the berkeley center for the study of religion. the surprise berkeley study of religion. what more do you want to tell us about this? >> the surprise. and the viewers might be surprised at the idea of studying the religion. the surprise is not unwarranted. it has been a long time since berkeley has had the religion institution for study. it is a story of some interest. it might be a general interest for some people in the audience. thinking about how public universities think about religion. the university is -- on the one hand, one of the great oldest institutions in the world. it has been around 800 years. i have thought about religion for many of those centuries. in the last 100 years. religion has played a more complicated role in public universities. at cal, at some point, there was a decision not to have religion included as a major topic of study. there was a major -- center for theological study just up the hill. and for major universities, religion was a topic best left to others. market, jump in whenever. i think in the past 20 years or so, as religion has becom

the violent clashes broke out during a city council vote in berkeley. kpix 5's jessica flores on how police are defending their tactics after protestors were left bloodied and hurt. >> reporter: lou williams left the berkeley city council meeting last night bleeding from the head. he claims police got rough. in the cell phone video you can see pushing and shoving. >> my glasses got knocked off so i -- i, you know -- [ inaudible ] >> so i reached down to get them. as i was reaching down to get them, one of them caught me in the head with the baton. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to protest urban shield. the council voted to continue the s.w.a.t. team training which supporters say is all about emergency preparedness. opponents say it promotes police militarization. >> they were holding banners peacefully and the police just again treated as you like we were enemy combatants. and this is exactly why we want berkeley to withdraw its police in the urban shield of. >> reporter: alan says her husband is okay but the couple will be filing a complaint of excessi

these inflammatory speakers want to come to berkeley, they want to use berkeley. milo made an in statement to organize free speech where he would basically -- a lot of people along this strain of conservatives basically are ready to -- so willing to come, more conservatives, more prominent conservatives like john boehner should stand up and say -- >> i'm laughing because by accident i got to sit next to him on the flight down to florida and i have never met a man happier to be done with his job and like it is all over for me, i am done with this stuff. >> i mean maybe i have seen a lot of conservatives who would garner a lot of attention, a lot of audience members and have a big event, should come to campus and say i want to speak because we -- more people who are willing to come to campus. >> one more question and open up her audience question so feel free to answer the microphone. we were talking before the panel started that gallup does polls of students and ask do you believe in free speech? overwhelmingly large majorities of students across political, racial

a woman puts meth in a toddler's mouth at a berkeley park. the serious charges she's now facing this morning. >>> right now, breaking news in southeast asia, the search under way for a missing plane with nearly 100 people onboard. that's next. >>> for some of us, we are less than 24 hours from a significant storm in june. here's the way it's going to look at noon tomorrow. you can see the future radar showing light showers across the bay area. we will put a storm impact scale on this and an hour-by-hour look at what to expect. >>> as you get your day into gear keep on top of weather and gear keep on top of weather and traffic during the entire >> announcer: good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >>. >> announcer: this is "abc7 mornings." >>> it's game day. check out the bottom of your screen. we are counting down to the coverage of the final. >>> it's going to be a great day. we are starting with meteorologist, mike nicco. >> have news from sfo we have flight arrival delays because of the cloud cover. >> of course we do. >> it's

this is a serious fraud office accusation against berkeley ‘s office accusation against berkeley ns __ office accusation against berkeley ‘s —— ba rclays. office accusation against berkeley ‘s —— barclays. barclays is saying it is considering its position, it hasn't come out with a statement one way or another. they are saying they will vigorously defend themselves. and both coming from different angles. both will be standing there saying, hey, i angles. both will be standing there saying, hey, lam angles. both will be standing there saying, hey, i am the whistleblower. at this as an investigation that is ongoing. they will appear in court early injuly. ongoing. they will appear in court early in july. an ongoing. they will appear in court early injuly. an ongoing investigation. just charges at the moment. you are talking about the political instability and economic concerns from the market but the new york times has an interesting article stating that it is china that we should be looking at. this is one of the perennial stories which runs around the market. whenever you

they want to use berkeley. milo made some kind of statement, saying he would come next semester and organize a free-speech week. i think a lot of people along this strain of conservatives basically are ready to come, and so willing to come. i think more prominent conservatives like john boehner, for example, should stand up and say -- scott: i'm laughing because by accident i got to sit next to john boehner on the flight down to florida and i have never met a man happier to be done with his job. and more like, nope, it is all over for me. i'm done with this stuff. so, i was just laughing. [laughter] pranav: maybe a lot of conservatives who are still prominent who would garner a lot of attention, a lot of audience members and have a big event, should come to campus and step up and say, i want to speak, because we definitely need more people who are willing to come to campus. scott: i want to ask one more question and then open up for audience questions. so, please feel free to head to the mic. we were talking be

