nomination for president of the united states. >> california delegates started to boost the turnout for the election in an overwhelmingly blue state and across the country. >> the tea party is mobilizing to get out the vote. >> and party leaders outline their strategies. >> nancy pelosi declared us a battle ground state. we need to bring home the congressional races. >> and former secretary of state condoleezza rice on the romney administration and foreign policy. >> i hope the congress and president together will undertake immigration reform. the states cannot have their own immigration policies. >> coming up next. >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis. welcome to this special edition of "this week in northern california." it's been an exciting week here in tampa reporting from the republican national convention. i spent most of my time hearing from the california delegates about their hopes for a romney/ryan administration. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> belva: mitt romney's acceptance speech on thursday reinforced his campaign goal. keeping the i

you that nomination. >> belva: plus, a one on one conversation with california attorney general kamala harris. >> i'm so proud as a daughter of california to represent california on issues of what we should get in the foreclosure crisis and technology and so many other issues. >> belva: coming up next. >> belva: hello. i'm belva davis. welcome to this special edition of "this week in northern california." as we continue our convention coverage, things are winding down here in charlotte, democrats gathered to make their case to reelect president obama. throughout the week, i heard from many california delegates about what a second baobama ter would mean to them and the country. >> america, you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone play by the same rules. i need you to vote this november. >> belva: last night, as the president made his case for re-election, some of the support came from the california delegation. throughout the week, california democrats took cent stage in the proceedings further evidence of the state's evide

technically a sweet potato. but these are your garnet yams, what we call here in california. these are typically a more creamy, more traditional--like for your thanksgiving holidays, these are the typical potato that you're gonna get. a little bit creamier than the sweet potato. the lighter fleshed potato, which we call a sweet potato, bakes up a little bit flakier. so a lot of people like that sweet potato, that more flaky, bakey potato type flavor. but there's the difference. one's a little bit more creamy, one's a little more flakey. >> ok. super healthy for you. >> very good for you. a lot of people don't realize how much potassium and vitamin c is in a potato. >> vitamin c? >> huge amounts. lots of vitamin--in fact, 60 plus pdrcent of a daily allowance on vitamin c in a potato. >> wow. ok. so if we want the more traditional potato, there's even varieties of that that wcan phck. >> the russet, you can see here, which is a very--you know, our most popular is absolutely the russet potato. nice white flesh in there. compared to some of the cool, you know, the yellow flesh like the yuk

brown of california. i think. ok. in ibm research, one of the things we talk about is our laboratories. i have been all over the world, live in different countries. i am a relatively recent transplant to california. i would like to let the governor know that i am happy to be here. it is a good space. recently, governor brown has spent a lot of time, focus, and effort making california a better place. focus on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, decreasing the budget deficit, and real focus that we appreciate in northern california on clean energy. for example, moving the state's goal to be 33% clean energy producing. it is my privilege to welcome governor brown to the panel. [applause] >> and to introduce our next panelist, i would like to welcome steve ballmer, senior bp -- vp. >> good morning and thank you. next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective parts. he became very successful in the brew pub business. he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [

washed over. not to mention that we're the home to the california institute of regenerative madison -- medicine. mission bay is a destination for those who want to make history in by a life sciences and biotech discoveries. -- vio lifbio life scientists ad biotech discoveries. u2 -- for making that a cause for future generations and we will discover in that corridor those live science drugs that will help us end these dreadful diseases for generations to come. thank you, lieutenant governor. [applause] i wanted to welcome the delegates who come here under the leadership of the vice minister and of course in his capacity as not only the vice ministry of commerce, but also the china investment and promotion agencies and to the many companies are here in attendance, you represent that cross-section of companies from diverse backgrounds and discipline throughout the bay area. i want to welcome you here to this great seminar to wish you a great conversation and an intelligent one, and one that hopefully will discuss the many more ways that we can not only do business, but to work togethe

why this ministry is here today. i want to also congratulate and thank the state of california for its investment in the bay area and in our city and to know that we want to and we wish to help lead this conversation and these discoveries with our friends in china. thank you and welcome back to the old gold mountain. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i would like to welcome our consul general of the people's republic of china. [applause] good morning, everyone. for the sake of my fellow countrymen from china i will speak in chinese. he will have to -- you will have the translation. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> thank you. i would like to invite our hon. japanese and -- hon. gavin newsom up to the podium. >> thank you, darlene and vice minister. an honor to see you again. we had the opportunity yesterday in sacramento to visit. thank you for your stewardship and strong support of our efforts here not only in san francisco, but across the state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her str

