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we ll bring you more on harrison ford s plane crash. contra costa college is taking center stage today. a relatively small group of students making a big statement. students managed to shut down the uc campus today. they rocked both roads into campus early this morning forcing all classes to be cancelled. that sent students scam blirng, trying to prepare for finals. abc 7 news reporter chris winn live on campus with today s stand-off. chris? good afternoon at this point it s unclear whether the student protesters will be facing any disciplinary action from the university. if you take a look behind me you can see those who remain here blocking this entrance to campus. no word yet on how much longer they ll be protesting. university officials are hopeful that classes will resume tomorrow. they came before the crack of dawn and held steady throughout the day. student protesters standing firm blocking all entrances to uc santa cruz. we re not going to let business as
florida. activist say the it is a good start but there is more do including fight to halt performances with all animals. they say it is also time for changes at six flags discovery kingdom. and time to get all animals out of entertainment. and we could start with six flags and say they won t have el fapt rides any more. but one step at a time. six flags recently removed its remaining elephant it a zoo park in oregon for a more social environment p. but will have elephants on lone from have trunk will follow. that group is accused of inhumane treatment. six flags responded those accusations saying have trunk will travel has operated the popular elephant ride program for the past two years. during their tenure at park we have only observed great care and respect in the management of their elephants. we reached out to that company in southern california directly but didn t hear back. a spokesperson from six flags discovery kingdom said the elephants we main one of their mo
been worse. 72-year-old harrison ford is at ucla medical center after crash landing in a santa monica neighborhood. and cheryl hurd this story is quickly developing and what do you know? some know him as indiana jones and others foe him as hans solo but he is recovering in los angeles after his vintage plane crashed when his vintage plane lost power. ta has happened here before. reporter: if you look close ly at the cell phone video, you can see actor harrison ford s plane crashing just before the penmar golf course in will los angeles. requesting immediate return. reporter: it was witnessed by several people including a doctor. we tried to mobilize his spine and took him out to grass and laid him down. he had a significant soft tissue injury as you might imagine, and making sure that he is stable the. reporter: sources tell nbc news that he had a proeken enbroken arm, and he had a nasty gash to the head. his single engin plane crashed around 4:30. it had a hi