. >>> a city council meeting in berkeley ended early after protesters took over. the key issues the council is deciding on when it was interrupted. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us. >> good morning. pg&e is predicting its customers will set a new record for how much electricity they will use to keep cool tomorrow. tomorrow is expected to be the hottest day of the year. lee martinez is already and livermore were almost everybody is getting ready for another really hot day. >> reporter: it is cool right now. once the sun get hit -- gets here it's going to be another hot day and livermore. their community center will be doubling as a cooling center. around the corner they have the aquatic park that will also be open. we were talking earlier about pg&e. they say their equipment is heating up in this really hot heat throughout the bay area. their natural cooling periods that usually happens at night just isn't happening this week inland. california independent service operator issued an alert and asks people to conserve during peek demand times between 2 p

alex is in berkeley this morning. tell us about this push to stop urban shield in berkeley and other areas. >> reporter: there has been a lot of pushback against the urban shield program a for quite some time. there have been protests in the past when the protest takes place. various police departments come together every year to train on high risk scenarios. critics believe this program encourages the militarization of police forces and last night protesters took over a berkeley city council meeting and made it clear they do not want the berkeley police department to take part in this event anymore. >> [ shouting ] this is what things looked like at the meeting that went late into the night. demonstrators took to the stage , holding up a stop urban shield banner. this is video that was shot by dale cal reporter edward eugene bogus. police officers and security officers detained several protesters. the auditorium at longfellow middle school where the meeting was happening had to be cleared out . the this disruption ca

berkeley city council meeting. coming up, more on their concerns surrounding the controversial vote over a police training program known as urban shield. >>> does an increase in minimum wage mean job cuts for small businesses? we will tell you what a new uc berkeley study just found out. >>> good morning. we still have a little bit of slow traffic in some areas and building slow traffic in others. here at the maze it is not a bad commute coming around to the bay bridge. >>> bigger fog bank today. i knew what i was going to say. big you are fog bank today. it will be cooler for most. but still hot for those way inland. what about tomorrow? we will take a look at that. >> the ban takes effect next april. it only bans the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city. you can still use the products. >>> well, airbnb is trying to help the growing number of refugee families displaced by violence coming to the u.s. they are joining efforts to welcome refugees to the u.s. and make a smooth transition to life here. 450 cal

and berkeley released the statement saying berkeley intends to mount a vigorous and successful defense of its actions, and looks forward to contesting this collection of false claims. and they were facing an unprecedented organized violence that night. back to you. >>> turning down rent control protections. 52% no, and 47% yes. measure c would have capped rent increase by 3% each year for any unit built before 1995. >>> new this morning, daly city police need your help identifying this man accused of robbing somebody he met for a craigslist transaction. he used a knife to rob this person, and it's a good reminder there's a safe exchange zone in front of the police on 90th street. it's especially marked and it's under 24 hour surveillance. >>> also tracking breaking news overseas, i have an update on the story that we have been following. isis now claiming responsibility for this twin attacks in iran overnight. and we just learned the attacker attackers left 12 dead and 42 wounded. that's higher than what we said earlier this morning. the attacks happened at the iranian parliament build

many people were hit with batons. >> reporter: berkeley police say the crowd closed in on them. do you have an answer for them as to why police decided to push this? >> lawfully, we were trying to inn effect an arrest and when you have a crowd that's unwilling to allow us or actually obstructing our ability to effect the arrest, we can use the minimal amount of force to effect that arrest and in this case that was moving the crowd out of the street of. >> reporter: two people were arrested for disrupting the city council meeting. berkeley police say that any allegation of excessive force is typically handled by internal affairs. reporting in berkeley, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> a police officer stabbed at an airport in flint, michigan. the case is now being investigated as an act of terrorism. the officer was stabbed in the neck while working at the main terminal. he is in stable condition right now. authorities have arrested a canadian man. fbi investigators say during the attack, he referred to people being killed in syria, iraq and afghanistan. [ inaudible ] >> blood eve

