Maybe the maddest march there ever was. The ncaa tournament is under way. This is the educational portion of the tournament when millions of americans have to figure out which channel is true tv. That only took us half an hour today. From first famgame, tonights ft game was between prairie view and fairly dickinson. Have you filled out the tournament brackets . The ncaa tournament . [cheers and applause] this is a chance for College Basketball fans to lose 10 as slowly as humanly possible. At this point, my coworkers dont even try to hide the fact theyre watching tv all day. Every tv has a crowd around. Its like im doing a show at a hooters. Did you fill out a sheet . I did. Jimmy who did you pick . Kentucky. Jimmy whos your favorite player on the Kentucky Team . Oh, i have no idea. Jimmy he has no idea. He just likes the fried chicken. Today is an important day in television history. Cspan celebrated 40 40 viewers. Cspan is for people for whom the fastpaced action of npr is a little t
police officers union but now the police chief says cops should just concentrate on doing their jobs. kpix 5 s jackie ward joins us from levi s stadium where officers are on duty right now. reporter: hey, brian. so yeah, absolutely. the santa clara police chief told us that his officers would be here at levi s stadium tonight. there s a coldplay concert going on and they will be here, expect to see them here for every event in the future. it s a stance that isn t to be taken lightly. the santa clara police officers association threatening to boycott all events at levi s stadium because of colin kaepernick s recent actions. you know, this is really the first time that i can recall that the unions actually made a statement like this. reporter: santa clara police chief mike sellers says he gets the union s frustration but threatening not to serve their community is not what the badge exemplifies. i can also understand that they are disappointed. but i think they really n
the upcoming october police academy and that s if he passes a background check. it was a waste of time and money. reporter: the department is in a state of emergency because of short staffing. a councilman says they can t afford to waste resources. we could have been using that time asking the chp and sheriff for help like other cities do or spending that money to provide bonuses for new hires. reporter: the trip happened back in may. the officers say that the waikiki beached marriott resort and spa, they stayed there. it was the department s first time recruiting in hawaii. the cost of living there is the same a san jose. they tested and interviewed dozens of potential candidates but many didn t work out. it was a poor public relations choice because quite frankly even if they may have had good intentions it look like a boondoggle. it looks like a trip for fun. [ music ] i don t think like magnum pi is somebody that we re looking for in san jose. so no, i don
started when 49ers quarterback down during the national anthem in week three of the preseason and continued @cwhen he knelt % during =.5],the song with teamm eric reid on thursday. he is 8féprotesting the way l country and police treat minorities, he wmqsays. friday the santa clara police officers association responded to kap s statement and to the police pig socks he wore > it s disappointing for them to hear when someone talks poorly about our profession. i get it. reporter: then the poa wrote that kaepernick may be the reason officers choose not to work at the stadium. some fans are a little concerned by a+;that. i think that s unfortunate. i think they should still áú> reporter: today the santa clara police chief p@responded with a letter. i just think our department law enforcement just needs to take the high road and understand that what colin kaepernick is doing we may not appreciate or respect. but he is exercising his first amendment right. reporter:
model say as we go forward. temperatures up in the north bay, a bottle coming in at 39. in the upper 50s and piquancy it next eight hours here is the son of a golden gate some activity going on cloudy and we get things started 11:00 a.m. was a sunny 76 looks like by about three. a look at what happens the rest your holiday weekend on the hot week. marty: breaking overnight. all lanes are now open after 17 year old boy was killed in a car accident. it happened on southbound 8-80 at about 1:30 this morning near the west a street off-ramp. police had initially blocked all lanes. the boy has been identifed as izaiah mease. he was a resident of union city. police say he was the driver of the car and there were two passengers in the car as well. we dont know the condition of the two passengers. our top story this morning. the latest in the colin kaepernick controversy. , the santa clara police chief is getting involved. this after the santa clara police officers association threa