today the uc board of rejects discussed other ideas that are outlined on the future of the uc system. >> reporter: uc officials say financing admission into schools such as ucsf is getting trickier for a certain set of students. but they say this plan is supposed to make education more affordable for all. >> i know that faculty will be displeased with words like eliminating. >> reporter: the university of california board of regents took up an issue about a makeover to finance. >> we have to plan for the worst but hope for the best. >> reporter: a budget was passed that giveses the system $250 million more than last year but uc officials say operating expenses are skyrocketing as more staff layoffs and student hikes may be on tap for 2011, even as more aid is coming in. >> as fees have gone up, the percentage of low-income students have gone up. so the main sort of agency -- aingst is -- >> reporter: the panel is also pushing for more private fund- raising but dropped a controversial plan to charge different fees on different uc campuses, for now. >> they have a lot of social implicat

the 32-year-old uc berkeley graduate who was accused of being a spy said today that her incarceration was a tragedy, one that is still playing out for two others. a small backyard in oakland on this day home to a small group of people who picked up pens and paper and began to write. uc berkeley graduate sarah was one of them. >> i don't know when my life is going to be normal again. >> reporter: her fiancee and friend were arrested near the iran, iraq border in 2009 and later accused of spying. >> we were forced apart for the first time. and we clung to each other. we linked arms and we held each other and we screamed because we didn't want to be separated. >> reporter: iran's president said she was released september 14th because of her health issues, a lump in her breast. today she said she is not sick but does need to be monitored by a doctor. consistently on her mind, though, is not her health but the others who remain in prison in iran. >> the only point of my existence is to speak for them, to be a voice for them. and to live for them every moment. >> reporter: surrounded by fri

. >> after uc burkery announced major cuts to the athletic department. some deep pocket alumni are stepping to the plate. we'll tell you what they plan to do and why the university says it may not be enough. >> the escape soft is not complete and relatives are given a new day of when they can expect to see those trapped chill chile minors. >>> and good evening everyone. i'm mike in tonight for ken wayne. >> hello again everyone i'm heather holmes. we are just now getting word. >> it's okay. we are just getting word about the under ground explosion in downtown san francisco. it happened just after 4:00 p.m. fire officials tell us a transformer blew and the explosion blew off the cover of a manhole. there were no injuries. several streets in the area are closed off as pg and e works to fix that problem. officials say there is no word of any outages in the area right now. >>> and uc berkeley graduate sarah made her first public appearance since she was released from an iran prison last month appearing with her mother and close friends in oakland she once ag

he's a uc berkeley student here. and we expect more people to show up a little later on this morning. and again, a lot of activity scheduled for the rest of today. reporting live in berkeley, jade hernandez, ktvu2 news. >>> state lawmakers will vote on the proposed new state budget plan, which is now a record 99 days late. most of the lawmakers got their first look at the budget yesterday at a budget conference committee hearing. now, to pass, that budget plan needs to be approved by two- thirds of the assembly and the state senate. some of the lawmakers have criticized what they call the budget's creative accounting. this calls for delaying payments of almost $2 billion to public schools until next year. and for suspending a corporate tax break over two years. the budget is also relying on the federal government giving $5.3 billion to california, which critics say is overly optimistic. and it also contains pension rollbacks for new state employees, which is something governor schwarzenegger insisting on. you can see

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the painful visions in the minds of a uc berkeley graduate. >>> excitement sores in the bay area. the spectacular sights and tributes at our biggest fleet week in years. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. a san francisco neighborhood rocked this afternoon by a manhole. investigators still trying to find out what happened. it happened near sacramento streak on samsung. two of our employees caught the whole thing on camera as it happened. >> reporter: this explosion happened at around 4:00 p.m. let me give you the lay of the land. that is a manhole cover that blew off earlier this afternoon. and you can see there are windows boarded up here at king george restaurant. that entire window was blown out by the force of the blast. now, most of samesum between california and clay was blocked off this evening. we had a personal experience driving down the street coming back to the station. when we saw smoke coming from a manhole my photographer and i thought it was suspicious and pulled over. my photographer got out to start rolling video on it. and then we heard this. scary sound. the kin

