highlight a story filed by abc7 s eric thomas about a new venture that could fast-track students toward college. they called him mr. october because of his postseason heroics at the plate. but on this friday in september, reggie jackson was talking about the importance of science and technology education to students of color. and as a minority, you do not get a fair opportunity. you do not get a fair shake. but sometimes you do get a little star power, money from silicon valley, and input from a local community college to help give these kids a nudge along the way. the focus on technology because there s such a significant lack of any kind of minority population in technology. it s true that african-americans and latinos make up less than 5% of employees at the major tech companies. this initiative hopes to help change that. it s a joint venture between silicon valley software giant sap, the oakland unified school district, and berkeley city college. the goal? get
shooting stands at 59 with at least 527 wounded. the suspect has been identified as 65-year-old stephen paddock of mesquite , nevada. investigators say he acted alone opening fire from a 32nd floor of mandalay bay hotel. offers found rifles in the hotel room and more weapons at his home in mesquite. in excess of 50 different firearms. explosives and ammo. along with electronic devices we are evaluating at this point. police found 62-year-old paddock s body dead in the hotel room from a self-inflicted gun wound. no known ties of an extremist group. what have you uncovered today, dan? experts saying stephen paddock did not fit the profile of a mass murder. he was much older, wealthy and inverse have had a difficult time finding a motive. be many account, 64-year-old stephen paddock was a gambler. married twice, living with his girlfriend in a retirement community 80 miles of eastern las vegas. still unclear why he opened fire last night. abc news is reporting paddock ha
working to solve the mysteries of preterm birth. joining me in the studio right now is wendy armstrong. she and her husband volunteer with the march of dimes board of directors, and their family has been a march of dimes mission family. their daughter london was born premature at 25 weeks. we are very, very happy to have you here today. and you and i we re both fans of the march of dimes, so tell us a little bit about that. sure. the march of dimes is a leading organization that is trying to fight the battle against prematurity. as you mentioned, 1 in 10 babies is born premature. my daughter london was born premature, as well. a mircopreemie, right? right, she was a mircopreemie. she was born under two pounds. i had a really easy pregnancy, and then all of a sudden at 23 weeks, which is roughly halfway through your pregnancy, my water broke. we were stunned. cheryl, we didn t realize that babies could come that early, much less survive. and she s so tiny there. an
abc7 s eric thomas about a new venture that could fast-track students toward college. they called him mr. october because of his postseason heroics at the plate. but on this friday in september, reggie jackson was talking about the importance of science and technology education to students of color. and as a minority, you do not get a fair opportunity. you do not get a fair shake. but sometimes you do get a little star power, money from silicon valley, and input from a local community college to help give these kids a nudge along the way. the focus on technology because there s such a significant lack of any kind of minority population in technology. it s true that african-americans and latinos make up less than 5% of employees at the major tech companies. this initiative hopes to help change that. it s a joint venture between silicon valley software giant sap, the oakland unified school district, and berkeley city college. the goal? get more kids of color involve
abc7 s eric thomas about a new venture that could fast-track students toward college. they called him mr. october because of his postseason heroics at the plate. but on this friday in september, reggie jackson was talking about the importance of science and technology education to students of color. and as a minority, you do not get a fair opportunity. you do not get a fair shake. but sometimes you do get a little star power, money from silicon valley, and input from a local community college to help give these kids a nudge along the way. the focus on technology because there s such a significant lack of any kind of minority population in technology. it s true that african-americans and latinos make up less than 5% of employees at the major tech companies. this initiative hopes to help change that. it s a joint venture between silicon valley software giant sap, the oakland unified school district, and berkeley city college. the goal? get more kids of color involve