Why uc berkeley is going to spend half a Million Dollars for security on the event. Ann coulter canceled her appearance, but milo said free speech week is still on and said theyll announce the full plans at a press conference tomorrow. Despite the confusion campus Officials Say theyre moving forward according on plan no matter the cost. We understand thats very uncertain and unclear right now, but we cant afford to play games when it comes to the safety and well being of the Campus Community here. Reporter one of the leaders of that group by any er back there. Or a. M. B. Ould in fact, well show you a live picture of that event where Yvette Falarco who is the local leader is taking the mic. There are protesters there. I just spoke to the spokesman for uc berkeley. He said obviously its an open campus. Anybody can be here, but that group itself because of its history of violence is certainly not welcome especially on upcoming free speech week, in fact, it happens. Well have more on this
Bridge, traffic is backing up so it is a normal day on the bay bridge coming into San Francisco with no major problems. Looking at the peninsula we had an earlier crash southbound 101, near poplar 101 there was another crash and the whole bayshore freeway is a mess. I would use 280 instead. There is going to be slow traffic all through san mateo. On highway 4 we are slow through pittsburgh getting over the hill to concord. This is a look at highway 24 near westbound toward lafayette, san jose traffic looking moderate. Lets go back to the desk. Fire crews are at an apartment complex where a fire burned part of the building. Christien kafton is there now. Was there a rescue out there . Reporter there is a large fire presence here, to give you a sense we are close to the San Francisco State University. First lets show you the unit on the seventh floor of this building, 125. As you can see the fire appears to be out, john baxter joining us from San Francisco fire with the latest. Two peopl
Reporter none of the injuries was lifethreatening. But the stabbing victims were transported to the hospital. They and the others involved are still being questioned by police. In san jose, ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. So as that officer said, at this point, no idea what led to the fight in the first place . Reporter no. They said they are still looking for a motive. They have been able to review that Surveillance Footage and so now they are just trying to figure out who was a witness, who was a participant. But still, nothing about what actually tipped it off in the first place. Well, at least the three who were stabbed are going to be okay. Ann rubin in the south bay tonight. Ann, thank you. There are developments in the free speech week. Conservative speaker ann coulter will no longer speak at that event. She told ktvu today that the city does not deserve to hear her speech. Her announcement came as some reports say that the organizer of the event Milo Yiannopoulos may be on the verg
Education. Today ann coulter told the Associated Press she wont be coming. But student organizers with the berkeley patriot tell nbc bay area while the list of speakers is in flux the event is still on. The only chance i consider that mill of not coming is if something is wrong with his guarantee. I cant guarantee the event is going on. If the speakerers comes well be ready. The university is in the dark about who is and isnt coming. But are determined to keep the campus safe. We are going to be staging the area for the secure environment. Meebl counterdemonstrations are in the works including four days of speakers on the north side of campus. An event called our free speech united against hate. Essentially to offset the free speech week froms berkeley patriots. Student artists staged their own kickoff of what they expect to be a spectacle. Going into the free speech week people arent going into this alone. They have a team to back them up. That is the and i facist uc berkeley team. Be
Talking about this. His daughter left with a swollen face. After she was punched in an unprovoked attack while riding bart. pam thank you for joining us im pam moore. steve and im steve aveson. This is just the latest in a string of bold crimes targeting bart passengers. And as kron 4s Terisa Estacio reports the family of that young woman is demanding something be done to stop the attacks. Its a story youll see only on kron4. Terisa estacio imagine picking up your child at a bart station , and finding her injured and crying. Thats exactly what happened to an east bay family and now theyre reaching out to kron4 news to share their story and to see about increasing safety on bart. estacio reporting edgar paz. This was really unexpected, she was in shock. Edgar paz is talking about this this is a picture of his daughter face swollen, and red. The picture taken after a man on bart struck her. Paz. She was coming back from city college and the an walked up to her from behind and sucker punc