar21. that is martin luther king jr. day. in the meantime you can see more of what she had to say tonight on stephen colbert, that starts right after our newscast, ken and liz. >> look forward to that, thank you veronica. >>> fog in the bay area is gorgeous crossing the bay bridge and that low layer in the city on top of the sunshine. >> it is allowing certain structures to show just above it and was a pretty cool image. we will have fog once again tonight and then the image will be gray, just lots and lots of gray. san francisco 52 degrees, livermor

veronica?> reporter: the geneticist has already taken criticism from the local scientific community. this is after he said that he manipulated the dna of embryos. now chinese investigators are saying that he and his team seriously violated state regulations by editing embryos in implanting female volunteers. china said in state media today that he violated this and did so in pursuit of personal fame and future -- fortune. he provided data, but with no proof of what he did. the volunteer gave birth to twin girls. one bayer expert calls this unconscionable. but warns not to use him as a scapegoat. >> it is wrong, it is unconscionable, but it is reckless. we have to look at ourselves, our country, our scientists, some of the things that they are doing, i think encourages this behavior of the chinese researcher. >> reporter: authorities are holding him under guard at a guest house. today, they canceled all of his teaching and his research activities. >> veronica, thank you for that. >>> a woman tha

voters in the 16th district unelected veronica escobar, she previously has been elected el paso county commissioner and county judge. earlier in her career, congresswoman escobar taught english at the university of texas at el paso as well as schick -- chicano literature at the county community college. she is one of the first to latino congresswoman elected by texas voters. the other is representative sylvia garcia who now represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate. before that, she held elected and appointed positions including terms on the harris county commission and as houston's city controller. voters from the seventh district sent lizzie fletcher to the house, this is the first time the seventh has elected a wascrat since it constituted in 1967 on the website of houston. the first member to hold the seat was future president george h.w. bush. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. c-span's washington journal, live every day with a news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, we will discuss the government shutdowns

it is what i was taught. >> veronica soon realized she needed to help her father find familytt. had a to analyze those articles and school was or h ve could do things. >> if she needs to stand up for herself she does this. >> i remember thinking i need to apply for this. >> now pleaded to college as double major in political science and computers. her relationship with her father is improving and she has this advice. >> be brave and courageous and do what you love. yes. meet your goals. >> for students rising above. i'm elizabeth cook. >>> well here is one last look at the extended forecast. looking at the showers passing through today. heaviest rainfall right now up north, likely to see the heaviest rainfall this evening tapering off on monday, second half looks dry and then recast. throue ed we will be tracking to kpix.co the heaviest rain in the north bay heading south. >>> hang in there. getting better. >> jane pauley next on kpix. ♪ they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best com

. >>> me gustÓ el azul >>> verÓnica tÚ creas que pueda ser el rey de la de nueva york >>> posupuestopezarlo a verlo porque estÁ espectacular adelante y me dices en quÉ te inspiraste >>> mira este prince se llama anastasia con el tul que viene de la inspiraciÓn del vestido y las flores nuestra isla. porque te toque se sirve, y esta tela es mucho mÁs cÓmoda. >>> gracias chicos a ver quÉ pase el prÓximo modelo. tÚ usas toda tu colecciÓn ecolÓgica tambiÉn. >>> hecho con las telas plÁsticas recicladas y tambiÉn la tinta para hacer el prin t >>> me encanta esta bata >>> esta bata lleva el nombre rashel >>> es el regalo de rashel de hoy. la tata viene oro di reas que son pegadas y cortadas con lÁser. lo que hace que a una lycra. >>> los niÑos y niÑas y la familia entera pueden estar junto . >>> mira esta pieza >>> estos vuelos inspirados en mi vestido de novia. >>> este toque tiene estilo >>> la combinaciÓn de los colores pasen todos acÁ y pueden ver el estilo que le pueden llevar a ustedes que les va muy bien y este prÓximo verano me gusta la versatilidad. >>> me inspiro en la mujer natura