things on behalf of the state of california. like san francisco, california has always been a state of dreamers, and doors, and entrepreneurs. a state head -- that has prided itself of being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas. we're one of the most diversity's, san francisco is the largest per-capita chinese population of many in the united states in the most diverse state in the world's most averse democracy. the delegation will appreciate this as you walk the streets of san francisco at our best as it is across the state. people are living and a dancing together across every conceivable and imaginable difference. i have believed the world looks to us to say it is -- if it is possible to live together across every conceivable difference. we're proud of our home and place in history and proud of our example. but we also are humble in the context of the world we're living in. a world that is another connected but hyper-connected with a merger of i.t. and globalization. we recognize our faith -- fate is connected to the fate of others. that is the spirit that binds us togeth

-time debate. >>> it makes no sense economically >>> the debate over capital punishment in california. they weigh in on proposition 34. >>> things are heating up and run the bay area. to be 100 degrees inland. >>> thank you for joining us. >>> with a lot of news to talk about an upcoming hour. and the death penalty in california a live issue with a number of voters. >>> we look of both sides to the bay. the fed may come in to start investigating this case of the fire at the mayor's law office. >>> will start with the campaign 2012. canada's took a break from the campaigns for the first debate. >>> they sent their running mates to battleground states stumping for more votes. >>> the gop vice president will nomination went along with difficult year. spelling out one must critical states of the campaign. they're not improving the economy when democrats controlled congress. >>> we got around that was more deficit and more people struggling to find work. no solutions the extra work. >>> the vice president appeal to voters and another battleground state. telling them that medicare will be a

>>> a new push to reform california's three strikes law the ballot measure calling for major changes to a law that's been on the books since 1994. supporters and opponents of proposition 36 joining us live from the in studio. >>> it's possible chemical data path to become california. >>> the republican canid mitt romney takes a difficult and state as both parties campaign in kingsley's states. >>> a look sec a great day to day with a few changes in store for warm sunday things will change midweek the details in a few minutes. >>> thanks for joining us this morning. >>> we have a lot of news and talk to cover the next hour or first the happiest news of the day the giants that en el west champions the front of the chronicle today showing them catching a pop-up tumbling of the defense it's a very exciting day nears the front of the sports section with the celebration. i san francisco was up last night the celebrations continue today >>> it also have willie brown coming talking about sunshine and how important it is for some politicians to sell it in a campaign taking a look at c

. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me on the news panel are michelle quinn, silicon valley reporter for politico and josh richman, political reporter for bay area news group. josh, we have been away from state politics for the last couple of weeks. now the governor is back at his desk with his pen signing bills. what are some of the things that have been signed? >> well, he has a tremendous number of bills to sign or veto before the end of the month. but the big news this week was clearly on wednesday in los angeles his signing of his pension, public pension reform bill. this is something that a lot of californians think is a longtime coming. probably just as many californians think is still not fully addressed. even the governor should tell us he does not believe this solves all of our unfunded liabilities going forward but it was the best deal he could get right now and he did not want to let the perfect be the enemy of good. he basically said he had one side that doesn't know how to say no and another side that doesn't know how to say yes. he's in between trying -

>> coming up on "california cotry"...meet the boy on the label that is now the man in charge. and wait until you see what they're growing at one farm. trust me, you'll want to stay tuned for that. plus, we're getting giddy for goats. and our grocery store guru is back with some inside tips on picking potatoes. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> welcome to "california country." i'm your host, tracy sellers. our first story today involves a family that has taken the lessons of the past to ensure success today and in the future as well. take a walk through your average produce aisle these days and there are more choices than ever, but one farm has a very eye-catching marketing strategy to entice you. and it all has to do with the bright picture of a lile boy named andy. but have you ever stopped to wonder, who is this andy boy guy anyway? >> andy boy's my father, andy d'arrigo, he's the face on the label and a lot of people ask, is there an andy boy and i say, yes, there is. >> who is this? >> yep. it's me. >> oh. ha