. >>> uc-berkeley facing a lawsuit stemming from the violent protests that happened earlier this year. now one. demonstrators is taking legal action -- now one of those demonstrators is taking legal action. kpix 5's anne makovec tells us why the plaintiff wants the university to pay up. >> reporter: this lawsuit is against uc-berkeley and more than 20 other entities from the board of regents to the mayor of berkeley to house minority leader nancy pelosi. [ riots ] >> reporter: it was february 1, when things got out of control at uc-berkeley. riots by masked protestors trying to stop the planned appearance by conservative speaker milo yiannopoulos. he had been invited by the college republicans to speak. the woman who filed the lawsuit, sierra robles, came to see him and was reportedly pepper sprayed by some of the rioters. the suit says her rights were curtailed because she was subjected to bodily harm for expressing her viewpoint. the lawsuit is filed in federal court and mentions civil rights and first amendment violations. because this is pending litigation, no comment from most of

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she found nothing inside but she called uc berkeley police to report the incident. when police arrived they did a psychiatric evaluation of the woman who gave this item, the methamphetamines, to the two- year-old boy. the 36-year-old told them, thomas told paramedics she had given the child methamphetamines . that is what she had put in the two-year-olds mouth. the little boy was checked out of the hospital where doctors discovered he had in fact been given meth. we are told a little boy is recovering. we don't have an update on the child's condition. i checked with university police but you cpd arrested thomas for attempted homicide. back out live it doesn't look like there is a lot of activity in the park but talking to people who come to the park and know the area, anyone who grew up in this area knows people's park is not a park for children . apparently, according to the people we talked to, the nanny wasn't aware of that with us all and folded on monday. >>> a mother accused of abandoning her five-year-old daughter in san francisco has surrendered. police say

sunday this "lululemon" was robbed in berkeley. in december, crooks used an suv to ram the front of the apple store in palo alto with 20 people converging on the store all at once and grabbed thousands of dollars of electronics in 45 seconds. apple stores in san francisco, berkeley, burlingame, corte madera and los gatos have all been hit. 15 members of the "rainbow girls" were finally arrested in san francisco after years of robberies like this where they swarm in, in large groups grabbing merchandise and fleeing. back in milpitas, the nieman marcus last call store does not have a security guard despite all the high dollar emergencies. the company says that decision is up to the local manager. >> whatever the price is i think it's kind of absurd that they carry this without any security like they do in the, you know, other stores. >> reporter: the good news, nobody here was injured but the thieves did get away in a white cherokee last seen heading towards 880. in milpitas, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> new rules in place at one popular bay

take two boxes --melisa hernandez, desde berkeley nos cuenta como pas esto.... ;01 melissa ;14 ;20 jameson ;51 adriana 01;00 elizabeth 01;42 melissa lot buenas noches todo paso ayer y a plena luz del da en el parque peoples park. la mujer se acerc al niÑo y le puso la droga en la boca y ahora enfrenta cargos por intento de homicidio una tarde en el parque casi resulta en la muerte de un bebe de 2 aÑos de edad en berkeley sot jameson the baby and the nanny were playing on the playground el bebe y la mujer jugaban en el parque y la mujer camino hacia el bebe y le meti el dedo en la boca y le dio metanfetaminas al pequeño es el relato de una de las personas que estaba en el parque al momento del ataque.. segn la polica la niÑera no vio nada en la boca del menor pero aun as llamo a las autoridades quienes detuvieron a sayyadina thomas para realizarle una evaluacin psiquitrica. la mujer luego confeso que le haba dado metanfetaminas al bebe. adriana zaragoza - residente de berkeley si da miedo porque o sea estar caminando con un niÑo y que te pase algo as de repente. its scary sot: elizabet

the issue should berkeley police continue to participate in the urban shield training exercise. critics say it militarizes the local police force. amber lee attended the meeting. have they reached a decision? a decision? amber, can you hear me? [ screaming ] that continues to militarize the busch -- >> as a taxpayer, i want to make sure our police department is protecting us, not being trained to -- >> reporter: police say urban shield training teaches officers how to respond to high work situations. it brings together police forces and other first responders from the bay area and beyond. the annual training includes simulation of high pressure situations. >> it was an overflow crowd, more than 300 people, most oppose urban shield. they also want berkeley to withdraw from the participation in the northern california regional information center, which enabled law enforcement agencies to share suspect information. this they oppose the police force's desire to purchase this armored van with public funds. >> we need to train, and the reality is, after shooting incidentsing or acting

