Championship tonight. Our even Berkeley High grad alex savidge live about members of the team and they get ready for the big game. Beautiful spring morning. A very big small town. The city by the bay. Seems like everyone knows everyone in that town. And everyone knows that you cannot forget where it is you came from. You know that. From livermore, to San Francisco. The first question isnt where you went to college. Its where you went to high school. Reardon high school. I am excited because its a big day for high schools in the bay area and tomorrow as well. We have got the state championships in basketball in sacramento. I know you saw alex last hour, we are going to visit with alex again. Its not Berkeley High. The girls team is going for a state title. East Side College Prep in palo alto. The boys at st. Joes and berkeley going for their big one. I am excited about this day for the high schools in the bay area. First we are learning that Brussels Airport will remain closed at least through sunday following the deadly bombing attacks on tuesday. Meanwhile, the manhunt is expanding in belgium for at least two people apparently involved. Joining us now is ktvu fox 2s christien kafton. Who are the two suspects they are looking for . Reporter thats the Million Dollar question. Five terror suspects in all. Two still outstanding. The hunt on for two people. Police searching for one man in connection with the airport bombing and a man they believe may have been an accomplice in the subway bombing. Investigators spotted an unidentified man carrying a large bag and traveling with a man who blew himself up at the train station. Also a suspect in connection with the airport bombing. Investigators say he is the third man in the video. That picture we have all seen so far in the light colored jacket there. Authorities believe he left the airport before the bombs went off and left behind a suitcase with 35 pounds of explosives in it. That bomb did not go off. It was detonated by authorities in a controlled matter. Authorities looking for two outstanding suspects. This morning a lot of people are saying belgium authorities not only botched their investigation prior to this. They missed an opportunity to prevent this attack. Yes. What can be done in the future to stop it from happening. Turkey expelled one of the suicide bombers from their country last summer but that suspect freed from the netherlands because there was no proof tying him to a terrorist cell. Also one of the gunmen was well known to authorities in belgium. Convicted and sentenced to seven time for opening fire on Police Officers while trying to get away from a robbery. Needless to say, he did not serve the nine years he was supposed to. Instead dying in that Suicide Attack on tuesday. According to britain, belgium was told by the European Union to address gaps in security a week before the attack. Now what can we learn to prevent it from happening in the future . That still photo of the three men in the airport, the man in the middle is one. Brothers . Exactly right. We are learning more about those two brothers. As you said, the brother involved, he is one of the people who was involved in this incident here. Its two brothers caught, two of these brothers detained and known to authorities. So were learning more about these guys and we are learning that these guys certainly known to belgium authorities, under arrest, in and out of jail. Again its unfortunate that this might have been a case of opportunities lost by belgium authorities. Thank you. An unknown number of americans in belgium are unaccounted for this morning. A brother and sister from new york. They were visiting the region to see their father. And a couple from tennessee. Stephanie and justin schultz. They are also missing. They were at the airport dropping off stephanies mother. The state department told the husbands family that the couple was found alive at the hospital but the information turned out to be incorrect. We were hoping we would hear something immediately that stephanie and justin had gotten to their car or gotten home or had somehow gotten out of that airport. There are conflicting numbers of casualties. The Associated Press reports at least 31 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the airport and subway bombings. Cargo and private flights are now being allowed to fly in and out of the airport, but passenger flights are still prohibited through tomorrow. A family from davis is describing the frightling close all at the Brussels Airport. They landed 30 minutes before the bombing. The five members of the family were on the other side the security checkpoint when the blast happened a few hundred feet away. All of a sudden my son and daughter and wife came running in the other direction saying go, go, we have to get out of here. Evacuate. They were saying evacuate now. They were heading to uganda to work at an orphanage during spring break. They are heading to paris tomorrow by train. They are so grateful for all the kindness and generosity they have been shown bit belgium people. Yesterday morning here on the 9 we talked to a representative from the council for americanislamic relations about the fear of backlash among muslims following the attacks in belgium. Soon after Heather Holmes talked to a