Student. Oakland union fight says he smacked the student across the head a few times before dumping him out of his wheelchair. Now, the special ed. Student Francisco Martinez has cerebral palsy. It happened at Oakland High School on may 19. The district said the guard asked the freshman to go to class. When he refused, the guard handcuffed him and started pushing his wheelchair. After martinez spat in the guards face, the district said the guard snapped and attacked him. Now, despite the violent ak that, many students started a despite the violent attack, many students started a petition to bring back the Popular Security guard. They say the victim is a known troublemaker and provoked the attack. The boy spit on him. This would have never happened if the boy was in class in the first beginning. Spit something a crime. Students are envisioning themselves in the same situation but their situation is not equivalent to that of the security officer. He has a higher standard. He failed in th
Westbound 580 an accident approaching grand line is blocking up to two lanes, delays on 205 out of tracy sluggish to north flynn but it is friday light across the bay area so travel times are slightly down early in the morning. Interstate 80 clear berkeley to emeryville. Accident at grant line may slow you down not by much. 880 in oakland looks good. Overnight roadwork is in the clearing stages. May still be a little sluggish southbound jackson to 16th. That is kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. All right. Thank you, elizabeth. 5 01. Apple fans going nuts over the new iphone 6. The device in stores later today. Check out the lines for the phone. This is new york city camping out all night long. One of those folks probably playing hooky to work on their phones. The scene repeated throughout the country today. Well have a live report on all the iphone madness here in the bay area coming up in the next halfhour. The man accused of intentionally setting one of the largest fires burning in cal
Firefight, man or mother nature. The fire started right here with a lot of fuel and rapid spread because of slope. Reporter monday afternoon mount diablo erupted in flames looking more like a volcano with smoke in the air and 50 to 75 homes on the ground in the fires path. Those residents told to lock up and leave immediately. Especially on Morgan Territory road. They have a long way to go for Fire Protection and they have a lot of animals and fuel for fire. So its a big concern. Reporter on the attack, 250 firefighters dozens of fire trucks, a handful of aircraft, even a couple of bulldozers to do the heavy lifting. Temperatures were very high and the fuel and topography are extreme influencing the spread of this fire. Reporter the where has burned a lot of land but not much damage to property only a cell phone tower so far. No homes burned, and nobody hurt. Yeah. Everybody is concerned. And we are concerned for the safety of everyone and for those fighting the fire. Reporter there ha
, March 8 (IANS/ 101Reporters) At a time when the country is warming up to the idea of queers having a life and even becoming biological parents, can small towns be left behind? Definitely not, shows the pride event organised recently in West .