they have accepted better offer at other yivshingts at uc berkeley protestors demand the state rescind the 32 percent tuition hike imposed last year. security even protected key buildings to make sure the crud didn't get out of hand doesn't say any budget gain to hire education this year were the result of long hard fought pwaichlingts i wept to san francisco. went to sacramento during all protest and marches. i definitely think it helped. >>reporter: this year budget reverses a spending trend that has fueled passionate outrage. campuses have faced layoffs. fewer course offerings and higher fees. hitting the pause button on cuts does not for one minute calm concerns about future budget. >> i'm just worried that next year might come down to taking more money away from uc or community college. >>reporter: here the tent may be coming down but the pressure to support higher education is not going away. in cupertino, abc 7 news. >>> some breaking news in southern california. mother says 2 strangers kidnapped her son prosecute their front yard tonight. there is a state wide amber alert for t

he's been on a one-man mission for 30 frats at uc berke -- fraternities at uc berkeley. why a handshake is something he'sbeen waiting for for years. >>> that's all coming up at 6:00. see you then. >> thank you, julie. >>> it's back to the drawing board for the city of sunnyvale as it decides what to do with the former air force station. they wanted to put a dealership there. they are considering a convention center, hotels, a library branch or a data center. >>> more than half a million eggs have been taken so far at the feather river hatchery, it will take about 12 million eggs in order to produce 10 million chinook. >>> on to our weather. it turned into a nice day. but are we talking about the nice day of rain. >> we called for a chance of showers yesterday and the day before. the showers developed but they are widely scattered. it was mostly sunny. it was one of those days where you can think how are there showers? the first thing i want to do is place this in motion. you will see the unusual direction of the shower. you will see it out in the inland bay valley. i'm g

. >>> a uc berkeley graduate just released from prison in iran makes a push for freedom and her friends. >>> and they're getting closer to freedom, rescue crews in chile now have an idea when they can pull those 33 trapped miners up to safety. >>> and a small explosion provides a jarring surprise in san francisco, why pg&e now is seeking a cause. >>> it is 7:30 on this sunday morning, the 10th of october, 10, 10, 10. thank you for joining us. >> we have a lot of news to cover in the next hour. >> yes, now that california's latest budget crisis is over governor schwarzenegger is heading overseas again. we'll explain how the trip could be a big boost to the silicon valley businesses. >>> that is right, the mid-term elections across the country. we'll look at the biggest story in it all, the tea party and what effect it could have on both the democrats and republicans come november. >>> and with the san francisco giants making a rare playoff appearance, we're talking baseball, a look at the state of the great american pasttime and how popular it is. >>> that is right at the top of the news

but overall funding for uc and csu still remains lower than three years ago. so the rally would start in just a couple of minutes ago expected to continue and then end up in a march and finally a sit-in at 5:00 this evening. elizabeth? >> sharon chin live for us in berkeley, thank you. >>> higher fares and less service, that's what the folks who oversee caltrain. mark sayre reports. >> reporter: good afternoon. this morning the caltrain board of directors as expected did approve a fare increase and also service cuts. but the deputy general manager of the agency that manages caltrain also took time to refute reports that caltrain administrators received 14% pay raises. they say the way caltrain is administered to lead people to conclude that's the case because caltrain is administered by the san mateo county transit district. those employees then bill the time that they work on caltrain matters to the caltrain budget. those employees did work more hours. that means they did -- were paid more. the overall administrative costs were up 14% but nobody received any

uc berkeley graduate sarah shourd, bauer and fatal were in jail. the wiki leak documents appear to show their claims of innocence, but it may have no affect on winning their released. patrick hatcher is a professor of international security policy. >> no, i don't think it will convince the international court of justice. . >> wikileaks just released 400,000 pages of pentagon documents. the government believes army intelligence officer brad manning is the source. he has been in a military detention facility since the first wikileaks released three months ago. this batch of classified papers puts the toll far higher than the u.s. acknowledged before. more than 100,000 between 2004 and 2009. 15,000 more than the u.s. reported. and far greater than afghanistan. >> so we are talking about a five times greater kill rate in iraq. it is really comparative blood bath. >> and there is graphic detail about a military torture of detainees. the pentagon is worried the leak reveals accepts tiff secrets, but hatcher believes the only damage is political with amer

