u.c. berkeley, there is no net impact on job loss. there is tremendous impact on families ability not just to survive, to pay rent, to put food on the table, but frankly also to be less dependent on government assistance. you have to take into account the decrease in government spending and taxpayer spending on public assistance. another study done by u.c. berkeley economists just a few weeks ago showed that fast food companies as a result of the incredibly low wages, restaurant industries is the largest employer of minimum wage workers in the united states, as a result of that taxpayers are paying about $30 billion in public subsidies to these companies in the form of you know food stamps, other forms of public assistance because these workers cannot afford to survive even when they're work multiple jobs. the evidence that's most striking is the fact that many states have raised their preliminary wage and you look at all of them, all the straits and localities that have raised their minimum wage have not experienced job loss. i'm in

there james robinson is a professor at the u.c. berkeley center for technology. he says while there are obvious economic benefits to medical travel, all health care is not created equal. >> the top of the market in other countries is as good as the top of the market here. the middle of the market in other countries is not as good as the middle of the market here. >> reporter: tonight watch our full investigation as we traveled to mexico and saw facilities firsthand. again, that's tonight on nbc bay area news at 11:00. raj, jess? >> okay. see you at 11:00. >>> we're now just 73 days until the start of the winter olympics. today tickets went on sale in russia. the mascots of the games attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony -- mascots are always a little interesting. it happen today in the host city of sochi. many people lining up, dropping some big bucks to see the games in person. ticket prices range from $1 for a hockey game -- $16 for a hockey game to more than $1,600 for the opening game. a coveted ticket. the opening ceremony takes place february 7th here on nbc

another study done by u.c. berkeley economists just a few weeks ago showed that fast food companies as a result of the incredibly low wages, restaurant industries is the largest employer of minimum wage workers in the united states, as a result of that taxpayers are paying about $30 billion in public subsidies to these companies in the form of you know food stamps, other forms of public assistance because these workers cannot afford to survive even when they're work multiple jobs. the evidence that's most striking is the fact that many states have raised their preliminary wage and you look at all of them, all the straits and localities that have raised their minimum wage have not experienced job loss. i'm in the bay area, san francisco has the highest minimum wage in the united states, one of the primary opponents of raising the minimum wage is the restaurant association. they would like to say the the restaurant industry would suffer. the restaurant industry in california is the -- >> let anthony -- you're mak

. >>> u.c. berkeley on a mission to mars. how the school is teaming up with nasa to study the red planet and what they're hoping to learn. >> later it's a bit too vulgar for us to show on you television but one man has it sitting outside of his home right next door to his ex- wife's house. who he says it's really meant for. >> got to watch that. all right. up next though, more proof that the 5-year-old known as batkid has captured not only villains but all of our hearts. soon, californians from to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com. >> people recovering after being hurt last night at the usc stanford football game. as you see here, thousands of fans rushed the field at los angeles memorial coliseum, following the trojans 20-17 upset over the nu

. >> shake table, it was invented right here at u.c. berkeley and used in 1972. essentially it plows us to recreate any -- allows us to recreate any earthquake that ever happened around the world. it's important because it plows researchers to test structures, bridges and equipment and see how they can withstand earthquake stress. >>> at stanford university, greg credit dearpipeline went to japan to test structures. >> how does the rocking framework? >> it rocks. by rocking slightly, it can absorb some of the have force he without damage. >> rocking are like the sear link beams in the bridge. can you see the high strength post tension steel cables. the frames get rid of the energy by rock and deforming. civil engineer david marr owns a company, that build the orinda, california if city hall. you can see how the rocking frames are built into the are foundation. >> these cables are the spring and at the base are the steel angle is that shosh the energy. they work together creating the dynamic system of the building. >> how safe is this building? >> meant to be 25,

at u.c. berkeley risen said he isighting to prect the public's righto know what the deposit isp to. >> the press has told -- exposed virlt we'll everything.isclosed e american publicould know alst nothing about the way the united statehas conducted the war on terror if it wasn't for the press. >> a federal aeals court recently ruled risen must give up his sources. hes preparing an appeal to the u.s. supreme court. >>> we can tell you this year's crab season starting off with less eitement and a lot le crabs tha fisher mn had iginally hoped for. earlier this morning we expected to find an empty wharf, but the boats hadn't even left yet. fishermen set out their pots last night gting ready f the weather has rled in on the ble other de of the golden gate bridge, so a lot of fishermen spent the morning waitingt out and getting ready. guess what, not all is bad news. >> we have crab for thanksgiving, which for a couple they were tied up because of price disputes, and a few years backe had the probl

experts at u.c. berkeley are concerned enough they have opened a special center to tackle the problem. we have the details. >> like her classmates, she likes to play games on her i-phone. >> almost everybody who has a smartphone has games on it. >> coupled with her love of reading, she spends a significant amount of time in front of printed pages and small screens. it's a trend that university researcher christine wilson now believes is taking a toll on an eyesight of a generation, leading to a generation of myopia, or nearsightedness. >> with the students in my lab right now, there are very few non-myopia students. >> i'm going to test your vision. >> in fact, she's already been diagnosed with myopia. the problem is so prevalent the university of california has opened a dedicated myopia control clinic at the university of open tom try. one of the goals is to spot and treat near sightedness in the young patients. >> usually if we find early on set, anyone starting developing it before age 10. >> she

experts at u.c. berkeley are concerned enough they have opened a special center to tackle the problem. we have the details. >> like her classmates, she likes to play games on her i-phone. >> almost everybody who has a smartphone has games on it. >> coupled with her love of reading, she spends a significant amount of time in front of printed pages and small screens. it's a trend that university researcher christine wilson now believes is taking a toll on an eyesight of a generation, leading to an epidemic of the condition known as myopia, or near sightedness. >> with the students in my lab right now, there are very few non-myopia students. >> i'm going to test your vision. >> in fact, she's already been diagnosed with myopia. the problem is so prevalent the university of california has opened a dedicated myopia. control clinic at the university school of open tom try. one of the goals is to spot and treat near sightedness in the young patients. >> usually if we find early on set, anyone starting devel

