this is in west sacramento, in between davis and west sacramento. police are searching for a carjacking suspect they say has been firing shots and waving a gun at motorists. this has been on-going more than four hours. we are getting word the suspect may have car jacked a second vehicle and is again on the run. we will have more in 30 minutes during the 11:00 news cast. if you're headed this direction, you can get around it. mike inouye, there's hope if headed to the sierra. >> that's right. a lot of folks take 880 to sacramento. i-5 will take you to sacramento past the closure. now, the update for san mateo, a huge issue for the local commute. westbound moving. lanes reopened, all westbound lanes reopened 15 minutes ago. we're just now seeing this shot at the toll plaza start to move. the map shows you it is slow across the bridge from 880 across the span to foster city. that means a lot of traffic going to 101. watch,t on s on the east bay. >> thanks so much. >>> we will have a look at the forecast after the break. sound a whole lot better when yo

with respect to the testimony in sacramento, if there are prepared remarks that the director is entering, it those could be attached to a future directors reports, i think it would be good to memorialize those. i think that is actually a very good effort on the city's part advancing the electronic filing statewide, and finally, the report does not remind people that form 700, annual filings are due next monday, not later than, so we would like people to comply and file them on a timely basis rather than having to deal with non filing and late filing after the fact. a public-service announcement. vice president studely: i did not follow your first item. what were they? >> on page 3. thank you very much. vice president studely: there is one other item, in your continuing to seek a joint meeting with the task force, and we may just want to share that on the record. >> -- executive director: the tapes that we have sent them included april 13, which is the date that they chinos. -- they chose. unfortunately, they took two weeks from when they said the potential dates to answer, and by the tim

not to sacramento. it's the only initiative that can say all that. check out our online calculator and find out how your school would benefit. visit ourchildrenourfuture2012.com today. >>> msnbc now, i'm veronica de la cruz. wildfires in colorado may be blamed for a third death. this after officials found what they believe to be the remains of a missing woman in a burned-out home. wildfires burned six square miles southwest of denver. >>> and whitney houston memorabilia was auctioned off in beverly hills saturday. some items including dresses, and earrings. houston drowned in a bathtub in february. we'll have more news in one hour. first back to "lockup." >> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ i just hit the bricks ♪ now the world is mine ♪ she wasn't all that but i felt [ bleep ] ♪ ♪ monkey on my back and his name is parole ♪ ♪ paranoid everywhere i'm seeing five-0. ♪ out a couple of months and i'm already doing wrong ♪ ♪ i can't get this monkey off my back no time ♪ ♪ the thrill of a dime ♪ police

it all began around 6 this morning the officers to the shooting of a west sacramento repair shop the suspected gunman shot from there the suspect on a rampage officers say that they crashed a stolen truck into a free media he that is gave them a tractor investigators say that he be some of the mentally second struck to the west sacramento apartments and after exchanging gunfire police confirmed that the man had been shot and killed. no word yet on his identity. thought a series of crashes at the same as a bridge in both directions. what a big rig crashed into a pickup truck in the westbound lanes a short time later driving eastbound he smashed into the back of a patrol car passing it into the back of a fire truck nobody was seriously hurt but traffic was a total mess. all lanes on the bridge reopened around 10:00 a.m.. he learned late today that a famous bay area restaurant is getting its second chance. here's a look at sambos and hold the wall in washington street in sentences as chinatown it's been open for more than a hundred years it's usually pretty crowded but not like this. he

. >> the abortion issue doesn't come up often here in sacramento. but one organization believes it's time to let more medical professionals perform this procedure. >> with the help of planned parenthood, california is close to increasing access to services for women. the assembly public safety committee poised to approve a bill allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to terminate pregnancies in the first trimester. >> we don't have enough providers because it's a very important bill to provide increased access to safe, early reproductive health care in california. >> it's controversial at a time when move manies to he defund family planning services are gaining ground around the country. california is moving to expand them. the california catholic conference testified it's not an issue in this state when compared to national number autos 2008, 2021.6 per a thousand women of reproductive age. >> others say it's too right after this yeek to let nondoctors perform abortion. >> women deserve the best care when undergoing an invasive proced