let's see how the entities affect the haight and how haight residents affect the park and uc. >> haight ashbury neighborhood council is proud of the fact that the university of california san francisco parnassus campus is the only uc campus that was forced to impose upon itself and has maintained a growth limit, which is one of the reasons that we're very happy that they're moving to mission bay and that's where their continued growth will go. that's one of the real struggles, on going struggles in this neighborhood is dealing with ucsf, st. mary's, and other institutions. the previous three administrations have taken the position that recreation and parks department should be a revenue department, that it should basically produce enough revenue to pay for the maintenance of the park. the problem is, of course, that it doesn't. and that there is a fundamental and basic contradiction between maintenance of the parks, and recreational facilities, and maximizing revenue from the use of the parks and recreational facilities. it is a struggle that the haight ashbury neighborhood council is v

why a uc berkeley graduate and her family are now wearing these strings. >>> rescuing the miners in chile. >> it is always good to hear that. >>> the full force celebrations for the bay area's biggest fleet week in years. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. developing news from san francisco tonight where a powerful manhole explosion

it hit the uc police website yesterday. the facility opened at 6:00. a published report says they have posted signs inside the locker rooms with information about the crime alert. i was in the mens locker room and did not see any signs. there is none posted outside the building. a man was spotted inside the woman's locker room. the first was monday the 4th. a custodian spotted a suspect taking pictures of women in the locker room with a cell phone. >> i had no idea that type of thing was going on here. they need to fix that. >> reporter: when confronted the suspect knead fred. it happened two days later on the 6th. this time -- she confronted him. he fled. both times police were called but did not locate the suspect. the daily cal is reporting the berkeley lieutenant as saying the suspect is described as wearing a white gym towel on his head and be covering his jaw and mouth with the towel. he's 5'4"-6'5" and is indian or hispanic. they won't have anything to say until the public information officer gets in. reporting live kraig debro. >>> authorities

. >> a protest today at uc- berkeley. students, workers, faculty all gathered to demonstrate against fee hikes and budget cuts. the protests happened at uc and csu campuses across the state. the uc system has seen a 55% increase in tuition fees just in the last three years. there are hundreds more play- offs planned at berkeley alone this year. >> there are a lot of concerns, especially at a time when administrators are being given bonuses and raises. so we fear that it's not just about lack of money but it's actually about priorities. >> the rallies come one day after u c and csu schools learned they are actually the rare winners in the new state budget. the plan gives both systems more money than the year before. 5.5 billion dollars to make up for previous year cuts. >>> we take it for granted the ability to walk. now for those bound to wheelchairs, something amazing allows them to get back on their feet and it was unveiled today in the bay area. mike sugerman shows us how it works. >>> reporter: the word revolutionary

along with all the other uc campuses. they are not really any of those options out. >> we are talking baseball, the giants' first postseason series at at&t part was sent francisco taking on the atlanta braves in the best of five in the series. to let the kontakion for the giants tonight. here is video of him practicing yesterday. barry's eagle will not be on tonight. the manager has not decided whether not to keep some of the rroster. >> i will have that action coming up, and th >> what do you say to that, when your in your shoes, it is just kind of a weird thing. of yours i have not been so great, probably so we will talk to gary about that. we have a lot of other stuff coming up in various world. here's a live look at paramount can. mostly, fog and clouds are in the north bait. we do have a pretty cool day on and temperatures just a few degrees warmer than yesterday. we will be right back. wearing shirts ♪ ♪ which caused a trend alert ♪ and everyone ♪ saw everybody ♪ tell'em all ♪ tell'em something, where to