girl from hayward who says she has been bullied. A seventh grader says its been going on four years. The harassment she says is continuing because she is muslim. I told them terrorism does not represent me or my religion. Reporter her voice weak, her hands clinched h the 13year old said the bullying started in elementary school. Students, led by one this particular, picked on her for wearing the hijab. He started bullying me for a long time. Reporter in the fourth grade she stopped wearing the hijab hoping it would stop the verbal attacks. It didnt. Classmates still teased her and she said her complaints to teachers wasnt unanswered. They didnt do anything. I was being bullied. Reporter now in the seventh grade at Caesar Chavez middle school she says the insults continue. This time a teacher reported it and nikki, her mother and the chapter of the council on islamic relations met with school officials. Unfortunately, what we are witnessing is that is kind of falls on our youth. Reporter he is with care and cited several antimuslim incidents affecting young people and he fierce more amid the current political climate. Especially in the climate we have right now with a lot of the republican candidates making some dangerous and scary statements regarding muslims in this country. Reporter Hayward School Officials Say they were unaware of the previous bullying but took immediate steps to address what happened last week and say they plan to expand their arent eye bullyingers a antibullying efforts across campus. As a district we need to ensure that all of our families feel safe and welcome in our schools. That was Heather Holmes holmes reporting. Add surveillance camera caught a tour bus out of control last november. It hit speeds 45 miles per hour, struck 12 vehicles a bicyclist and pedestrians. 53yearold Kenneth Malvar was at the wheel and insists that the bus had a mechanical problem. Police say he made a mistake and stepped on the gas instead of the brake. We definitely have proof to show that he did step on the throttle. So thats why we believe he just apparently stepped on the wrong pedal. They said i mixed up my gas pedal and brake pedal. To me thats absurd. The chp says it looked like it looked for a mechanical problem by removing the throttle and braking systems for the damaged bus and putting them on an identical vehicle. Both worked perfectly. Police issued malvar a speeding ticket but says he does not face criminal charges. The fbi arrest add man known as the bearded bandit. You are about so see he is bearded no more. New photos show the man being arrested in brentwood. This arrest was made after the man went into a cvs store, shaved his beard and head before driving often. After a short chase the man was arrested. The bearded bandit is warranted in 15 Bank Robberies in Northern California that totalled 28,000. Sources tell us a ktvu viewer saw our report on the Bank Robberies and contacted Police Setting off the chain of events that helped lead authorities to last nights arrest. Working parents in San Francisco are a step closer to being able to start bond being their newborn child without taking a pay cut. The proposed parental leave ordinance would make San Francisco the first city in the country to fully compensate parents for six weeks of paid leave. Currently, workers are entitled to receive up to 55 of their salary and the california paid family leave program. The legislation would require businesses with 20 or more workers to fund the remaining 45 . It applies to both mom and dad and also includes adoptive parents and lesbian and gay couples who have babes through surrogacy. The full board will vote april 5. A lot of people are talking about this. As a working parent, i support it 100 . However, Business Owners not too happy about the extra money. A lot of people who dont have kids say what about me . What do i get . Ous the hashtag wusa hashtag ktvuthe9. Wewill we will read your answers at 9 30. A uc berkeley professor honored as one of the top leading scientists. We talk to her live from paris about the award and her research. A protest going on outside apples new headquarters. The reason plumbers are taking up picket signs. A bit of a down day on stocks. The dow jones is down one quarter of one percent. So many hearts are heavy in Southern California after a sixyearold girl was taken from her foster family. She had been with them four years. The page family held a vigil in their neighborhood yesterday in owner of sixyearold lexi. She is 1 64th native american. She was sent to live with extended family members in utah. The act is a federal law that seeks to keep native American Children with native american families. The pages have filed an appeal to try to get lexi back. This is god has sustained us. We have been able to continue focusing on getting her back. But at the end of the day there is a hole and its a big hole. The tribe said they want whats bess for lexi. Pope francis will celebrate mass today with young refugees north of rome. He celebrates mass at the vatican. The hope will hold the lords supper at the center and wash the feet of migrants, many of whom are not catholic. It comes after he has repeatedly pleaded on behalf of refugees rights in the past few years. Previous years, pope francis washed the feet of inmates and disabled people. Earlier this morning five of the worlds leading women scientists were honored by the lore yall unesco signs awards. One is jennifer dugna. Their work could rewrite flawed genes. Joining us live with a bit of a delay from paris. Congratulations and thanks for joining us, professor. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. So this idea of slicing and editing dna, the initial goal, professor, is to apply this to maybe possibly curing diseases in the future . Thats the idea. To be able to replace defective genes in human cells. Professor, talk about what you would like to see in the future. Youre teaching the young minds of today. For a lot of people, the only female scientists they can mention in history is marie curie. I am sure you hope that changes soon . I certainly hope that changes. I think the lawyer yell foundation and u necessary coare deeply committed to the future of women and science. I am honored with be a part of the program. We hope we are Inspiring Women and girls to pursue careers in science and technology. Did you get concerns when it comes to editing dna . Like selecting the eye color of your children, that kind of thing . Yeah. I think, you know, the ethical concerns are real and i have been very involved myself in discussing those issues and trying to educate the public about genome editing about how we want to use this Awesome Technology about applications that are ethical and safe and that benefit human society. If the government stunned fund more research for it, the possibility of private companies stepping forward, is that pro or a con in your ice . Private Companies Getting their hands on the technology . Well, i think we need both. We need academic scientists doing the fundamental search, such as i did with my colleague emmanuel, and companies, because we need their resources and we need their capabilities for downstream development to come up with therapeutics that are effective and safe. Congratulations on your honor and gnaw for joining us here on the 9. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, its being called a step back. Coming up later in the show, the bill signed into law in North Carolina that strips transgender people of some protections. I am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com a live look at sun. Who knows where this shot is from . Could be anywhere in the world, right . Probably the bay area. That does look like the sun though, mike. San jose representing on this thursday morning. Steve paulson saying highs in the series. A couple in the low 70s as we look out at the fiveday with your weekend always in view, of course, saturday Easter Sunday looking nice. But a little bit cloudy on sunday and monday a possibility. We are going to check in with steven later on. He is not too far at the home of a new business opening up in a building i think you know. If you know oakland. We will bring him in in a few minutes. Following some of the top stories around the bay area. Lets go to dave clark. Not dave clark. Lets go to brian flores. Dave is off this morning. Thanks, guys. Here are some of the top stories this morning. Apples new headquarters is the focus of a worker protest right now. That is the site of a new apple headquarters in cupertino. As you can see, about 70 plumbers and pipefitters are picketing at tantau avenue near pruneridge. They say they are being paid substandard wages. This is peaceful protest and traffic is slow in the area, but not being obstructed. We have called apple for a comment but have not heard back. A mother is facing child endangerment charges. The one and twoyearold girls were found at pic San Franciscos st. Francis hospital yesterday afternoon. Police say Shaniece Jones took her daughters to a Fast Food Restaurant on monday and left them with the acquaintance. She didnt return to get the children when she said she would. The mother then reported the children missing to police. Well, police say the acquaintance brought the girls to the hospital. They were checked out as a precaution but appeared to be in good health. A federal judge in San Francisco has delayed the sentencing of chinatown crime boss raymond chow. He was originally to be sentenced yesterday. They wanted to wait until after posttrial motions. Those motions are due april 15. Chow, the head of a criminal enterprise, was convicted of racketeering, conspiracy, and murder charges back in january. And the commercial crab fishing season will finally open in the bay area on saturday. Fishermen can put out their grab pots tomorrow morning and bring them back in starting saturday morning. The season normally starts in november. It was delayed after a mauro toxin was found in the crabs. Crab fishing has been allowed since last month, but only south of point reyes. The commercial crab season will be restricted to the ocean south of mendocino county. Those are your Morning Headlines from the newsroom. Back to you. Thank you very much. New information about a controversial arrest where two Alameda County sheriffs deputies were seen beating a car chase suspect. Ktvus Tara Moriarty with more. Reporter this was a 62page document released accidentally by the Alameda County Sheriffs Office. The people that represent Stanislaw Petrov in this case say its a blatant coverup. The document, they basically tell the perspective from the deputies. Deputy sant maria and weaver. They talk about the minimal affect my baton strikes had on petrov. They describe themselves as exhausted and daisy. They say he led them on a 40minute highspeed chase to San Francisco. It looks like a total coverup. We got the main officers who used high levels of injureious force, didnt write a report until four, five days afterwards. By then the video was out. They knew they were busted. Reporter now, whats more, the 11 deputies on the scene all said they failed to activate their body cameras. Department policy states turning the cameras is on optional. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office says they have completed a comprehensive review of the body camera policy. They are testing new Camera Technology they say, including systems that automatically turn on when the officer gets out of the patrol car. Now, the San Francisco District Attorneys Office has not filed any criminal charges against any of the deputies involved in this case, but we believe that those charges will be coming soon. As far as petrov goes, his attorney, he is suing for punitive damages and we understand that that suit has to be filed by april 12th. That would be six months after this beating occurred. Back to you. All right. Thank you very much for the update. 9 25. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, four bay area Highway Patrol officers being honored. What they did to deserve the special recognition . And the Berkeley High varsity boys team. Tonight they go for the state championship. We go live to berkeley where the players and coaches are getting ready. What about alex . Is he going to play . No. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. Checking the twitter feed. A new ordinance in San Francisco mandating six weeks for new parents in San Francisco. Good idea . Bad idea . When they have the birth of a child. I got one from wendy munster, who says discrimination. Give all employees the option for six weeks paid personal time or no one. Jason says terrible idea, but he says this is going to kill many small to midsized businesses, but then the bowman group tweeted and said great idea. What do you have . K. M. Witty says sf giving only parents six weeks paid leave is a violation of equal protection and due process for nonpro creators. There are varying opinions. Reach us by hashtagging ktvu the 9. 30 minutes from now Law Enforcement in the south bay will honor one of their hone. San jose Police Officers Michael Johnson was shot ald killed exactly one year ago. Colleagues remember him by naming a section of the highway after him. Janine de la vega joining us live to tell us about the ceremony. Janine. Reporter yes, they will be unveiling a sign in the next 30 minutes. Right now they have it covered here with a black drape. That sign is going to go on highway 87. It is going to be named after officer Michael Johnson. You can see here in front of the Police Substation they have chairs set up for his fellow officers and his family members who are here. Its going to be an emotional day for them as they remember. Now, a couple of hours ago a group of Police Recruits honored officer johnson here in front of the Police Substation where the ceremony is being held. They had a moment of silence. Johnson died after responding to a call of an intoxicated suicidal man on the citys east side exactly a year ago today. The man shot him from a balcony in front of his fellow officers, and today a fivemile stretch of highway 87 between interstate 280 and highway 85 will be officially named the San Jose Police officer Michael Johnson memorial highway. I am joined now by deputy chief voneax. You were talking to me earlier about this day a year ago is etched into the officers minds. Do you remember it well . Yes. I was at mass at st. Josephs cathedral when i got the phone call that no chief officer wanted to get from the assistant chief. I remember feeling numb, surreal, shocked at the news that we lost one of our officers. Reporter and now a year later whats the feeling today . I mean, i know that was a dark day. A somber day. Today marks the oneyear anniversary that we lost officer mike johnson, and its a somber day. Its a day of remembrance. But today is also an opportunity for the community to show its deep gratitude for officer johnson and for his service to the residents of san jose, and thats with the dedication of the highway signs on the highways. Reporter every time you pass it, right, its just sort of come to mind again . Absolutely. Every time one of our officers passes one of those signs its going to be a reminder for us of officer Michael Johnson. Every time citizen drives by, its going to be a reminder of the service that he provided to all of us. Reporter thank you so much. We appreciate that. And as i mentioned, the families here im told that officer johnsons widow is here. It looks like shes with other family members right now as well. A lot of emotions are going to be felt here this morning. Officer johnson was with the Police Department for 14 years. Back to you. Janine de la vega live in san jose for us this morning. Four bay area Highway Patrol officers are being honored for going above and beyond the cool of duty. They