up in sacramento a steady light rain from stockton to modesto north. higher elevation, the very highest elevations are getting a little snow out of this. this is the last day of this pesky storm system, finally on the move. just about to come on shore here in northern portions of california. it's eventually going to dip over the four corner region tomorrow. this tornado cause an outbreak in the central plains on saturday. as bad as it is in california, it will be worse saturday night in oklahoma and kansas. high pressure should build in behind the storm. we'll warm things up and give you sunshine to dry things out. a little cool in the northwest this morning. your friday forecast not bad around seattle and portland. as the rain moves through around san fran arizona we may get wet weather in spots. we don't usually get a lot. maybe even uma. as ugly as it is this morning, the weekend still looks nice. >> there we go. all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> coming up, google grabs attention, a court rules on lunchtime, and a breakup in the world of candy. y

that's what happened at auburn and said middle school in sacramento that these swabs students cheat last week to sell them month old murder case parents were notified that they said that until after detectives took the samples my child as a room with two detectives in question and grilled and sure it he is frightened. to equate half majority yes officers did not seem probable cause or permission to search is cooler backpacks and lockers and the cannot strip search students dna cheeks was falling to the gray area between those cases. there are surprises in the bay area download the right now but they're expected to go higher this summer as the driving season continues white house stepped in and end targeting financial speculators. anthony mason shows us how much they're gambling is adding to the price of gas. with crude prices lingering about a hundred dollars a barrel since february president of bonner called for a crackdown on manipulation of the oil markets. >>> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil trade in the perception of a s

live in sacramento abc 7 news. >> thank you. and an fda zbigs a watched diet pill has been delayed. it could be the first prescription pill to get approval from the fda in more than a decade. the drug made by mountain view based vivis. the fda pushed back a decision to july 17th so agency can consider the new drug safety plan and a panel recommend add proveal in february, two years after the pill rejected because of concerns of heart palpitations. the manufacturer says it results in a weight loss of nearly 10% and that is the highest reduction with any reent pill. >> and new research finds many teachers feed into the myth girls are bad at maichblgt study found educators tend to rate girls' math abilities lower than those of boys even when grades and scores are comparable to boys and found evidence of a small, consistent bias against females suggesting that teachers hold on to belief math is just easier for boys. research shows race plays a role on teacher expectations of students. >> three maryland public school workers are winners in the historic megamillion jackpot and caw themsel

we're live in sacramento tonight tochl plain why. >> this now looks like lawmakers are likely to face consequences for a budget that doesn't pass the smell test. >> if you're position is correct, nobody is going want to run for governor anymore. >> a sacramento judge took away the power of the state controller to dock lawmaker pay by the june 15th deadline. waits popular pro vision of proposition 25. but the court ruled no one person should have power, not even the guy crunching numbers unless the bottom line every day. >> this judge affirmed proposition 25 is meaningless and will of the voters is out of the door its a victory for leader who's sued controller chung for docking pay as per diem. that forced lawmakers back to the drawing board and they passed a deal and it was past the deadline. >> i feel good that we took a stand to up hold the separation of powers in this state. tho authority should be able to elevenage anyone's pay to achieve a desired public policy result. >> critics say the majority can now approve a blank piece of paper and call it a budget just to avoid getting th

there are car jackings and a shooting led police to close the area west of sacramento. and this began when police say the gunman opened fire in a trucking business in west sacramento then crashed a stolen car during a chase. the suspect ran into a field and police closed down the freeway after the suspect began shooting at officers. >> the suspect did fire on officers and there are reports one officer may have returned fire. >> authorities reopened 8-80 but showing you just a moment ago they're searching for the suspect in nearby neighborhoods. you're looking at live pictures. this is as authorities continue to conduct a search. and the person who shot today on the freeway. >> a series of crashes here in the bay area ground traffic to a halt today. abc 7's amy hollyfield shows how a stalled car turned into major pile up autos robert cryinger's 1995 pickup truck caused two accidents and an incredible back up lasting the morning. the truck just quit on him at 6:00 this morning and he was driving westbound on the bridge. he try dried to do everything right. >> i turned on