. >>> a major new development in the case of two uc berkeley grads accused of espionage. >>> and what officials are saying something about if fly overs that have become a bay area tradition. >>> a packed meeting at city hall in emeryville tonight, the topic an empty building that ikea wants to turn into a warehouse. the problem, some residents are opposed to it. heather holmes has the story. >> reporter: i just came down from city hall across the street where many people for the past two hours have been speaking out against this project. most of them were holding these signs and just minutes ago, the city council voted. council members siting with residents unanimously and they shot down ikea's proposal. that is exactly what a majority an overwhelming majority of people wanted as they argued that this particular proposal would negatively affect their quality of life. >> angry residents voiced concerns that what ikea wants to put here at hollis and 53rd street will shatter the piece they say currently exists here. >> we really feel it would change the character of our neighborhood to h

always free. >>> police are telling ktvu right now they have new information about the shooting at a uc berkeley frat house. we'll bring more information in the next hour. >>> fire crews are investigating a school fire, it's what crews found inside that building that has them calling it suspicious. stay with us, those stories up next.

. >>> well, a warning for women at a uc berkeley facility. we'll tell you why nefarious actions by a man with a cell phone are causing problems. meteorologist steve paulson will bring up the breakdown. >>> also -- >> for the first time so you think you can dance auditions comes to the bay area. we'll show you the hundreds that came to strut their stuff. >>> construction on new homes in the fire zone of san bruno could be underway in months. the city is waiving the permit fees. but some fire survivors say they are not so sure they want to rebuild there, especially if the pg&e line exploded remains in their neighborhood. >>> robert gates is coming out a against a court ruling that abruptly ends the military's don't ask/don't tell policy. he says yesterday's ruling by the appeals court in san francisco will have enormous consequences for the military. he says that issue should be decided by congress after the pentagon completes a study of the issue. in the meantime, there might be an appeal. >>> a lower court two years ago ruled against centerin

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the death of a uc berkeley student gets a closer look now. we'll tell what you police are now saying about their investigation. >>> also -- the reason oakland police say they were forced to shoot and kill one family's beloved pet. >> reporter: and the san francisco giants are just one win away from the title. we'll tell you about a few players that have gotten them this far. >>> claudine wong is getting reaction from students now about a fire on deanza campus. >> reporter: the fire investigator just back on scene. really if, you walk by the build, cau miss it. from our vandage point you can see the -- vantage money you can see it from the top of the building. you are looking at $1 million to $2 million in damage from the estimate we've been given but it is contained to just the cafeteria building behind us. we want to show you video of the kitchen area of the cafeteria. firefighters believe that's where the fire started. that's where most of the damage is. firefighters got called just before 1:30 this morning. firefighters were pretty close,

i'm a student at contra costa college and planning to transfer to uc davis next year. >> with change we're for the better. and without it, agencies i don't know where we'd be. >> and there is a election tomorrow, comedian niecey nash is the key note speaker. for more information log on to our web site. and click on see it on tv. >> and americans planning association is calling san francisco ferry building one of the owe 10 great public spaces for 2010. apa bestow that had honor today under its great places in america program. singling out the building for its ik connick status. and it praises the city for reinventing it after the 1989 earthquake. the association plan the program back in 2007. and what it calls the gold standard in community planning. and if you've not been there lately, sit that. >> it's just gorgeous. >> it's beautiful. >> absolutely. >> and there is a sign of things still to come? breezes kicked back in. temperatures have fallen along the coastline. half moon bay only 66 today. yesterday, 86 degrees so it's 20 degrees cooler today. and cooling will spread. there is

fees and planned layoffs but ironically, the budget passed by the assembly actually gives both the uc and cal state systems about $5.5 billion. that is more than was in last year's budget. of course, there have been previous years' budget cuts that students are very concerned about but so far no state budget as the senate continues to deliberate. when this budget is eventually approved, it will be the latest in california history. reporting live from san jose, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. >> already the longest. let's see if they can get it done. mark, thanks very much. >>> 5:04. game one is in the books and everyone is talking about giants pitcher tim lincecum. it was his first career play- off start. he set a franchise record last night striking out 14 batters. in the 4th inning, the giants scored one run. and that was all they needed against atlanta. game 2 is tonight. first pitch at 6:37. tim lincecum in the house! >> i think i had to do bed right after that. >> it's such a bummer, isn't it? >> yeah, but i woke up in the mill of the night. did they make it? i'll have to wait until thi m

