Years. Weve heard from some districts that the result has been a decrease in discipline referrals and a more concerted effort by teachers to find other ways to address the students behaviors. There is one group that doesnt quite agree. Charter Schools Development center, an independent advocacy group, oppose the bill. Members saying some Charter Schools serve high risk populations where strong disciplinary practices are vital to student and staff safety. The executive director says however well intended, as before 19 has one size fits all discipline standards that are not fit for all schools in all circumstances. As mentioned, this bill does not include High Schoolers who can still be suspended, he goes into a effect to light 20 of 2020. In San Francisco a school. About an hour ago people ding t school board install signage to explain the mural. Last month the school board voted to spend 850,000 to cover up the mural. The project could take years to complete, which is why they are now
Demonstrators tried to shout them down. This man says his parents fled oppression in beijing to live in the u. S. He says this gathering honoring a communist country and posting its flag should never have been held in a cityowned building. This event is insensitive and inappropriate considering whats going on right now in the world. Weve seen months and months of protest in hong kong against the Chinese Communist party attempt to avert the rule of law there to oppress strides for democracy. Reporter the Peninsula Committee to celebrate the national day for the peoples republic of china was the group that organized the event. Committee leaders say it was moved to this Community Room to accommodate the crowd of more than 100 expected attendees. The organizers also say its a valuable event allowing Chinese Americans to celebrate their motherland. I dont see any impact to us. Reporter opponents say an event with communist ties has no place here. Chinese communist flag does not go with the
Seventh and Market Street demanding leaders address climate change. Most of the students did not have permission of their School Districts to be here, but they say their everyday lives are affected, especially while wildfire season. We have to keep it clear. The climate strike took people throughout the bay area. They set us up for failure. Grownups arent doing it, and someone has to keep the environment clean. Some teachers skip school. I need to be an ally for the youth who are leading this movement. Trying to combat the crisis we are in. Two marchis concerned about global warming, extreme weather conditions. Fossil fuels and the help of the ocean. We need this to change. Student say is 10 their voices are heard and stakes are too hard to stay silent. How many young people so passionate about it. We are live in the city. Thank you. Students at berkeley added their voices to the worldwide chorus. Large group gathered in front of the hall. They are demanding law makers to demand climat
Chalk to show they have their eyes on companies they targeted. Some parents in the group say it was inspiring to be led by youth. I think the youth are waking us up. They are shaming adults of this country and guilting us into taking action. Reporter and Speaker Pelosi tweeted out her support for these young climate activists earlier today and for climate legislation. Similar message from Dianne Feinstein who says she supports these young climate protesters and also is demanding direct action on the climate emergency. Reporting live from San Francisco, ali wolf, nbc bay area news. Thank you, ali. As she mentioned, a lot of students skipped class to participate in these marches. These are students at los altos high school. They marched to Mountain View city hall for a big rally and speeches. [cheers and applause] and this is a group at cal, coming together. Many led chants and talked about the need for not just thents and undergrads. The group also included professors, activists and Ele
Youre watching kpix 5 at 5 30 pm. A good evening i am veronica de la cruz and i am allen martin and overabundance of grapes. Heres more on that story from the northbay. Reporter despite the money and glamour this is a sophisticated form of farming. There is a grape gut in california. It was a record harvest earning more than 2 billion. A lot of that juice was stored and combined with this years crop there is it too much. We are sitting on a lot of wind from previous years. The industry has more than the demand. Reporter some Small Vineyards are having a hard time selling their grapes. Its a sensitive topic that several Small Vineyards would not discuss on camera. They may be in trouble. I dont want to seek quality vineyards disappear. I hope the demand picks up instead of the supply going down thats a solution. I think wine will get cheaper in california its going to drive prices down a little bit. And it helps the consumer. Reporter is also market complexities. A merger between wine g