-to-date on california? maybe give us a sneak preview of the may revise briefly. >> where selling bonds and we're not disclosing materials between now and then. we just have to wait. it will be interesting. that i promise you. the basic fact is california increased its production of wealth, the state of 38 million people and all businesses. the economy is somewhat under $2 trillion. there is dynamic wealth creation in many respects. since the time i was last governor, a lot of people and businesses have moved elsewhere or the have died, gone out of business. also, a lot of people have moved here by the millions. we have 38 million people. people thought the green was here a and we have -- and we have all kinds of businesses. twitter, google, zynga, it is pretty incredible. what has happened. a lot of things going on. our budget, we have a mess, i inherited a budget deficit of $26 billion. we have cut that substantially. from the mortgage meltdown that occurred because of the bad decisions and this behavior throughout our economy, the revenue in california is up 23%. that is a big

economy. the largest beneficiary would be california. we want to see what the cutting edge is. most of a still look for california. -- loomost of us still look to california. what governor brown said about the traditional politics is all about taking the thing in making it fresh. to a certain extent, i tried to be a writer in college. i failed miserably. a professor said everything has been set but not everything has been said superbly. even if it had, everything must be said freshly again and again. you have to see a fresh lead to a certain extent. the real issue with -- in terms of asking the president, what are the things that matter most, a bass part of those profits would be invested in california. colorado would have a significant -- pretty much every state in the country would benefit. you look at the companies based in silicon valley. they have offices, you want to expand your business, think about those young people in colorado. everything -- stated say the same thing. that money would get spent over the country very rapidly. >> thank you. governor brown. >> it is a good idea

workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around t

those profits would be invested in california. colorado would have a significant -- pretty much every state in the country would benefit. you look at the companies based in silicon valley. they have offices, you want to expand your business, think about those young people in colorado. everything -- stated say the same thing. that money would get spent over the country very rapidly. >> thank you. governor brown. >> it is a good idea to bring back that $1 trillion sitting out there. how to do that, it remains to be seen. but then that will require some other tax. that would be my big request like everybody else. get america's finances under control and that will take both parties. it will take taxes and it will take reduction in commitments that have been made. it now can be validated. let's get this but do it in a way that exacerbates the uncertain economy. the second -- we have to happen through innovation. whether it is the space program or tax credits for renewable energy. all that is important. we have to keep that going. that will get hard because we will face is demographics. tha

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as we speak. >>> the debate over the death penalty in california is a big decision to be made about that's on the ballot in november with representatives from both sides and we will grow them here in the studio this morning. >>> and campaign 2012 presidential candidates took effect from the campaign trail before their first debate this week. >>> both sun and their running mates about crown states stumping for votes. but other gop vice-presidential nominee paul ryan joined in the ohio state to fall spelling out one of the most crucial state states in this campaign he used on the above ground states to fund the federal deficit and for not approving the economy when democrats controlled congress. >>> we got of us more dead more deficits and more people struggling to find work and no solutions that actually worked. we're the vice president's appeal to older voters in another battleground state assuring florida seniors that medicare would be around for future generations. greta the action the president took his actually strengthened the medicare trust fund and exceeded this live up to 20

4 >>vicki: a california man is accused of stockpiling weapons with intent to sell. this uncovered 100 c and ammunition and also 100 marijuana plants. according to the police the firearms were intended more people in a white power group. people are asking for the public and a suspects involved in an armed carjacking. we will show you the really senrecent surveillance video. >>reporter: and the top center of the screen you can see the men lurking around. eventually he walked over to the 20 all nine chevrolet s u v. at that time he opened the door and put a knife to the woman's throat and physically pulled her out. >> that could be their mother, a grand mother and they just think about having fun. >>reporter: it does not end there. she looks it days and start walking away but the thief that is believed to be a black man in his 20 starts backing away but but not before hitting her. >> that is awful. and now. there is seems to be respect for everything a very unfortunate >>reporter: on the top right there is another black man getting into the passenger seat before they spread out of th

look at the skyrocketing costs of incarceration in california and what the price tag means for public schools in the state. >>> a 1,300 percent increase, that's how much more money california spends on prisons today compared to 1980. and a new report came out from a local nonpartisan research group showing the trend could be hurting millions of students statewide. nbc bay area's stephanie truong has more. >> reporter: who gets the most green, our prisons or our schools? the trend over the last 30 years that has alarmed a new nonpartisan, nonprofit, digging through the numbers. >> we're spending 13 times more on corrections than we did 30 years ago. >> reporter: in fact, in 1980 the state was spending $592 million on corrections, that skyrocketed to $9.2 billion as of last year meanwhile -- >> the education spending has come down so much. >> reporter: numbers that convinced the researchers at california common sense that the bigger picture they're intent on uncovering isn't a pretty one. >> what we found the salaries have decreased about 10% since 1990s. >> reporter: director of resear