>>reporter: nicky has been come to uc sf off and on since may. she's back this time because her condition suddenly worsened. >> they were hoping we had time to get a pediatric liver but item not that case no more. we are running out of time. and i need an o 'stive liver and what they will do is take half the left lobby e- >>reporter: she's the wrong blood type but possible donor man and a michigan man complete stranger who volunteered to be tested after reading about their dire situation on facebook. >> i have a 2-year-old son. i would like to hope if something like this ever happened to him which i'm afraid it doesn't somebody would be able to help him if that was the case. >>reporter: the twin sister and 2 older siblings are at home in sacramento with their dad. her friend is the support at the hospital. bernard can't be the donor because her blood typist not a match. >> item hard to see her because she's never, you wouldn't even know she was sick. she's never cried. is she is just sweetest little thing. i'm sure the newers just love her. she g

they forced us into making mistakes. >> mike: san jose state hosting uc davis. wright to hennington in the end zone. 14-3 davis. now fourth. the hit, goes down, goes down hard. knocked out of the game. in came matt falkner. overthrows. that would have been a touchdown and the game-winner. instead, san jose falls 14-13. >> after friday's seven and a half hours rain delay, the players played until sunrise to sunset. michael jordan in taken attendance. steve striker and tying -- tiger woods win. then graeme mcdowell and rory mcilroy on 17. drains a long birdie putt. they would win the match. u.s. led 6-4 after session two. but session three, an entirely different story. on the fifth, more -- mole -- mole anywherery chips one in europe has the lead. hopefully they will got it all in tomorrow. >>> sunday, niners in atlanta. raiders hosting the texans, and the giants and padres, we'll have that for you. giants need a win and they're in, or need help from the braves and the padres. a lot to get into right now. >> alan: hope for the best. that's it for us. thanks for wa

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keurig. >> alan: the two uc berkeley grad being held in iran have a trial date. iran's official news agency reports they will appear before the revolution court on november 6th. they were arrested near the iran-iraq border a year ago. one woman was released in september. a classified u.s. report leaked on friday suggests that iranians crossed the boredder in iraq to arrest the three americans. >>> in the california governor's race, new poll shows jerry brown is stretching his lead over who it who it who -- meg whitman. this morning brown visited black churches in los angeles,; todays university of southern california los angeles times poll shows brown with 50% of the vote compared to whitman's 38%. last month, the same poll showed brown with just a 5% lead. whitman's campaign released a statement saying the latest poll is out of dade and statistic which i flawed. the same poll found barbara boxer has a slight edge over carly fiorina carly fiorina. >> alan: first lady michelle obama is due to visit the bay area tomorrow to help raise money for democratic candidate

now, this guy's bizarre mo. >> at uc berkeley's recreational sport facility, warning signs are posted about a man who has been taking cell phone pictures of women in the showers. >> he appeared to be wearing a wig. they believed he was a man trying to disguise himself as a woman. >> i was in the locker room on wednesday afternoon. i didn't see anything happen. i didn't see anyone suspicious. but it is a little disturbing. >> the first incident happened last monday around around 9:30 p.m. >> i saw one of the girls running and freaking out. >> by the time he struck again at 4:30 staff members had a good description on him. >> the person is described as a hispanic male or indian male approximately 5 foot 6 and 140 pounds and at the time he had a white gym towel wrapped around his head. >> the sports center is open to the public, but students and gym members need an id card to access the locker rooms. police say it is possible he snuck in some other way. that is being investigated as well as the surveillance videotape taken on both days. >> i don't really have a choice. i have to change h