. >>> a berkeley city council meeting ended in chaos after protestors staged a demonstration against a controversial police training program. despite the opposition, the counsel voted in favor of the berkeley police taking part in operation shield. several hundred people took over the meeting, storming the stage as the counsel was voting on whether or not to traik part in the criticized uban shield training program. police arrested two protestors that they said refused to leave the auditorium. the members of the stop urban shield coalition said that the police were heavy handed removing the crowd but there are no reports of people being injured. >> the berkeley police department used excess force. >> this morning, critics of urban shield unfurled a pair of banners expressing outraging over the vote to loi -- allow berkeley police to take part in urban shield. they said it leads to a militarized police force. >> we are appalled by the traumaa that they have been inflicting. we show -- showed up by the hundreds to show that berkeley wants to pull outof the largest military training in

just west of the uc berkeley campus. this happened about almost an hour ago now. we're told the building is the 85-degree bakery cafe. one person inside the cafe suffered a cut to their hand. nobody else was hurt. berkeley police are trying to find out what went wrong there. >>> all right. also happening today, investigators will be back trying to discover what caused a 16-acre grass fryar here a high school. sky 7 was over the fire yesterday afternoon. at one point it threatened 20 to 30 homes. residents were asked to shelter in place. some chose to evacuate instead. crews were able to contain the flames within a few hours. firefighters say the fire started somewhere on private property. >> more than six months after the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland a 50-page report has the cause of the fire as undetermined. these two photos show the before and after of one of the areas inside. investors found the electrical systems were modified, but they can't say if that's what caused the fire. they haven't ruled anyth

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opponents want the berkeley police to end participation. amber lee was there. >> reporter: the meeting is being held here at longfellow middle school to accommodate the large turnout. about 250 people signed up to speak. the meeting is under way, but no vote has been taken yet. >> reporter: a special meeting started, opponents of urban shield held a spirited rally outside. >> the people are not safe. >> reporter: opponents say you are urban shield use -- >> as a berkeley taxpayer, i want to make sure you our police department is protecting us, not to see us throughs the census. >> reporter: they say the training teaches officers how to respond to high work situations. >> the criteria based on the actual threat. never considers race, religion, ethnic origin, any of those factors. >> reporter: berkeley police's special response team have been receiving urban shield training for the past ten years t begins together police forces and other first responders from the bay area and beyond. the annual training includes simulation of high pressure si

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. >> this happened in the middle of the day, no less, at people's park near berkeley. that's where we find bob redell with the frightening account from the child's nanny, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. that suspect is due in court in a few hours from now at 9:00 in an oakland courtroom to enter a plea against charges that she drugged a child here at people's park in berkeley. law enforcement tells us the woman is accused, facing charges of attempted murder. she's a 36-year-old woman who apparently lives here in the park. people's park, if you're not familiar, is home to a number of homeless people. this past monday, a 2-year-old boy was here at the park with her. his nanny. a witness tells us he saw thomas force the child to take an illicit drug. >> the baby and the nanny were playing on the playground. and the lady walked up to the baby and stuck her finger in the mouth and gave the baby some methamphetami methamphetamine. >> the nanny frantically searched the boy's mouth, saw that it was empty. but still called uc berkeley police who arrested t

does the name "berkeley" have more pin augs? >> maybe when you look at that, i suppose it does. el sarido has it too, berkeley is more renowned name. >> this isn't the biggest issue the city has to deal with, we have lots of issues. >> reporter: paul is a city council member and admitatize stings a little. >>-- admits it sting as little. >> we are hurt and would have loved to discuss it with owners. >> there was dialogue with people from the city, not necessarily council. >> reporter: in the fall the city hostathize big sen-- hosts the big centennial gala, it will be hosted here at a club that will, by then, be called the berkeley country club. >> the symbolism of our centennial year is a bit nervy. >> reporter: we love the city, we are part of the community. >> reporter: the club is not going away, whatever hard feelings there may be, both sides will have to play through. >> part of our history at the country club is what we have, we look up to it. >> reporter: turning back the name to original founding name, berkeley country club. >> reporter: wilson walker, kpix 5. >> san jos