knowledge in the work of the attorney general, who has sponsored several bills with people and our sacramento elected offices they're giving protection to home owners that would help them avoid a foreclosure and to make sure we're holding our banks accountable to make sure we can help property owners maintain their properties. the work we have done at the state and local level come out of evidence presented by various organizations and government bodies that show that the banks have not been transparent, have not been working in the best interest of consumers. just this past november the federal reserve banks had deemed wells fargo $85 million. we have also seen the california reinvestment coalition and the association of community -- i will get the name wrong. they did a report about how our for closure crisis is affecting our communities. we have the audit showing that we have got some evidence of the banks not working well behind the scenes, working in a fraudulent way behind the scenes. moving out mortgages entitles rapidly to seek foreclosures. all of these are referenced in the resoluti

. >>> young soldier from west sacramento has been killed in afghanistan. specialist manuel vasquez ever. his death is under investigation. he has been in afghanistan since last august and scheduled to leave in june. >>> the secret service is investigating allegations of an aadvanced team of agent -- of an advanced team of agents. our sister station in seattle talked with people in el salvador that said van loads of secret service agents went to a strip club called lips. >> it's something they do everywhere they go. >> the contractor says some of the agents took women from the strip club back to their hotel rooms. >>> the house of representatives is expected to vote on a measure to prevent the interest rate on federal student loans from doubling on july 1st. president obama has appeared on three college campuses this week to call on congress to extend legislation that freezes the student loan rate at 3.4%. both democrats and republicans say they want to keep the rate where is they are. the two sides are at odds add how to finance the loan relief. >>> 4:49 i

mary's college, sacramento state, and university of reno, nevada. i plan on enrolling at uc santa cruz, majoring in criminal justice and sociology, and i am here representing all high- school students who have found support at boys and girls clubs. i am youth of the year% and cisco and will be competing in sacramento later this month for the state honor. thank you for your time and for organizations like boys and girls club. ozzie >> good evening, everyone. first off, i would like to thank everyone for giving us the opportunity to speak tonight on behalf of the boys' club of san francisco. i am is senior at el camino high school. leadership is a trade that we really admire -- a trait that we really admire, but the street i never really had until i was chosen with a program. the program taught me time management, hardware, and humility. being part of the program helped me change my pattern of worked where i did not do anything and got below a 2.0 and help me get a 3.0 average when i was struggling. [applause] >> hello, everybody. through the boys and

traffic from sacramento is a bit much today. supervisor wiener: it's ok. there is a lot of party is going on today. >> i would like to direct your attention to the matrix which was recently amended to require the representative on the mpc to be a citizen of san francisco. this will grant san francisco 3 slots which will be on par with the alameda and santa clara counties. we are recommending support on ab57. onto the second bill on page 8 of your matrix, we are also recommending a watch on this bill. this bill authorizes this transfer of the inner-city rail service from caltrans to a new jpa which would be similar to the capitol corridor trains. then ab1780 on page 9 of your matrix, we recommend a support position on this. this bill requires caltrans to fund project reports for local funding projects on state highway system, specifically the project initiation document. this is a self-help bill to maintain caltrans funding and we recommend support on this bill. the next bill is ab1950 on page 9 of your matrix. there also recommending a support on this bill

not to sacramento. it benefits every kid in every school, with local control of the money. that's why the p-t-a supports it. my mom likes it, too. >>> police in fairfield are investigating an officer- involved shooting that left a man dead. it happened around 6:00 last night at a home on gold coast drive near doevger avenue -- dover avenue. am sot -- a violent struggle occurred between the officer and the suspect. >> a struggle ensued between the officer and the suspect. the officer did call for help. but before officers could arrive, the struggle turned violent and the officer struck the subject. >> police say the officer is a 16-year veteran of the force and has been placed on administrative leave. >>> sal, there is a lot to talk about in our commute. >> we've had a lot of slow traffic. we're gonna start off by looking at the 880 freeway. interstate 880 near as you drive past the coliseum. northbound 880 traffic does look good all the way up to downtown. it's getting more crowded. moderately heavy. not a big prob bleg -- big problem. 7:25. let's go to steve. >>> thank you

