Kpix 5s ryan takeo is outside a San Francisco courthouse. The fight to keep city colleges accreditation is going on right now. Reporter it is. They are taking a lunch break but they will be back this afternoon. I want to show you an important number. They want to restart Accreditation Process because it is hurting enrollment numbers. The Teachers Union and the city say student numbers are down between 20 to 30 compared to last spring. If a judge doesnt step in, city college will lose accreditation in july shutting down the college. Thats why so many showed up today for the court date. There was a line out the courtroom door, no cameras allowed inside. The city of San Francisco and Teachers Union are suing the accrediting commission that is pulling the rug. Ccsf says it is making progress on the flaws the Commission Found including financial mismanagement and lack of leadership. School supporters want the school to stay open. And theres no access for the students for city college of San
And the battle of a brain dead teenager in oakland goes from the hospital room to a court room. Well tell you what to expect in the jahi mcmath case. And were just two days away from the big 49ers packers playoff game. Kron 4s mike pelton is at Lambeau Field in green bay with your pregame coverage. Since fact san mateo bridge is a problem for a ride in both directions of 92. Your drive time about 12 minutes between 881 01. As we take it over to the traffic map westbound 24 is a clear shot through the caldecott tunnel looks like that before doing pretty good with mostly green on the roadways sensors indicated speeds over 50 mi. An hour. Anny the family of 13 year old jahi mcmath will be in court today, looking for a judge to order Childrens Hospital oakland to allow the teen to have a feeding tube inserted so she can be transferred to another facility. Mcmath is scheduled to be taken off life support on tuesday after she suffered complications from a tonsillectomy last month. Several do
Protests against the beijing olympics. A group poured flammable liquid on a security gate and then lit it up. Meanwhile, developing tonight, the beautiful view along the popular east hills was recently interrupted by a grim sight. A skull perched on a log. Reporter a morbid new years day discovery. The skeletal remains of a human being found sitting on a log in the oakland hills. Officers did discover a human skull on a plate. There were some beads and other items around the skull. Reporter investigators say the decorative setup around the skull may be linked to some kind of ritual. Other possibilities are also being considered. We have looked up past cases of missing persons. We also have our Homicide Division working on it as well. Reporter an anonymous tip came in wednesday, leading Oakland Police to the discovery. In this rather popular area for sightseers, less than half a mile away from the entrance to the park. Out here in plain view, it is kind of creepy. Reporter back in may o
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48 homicides, 73 had video evidence. Of that 73 , 66 resulted in arrests. Thats huge for us. How do juries react to this . They like it. They get to see firsthand in which nowadays the color the actual incident unfold. I think all these things have had an impact. Obviously, our arrest rates are up. When the word spreads cops are arresting people, there is fear they will get caught so they think twice about committing crimes can. Now, the flip side is that prosecutors and jurors are become more and more sort of demanding and reliant on videos. As a matter of fact, some of the times thed the tells the cops to go back and try to find video because they dont trust the witnesses. W whatever seems to be working appears to be working at least here on the streets of San Francisco. Phil matier, cbs 5. If you want to check out the video San Francisco police have on file, go to sfpolice. Org. San francisco isnt the only city with reduced murder rate. San jose, oakland and richmond have all seen a