. >>> police in berkeley are asking for help finding a woman with downs syndrome missing for 12 years now. she was visiting her sister on parker street in berkeley in september of 2005 when she went missing. this is an age progressed drawing of what it's believed she would look like knew at the age of 40, if you have information, please call the berkeley police. >>> any documents have been released in the deadly balcony collapse that happened in berkeley two years ago. the state has released a document showing that the builders that built the balcony had failures. according to the east bay times, the report showed that the contractor used cheaper and weaker materials than what was required and the report also claimed that moisture got into the materials because they were not installed properly. >>> a church pastor in men low county has been -- menlo county has been arrested after several people came forward and claimed that he had abused them, he was booked on six charges of sexual assault. police are asking for any additional victims to come forward. >>> a report says that two more n

she frantically called uc berkeley police. they responded with officers and paramedics. 36-year-old saidina thomas was arrested on the spot. >> she is not a good person. she steals everybody's stuff. >> reporter: on this day police say she came clean telling paramedics she gave the toddler methamphetami methamphetamine. the toddler was taken to the on the in oakland where police say it was confirmed he swallowed the drugs. >> i feel like he has seen her before. >> reporter: matt mcbrian lives nearby. he walks his dog here daily, rarely sees children play here. >> it's not the cleanest place and not a good place the tack your family or not really a place to have your kids. >> reporter: no word yet on when the suspect will be arraigned. reporting live in berkeley i'm cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. >> thank you cheryl. >>> at this hour one of the men facing criminal charges for the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire is on his way back to the bay area. max harris is being transported from southern california to the santa rita jail t

coming through berkeley and you can see it's quite heavy. especially in that westbound direction from albany, through berkeley. heading over toward the mcarthur maze, showing right now about a ten minute back up at the toll plaza. trying to get into san francisco. at 5:48 here is steve with a tale of two cities. on the coast you will experience one thing this weekend and if you inland it'll be different. >> you have read my book. >> it was a good one. i won't temperature tell you how it ends. >>> is it will be a hot stretch for those inland. if you are in oakland you won't see these. in cloverdale clear lake, concord, livermore, gilroy you will see some very hot temperatures such as these right there. forecast highs. these could change a bit. the forecast models are really in sync out to wednesday. i don't see much of a break. maybe after wednesday. usually three or four days is the old rule of thumb for us. however there is still a lot of fog by the coast. the heat advisory for obvious reasons. it'll only be in the 60s or 70s doesn't apply.

slowing, continuing to build out of richmond, through berkeley. about 40 minutes now as you come down off of san pablo and no area of concentrated problems there. a live look out there. berkeley curve and see the congestion as folks make the way to the bay bridge and oakland slowing and clear up again. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. 6:31. >>> back to the weather alert this morning. the heat having an impact on all of us and the electric bills but that's not all. >> kris sanchez joins us live with the impact of the heat on the trees and the back and front yards. >> reporter: yeah. sam and laura, you may have noticed more tree branches down in and around your town. proer lindsay said she was nearly trapped in the parking lot with a tree limb. after high heat, high heat following a wet wenter is making the trees very thirsty and very heavy and would you believe that this kind of extreme heat brings down more branches than the heavy winter storms we saw? this tree in oakland fell blocking traffic and tossing a nest with a mama and baby bir

the title of which is the battle for berkeley. in the name of freedom of speech, the radical right is circling the ivory tower to insure a voice for the alt-right. could you please describe for us the thrust of this paper and any comments you would care to make? >> thank you, senator feinstein. at berkeley and in particular, as protests have escalated, so has the presence of groups that really have violence on their minds. we've had the kind of anti-fascist descend on berkeley and in response to them, we've had groups such as the oath keepers, law enforcement of current and former law enforcement officials who take a pledge to uphold the constitution in their view. not as has been interpreted by the court through their super r superiors. we've had other radical rights groups, a new group called the alt knights come to college campuses, raring for a fight. my sympathy goes out to the university officials at berkeley. because they have been faced with an increasingly incendiary situation. one of the reasons why i think it's quite im