this particular cell is just north and northeast of sacramento. the national weather service is monitoring it to see if they will issue any tornado warnings. the rotation does not necessarily this tornado is on the ground or will be on the ground, it just bears further watching. for the rest of the bay area, another round of moderate rain and gusty winds pushing it overnight. it will move quickly to. partial clearing with the scottish hours a meeting into the afternoon. we will see another round of thunderstorms firing off, it will be cold and breezy tamara as well. future cast is set for the love of a clock tower. rain approaching santa rosa and we are also seeing showers out a friend of that mean band of rain. heavy rain over napa, vallejo and san francisco. a good living storm. by 3:00 a.m. it is in the east bay in the south bay. the 5:00 hour is largely dry. areas of more moderate rainfall down south. by 8:00 we're really starting to clear out. this is the same situation we start today where the sun breaks lead to more showers. that will reall

, generated a sonic boom that could be heard from las vegas to sacramento. the remnants of a 4 billion year-old star >> this is one of the most important ones that has fallen in our lifetime. you can just about guarantee that there are no, another piece within a hundred yards of us. >> it broke apart into pieces the size of nickels and quarters. the fragments are rich with 4 billion year-old amino acids and complex organic compounds. >> no uranium or anything fun? james cameron is probably up there looking for it. >> still a chance for more showers throughout the morning but then things will shape up pretty nicely over the next couple of days. it is slippery if you're headed out on the roads. we do have some light showers and some of that, doppler is not even picking up. if you're headed around the bay area is a very wet start to the day. temperature's mainly into the fifties. by the afternoon the skies will part just a little bit. it will be breezy and noticeably cooler around the bay area today. we had a couple of systems that are rolling through, it is st

. >>> the sacramento d.a.'s office is being criticized for locking up the teenaged victim of an alleged rape. prosecutors say they locked up the 17-year-old girl to make sure she testifies in the case. she failed to show up at a preliminary hearing and has a history of running away. the d.a.'s office says the alleged rapist is likely to rape again unless he is convicted. the girl has been in juvenile hall for the past two weeks, a hearing today will determine if she should be set free. >>> a man suspected of robbing several bay area banks has been arrested. 22-year-old jeremy morton was arrested during a traffic stop in sacramento county. morton is believed to have robbed banks in concord, oakland, san leandro, livermore and stockton between february and march of this year. >>> a car stuck on oakland railroad tracks near jefferson street overnight this. happened just before 1:00 a.m. the driver was apparently not familiar with the area and made a wrong turn. one freight train had to stop while emergency crews r

sacramento bee reports the plan will be 30 billion dollars cheaper to bill the system. the authority originally put the project cost close to 100 billion dollars. the bee says the authority's decision to use shared tracks in the bay area and l.a. brings the price down. the southern end of the initial operating segment has been extended to the san fernando valley. >>> we'll get an idea of how much snow the storms have dropped in the sierra. engineers will go out this morning to sure the snow pack this will be the fourth time this season department of water resources will conduct a manual survey even though winter and early spring have been relatively dry the reservoirs are 80 to 100% filled. that's okay. state leaders credit that on our conservation efforts. hopefully, this fourth measure will be better than the first. >> it was bad, we had a lot of the green patches. 4:37. time for a check on the weather. >>> some areas 10 feet of snow this past month officially the snow season did end yesterday. we could still get a couple more storms that could dump more snow. right n

. >> woodruff: from sacramento, spencer michels reports on community colleges, facing more and more applicants but tighter budgets. >> reporter: california's community colleges serve 2.6 million students. it's the largest higher education system in the entire country. but its mission may be changing. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks with the authors of "tinderbox," a new take on the history and spread of aids. >> the roots of colonialism, it's unlikely that the epidemic we know today would have come out in the way we've seen it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. sup