only a symbol of san francisco, but a symbol of the state of california. the feel of the state of california shote -- seal of the state of california shows the state before the bridge was built. today, i do not think there are too many people that have difficulty finding our bridge. now we understand the many ways in which this harbor has represented the promise of california since the gold rush times. indeed, it is my honor to welcome to the podium, a man whose family name is synonymous with the state of california, whose father served on the golden gate bridge port of directors a few years ago, and who himself has many ties to our beautiful golden gate bridge. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the great governor of the great state of california, gov. jerry brown. [applause] >> thank you. it is really an exciting day. i am glad you reminded me that my father was on the golden gate bridge authority. growing up as kids, we had a free pass. every time we went across the bridge, we never had to pay the toll. i thought that was a little unreasonable. that is when i g

start of the democratic convention already there's controversy surrounding a california delegate. mark matthews is in charlotte. >> reporter: the chairman of the convention is los angeles mayor go , you would think california delegates -- would get good seats. in the back in the corner in the dark. >> reporter: yep delegates in the cheap seats first rows reserved for swing states like iowa and nevada. >> i hope california never upfront. >> reporter: california delegates met at the airport by an army of volunteers. can't say if saturday night's party contributed to the eject of a california delegate, sometime after this big blow-out two delegates showed up at the hotel one falsely claiming to be a congressman was asked to go home no names being released. one arrest. several hundred hundred marched through uptown charlotte. remember the san francisco woman kicked out of the republican convention during romney's speech? she is here in charlotte with her crew. >> people of all races and economic backgrounds in the streets, a lot of young people which makes me inspired. >> reporter: inspiri

. >> they cannot all expand in california. we are try to help california. quex their offering tax breaks. >> we are not offering a break. >> not only you. what do you say to the ceo's? what are you trying to do it? what are two or three things you are doing to keep companies here? >> we take specifics. i met yesterday with the representative of nissan and they're very interested and supportive of the installation of high-speed chargers throughout california. we have a plan, criticized by some but nevertheless, well funded by a legal settlement of $100 million. to get these charging stations in throughout the bay area and down the coast to los angeles. they sold 5000 electric cars and they want to keep expanding. problem, permits. some people are making it hard, some cds are making it too difficult to get these charging stations up and running. we will deal with that city by city and we will have success. secondly, the utility's charge various fees to set up and provide the electricity. we want to make sure that it is cost recovery and to not be unreasonable. we meet with them if their pr

accused of making the bad call is from california. lance easily moved from santa maria in santa barbara county. friends say despite everything he is in good spirits and is already looking ahead. we're doing our job for getting paid to do it. he is scheduled to be back on the field this sunday for the game between the vikings and the lions. and crews are making great progress for the forty-niners and use santa clara stadium. they say that is 15% complete reporter keep those shows us how hard they're working to get it done in time for the kick off in 2014. >>> building the cathedral of bay area football is not for the faint of heart. 400 people working 6:00 a.m. to midnight monday through saturday and at its peak 7000 people worked at a pace until opening day. >>> i get the sense that you're a guy who knows what he's doing. >>> very demanding not much of a life and a lot of hours. the steel girders and the seats are going in quickly think he to the giant cranes that are taller than the statue of liberty. there are only 30 of them in the country and for the march have been here. 47 escalat

-americans in the state of california and our nation. >> ok'ing. -- ok. i would like to introduce our host for this evening. very well known as the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history. mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep san francisco safe, solvents, and successful. he reformed city pensions. his focus is on economic development, job creation, and building san francisco's future. a great job, especially for helping out families. we want to keep families here. i also wanted to mention a little bit of his past. he was born in 1952 in the beacon hill neighborhood of seattle, washington. his parents immigrated to the u.s. from china and the 1930's. his father fought in world war ii and worked as a cook. he passed away when the mayor was 15. his mother was a seamstress and a waitress. mayor lee has five siblings, he graduated from college in maine, he also went to uc- berkeley law school and finished in 1978. he and his wife have two daughters. i also want to mention, prior to becoming mayor, one of the key points in his contributions to the community is after

always needs help. thank you for stepping up. [applause] oscar delatorre, the northern california carpenters regional council, thank you. laborers council. tim, thank you for being here. the film commission, patrick johnson, thank you for stepping up. an invaluable planning council that i will be working closely with as we move into the new health care challenges for our city and state and country, that is our hiv services planning council. gabriel ortega, thank you for stepping up. mark, thank you for being here. [applause] a very important commission, our immigrant rights commission, who is constantly challenged by the need to reform our immigration policies, but to make sure that when people try to vote this year that they will not be intimidated. we've got to work harder for the rest of the country. we can show the way here. i know the leadership will come from sonia. thank you for stepping up. our state has presented, and our country has presented, a challenge to us for our seniors and the need for long-term care. we're going to be working closely with the long term care coor