in berkeley, philippe djegal, kron four news. (grant) a new kind of locker room is making it's way to u-c berkeley... the university plans to build a gender-inclusive locker room at its campus gym. the locker room is expected to open next year and it will include private changing rooms, showers, lockers and bathrooms stalls. it will also serve as a gender-neutral access point to the campus swim facility. the locker room will cost 2-point-seven million dollars and it is being funded thanks to a new student fee....aimed at creating more equitable health services. (vicki) the firestorm over comedian kathy griffin's latest stunt - involving what lookslike the decapitated head of president trump - is not over. and now it's cost her a big job...(grant) catherine heenan is here with the latest on what griffin is saying...and someof the intense reaction. (catherine) we've blurred part of the image - but it shows what's supposed to look likethe bloodied, severed head of president trump. the backlash has been fierce... with some people onl

berkeley police say the boy is out of the hospital. (steve)the c-h-p is searching for the driver who hit and killed a man...and his dog, then took off.(vicki)it happened last night in bay point.kron 4's hermela aregawi spoke with residents who say speeding is a big problem in their neighborhood. 41 year old jason gibson and his dog were struck and killed late tuesday night.just before 11, the chp responded to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian on port of chicago highway at lake view road.(rachelle gandaro/lives nearby): i was coming down port of chicago from 7/11. and i see two cops, you know, just speeding. and i come over here and i see the guy on the ground. they're just working on him. he was just laying there it was really sad.gibson and the dog were pronounced dead on the scene.(rachelle gandaro/lives nearby): i didn't know he had a dog with him until later. my friends, my neighbors stopped and asked police. tjey said that the dog was you know, with him. and they both were hit and killed... there were some people arou

is now suing the uc region, the mayor of berkeley and a slew of other parties. a fan of yuan yuiannopoulos. the lawsuit claims she was put in harm's way because of her viewpoint. >> a man is behind bars accused of stealing expensive fire equipment and investigators believe he may have have involved in more than a dozen similar thefts. the thefts happened while firefighters were sleeping. the 29-year-old was arrested in connection with one burglary but investigators think he owes connected to 13 other burglaries. the most common tools taken, power tools that can be important during an emergency. >> it's the tools we need to keep you safe, put out fire and exthink kate you from a dangerous situation. >>> in massachusetts a young woman has been accused of encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. michelle carter faces involuntary manslaughter charges. prosecutors say she encouraged her 17-year-old boyfriend to take his left with text messages that bordered on abusive. the key question in this case is can someone legally be guilty when another person takes their ow

heather bloom is depend adult, last seen in 2005 living here in berkeley. police say heather and mother visited from brooklyn but heather stayed with her sister when mom returned to new york. >> i guess must be hiding here or something, never saw that lady at all. >> here's a sketch of what she might look like at 40 years old. reported missing in 2009. police say she has down's syndrome and requires care. >> hope is cared for at medical facility and somebody working there sees the picture and comes forward. >> landlord says he never saw heather. evicted sister because he said she owed in missed rent. tracked her down to former employer in el cerrito. say she left a year ago to norway on a student visa. attempts to reach her unsuccessful. anybody who recognizes heather is asked to call police. abc7 news. >>> people are being warned to stay away from unstable building in downtown berkeley. mlk and alston way, building restored as part of a housing project involving at least two buildings on the property. construction worker driving a bobcat bumped into the bu

. >>> the steps berkeley is taking that would make the city a leader in the environment and plastic straws. >>> there's widespread pride [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. >>> federal investigators looking into two fires that happened ten months apart at an emmiville apartment complex now say they were started by arson. it's near the oakland's border. here's our reporter with the photos of the suspect believed to have been involved in the most recent fire. >> reporter: this is the closest image of the suspect atf unveiled today. investigator

berkeley 76, 75 at richmond. fremont hayward about 84. 24 degree spread from pacifica at 61 to brentwood city at about 85 degrees. we'll head down to the south bay, warm to hot today, 88, warm in san jose, 91 in loss cot tose. we'll goup to the north where temperatures are going to be summer sweltering heat from 92 no santa rosa, sols lito you get near the water a cooler 72. and the question you could hash tag this first world problems, will the air conditioner ever stop running in our east bay neighborhoods. upper 90s to low 100s. it might tonight, look at this. temperatures in the 50s and 60s, there's still that one quarter in highway 4, antioch, brentwood so summer starts this evening and you'll notice the warmth tomorrow and you'll notice the brutally dangerously hot temperatures with record highs thursday. the heat will start easing friday and by the time the pride parade begins sunday it will feel comfortable. sioux. >>> we'll take a look at our traffic map and see where the red is, that means slow and go t