. >>> the owners of the sacramento kings, the mayor of sacramento and the nba commissioner will meet today in new york. this comes as kevin johnson wrote a letter to the maloof family which owns the sacramento kings saying the city will not renegotiate the proposed arena deal. the city and the team reached a tentative deal last month to fund the arena and also keep the kings in sacramento. the sacramento city council has already passed its end of the deal. >>> the l.a. dodgers are trying to get out of bankruptcy a lot faster. the team has a new reorganization plan that might let them get out of bankruptcy by the -- by the end of the month. the comers -- the dodgers expect the judge to okay the owner to sell the club for $2 billion. >> that would be, siting. >>> 8:37. we want to check in with sal. >> we're -- we're looking along pretty well with the traffic. it's recovered quite nicely. let's take a look at the bay bridge. it's getting better. a little get gusty on the upper deck of the bay bridge. one of the -- one of the things i want to mention, 237 will be slow getting out to 880.

bottom line, the issue has made waves in sacramento. but is still a long way from becoming law. lots of talk, though. >> any arrests yet? >> nothing yet. sfpd continue to look at it. continue to try to investigate. but no word, yet, on if they're going to have charges. >> at least you have sparked a conversation about it. and we're talking about it. >> there is conversation here and sacramento. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. >>> we're getting a clearer picture of the people involved in the deadly boating accident off the farallon islands. the family of allen cahill sent us these photographs tonight. he's one of four people still missing. cahill came to the united states from ireland almost ten years ago. he lives in tiburon, in the fixture at the san francisco yacht club. that's where he met his wife, shannon. in the meantime, san francisco are now involved in the accident. police are confirming that members of the department's accident unit traveled to the scene of the crash in a coast guard helicopter. investigators took photographs of the sai

there will be rain on i-5, from seattle to sacramento, and on i-80, from san francisco to sacramento. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in dallas and san francisco. >>> well, some middle schoolers in the seattle area are getting a lot of high praise this morning after springing into action when their bus driver passed out. >> unbelievable. the kids not only grabbed the wheel, they also performed cpr on the stricken driver. komo's keith eldridge reports from seattle. >> reporter: instead of reacting and panicked, middle school students jumped into action after their drive stopped breathing going down the road. that's jeremy wuitschick, leaping for the steering wheel. the bus is now slowly rolling to a stop. and the attention turns to the bus driver. >> 911. >> reporter: classmate, johnny wood, came to help, while the others got on the phone to 911. >> my bus driver, just passed out. we're right in front of the school. >> reporter: jeremy told me, he just acted without thinking. >> i was just acting on instinct. it was all happening really quickly. >> reporter: he credits

the suspect barricaded himself inside a sacramento apartment building last night. he busted a hole in the side of his apartment, exchanged gunfire with law enforcement, and then set fire to his own place. that's when authorities say they decided to shoot him, giving firefighters safe access into the building. >> he just looked kind of crazed, like gone. >> flickering and the fire started to ignite i seen him lighting the fire. and then -- >> you watched him light a fire? >> i can see through the apartment. >> the sacramento county coroner is now trying to identify the suspect. authorities launched a massive manhunt for him closing the yolo causeway on interstate 80 yesterday after an attempted robbery. the gunman fled by hot wiring a tractor, carjacking three vehicles, and shooting at officers. that manhunt lasted nearly 14 hours. >>> it's distracted driving awareness month and police say a pair of accidents on the san mateo bridge is a good example of why you should watch the road. yesterday morning this costco big rig crashed? a stalled pickup. police say that cr

mid to upper 70s sacramento, fresno, l.a. 76. palm springs 94° today. >>> 6:44 now. >> time to check in with josh elliot for what is coming up on gma. >>> kristen, welcome back. real quick, note to self, you and eric never seem to work at least not together. [ laughing ] >> 14 weeks of vacation at least. >> you gotta work here. >> wow! i mean sweet -- i'm dragging myself out of bed every single calendar day. if it ends in y, i'm working it and out there it is like hey, one off, five off, two on, 12 off that is not bad. and you mock me with that california forecast. this is a rough day. welcome back kristen good to have you, terry good morning to you, good morning to everybody in the bay area, including the jeff family all my friends -- i also want to get into the show. i know i'm sure this is a story you have been addressing this morning. we have the latest on this just brutal story out of houston. this kidnapping, a young mother gunned down in her pediatrician's parking lot, her three day old son ripped from her arms many new d