orleans, muchas gracias una firma, es lo que necesita una ley estatal en california. y varios proyectos mÁs, que estan sobre la mesa del gobernador y que podrÍan beneficiar a miles de in migranteinmigrantes en es carlos botifoll amplia. >>> caminando con su papÁ, la plegaria, que el gobernador de california, firme proyecto de ley que darÍa licencias para conducir en este estado a medio millÓn de soÑadores como Él que califiquen para la acciÓn diferida. >>> es un alivio. el miedo que me paren. >>> andrea guadarrama es otra que siente que su futuro estÁ en manos de jerry brown y si firma otra medida diseÑada para ofrecer mÁs beneficios a empleadas domÉsticas como ella. >>> tendrÍamos el derecho de que nos paguen horas extras tiene en su escritorio otros proyectos que esperan su firma y que tiene la vida diaria de cientos de miles de latinos. que ha dado pie a tantas separaciones de familias. >>> una persona, solo serÁ detenido, si esta persona ha sido declarada culpable de un delito grave o violento. >>> hasta en el campo se siente el impacto si el gobernador ratifica lo que

california the median is a little more than $53,000 and for the bay area is much higher than the national average at $76,000, still nowhere near the quarter of a million-dollar mark. $250,000 may sound arbitrary, governor mitt romney actually got the number from president obama. he started using $250,000 as the cutoff number between the middle class and wealthy when he was campaigning in 2008. >> with 53 days left before the election, there's really no room for mistakes and the latest cbs news poll shows that the president and mitt romney are statistically tied, 3 points apart with the president only slightly above the that is really the same as the margin of error so that is why they're considered to be tied. think about this, the election may feel far off because it is on november 6th, that is 53 days, but early voting begins here in 25 days and in some states early voting begins in as little as two weeks. >> every word will be dissected. it is torn to be fun for the next seven weeks. thank you for that. >> republicans are trying to deliver a huge blow to president obama clean

way california highway patrol men wanted to begin their day at the contra costa county office the contra costaj5they do everyn lowering it to half staff for their fallen brother officer youngster. out toring of community support followed and continued throughout the morning and all day. >> you know, we just don't understand why these things happen you know. it's just, we are all, we all want to go home at the end of the day and want to go home safe and unfortunately he doesn't get to do that. >> we wanted to bring these balloons to show our support. >>reporter: dana and kelly did not know officer youngster. >> officers throughout serving us and protecting us at all times for our safety and this officer was injured and killed in a senseless act. >> i drive down the road that way every day and i got caught in the traffic when it first happened. it was like happened right in front of me and every day now i drive that way and it's like, you know, it just happens again and again in my brain. >>reporter: impact of yu his death reaches far and wide. as registered organ tissue donor the f

, edwards air force base on the west coast in california. we will watch as it happened. woman 1: this isn't just another election. we're voting for... the future of our medicare and social security. man 1: i want facts. straight talk. tell me your plan... and what it means for me. woman 2: i'm tired of the negative ads and political spin. that won't help me decide. man 2: i earned my medicare and social security. and i deserve some answers. anncr: where do the candidates stand on issues that... affe seniors today and in the future? find out with the aarp voters' guide at earnedasay.org and what they said is amazing. review 5-hour energy over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour energy right for you? ask your doctor. we already asked 3,000. >>shepard: space shuttle "endeavour" is set to finish the cross country trip to california as nasa wraps up the last scheduled flight

different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one of his talks to the people, "the test is not whether we have more, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". it's a different philosophy than that which we have become used to. what i am going to show you is a lost civilization. it's a strange place. and yet, it becomes oddly familiar after a while because we built it and

his courage and his smile goofy but contagious for his sense of fun and it is california cool. >>> president obama called for patrons refused to back down in face of danger. >>> to you their families and colleagues to all americans know this, their sacrifice will never be forgotten. we will bring to justice those who took them from us. >>> to the strains of " america the beautiful " the remains loaded into hearses flown to delaware to dover air base. ♪ >>> nancy cordes cbs news >>> to campaign 2012 president obama holds a slim lead over mitt romney, in a new cbs new york times poll 49 percent of likely voters say they are going with the president 46 percent favor the republican rival. on the campaign trail more talk about the middle-class or a discussion about what constitutes the middle-class and is there really a definition. grace lee looks at the numbers. >>> the fundamentals of >>> in an interview with abc news mitt romney promised to reduce the tax burden on the middle-class >>> no one can say my plants will raise taxes on middle income people >>> here's the part that g

