my name is frank mora, the director of the kimberly green latin american caribbean center here at florida international university. we are, for our friends in c-span, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of florida international university here in miami. we have another campus in west dade. the center that i direct is one of the institutes and programs or centers at the steven j. green school of public and international affairs, again at florida international university. we re just absolutely delighted to be hosting or co-hosting this event. i want to thank our dean here, the dean of the chaplin school of hospitality and tourism management, mike hampton. thank you, dean, for supporting this. and this is a great event to have here on your campus, right? also i want to thank another co-host, the cuban research institute. the director is here with us today and will be joining the panel in a second. a little bit about why we re here and how we got here. last year, the b
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. this conservative speaker says that she is coming to uc berkeley like it or not. tonight, we asked the mayor how is he going to stop violence like this from erupting again? even, i m ken bastida. i m elizabeth cook. joe vasquez is at the cal campus tonight. joe? reporter: despite the possibility of a violent uproar, ann coulter is determined to come here to uc berkeley and speak. she will arrive around 6:00 p.m. on thursday. and since the university has not given her an inside venue, it is possible she will speak outside here at sprout plaza making it very difficult for police to protect her. oh yes. oh yes. i will be there thursday. i m hoping the university will find a safe and appropriate venue for me. it doesn t seem like it should be that complicated. but if not, i will find some place to speak. maybe i ll be out in the hall with a megaphone. do we think it is going to be absolutely mayhem? we are very
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. this conservative speaker says that she is coming to uc berkeley like it or not. tonight, we asked the mayor how is he going to stop violence like this from erupting again? even, i m ken bastida. i m elizabeth cook. joe vasquez is at the cal campus tonight. joe? reporter: despite the possibility of a violent uproar, ann coulter is determined to come here to uc berkeley and speak. she will arrive around 6:00 p.m. on thursday. and since the university has not given her an inside venue, it is possible she will speak outside here at sprout plaza making it very difficult for police to protect her. oh yes. oh yes. i will be there thursday. i m hoping the university will find a safe and appropriate venue for me. it doesn t seem like it should be that complicated. but if not, i will find some place to speak. maybe i ll be out in the hall with a megaphone. do we think it is going to be absolutely mayhem? we are very
pam, i talked with former bart chief gary gee and former fbi special agent rick smith. together they have around 60 years of experience. bart mob attack last saturday in oakland.safeway mob burglary grab last month in san francisco.carnival mob attack last month in oakland.former fbi special agent rick smith says we are seeing a change. rick smithsot i don t think it s a good sign of the times i think a lot of this stuff happens because i think there is no consequence. it needs to be a multifaceted approach to a real problem and that is an increase in low level crime. if it is allowed to happen more serious things are going to happen.in the bart mob attack on saturday 6 out of the 9 train cars had working cameras. there were also multiple working cameras at the coliseum station. bart says state law doesn t allow them to release the video because the suspects appear to be juveniles. former bart police chief gary gee says the fact that they aren t or are unable to release video
10%. the workers have not had a raise in five years. it doesn t keep up with the cost of living, doesn t keep up with surrounding agency, not a fair and equitable deal. the city has a very fair and competitive offer on the table. reporter: sunnyvale s mayor says it s not fiscally viable despite the union ruling in the favor and forced to cut services. we have a $300 million calpers hit, and it s $82 million above what the city is proposing. reporter: if city employees do strike, it could be felt in the libraries, parks, and city departments to the 140,000 sun have avale residents. i think it could be rash to think about planning a strike. we re finding out that even with our salary combined it s still hard to live in this area so i understand. reporter: essential services like police and fire will not be impacted. the union plans to notify city leaders about this potential strike tomorrow, giving them reasonable notice. and he told me this strike could happen