. >>> the abc 7 news i-team has uncovered a serious problem at u.c. berkeley. that the rate of binge drinking is soaring. our i-team reporter has a preview of an investigation that he'll have tonight at 11:00. >>> anyone who went to college knows how prevalent drinking is. this is something else. the i-team spent many weekends since the start of the school year from 10:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. documenting the problem. students are getting so drunk that they're being transported to the hospital in record numbers. >> as we would respond one group to the campus for one patient, another call would come in. >> reporter: we'll show you just how many drunk students have gone to the hospital so far this school year, what they're drinking, and what an incredible strain they're putting on the fire crews and area hospitals. the impact is being felt far from the cal campus. that's a story tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> and worrying their parents to death. >> absolutely. watching that as a parent, i just felt sad to watch this. >> both of my kids are in college. thank yo

experts at u.c. berkeley are concerned enough they have opened a special center to tackle the problem. we have the details. >> like her classmates, she likes to play games on her iphone. >> everybody who has a smartphone has games on it. >> coupled with her love of reading, she spends a significant amount of time in front of printed pages and small screens. it's a trend that university researcher christine wilson now believes is taking the follow on an eyesight of a generation, leading to a generation of myopia, or nearsightedness. >> i'm going to test your vision. >> in fact, she's already been diagnosed with myopia. the problem is so prevalent the university of california has opened a dedicated myopia control center. one is to spot and treat nearsightedness. >> usually if we find early on set, anyone starting developing it before age 10. >> she said young patients are particularly vulnerable because theirize are still developing. in her case dr. liu is using a corrective device lens. it's a contact

. >>> the abc 7 news i-team has uncovered a serious problem at u.c. berkeley. that the rate of binge drinking is soaring. our i-team reporter has a preview of an investigation that he'll have tonight at 11:00. >>> anyone who went to college knows how prevalent drinking is. this is something else. the i-team spent many weekends since the start of the school year from 10:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. documenting the problem. students are getting so drunk that they're being transported to the hospital in record numbers. >> as we would respond one group to the campus for one patient, another call would come in. >> reporter: we'll show you just how many drunk students have gone to the hospital so far this school year, what they're drinking, and what an incredible strain they're putting on the fire crews and area hospitals. the impact is being felt far from the cal campus. that's a story tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> and worrying their parents to death. >> absolutely. watching that as a parent, i just felt sad to watch this. >> both of my kids are in college. thank yo

. >> brown: geoff marcie of u.c. berkeley, >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: white house officials declined to say if the president will support legislation to guarantee americans can keep their existing health insurance; voters around the country chose mayors and two governors on this off-year election day; and the ill ill lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making it the 15th state to do so. and the mayor of toronto admitted he has smoked crack cocaine, but he said he will not resign. on the newshour online right now, is an aids-free generation on the horizon? not, say public health officials, without the help of high-risk groups like drug addicts and sex workers. read about the h.i.v. rebound happening in cities all over the world. that's on our homepage. also, how employers are contributing to the unemployment crisis by not actively recruiting the right candidates. that's in our weekly "ask the headhunter" column. you can find all that and more on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. and t

berkeley and wants to become an immigration attorney. he told reporters he did not plan on disrupting the speech. he just felt compelled to say something sort of in the moment. >> it took guts. what was his response. what did he have to say about what the president said to him? >> he said after the speech that he felt obama's response to him after he spoke out was very disappointing. he just said didn't feel a suns of urgency from the president, because the penalty wants to put this through congress. honk said he wants to see the president use executive order and just make sure that to do something, do a deal with immigration as soon as possible. >> safe to say we have not heard the last of that young man. >> in his speech urging congress to pass immigration reform, the president citing new research showing broad support for a pathway to citizenship. we are joined with more on the numbers behind the numbers and where the voters stand on the issue. he is a professor of international affairs at george mason university and is in washington

. >> the unwelcome greeting new u.c. president janet napolitano faces on the uc berkeley campus. a look outside from our sutro camera and you can see san francisco skyline with the bank of america with traffic and weather when ouwe goword. she said hert (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew what? (announcer) the subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) motor trend's two thousand fourteen sport utility of the year. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> good morning, from the broadcast center. check out fog hanging with the mist in the air. it is very humid. can you hear the fog horns in the distance. the east bay hills and valleys, mount diabolo, plenty of sunshine and you will be the warmest area today. all of us are three to eight degree cooler because of the fog that will take until 11:00 to be rid of it. around the state, mid-70's through the central valley down to 77 in los angeles and sunny and 65 in monterey. in tahoe the high is 54 with temperatures hanging aro

. >> today a one day strike is held cross u.c. campuses by student tutors and patient care employees with rallies throughout the today at uc berkeley at 9:00 a.m. and santa cruz at noon. the union accuses the administration of unfair labor practices and dangerously low staffing levels. officials say they have wired replacement workers and certain treatments and surgeries are postponed. nurses are not taking part. >> bart is calling a union to honor the contract they signed despite a last minute dispute over family medical leave. the union president says bart's board needs to honor their word and approve the contract. the board is scheduled to vote open it tomorrow. officials claim they did not agree to a provision giving workers six weeks of paid annual leave to care for sick family members. >> san francisco police found the witness they thing they have been looking for in the case of a missing patient who turned up dead at san francisco general hospital. we broke the story. the witness was a visiting doctor from india who works n