student fees and planned layoffs but the budget passed in the assembly giving both the uc and the cal state systems about $5.5 billion. that is more than they received last year. but so far at this hour the state senate is meeting. there is no state budget when this budget is eventually passed we are at day 100 the latest in state history. live in san jose, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:05. the san francisco giants won their first play-off game in seven years by a whisker. >> some fabulous pitching by that man, tim lincecum, a complete game shutout in atlanta last night in his first- ever major league play-off start. he set a franchise post-season record striking out 14 batters. the giants' buster posey the only player to cross the plate. that was enough. final score 1-0. game 2 in san francisco this evening at 6:37. >> isn't it nice to know you can watch the whole game and not getting up early tomorrow morning? >> exciting. we would like to be able to do atlanta with two wins. >> oh, yes. >>> it is 6:05. let's check traffic and weather. let start with gianna. >> he

. >>> we now know when the remaining two uc berkeley graduates in iran will go on trial. why their families are happy that a trial date has been set. >>> and bart's extension to the south bay is apparently happening now. some big questions remain. it's all about money. >>> and we'll have more on a fire in san francisco coming up for you in just a bit. >>> good morning. areas of fog. in fact some areas very foggy from san jose to santa rosa to around the coast and bay. it will burn back and be hazy. 50s, 60s to near 70 by the coast. >>> oakland a's are considering buying their flag ship radio station. team executives say they are in the early stages of a possible deal to purchase xtra sports also called ktrb. would end the recent confusion for fans searching the dial to find the game. the athletics have three different radio stations in the past five years. >>> bart's extension to the south bay is finally happening. though officials are still working on part of the funding for it. the 16-mile extension would run through downtown san jose and end in santa clara. it's a $16

she's worked as a secretary for uc berkeley for 15 years but makes less than $30,000. she says a cut in her take-home pay will be devastating. >> it's meant the difference between the tightest squeezing of my budget i could possibly do. i mean look at my shoes. i wear old clothes because i can't afford to buy new things. and i live with four other people, even though i'm in my 40s. >> it is not true that business and the rich are overtaxed. they were undertaxed. >> reporter: though the plan means higher education will receive a $200 million boost, uc students say there's no reason to celebrate when others will suffer. >> education must be free! >> reporter: in berkeley, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> well, next tuesday the two candidates for governor square off in their third and final debate. it will be at dominican university at san rafael. tom brokaw will moderate the debate. our coverage will begin on tuesday night at 6:00. protesters are expected. security is going to be a concern, and the job that making sure all goes smoothly is falling on an unusual sec

- berkeley student protests against cuts and hikes in fees the uc system messina 32 percent hike in fees since last year. hundreds of students why did classes' today to protest the budget and they held a rally today on the cal campus. the rally at c f u east bay called attention to cut through the system. they anchor was aimed at the csu system and the local candace for hundreds of classes' happen kind and number of faculty and staff reduced in most departments. the system has lost more than $625 million in state money in the last two years. protesters say they hope to be heard by the decision makers who are now considering cuts and higher education. a look at cited traffic in san francisco and looks pretty similar to what were accustomed to the top of your screen highway 80 or traffic is headed towards the lower deck of the bay bridge is not moving. the bottom of your screen traffic headed on southbound 101 also moving slow. so, we book a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we

. >>> what the remaining two uc berkeley student wills go on trial. family happy a trial date has been set. >>> here's a look at bay bridge. quite a bit of back up at the bay bridge. give yourself extra time if you're headed into san francisco this morning. san mateo bridge everything looking pretty good. spring bridge fogged in you can barely make out headlights. be aware of it. not too bad of a drive as you make your way into san francisco this morning. 6:26. let's head back to the desk. >>> an employees union is protesting a new program that puts parent volunteers into positions on campus. in some cases the programs put parent volunteers in positions previously held by employees whose jobs were eliminated by budget cuts. the union says the school can't do that. the school board president says what's needed is both sides to sit down and work out a solution. >>> there's finally a trial date set for the two uc berkeley graduates still held in iran prison. their families are actually happy about it. the mother of shane says the trial dates of november

