broadcast center this is abc7 news. a celebration tonight. high school graduates finally receive their diplomas months after finishing school, but it took a defiant school board to make that happen. good evening. i m dan ashley. ama daetz has the night off. despite not passing the exit exam seniors got their diplomas. school officials decided to ignore the state and let those kids move on with their lives. katie is live at the board of education to explain the district s controversial decision here. katie? dan, the students got caught in a bureaucratic blunder. those are the cerdz of camela harris and to some it meant not starting college in the fall. but officials said they would not sit back and let that happen. my country is for rich people. he is from guatemala. he didn t speak any english when he enrolled at san francisco international high school. they are still learning english. he met all of the requirements needed to graduate, but he didn t pass the calif
every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack and fiber so my wife won t give me any more flack i finally found the right snack broadcast center this is abc7 news. a celebration tonight. high school graduates finally receive their diplomas months after finishing school, but it took a defiant school board to make that happen. good evening. i m dan ashley. ama daetz has the night off. despite not passing the exit exam seniors got their diplomas. school officials decided to ignore the state and let those kids move on with their lives. katie is live at the board of education to explain the district s controversial decision here. katie? dan, the students got caught in a bureaucratic blunder. those are the cerdz of camela harris and to some it meant not starting college in the fall. but officials said they would not sit back and let that happen. my country is f
cooler at the coast, 7 degrees cooler, 2 degrees cooler in livermore, enjoy it because our overnight readings tonight will be very warm. check out the wind. dead calm out there, only 8 miles an hour wind over by the delta. that means it s going to be a hot day. the golden gate bridge highs will be anywhere from the upper 70s to mid and upper 80s from coastline to breaches. 80s and 90s around the bay. triple digit heat inland. matt. thank you. breaking news in san francisco, the chp is reporting a fatal collision roving a pedestrian on 280 and 101 connector. it happened around quarter to 6:00 this morning, all lanes are now open. a handful of high school seniors have diplomas in hand this morning despite in the passing the state exit exam. school officials in san francisco decided to ignore the state and let those kids move on with their lives. katie marzullo has the story. in my country education is for rich people. reporter: eric is from gaunt malala. he didn t speak
happen. my country is for rich people. he is from guatemala. he didn t speak any english when he enrolled at san francisco international high school. they are still learning english. he met all of the requirements needed to graduate, but he didn t pass the california exit exam by five points. he should have had the chance to retake it, but the state canceled the july offering because lawmakers are considering no longer requiring the test at all. for students to be told that you jumped through all of the hoops and have done everything to graduate except not taking a test the state is no longer offering is mystifying. many were left without a diploma and accepted to college and seen the offers rescinded. that s why the board decided to defy state law and give them their diploma. we have to look at our families and students and say we are so sorry and wish we could change it but. tonight we are looking at our students and families and saying this is for you. jay it
the target here, but they did confirm that this person arrested yesterday at a raid at the days inn in gilroy is emily vaca. she s charged with helping chavez by driving him around after he escaped from jail. he apparently fled the motel just before police surrounded it. vic lee, aches 7 news. now to breaking news in north oakland. a police chase that ended with a crash and people injured at 54th and adeline streets. abc 7 nuts reporter cornell ber snard live at the scene with for. cornell? reporter: yeah, that pursuit ended right behind me, 54th and adeline street after police say the driver of a stolen green honda possibly used in an armed robbery in oakland slammed into this car, a black sedan driven bay woman and by some miracle she was not injured. now, police say it began when the green honda was spotted by officers blocks from here. the driver did not pull over for officers. a basketweave chase happened through north oakland and that s when the collision brought th