Student activist from a halfcentury ago are taking part in the milestone event at san jose state university. What they did at a Graduation Ceremony that changed the campus forever. Good evening. The point back in 1968 was a protest against an educational system they say worked against students of color. On the lasting effects of that bold moment. Reporter the last time this group of people Work Together they were making history. We believed at the time that we could change society. Reporter one of the student organizers of the 1968 student protest over the underrepresentation of mexican americans on the College Campuses and the overrepresentation of chicano agile teams in the vietnam war. The graduating seniors of 68 that were chicanos were less than 1 . Real inequity there. Conversely chicano over 22 . Reporter tensions grew a student demands for Committee Outreach chicano studies courses and more chicano faculty were ignored. It came to a head on graduation day. San jose police were
Help not just anybody help you know i need someone breaking news, fire on the bay bridge. Liquid poured down on senators. Tonight, the gruesome protest. Why some bart employees say the transit agencys futuristic new trains may be unsafe for riders. The sap center holds a three day Music Festival expected the draw in thousands. The singers, the songs, and the security. After two days of scorching heat, changes are on the way. Where we could see rain. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. Im ken bastida. We begin with that breaking news on the bay bridge right now. Yeah. Its a mess. Eastbound traffic diverted to one lane after a car caught fire. You can see now, whats left of that car is in the middle of your screen. This is what it looked like about 15 minutes ago. Flames shooting out of that car, chp reported some explosions and they will have to check out the bridge for possible damage. Look at this. Absolute gridlock right now. This is a live look at first and market street. No one g
Public gallery dumped a red liquid on the ti out thats for lawmakers immediately pointed to antivaccine protesters. Enough is enough. Reporter they had been on the Capitol Steps for a week protesting sb276 designed to combat fake medical exemptions. Senator scott wiener tweeted this. Senator richard pan, a pediatrician and author of the bill was attacked by an anti vaccine activist several weeks ago. He said this incident was incited by the violent rhetoric perpetuated by members of the antivax movement. This is an attack on the democratic process and an assault on all californians and must be met with strong condemnation for everyone. We strongly condemn what happened because that should never happen. Reporter antivaccine leaders say they have no connection to the woman responsible though one man says she approached him. I got a couple of inches away from her face. She said if i knew of anybody doing some weird stuff, if anybody was going to get loud today. Reporter many were saddened
Health link is only sending 41 million to local Health Department to help monkeypox. Senator scott weiner saying, the the governor legislator have a read on the money, but it still has to go through a formal vote if passed, the money will go to, testing and treatments. The department of justice is expected to respond today to prt to president request for masters. That mutual party willw the documents took from maralago. The doj has said, they have already reviewed the documents and found a limited number can be covered by attorneyclient privilege. Lets get a check on our weather now with jessica merchant. How are we looking . I know we are using our way into a a warmup. We got exactly. It will feel pretty easy when it comes to the coastline, even the the bay area, but our inland areas will heat up pretty signi. Pretty significantly. It is going to get toasty. We will talk about those numbers in just just a second. High pressure is pushing its way into the bay area. First things first,
Normal temperatures starting already tomorrow. You have seen a significant drop in temperatures in the north bay and santa clara valley. Forecast forecast highs for the weekend along with the airquality forecast, we will look at that in a few minutes. The source of a lot of the smoke, the mosquito fire raging in the sierra. It now covers nearly 30,000 acres in two counties with zero containment as residents scramble for safet. For safety. Reporter a mad dash to douse douse the flames. Firefighters working to spare as many homes as they can as the mosquito fire fire bears down on now, both plaster and el dorado counties. This neighborhood in volcano bill now charred and lined with ashes. I had to pack everything i could get. Reporter johnny rushes to say what he can, even stopping s hoping someone would drive his car out of the evacuation zone so he could drive his truck. I am terrified because everything i have is my home. I am retired, disabled, so everything i ever worked for is up t