a uc berkeley graduate who was imprisoned in iran for more than a year today pleaded with iran to flee her two companions. as don knapp reports, her emotional press conference provided a chilling look at their lives inside an iranian prison. >> i'm very strong for shane and josh because i know they need me to be and i know that i need to do everything i can for them. >> reporter: sarah, freed from an iranian prison last month, is now campaigning for the release of her companions. shane bauer and josh petall. they were hiking when iran says the three went over the border and were arrested and imprisoned as spies. >> coming out of prison i'm shocked and dismayed in ways that there could still be questions in iran and around the world about who we are, about what we were doing in northern iraq. >> speaking in berkley today she said they had done nothing wrong, had come to the middle east because of their passion for peace. >> we were forced apart for the first time and we clung to each other. we screamed because we didn't want to be separated. we were separated and we were thrown in diffe

budget gives $5.5 billion for uc, and uc state systems and repaying them $199 million for previous cuts. and there is is our higher education system so important to getting us back on track and getting us out of the recession that. is why we've put money there. >> the k-12 system meant to get what is owd to them next year. and now, tomorrow, lawmakers will have a final say this deal when they vote. >> thank you very much. >> this may northbound bad taste, but should it be illegal? the supreme court is deciding whether freedom of speech extends to funerals. the result of antigay religious groups saying things like thank god for dead soldiers. heather? >> it will be several months before the court rules but published reports from reporters inside of the hearing say justices appeared inclined to limit free speech when ordinary citizens are targeted with personal, and hurtful attacks. there is members of the church demonstrated outside san francisco's gay and lesbian alliance awards dinner taking that same message to military funerals across the country. including one in santa rosa saying w

. >> reporter: what uc berkeley police say a man is doing in order to get inside the woman's locker room. details next. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> well, good morning to you. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, october 1th. >>> we're getting new information on a tragic story we have been following all morning. police are investigating the deaths of twin girls. they were just 3 years old. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: police are still out here this morning. we can tell you what investigators were doing in the last hour. we're live in fairfield. fairfield police told us they will be holding a news conference later this morning to update us later. at this point, they say the a a mother is -- they say a mother is responsible for the deaths of these girls. firefighters were called to a fire initially. when they arrived, they had no idea what that he would discover. the bodies of 3-year-old twin girls. police say they had been cut or stabbed to death. they say the mother had been stabbed, too. but they think those are self- inflicted. she was airlifted to the hosp

why a uc berkeley graduate and her family are now wearing these strings. >>> rescuing the miners in chile. >> it is always good to hear that. >>> the full force celebrations for the bay area's biggest fleet week in years. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. developing news from san francisco tonight where a powerful manhole explosion rocked a neighbor. two cbs5 employees heard the blast and caught it on tape. we are joined now from the explosion site with a firsthand account. what was that like? >> reporter: awful scary. we are here where the manhole cover blew off. pg&e is continuing their investigation of other areas of the line. then windows completely blown out by the blast. they are boarded up now. between clay and california it is still blockedded off. so personal experience, just around 4:00 p.m. we are driving down the street. my photographer saw some smoke coming from that manhole. we thought it was suspicious and pulled over. he was just going to get some video of the smoke coming out of the manhole and then this. >> what is it? >> reporter: very scary sound. the kind that has yo

. >>> a protest is wrapping up tonight on the uc berkeley campus. one of many protests at campuses across the state where students and staff are taking part in a national day of action. more than 100 students took over two rooms at uc berkeley's library and held a sit in before departing a few minutes ago. they say they want the state to stop making cuts to education and stop raising division. there was a rally followed by a march across campus. >> i feel for the study ens when they can not get in the students. i feel tell when my teaching assistants are taken away because there is no money. >> reporter: the protests have been peaceful. no reports of arrests. >>> thieves made off with eight bronze bars from a memorial of victims from the east bay hills fire. they disappeared from a sculpture that honors the memory of the 25 people killed in the 1991 firestorm. several other bars were bent. the they discovered the vandalism. he says he suspects thieves stole them so they can sell it as scrap metal. they have been bent before but never removed. >>> so