who is he pulling for tonight, veronica? >> i do not know. we will have to ask. thank you. >>> coming up in our next half hour. the case against kevin spacey. the oscar-winner appears in court on charges of sexual assault. how keep text messages could play a role in the actors defense.>>> the reality of working without a paycheck. bay area families are running out of money as the residence trying a new tactic to get his border wall funding. >> oaklands mayor spells out her agenda. some honest criticism for her 2nd term. the question isn't whether he should be impeached any more. he's the most corrupt president in american history. and we all know it. the question now is, how fast can we move past this president so we can build a more just and prosperous future? please, join the more than 6.5 million americans who are demanding action now. because there's nothing more powerful than the unified voice of the american people. together, we will make this happen. need to impeach is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> a media storm as a kevin spacey faces a judg

hey, veronica. here's a look at some of the stories we're working on. a stalemate on day 11 of the government shutdown, how a new congress could impact negotiations. >> plus new year, dozens of new laws, look at the most significant changes across the country. >> and this miracle rescue from the rubble, that's tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> she made a debut right after midnight. coming up the first bay area baby of 2019. >> and i hope this is a good song. 2019 sinks slowly into the west. the view from mount vaca couldn't be nicer. we'll have the forecast coming up as well as some changes ahead after the break. at bayer, our roots run deep. so chances are, you've seen us around the house. or... around the yard. on the shelf... or even... out in the field. your mom knew she could always count on us... and your grandma did too. because for over 150 years, we've been right by your side. advancing the health of the people, plants and pets you love. so, from all of us at bayer... thank you for trusting in us. then... and now. >>> we're following breakin

. >>> good evening, i'm veronica de la cruz. >> and i'm alan martin, chopper five flying over the embarcadero, along the bayfront now where crowds are starting together, fireworks are going to light up the night sky. kpix 5's joe vazquez live along the embarcadero where crowds are ready to ring in the new year. ring in ter: among the 2019, just a couple from sacramento bundled up in layers. >> this is a bucket list, i've always wanted to come see the fireworks. >> reporter: one lifelong goal fulfilled but the wind chill is souring the new year's eve mood. >> if you had to describe it in a word? >> cold. >> like a four letter word? >> freezing. >> that's not a four letter word. >> oh, i didn't hear that part. cold. >> exactly. >> reporter: along the cold embarcadero tonight, we've seen a large presence of first responders, police, federal agents, fire engines and ambulances, all on standby. >> san francisco fire department remains 100% staff. >> reporter: the fire department will be ready in case a firework or two goes astray. they've brought out the mobile transport bus just in case. >> 25 pa

good evening i'm veronica de la cruz.onight cal fire investigators say it was private power lines, and not pg&e that caused the deadly tub spire. investigators say the fire point of origin was on private property, a few miles north of calistoga on bennett lane. chopper number five over the 10 acre site today. cal fire says the 91 year owners private electrical equipment failed. so what does this mean for fire victims? betty yu is outside pg&e headquarters in san francisco tonight. betty, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, veronica we know at least one lawyer prting victims tnclu t going la ains whether pg&e will still pursue bankruptcy protection. the tub spire killed 22 people and destroyed thousands of structures in napa and sonoma county in 2017. >> hellfire determined this was not a pg&e did caused by a this was actually traced back to point of origin which was a private land area that had power on it with no responsibility to the utility. >> reporter: but pg&e is not out of the woods. cal fire found that it was

. >> stephen: no, he's a better father than you are. ( laughter ) we also know you from "veronica mars limited series on hulu. >> stephen: what does "limited" mean? >> i don't know. >> stephen: is there anything you can tell bus-- you're going to be in the limited series. >> yeah, i've been kind of going back and forth between "veronica mars" and "the neighborhood." it had been going well until the other day when i received an email from one of the producers, who i know very well, dan ethridge, who said, "what's your comfort level with eroticism?" >> stephen: wait a second. wait a second. >> that was my-- and i go, request it's-- "it's zero now that you've asked me this. what are you talking about?" >> stephen: "until you said the word 'eroticism'" i was comfortable. >> i was okay until you phrased it like that. >> stephen: i'm okay with sex. eroticism is i'm a play thing for a billionaire. >> i don't-- i'm like, "i'm not into this." and then he goes, "we're going to send you a scene. we're doing a scene." >> stephen: hold on one second. lily. lily. hey. ( laughter ) ( applause ) your