. >> woodruff: from sacramento, spencer michels reports on community colleges, facing more and more applicants but tighter budgets. >>reporter: california's mmuny lleges seve 2.6 million students. it's the largest higher education system in the entire country. but its mission may be changing. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks with the authors of "tinderbox," a new take on the history and spread of aids. >> the roots of colonialism, it's unlikely that the epidemic we know today would have come out in the way we've seen it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us >> citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting s

the money will come from center -- treasury -- central treasury in sacramento. commissioner sugaya: thank you. this is by way of understanding the 20 million -- 29 millions and other obligations. >> there is a fundamental total flop in the way this thing has been approached. -- flaw in the way this thing has been approached. the 1% is in there to make sure if something happened cpmc -- happened to cpmc, we could sacrifice st. luke's. this -- it took a huge community effort and the appointment of a blue-ribbon committee to get them to accept the fact that they wanted st. luke's to stay open or we would have a new hospital under this particular arrangement. then what has happened is that st. luke's becomes a stepchild of the entire organization and is not an integral part of the health system cpmc within -- part of the health system within cpmc. it of -- it would be part of the total health system package and if you wanted to apply the 1%, and say they could start to close things at the cathedral hill campus incidents such -- shutting down st. luke's, that is my f

mostly sunny through the central valley, 74 sacramento, 79 fresno. upper 60s around l.a. and san diego afternoon sun, 92 in palm springs. >>> 5:47. this morning court watchers are bracing for what could be more stunning admissions in the trial of form former senator john edwards. yesterday former aide and friend andrew young was the first witness called by prosecutors. today will be his first full day on the stand and the jury will begin to hear his account of the salacious details of the candidate's affair with a campaign worker. key to making the case that edwards masterminded an effort to use nearly a million dollars in secret payments from wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress during the 2008 run for the white house. >>> hours from now a committee will decide the date of a -- the fate of a bill designed to protect privacy of employees. the bill would block employers from asking for the username and passwords. the same protection would apply to people seeing a job. if the committee passes the bill it would go on to the full assembly for approval. >>> don't freak

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eureka 60 mostly cloudy 62 tahoe under a mostly sunny sky upper 70s chico, sacramento, 82 fresno. l.a. 78 morning clouds will keep san diego 69 palm springs 97° today. >>> 5:47 now. new this morning a series of deadly overnight blasts have several iraqi cities on high alert. over 90 minutes massive explosions were reported in kirkuk, bag good and three other northern iraqi -- baghdad and three other northern iraqi cities. nobody has claimed responsibility. government officials say these attacks appear to resemble previous attacks by al-qaeda operatives. >>> rocker ted knew plans to meet with the secret service today to explain his comments about president obama last weekend rifle association convention he ed to weigh call the evil-merck hating administration. he urged nra members to chop their heads off in november. some took that as a veiled threat to the president. nugent says he will make it clear to the secret service that he didn't mean the comment literally. >>> tributes are pouring in for dick clark who died yesterday at 82. it started for clark and the rest of us with "am

mid to upper 70s sacramento and fresno into l.a. warm spot 94 in palm springs. >>> this morning investigators sent to colombia as the probe into a prostitution scandal involving the secret service grows deeper. lawmakers are asking whether the women had access to sensitive information that could have dazed president obama's security. that money -- that could have jeopardized president obama's security? >> reporter: this scandal keeps growing. key members of congress say alleged behavior like this could put the president's safety at risk. investigators are in colombia liking for people to talk to, looking for witnesses. the secret service agents accused of soliciting prostitutes are about to face serious heat. the accused agents will be forced to take lie detector tests about their alleged mis-- misbehavior in colombia. this morning u.s. inspectors are on the ground interviewing witnesses and collecting hotel video. sources say many of the suspected prostitutes have been identified and will be interviewed. >> when you bring a guest i

. >> woodruff: from sacramento, spencer michels reports on community colleges, facing more and more applicants but tighter budgets. >> reporter: california's community colleges serve 2.6 million students. it's the largest higher education system in the entire country. but its mission may be changing. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks with the authors of "tinderbox," a new take on the history and spread of aids. >> the roots of colonialism, it's unlikely that the epidemic we know today would have come out in the way we've seen it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us >> citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supp