It would in effect allow teachers to be fired arbitrarily, subjectively, without due process. Reporter the plaintiffs a group called students matter said, every student deserves a great public education. Yet californias education laws make this impossible. Today the courts failed to safeguard students constitutional rights. State superintendent of schools Tom Torlakson also issued a statement saying today applauds the ruling and says that teachers are part of what makes california schools great and not the problem in california. Live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Because there is an appeal, so basically for right now nothing changes while that appeal is happening . Reporter this is just the latest look at it like a long boxing match. The union won this round. The plaintiffs won the earlier round. And so this is going to have to go down to the judges after these rounds are over. And thats going to be the california supreme court. You bet. All right, len ramirez with the latest, than
Parking . California has always led the way for the world in the development of the technology and shaping the laws that will govern it. Nearly every major car manufacturer now mass some sort of Autonomous Vehicle r d project going and the bay area is ground zero for that movement. Its a significant moment for Autonomous Vehicles happening this year when back in february a selfdriving car from google finally caused its first accident with a bus in Mountain View. It was just a fenderbender but still, remarkable to think about the fact that its the first time its happened in more than 1. 5 million miles of test driving by google. Todays big talk is titled preparing for Driverless Cars, 12 30 p. M. At spur san jose on first street. 10 bucks for nonmembers and members are free. Live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Right now, many san franciscans are up early to almr the survivors of the 1906 quake. Local are gathering on geary and market to commemorate the quake. The mayor is hangi
Open. Not clear when more lanes will reopen. Now to new details. A 10yearold girl is the fourth girl to accuse a concord dental assistant of molesting her. 4yearold alejandro 24year old Alejandro Saro was arrested after a child accused him of touching her in an exam room. Three others had the same allegations. They say it took place at his job at la clinica monument. Saro is held on an 8. 1 Million Dollar bail. Happening today, san jose talks selfdriving cars and the problems that they could cause. Kpix 5s kiet do is live in san jose with more. Reporter good morning, the selfdriving cars in the bay area are old hat around for years so its easy to forget how amazing it is and how far its come. The experts say it will be in the publics hands in less than five years so now is the time to start planning for the future. Bay area urban think tank known as spur will be holding a discussion about planning for Driverless Cars trying to get insight into some Big Questions. They will brainstorm a
Pockets, these impressions that were the greedy landlords is wrong, were Small Business owners and were just basically trying to operate our Small Business. Reporter currently there are roughly 44,000 rent controlled units in san jose. Landlords of those units can legally raise the rent 8 a year more than enough advocates say to put the squeeze on working families. Its supposed to balance a reasonable fair return but at the same time make sure that tenants arent being subjected to unjust rents. Reporter supporters are strengthening the rent control ordinance would like to see annual increases tied to inflation or the cost of living. The council will have to wade through several competing proposals as they try to cool the redhot rental market. Reporter now, the council is going to consider a proposal that would link the annual increases in rent to the cost of living. Another that would cap it at 5 . And yet another at 6 . And those Public Comments are expected to last for several hours.