a man suspected of taking pictures and of the men's locker room at uc- berkeley is now behind bars, they are arrested him for it disorderly conduct on thursday, it fernandes is suspected of sneaking into the locker room of i campus 2 different times in october and in one of the incidences he took photographs of women on a cell phone. the san jose police officer handcuffed a 50 year-old boy driving sex with is for general stepdaughter will not face criminal charges. this is video of that incident back in august, you concede that the uniformed officers talking to the teenager and the officer was allowed to take the boy into temporary custody because he had reason to believe that the teams engaged in an unlawful sexual intercourse. police are still deciding whether the officer violated regulations. >> storm track is starting to see things dryer out right now but we do have more rain on the way i will talk with all of that coming off in a bed >>. i live look at side on this drizzly oforecast, it is slowly moving ahead towards the peninsula and we'll be right back. [ bell rings ] what are you

. >> the budget gives $5.5 billion for the uc and uc state system while repaying them $199 million for previous cuts. >> it fuels the economy in the state. the higher education is important to getting us back on track out of the recession so that is why we put money there. >> the k-12 system and community colleges are meant to get what is owed to them next year assuming, of course, there will be a robust economic recovery in california. tomorrow, lawmakers will have the final say on the deal when they vote. in the newsroom, leighanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> governor schwarzenegger signed legislation today extending benefits to foster children. they will now be covered until 21 years old instead of losing coverage at 18. it also makes it easier for relatives to adopt children rather than placing them in foster care. >>> a fugitive parolee wanted fremonting dune a free don't police officer is in custody. authorities arrested 36-year-old alexander diaz just after 5:00 this morning. they are working on getting him transferred to fremont. officer braugher remains hospitalized with severe

he was also a big contributor to the legalization of medical marijuana. >>> members of uc berkeley's soccer team have gone viral. people all over the world have seen it. as abc7's lisa amin gulezian reports, that includes a superstar musician. >> they decided to make a music video of the chris brown song "for your love" while driving to a soccer game. >> ♪ for your love >> we were board in the back of the bus, and we decided i had a video. i could take video on the iphone and we started shooting things. >> they had no idea what would happen once they posted it on youtube. at last check more than 110,000 people have watched it. >> everybody knows he is popular. >> the biggest is the man who wrote it. >> when you click on it it goes straight to our video. >> viral videos, there is no rhyme or reason. all it takes is chris brown tweeting it. >> it was youtube's most entertaining video of the week in australia. and now apple wants to meet with the soccer players to talk about a national iphone 4 video campaign. and college seniors are trying to be modest. >> this is the fan page a rand

the blake house is unfit to live in according to uc officials. it could cost $10 million to fully repair the mansion which is near berkeley. renovation plans are being criticized by uc staff and students. >>> well today, election officials are scheduled to start sending out vote by mail ballots. those ballots should start showing up in your mailboxes by the end of next week. you have until the 18th of next month to register to vote in the november election. if you're already registered ask for a vote by mail ballot until october 26th. >>> voters in three bay area bay cities will see a ballot different than the ones they're used to. oakland, berkeley and san leandro will used ranked choice ballots. if no canneddidate wins a majority the second and third choices will be considered as well. >>> well there were heated exchanges during the second debate between meg whitman and jerry brown with the issue of whitman's former housekeeper taking center stage. the face-off on saturday was the first ever spanish language debate in the governor's race in cal

he was a student at uc santa barbara. some of the surfers are stunned by his death. >> i think it's really sad because he was a student at ucsb. it hits a whole surfing community. it's pretty horrible. >> a photo from the santa barbara county sheriffs department. look at this 13-inch chunk missing from ransom's surf board. they say that shark was 13 feet long. all three beached a vandenberg air force base closed. authorities will announce if they will reopen them. crews have been patrolling the beaches and watching the water. so far no more shark appearances. >>> it's a case of vanishing campaign signs. why police officers and firefighters say it is no mystery as accusations of dirty politics fly. >>> right now things are slowing down on the bay bridge. but what is happening right now on the construction zone next to it could slow down things even more. we'll explain why caltran is warning drivers this morning. >>> welcome back to the morning news. they are just ringing that opening bell in new york this morning. that is