. >> reporter: since daniella's diagnosis, veronica has become a strong advocate for her daughter, searching resources and services. their family is now among a unique group of people giving back in a way they hope will make a difference in understanding the condition. they're providing their d.n.a. through saliva samples, a project called spark, the largest genetic study of autism in the country. the mission is to enroll 50,000 families, speeding up research and finding genetic links to autism. u.c.l.a.'s amanda gulsrud admits it's hard to find families like veronica's to participate. >> we know that communities of color are not represented in research at the rate that white families are. and this is a problem. >> reporter: to change that, chc.l.a. is actively searching for diverse families in communities of color. they're contacting local stakeholders and neighborhood associations to build trust, and they're holding registration atirs at parks and community centers. >> autism does not discriminate. it occurs at equal rates across all ethnic groups. and so it's so important to get equal rep

. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> kpix5's joe vazquez is live for us at regional medical center with the latest on the mayor's condition right now. joe? >> reporter: veronica, the mayor's injuries are not life threatening, but they are serious enough that doctors here at regional medical center have decided to keep him overnight. san jose mayor sam liccardo finished this news conference earlier today when he decided to go for a new year's day bike ride just after 12:30 ending up in a crash. >> a pedestrian with a vehicle. >> a car cut him off and caused a collision. >> reporter: karl guardino of the silicon valley leadership group is the mayor's friend and frequent bicycling companion and spoke with the sustained a fractures including a fracture to his sternum and he's pretty banged up and bruised up, but he's in great spirits. >> reporter: the mayor was riding along this bike path on mayberry road when suddenly an suv darted across his path on salt lake. the mayor smashed right into the car. >> i walk over and i say hey, are you okay? >> reporter: linda dutro is one of several neigh

let's get right over to veronica de la cruz with breaking news out of washington tonight. veronica? >> reporter: late tonight the president conceded to house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting this and i'm quoting here, nancy pelosi asked me to give the state of the union address and i agreed, she then changed her mind because of the shutdown suggesting a later date. this is her prerogative, i will do the address when the shutdown is over. speaker pelosi wrote a letter to the president officially disinviting him from giving his state of the union address in the house chamber next tuesday. the president has said he would find another venue before he changed course. tonight he says he looks forward to giving a great address in the near future. pelosi had this to say tonight. >> mr. president, i hope by saying near future you mean you will support the house passed package to end the shutdown that the senate will vote on tomorrow. please accept the proposal so we can reopen government, repay our federal workers, and then negotiate our differences. >> reporter: tomorrow the senate will vote o

voters in the 16th district elected veronica escobar, she previously has been elected el paso county commissioner, and county judge. earlier in her career, congresswoman escobar taught english at the university of texas at el paso, as well as chacano literature at the community college, she is one of the two latina congresswoman elected by texas voters. the other is sylvia garcia, who represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate. before that, she held a number of elect and appointed positions, including terms on the harris county commission, and as houston's city controller. finally voters from the seventh direct sent attorney lizzy fletcher to the house. this is the first time the seventh has elected a democrat since it was cons tutded in 1967, on the west side of houston. the first member to hold the seat was future president george h.w. bush. >>> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> and now, a panel discussion on the role islam plays when muslim countries consider their foreign policy, the brookings institution hosts this event, which f

voters in the 16th district elected veronica escobar. elected el paso county judge.she taught english at the university of texas at el paso as well as chicago literature at the county community college. one of the first two latina congresswoman elected by texas voters. the other is representative sylvia garcia who now represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate. before that she held a number of elected and appointed positions including terms on the harris county commission and as houston's city controller. and then lizzie fletcher to the how the. this is the first time the seventh elected a democrat since it was constituted in 1967 on the west side of houston. the first member to hold was future president george h.w. bush. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. tonight on "the communicators" -- >> what we're talking about is fiber-optic technology. it's not new. 's been around for tech -- decades. a very thin strand of glass allows as far as we can tell unlimited amounts of information to be pumped through it by lasers. it's us