showed bravery and dedication while protecting the communities. Officer mia talked a woman off the bay bridge ready to jump t happened last month. He put a tow truck strap arou his waist, climbed over the railing, held the womans hand until she got off the ledge. Officer huey administered lifesaving support to officer serrenko. He is also being honored. And officer Joshua Nelson is being praise the for arresting 27 auto theft suspects last year and recovering 56 stolen vehicles. The ceremony will take place santa clara. Reports of an armed man at the Naval Medical center there. The Centers Facebook page says a staff member reported seeing an armed man. No shots have been fired. Security is investigating. Everybody there being hold to shelter in place. We have to say it again. This is not being described as an active shooter situation. There is only a report of someone seeing an armed man on the campus. From these aerial pictures you can see the campus itself is massive. This is in san diegos balboa park neighborhood. You can see officers on the scene and these pictures, the scenario may seem familiar. In late july there were reports of an active shooter situation at the same Medical Center. There was no danger there. Officers in that case did a search. Nothing turned up. No evidence of a gun or shooting. The situation today is still developing. We know the Medical Center is on lockdown as Police Search for an armed man on the campus. We will stay on top of it and bring you more today at noon. You need to use a restroom, you go looking for a restroom. That has turned into a heated debate in North Carolina that other states are likely watch. Ktvu fox anchor pam cook. Legislators called a special session over bathrooms. They passed a bill that bars transgender people from lockers and bathrooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates. Republicans unanimously supported the bill. Democrats walked out in protest saying that this is a, quote, affront to equality and civil rights. The special session was in response to the Charlotte City council passing a law allowing transgender people to use Public Restrooms based on their gender identity. The reaction has been emotional. Transgender students talked about how hard this road has been for them. Republicans say the ordinance violates religious freedom and puts women and children in danger. It allows grown men to share bathrooms and locker facilities with girls and women. Reporter people are people are going to be like, why is there a boy in here and cause a scene like they did when i was younger. Reporter turns out the language in the bill covers more than restrooms. It prevents local governments from going against the state in writing any antidiscrimination ordinances. Many people criticizing the governor and legislators. Dow chemical is a big employer in the state of North Carolina and has a policy in place that allows transgender access to bathrooms based on gender identity. Not the birth certificate. So companies weighing in as well. Thank you. This morning i would like to share video of the arrest of a man known as the bearded bandit. Video shared with us by michelle eakin. She was at home in brentwood when she looked out the wii and window and this is what she saw. The arrest was made after other neighbors say the man went into a cvs store and shaved his beard and head before driving away. He is wanted for 15 Bank Robberies here in california. Got away with 28,000. Sources tell us a Khalid El Bakraoui ktvu viewer saw the report on the Bank Robberies, contacted police, and that set off a chain of events that led to this, the arrest of the man cant wanted for the Bank Robberies. The battle between yahoo and a hedge fund is heating up. The chronicle is reporting that a slate of executives has been nominated for their board. Well, the Hedge Fund Wants yahoo to sell its internet operations and get rid of ceo marisa meyer. The Board Election will be held at the companys annual meeting this summer. We are waiting to get an update on barts ongoing electrical problem that has been causing disruptions between the pittsburg and North Concord stations for over a week now. Barts general manager is giving us a status update to the bart board right now. That started 30 minutes ago. Ktvus tom vicar is there and monitoring any new developments. A spike in electrical voltage damaged some 50 cars last week. Repairs on those cars are still underway. Bart continues to run train shuttles and bus bridges between the two stations until it figures out the problem. Here is a look at todays schedule. Up until 9 a. M. Bart was running shuttle trains between the pittsburg and North Concord stations. Until 3 p. M. A bus bridge is in place between 3 p. M. And 8 p. M. It will be back to two shuttle trains between the two stations. Then between 8 p. M. And midnight it goes back to the bus bridge. Well, the rams are saying goodbye to st. Louis today and hello to los angeles. The rams are expected to finish packing today and head west to their new or i guess you do say old home. There was the rams played 21 seasons in st. Louis. The team had previously played in los angeles from 19 iv to 1994. They will play next season at the l. A. Coliseum while their new stadium is being built. My dad still has his i hate the