. >>> the steps berkeley is taking that would make the city a leader in the environment and plastic straws. >>> there's widespread pride in who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> federal investigators looking into two fires that happened ten months apart at an emmiville apartment complex now say they were started by arson. it's near the oakland's border. here's our reporter with the photos of the suspect believed to have been involved in the most recent fire. >> reporter: this is the closest image of the suspect atf unveiled today. investigators say on may 13thy the person you see on this bicycle wearing a hooded jacket, carrying a backpack, canvassed the holiday development building before the fire, then entered the building

life in berkeley, tiffany wilson. >> thank you. pg&e says the heat wave is having the biggest impact on our power grid that we've seen since 2006. in livermore many businesses around first street were closed yesterday. there's been intermittent electricity since sunday. >> problem is once the power goes off the heat rises really fast. >> the stress because you don't know when the power's coming back, you don't know if you're sending employees home. >> they were all really focused on right now is thursday. it's spoegsed to be the hottest day of the week. pg&e is trying to stage its crews in the hot spots so they can quickly sfond outages. >>> investigator willing back out in moraga today to try to determine what caused the 16-acre grass fire. it happened near a high school. it started at 2:30 yesterday afternoon and threatened about 20 to 30 homes. residents were asked to either shemter in place chose to evacuate entirely. crews were able to containt flames within a few hours. they say it startsed some where on private property on t

. >> the carpool cheaters have doubled and allie rasmus joined us from berkeley to talk about it. >> reporter: the carpool lane on interstate 80 at berkeley, not hard to find drivers and planning say they do not follow the rules. that includes this highway and many across the bay area. the bay area transportation commission want chp to step up the enforcement and carpool lanes. they want the extra enforcement to be part of the another bill that would allow electric vehicles to continue to use the carpool lanes. here's the video, and the ticket for driving in the carpool lane without extra passengers is about $490. chp has written more tickets over the past several years but not enough to stop the problem. where hoping to speak with representatives later this morning to find out more about the issue but for now we wonder what your commute looks like, interstate 80 westbound to berkeley, looking pretty good for now. >> that is allie rasmus in berkeley. >>> it is 5:43 am. >>> you probably hear from a lot of people about the carpool sheets, and some people trying to sneak in, and it is v

the quake originated from the hayward fault in the albany area about three miles from berkeley. no injuries have been reported. we did talk to several people at local grocery stores near the epicenter and they say it was quick and nothing fell off the shelves. >> the reputation of oakland city hall and the police department took a big hit today after a court-ordered investigation found leaders delayed and mishandled last year's sex scandal involving up to two dozen cops and a minor. robert honda joins us live, robert? >> well this -- >> reporter: oakland's top leaders including the mayor and police chief showed up at city hall to face the music. a critical report issued today by a count appointed team investigating the city's response to alleged officer sexual misconduct involving teenage sex worker. the investigation blasted former police chief sean wintz after finding out several officers had sex with the minor and several officers also failed to follow up. although subsequent investigations by opd and the da's office implicated about two dozen officers and led to four crimina

a berkeley congregation returned home to their new house of worship after the old one burned down. kpix5 wilson walker was there for the resurrection. >> there's no going back after a tragedy. there's only going forward. there's so much familiarity but it's all new and beautiful. kind of like has a fresh new skin. >> reporter: eight months after a fire ripped through the first congregational church of berkeley the congregation marched back into the sanctuary and broke into song. >> so today is the pentecost and the symbol is fire. >> reporter: homecoming was the real focus because as the church is still trying to figure out what to do with the devastated prayer hall, they've been worshiped in the sanctuary. >> it's been great to be back. >> this is home. this is where i met my wife. where i got married where both my boys were baptized. means a lot to me and i can't say how much it just means a lot to be back home. >> reporter: so the flock returned home, shared hugs, tears and communion and reflected not so much on what was lost but what has come with this new day. >> when there's