formosa see veronica escobar she's a representative you mention from texas the sixteenth district and she has a very different approach to the border which i think we should take a listen to let's hear. a native i'll pass when i'm a third generation i my family's been in el paso for over one hundred years so it's a community that i love very deeply and it's a border that is part of my identity and in my d.n.a. how so it is. you know i think growing up on the us mexico border i thought every community was kind of an international place where people would speak multiple languages at least two languages where people were interconnected and it wasn't until i became a little bit older that i realized how different we are from the rest of the country and then as i grew up and heard kind of the rhetoric and rhetoric that's been ramped up over the last fifteen years twenty years about border communities especially the last two years trying to paint us in a very negative way trying to mythologize this place that i've known as a safe place where i grew up as a safe place where my children grew

voters in the 16th district veronica escobar. she previously has been elected on the pascoe county commissioner and county judge. congresswoman escobar taught english at the university of texas in el paso as well as chicano literature at the county community college. she is one of the first two congresswomen elected by texas voters. the other is representative sylvia garcia, who now represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate. before that she held a number of elected and appointed positions, including terms on the harris county commission and as houston city controller. finally, voters from the seventh district sent lizzie fletcher to the house, this is the first time the seventh has elected a democrat since it was constituted in 1967 on the west side of houston. the first member to hold the seat was future president george h.w. bush. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. ahead of president trump's the house the nation, was briefed on

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. >> la señora verónica sigue estremecida tras el incidente que trastocó la paz de su familia el sábadoel lugar en condición crítica falleció en el hospital. >> el carro estaba golpeado del frente, atrás y a los lados. miraba el cuerpo de la muchacha, no sabía si estaba muerta uno. >> información preliminar indica que la mujer daba vuelta al izquierda cuando otro conductor impactó su vehículo. >> es parte del camaro. >> luego la parte trasera de la casa de verónica.moendo piezas de los autos. >> parte de una bocina, trozos de la parte de adentro. >> ante el lamentable suceso, la mujer manifiesta su inquietud, por lo rápido que según ella manejan muchos por este tramo donde el límite de velocidad es de 40 millas por hora. >> feo, esta calle está bien peligrosa. >> de vuelta a nuestra área, los manó patines eléctricos han estado de moda área de la bahía, pero se ha incrementado los accidentes en el último año, se registraron 249 visitas a salas de emergencias por accidentes en este vehículo. tamara harris se convirtió en la novena candidata presidencial, la candidata demócrata y escuchamo

i can't do the whole show like this, veronica, we're going to have to go up some, okay?ll right, okay. good enough. [cheers and applause] speaking of camera work, this is, this is from the price is right on tuesday. where the crew is working overtime when no one came on down. >> tara armstrong, come on down! you're the next contestant on "the price is come on she's, she's in the ♪ >> jimmy: by the way, what are the odds she stopped to wash those hands she just touched everyone with? this is an excite beiing time f football fan. the rams are headed to the super bowl a week from sunday. they will face the hated matt damon patriots. why is he allowed to live here? so this is interesting. ticket prices for seats at the super bowl are reportedly down because they say in part because rams fans don't want to go all the way to atlanta to see the game, which makes sense. in l.a., it's hard to get anyone to drive 20 minutes to meet you for dinner. most of us who live in l.a. have never met a rams fan. [ applause ] i've seen them at the game. you know, they want to boost ticket sal

thanks veronica. the man accused of savagely beating a san francisco grandmother and burglarizing her home... pleaded not guilty in court today. 18-year-old keonte gathron is charged with attempted murder, burglary and elder abuse. the attack on the 88-year old woman was back on january 8-th. 2:27 "this has been a very trying time for our family as our beloved grandmother remians in critical but stable conditions." the defendant is being held without bail. and in concord tonight: police are searching for the person who stabbed a mount diablo high school senior. it hapened this morning... off campus todos santos plaza. recovering tonight. new details tonight -- about a drug raid that went sideways.. ending with 4 narcotics officers being shot in houston. reporter chris martinez on how the shootout unfolded. (package) (nats from broadcastify we have president tonight. he called the suspects dirt bags.. and said police are sick and tired of having targets on their backs. coming up: what kamala harris say