rams shirt. On saturday night berkeleys Varsity Basketball Team won the division i norcal championships for the First Time Since 1921. And tonight they take on encinos high school for the state championship. The pride of Berkeley High alex savidge live at the school this morning with players and coaches getting prepared for the game. Alex. Reporter hey, good morning. These guys, i got the varsity high Basketball Team here. They are preparing for keep it going, guys . Okay [ cheering and applause ] reporter and tonight they are playing for a national championship. [ inaudible ] [cheers and applause]. Reporter they havent won a title in 92 years. Let me ask you, what does this feel like . H. [ inaudible ]. Its an accomplishment for the team. Reporter okay. How is the team preparing . We are sticking together. We are getting ready mentally, physically. Reporter let me bring in brian over here. Bryan morris. Tell me, sir, how are you feeling . Nervous . Are you confident . Excited . What are the emotions running through you . I think we are both excited. Not mainly nervous, but more i mean more excited and confident because we got this far and we feel we can take this. Reporter how did you get this far . What did you guys do . Practice, practice, practice and hard work. Its all about heart really. Reporter okay. Let me bring in the man who helped to make this all happened. This is coach deluca. Hey, coach, in all seriousness, what does this mean to the school . Just from, you know, just from a community standpoint . Its big time for the city of berkeley. Big time for our school community. We got 3400 students that are proud and we are gonna play for all of them and play for the alumni like you and frank and everybody else. Reporter i appreciate that. It is a huge deal. 92 years and berkeley hasnt won a division i state championship. You got a chance do it tonight. Your final words to the guys will be what tonight . Just to play your game. Do what comes natural to you. Follow your instinct. Play hard on defense. Take team shots. Berkeley had some great teams in the 50s, 60s, 70s. You have so the nice moves, my man. Reporter that was not bad. I could play if you need some extra players . Thank you very much. Oh, my gosh. Balls are incoming here. These guys, they are going to play presby encino at 8 00 in sacramento. Check this out. Speaking of Berkeley High alumni, this is the shirt, you guys. I am bridging this back. This is for frank. And they wanted to wear this tonight. Frank, what do you think, man . I dont know. I think hed love it. Yeah. Keep that for yourself, man. Got to support the squad. Got to support the squad. Love it. Reporter wishing these guys the best of luck. Thank you. 8 00 tipoff there in San Francisco. Nice to have berkeley get their first titled. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, she has been on stages all over the country and starting tonight miss pat is performing here in the bay area. Up next she joins us live onset ahead of her San Francisco tour stop. Steph curry may be a star on the court but his daughter riley has some pull. Later in the show how she helped her dad choose under armour over two other Major Companies hoping for his endorsement. Welcome back. In 2007, the iconic oakland restaurant tjs Gingerbread House closed its doors. It opened up this week ago angel cakes. Its a bakery that specialize inside cupcakes. Steve paulson headed over there and is checking out the new bakery. What do you got, steve . That looks nice. It does, doesnt it . As you mentioned, this is the old Gingerbread House. It was here for years. Joining me now from angel cakes, this is the own, jen angel. Your opening day was yesterday. How was it . Stellar. Reporter why did you pick this location. It used to be pink with candy canes on the outside. Reporter our photographer will point towards it. Everybody who rides bart goes, thats it. Right. Its a perfect fit to put a bakery in that location. Reporter usually when i talk to somebody who comes from a baking family, either grandmother or mom who made the great cupcakes. Who was it this name. My mom the cake decorator when i was growing up. Reporter any secrets at an early age . Make sure you do anything . Taste everything as you go are i he lets talk about the cupcakes that you have here. You have some traditional ones and some, shall we say . Fun. Reporter what do we have . Salted care mall caramel. Chai spice. Oldfashioned cocktail with bourbon. Reporter okay. Chocolate raspberry. Lemon cream. Chocolate hazelnut. Red velvet. Reporter very popular. Which is the first to go . Le lemon. Reporter and right here . Vanilla and mocha. And the glutenfree mojito. We are going to try one. Reporter i am going to try the traditional. Unless you want me to try the miso. Open that up. Grapefruit miso. Its weird, but it totally works. Reporter sounds like me. All right. I like it. Its weird. Reporter its actually very good. I know you guys want somerset, dont you, gasia, mike . Absolutely. Sal . Absolutely. So angel cakes right where the old Gingerbread House used to be. They go quick, dont they . Yes, very fast. We are hope today to seven. Reporter back to you guys. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Comedian patricia williams. More commonly known as miss pat. First stepped on the stage in 2003 and never looked back. I am a mom but the only thing i like about being a mom is having kids. I love my kids. I just dont like the stuff they do. Amen. Now she is appearing at the comedy clubs, tv specials all over the country. She is here performing at San Franciscos Punch Line Comedy Club for women in comedy month. She joins us here on stage. Welcome to the bay area. Thank you for having me. You gorgeous. Isnt he . Thank you. [ laughter ] my goodness. Come on. This is your first time in San Francisco . First time. Its my first time. And i get to see you. You scared me. We dont use your government does that go back to your Small Business . Yeah, that go to my small tell us about that. My Small Business, i went to jail. So how did you get involved . Why were you involved . I had two kids at 15. You needed money . I would go places and try to get jobs and they say where is your work permit. Its hard to say, hey, this is my work permit. People didnt understand it. I turned to the streets to survive. You said that you actually ended up getting out of the life. Can you tell us what the life is and how you got out . Selling drugs. I started i got on welfare and got married and my husband started to talk to me. A case worker thought i was funny. I never thought i was funny. She is like you should tell people these stories. I started googling black comedians and i found richard pryor. So i started telling people about my story. I went through some stuff. Your children are old enough to be embarrassed or horrified. So do they say dont tell that again. No, they are like tell it, mama. I tell everything. I try to tell everything. I see the funny in everything. Thats what i try to tell people when they see me. No matter what you been through this life, find a way to laugh at it. Thats how i heal. I didnt sit on a couch with somebody who charged me 200 an hour. I started to laugh at the pain. Eventually you took a step onto the stage at an open mic night . Yes. Tell me your emotions on that particular evening, that afternoon if it was a matinee. I was with a girlfriend. I was like if i dont make the crowd laugh, we are not going to tell anybody. I told a story about my brother who broke in cars when he was younger. Everybody laughed and i was like i could do. I dont have to get up early in the morning. I can do what i want do. If i dont about want the gig, i dont have to take it. And i was tired of being fired add mcdonalds for talking bad. When did you do that . When i first got out of selling crack. Small business. Playing around. Miss pat, not everyone can be a comedian. Do you think telling the tore sees, you know, i should tell my stories because that way i feel better . Yes. When my mama pass away i had a grudge because i was like she never protected me. I told these stories and i felt free. You hold all of this stuff in you. You know, you may not like somebody and you got this bundled up in you. I dont want to live like that. I tell people let it go. Get off your chest. I say what i want to say. I am on tv, i cant say it here today. But i dont bite my tongue for nothing. Can i ask you about, you hear from women in comedy, can i ask you about the current scene of comedy . I grew up with carol burnett. Amy schumer. What has it evolved. And has it evolved enough . No, that is a mans world. They say, oh, we all its all about, you know, man barbying or women talking about. I talk about everything from being married to selling drugs to jobs, the way i feel about my kids, the way i feel about whats going on in the world. I have a lot of things to talk about. They say we are not funny. I am funny. You are. Are you a strict parents . We are all parents up here. Yeah. Look, you dont lock the door at my house. So yeah. My son, look, i make my kids work. I tell them go get a job. My son work at my favorite restaurant, chickfila, so i can get a discount. 20 . And my daughter work at burger king. There you go. Oh, good. So i try to you know, i tell my kids all the time you dont know how blessed you are because you didnt have to go through what i went through. And me being a 15yearold parent i struggled. I dropped out of high school in eighth grade. My daughter went off to college. Nobody been in trouble. Thank god. And i have one getting ready to graduate next year. I said it wasnt easy getting here. It wasnt easy for me to provide the way i do for you. I busted my butt. It makes you stronger. Its easy for them. The older ones dont remember the difficult times. They do. No food from the fridge. I had it good. I had money. They just remember hard times like, you know, the relationship i was in. I was in an abusive relationship. They remember the street stuff. My daughter was there when i got shot. She can repeat everything that went on that day. How old was she . Five. Wow. She was there when i got shot. She was telling the police, i know who shot my mama. I am like shut up, i am gonna shoot them back [ laughter ] i am happy. If you want do a warmup, you can come to my house. [ laughter ] we will see you. Thats the wrong stage. Thats the wrong stage. Miss pat performing at the punch line tonight through saturday. Tickets still available. You can find them at ktvu. Com right there. 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