confusing change in the tax code that affects tens of thousands of same-sex couples here in california. it s causing headaches for some, and giving other couples a big unexpected refund. nbc bay area s monty francis joins us from albany in the east bay to explain. reporter: there s a real irany here. the defense of marriage act is actually providing an unintended tax benefit to tens of thousands of guy and lesbian couples in california. stuart gaffney and john lewis are registered as domestic partners and legally married in 2008. they say this is the first year they feel they re being treated equally when it comes to their tax also. but filing their return doesn t come without headaches. we have to file a mock federal return because our state return is based on our federal return. it s more and more complications. reporter: those complications brought dozens of same-sex couples to seminars in san francisco where tax experts explained starting this year the state s 50,00
they came down but they are upbeat. stawnt protestors at uc berkeley agree to leave the ledge tonight after the university gave them what they wanted. lillian is on campus for us tonight outside wheeler hall, william. student protestors claiming victory tonight after seven hours they say university officials finally agreed to some of their demands. 8 protestors received victory hug after they emerged from the hall for nearly seven hours they stood on the building 4 story ledge bound together with pvc pipe, duct tape. did it seem long. no it went very, very quickly. do you think you could have stayed there much longer. i don t know. i don t know. when you are fighting for a cause you believe in you can do plenty of things. reporter: started out with nine protestors but one got arrested soon after when he tried go back in the building. came to protest fighting against since 2009. budget cut for higher education and ongoing fee hook. stun on the ground came to show
in san francisco, amber lee has the story. reporter: police shot and killed a 50-year-old man who police now say was ill. tonight we have more information about the officers who shot the man. at the point lead me to believe that the shooting was lawful. reporter: at grace lutheran church chief gascon led a meeting. ben bowie is thought to have stabbed an innocent girl. the issue to identify if the person has a mental issue. the caller mentioned that it was a person who had mental issues. but there s a stabbing, there s a real life threat. reporter: we are learning the two officers that shot bowie are both new. one served seven years at the nevado department, he s caucasian. the other is new, a latino. the officers are having a really hard time dealing with this event. reporter: chief gascon is reconsidering tasers. what can be done so that more sensitive, no violence escalation. reporter: police shot and killed 23-year-old edied spellie s son. she says he
has the story. reporter: police shot and killed a 50-year-old man who police now say was ill. tonight we have more information about the officers who shot the man. at the point lead me to believe that the shooting was lawful. reporter: at grace lutheran church chief gascon led a meeting. ben bowie is thought to have stabbed an innocent girl. the issue to identify if the person has a mental issue. the caller mentioned that it was a person who had mental issues. but there s a stabbing, there s a real life threat. reporter: we are learning the two officers that shot bowie are both new. one served seven years at the nevado department, he s caucasian. the other is new, a latino. the officers are having a really hard time dealing with this event. reporter: chief gascon is reconsidering tasers. what can be done so that more sensitive, no violence escalation. reporter: police shot and killed 23-year-old edied spellie s son. she says he was bipolar. to come at th
some heavier rainfall pockets offshore. it will head in the next half hour. san francisco downwn, 6:37 and berkeley by 6:55. for those of you in the south bay, a few showers right now. it does seem like a little heavier there. if you travel on the interstate, you want to slow down and take it easy. up here in the east bay, we ve had spotty showers in and throughout livermore and walnut creek and alamo. right now it s mainly dry there. we ll track the rainfall for the weekend as well coming up. jeff, we will see you later on. new information on a convicted sex offender accuse of a hard-to-believe attack on a toddler at a discount store. he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old in 2003. elise is live in union city with more on this shocking incident and the suspect s past. elise. reporter: yeah, we ve learned that eugene ramos served one year for attacking the 7-year-old girl. he was only released from parole last year, whether yesterday authorities say he attac