the city of berkeley to decide on an unusual stand. will they turn down money for the police department? >>> plus. >> they can be friendly and not always trying to kill you. >> the cockroaches were very nice. >> getting down to business with some kriters. how the bugs could pave the way for future bay area scientists. >>> let's look at traffic. you're looking at san jose along 101 heading south. those are the cars with the taillights facing you. it's a little sticky in that direction. not too bad going the other way at all. stay with us. more t >>> a demonstration is said to begin the next hour in berkeley where the city will decide whether to continue tactical training for police. urban shield provides training for mass shooting emergencies and disaster response but community groups say it militaryizes police departments. >> it's a program that's utilizing the tools and tactics that are being developed during warfare to be brought back here to be given to our police department. >> the demonstrators want the city council to withdraw fr

berkeley. fog, drizzle for san francisco and -- some location around 50, 51. i don't think that we will see anything close to average today for some which would be 67. i went 63. 63, 51, that's the average. 93 the record high. 1927. 1908 the record low. if you are traveling north. if you are going south there is a lot of low clouds and fog against the coast. some of this makes a good push inland. we are seeing more today than yesterday at it time. i don't see much change in the temperatures. everybody in the 50s and a few 40s. even brentwood at 59 and 40s for glenallen. there is one. i know it's close for san rafael. windsor and leesburg and bodega bay. lima valley at 51. weak system will brush us. gusts almost 30 out to travis. due west and the delta breeze is in place. sfo, haywood and livermore on shore breeze. incredible how much the water temperatures have cooled off just from on monument about 56 to 60. now the bay is 50. san francisco 52. almost 59 four days ago. half moon bay 56 and monterey 56 to 60. who ho's for just about everybody. sunny ask and wa

both directions sluggish and they are in their -- they are there and berkeley and a spokesperson was with us i morning sun two with tips on how to best avoid the holiday traffic. >>> i think early morning is the best time. you want to avoid peak travel times after about 2:00 to 4:00 today the roads will get had as people go to their destinations and we advise people to leave it's early as they can -- as early as they can. >> it has steadily dropped since memorial day and 80% will be on the roadways and popular destinations likely tahoe as well as when country. >>> open police are warning people to celebrate safely. there will be extra officers on patrol who are counting on people and communities to tell them when they see or hear fireworks or celebratory gunfire. >>> we do ask those to refrain and avoid that and if you see it to report it as well. with firearms what you should up must come down and that's dangerous. >> the police department says it knows about key areas where people use illegal fireworks and last year on july 4th oakland police made over 103 pedestrian and vehicle pe

berkeley's mayor and others all named in the lawsuit. u.c. released a statement that said they intend to mount a vigorous and successful defense to its action and it looks forward to contesting this collection of false claims. >>> new details from the shareholder's meeting from google involving the pay information. it appears the mountain view based company will not report on the gender pay gap. that is cording to the wash post. alphabet have been asking shareholders to demand that report. it would have included the percentage pay gap between male and female employees. google has been accused by the u.s. department of labor of extreme pay discrimination against women. >>> president trump has announced his new pick for fbi director and here he is. christopher wray. the 50-year-old is a yale law school graduae and involved in the department of justice as an assistant attorney general from 2003 to 2005. he headed the criminal division under president george w. bush. wray also represented new jersey governor chris christie during the bridge-gate

blanca/take vo --en berkeley, una segunda persona fue arrestada por presuntamente tratar de dar a beber una sustancia sospechosa a un menor. --segun la policia, una madre report que un hombre que parecia ''mentalmente inestable'' intent darle a su hijo lo que asegur era agua con miel en el parque ''ohlone''. --el sujeto est ahora bajo evaluacion siquiatrica. --hace 2 semanas, una mujer fue detenida por dar metanfetamina a un bebe en el ''people's park''. cesar/take vo --en oakland.. las autoridades investigan un posible homicidio ocurrido cerca de las 7 de esta maÑana en la calle ''hannah''..en el oeste de la ciudad.. --un area entre las calles ''32'' y ''peralta'' fue cerrada al trafico mientras se llevaban a cabo las indagaciones.. --se desconoce al momento cmo sucedi el mortal asalto y quin es la victima... blanca/take vo --el ex-empleado del distrito escolar unificado de san francisco ''donovan harper'' fue arrestado a principios de este mes y ahora enfrenta cargos de cometer actos lascivos en contra de un menor de edad. --las investigaciones iniciaron en octubre del aÑo pasado cu