ciudades del norte y centro de california, el jumbo que transporta el endeavor llego a su jornada final en el sur de california... ---las naves sobrevolaron el centro de los angeles para que los habitantes pudieran ver por ultima vez la nave espacial surcando los aires... ---ahora, el endeavor sera acondicionado para convertirse en un museo alli en el sur de california... stop open roll open cu - anchor --- intro: hoy decenas de mujeres latinas salieron a bailar al centro de san francisco, algunas con escoba y trapero. y es que llego la hora de la verdad para que el gobernador firme la ley que les daria mas protecciones laborales a las trabajadoras domesticas... take 2 box ---pilar nino nos amplia desde san francisco... adelante pilar te escuchamos... take pkg take pkg ;01 ;06 ;30 ;51 ;1 17 1;23 1;50 asi es , y es que ellas dicen que el tiempo se acaba, por eso esta es una mas de las actividades que haran de aquí al 30 de septiembre. ay trabajadora de casa, trabajadora valiente con escobas, traperos what we see y al ritmo de la cancion respeto de aretha franklin, estas mujeres ba

husband agrees nadia lockyer is the wife of california treasurer bill lockyer. >>> california must make changes in education to address a shortage of teachers. the task force says california has focused too much on test scores and recommends teachers earn an additional credential. >>> the president of the california teachers association says it is also time to look outside the classroom for solutions. >> one of the things the document points out is the solution sets are comprehensive and it will take more than just the teachers. it will take the community coming together to tackle this program. >> the report is the first in a generation and takes stock of what it will take to produce a world class teaching force. and three schools topped the list for highest rates of unvaccinated students. the two reasons they are putting their communities at risk. >>> the connector of the eastern span of the bay bridge tunnel is taking a giant step forward this week. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with the force of strength it is taking -- that is taking shape. >> reporter: you see -- what yo

the fragments to the california academy of sciences to exhibit. in san francisco, carolinas carolinas, abc 7 news. -- caroline tyler, abc 7 new its. >>> scientists discovered well preserved frozen wooly mammoth fragments that may contain living cells. it will take months to determine if it they actually have any living cells but ultimately researchers hope to clone a mammoth. i'm not sure that is a great idea. it didn't end well in jurassic park. they are being called the robin hood bandits. four suspected bank robbers trying to escape from police and they start tossing out bundles of cash to pipeline the streets and the word gets out and more are and more people are rushing into the streets to try to scoop up the money. the chase began at a bank in santa clarita and ended downtown when another suv driver cut the people off. the thieves off. it is not clear whether the driver cut them off on purpose. in ohio, a driver in a real h hurry takes a bizarre shortcut. the woman driving this car didn't want to wait for the school bus so drove on to the sidewalk to get around it. >>

members of california nurses' association picketed outside as people inside celebrated a new facility there. one nurse said while management is celebrating a new building, nurses have been without a contract now, nor more than a year. at issue in those contract talks staffing levels and health care costs. >> those looking for thrills on a popular kind of amusement kind of ride will have to weight after the decision to close down six of those rides. those on the windseeker towers at knott's berry farm were granded when the ride malfunctioned for the second time in a month. now the parent company of knott's berry farm has closed all the windseeker tours. the rides have malfunctioned five times at four different amusement parks in the past year. >>> both sides in the apple- samsung patent battle want a court to reconsider that award. the jury found that numerous samsung products infringed on apple patents. meantime samsung is requesting a new trial in hopes of reversing the award. the judge will hear arguments in december. >>> after yesterday's big launch some bay area is stores are alre

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at roosevelt middle school and the little boy had to be hospitalized. >> and there is california state university wants to increase in state tuition by 5% if voters don't approve the tax increase in november making up for the $250 million in funding they're set to lose if cop 30 fails. and the economy just approve that had plan and it's on track for approval tomorrow. >> and there is two federal agencies announced they've busted two financial aid rings and we're live at the building in sacramento with more on what is being done to stop it. >> a few months ago, more ring leaders were tracked down. >> this u.s. attorney's office busted several pageor student financial aid fraud ricks in california. 17 people have been arrested in the last month alone from sacramento all the way to el cajon, affecting schools like university of phoenix. and agents recovered a million dollars in california, and nationally, the figure is more than $8 million. >> and there is a. >> this works like this. >> it ais more often recruding students who had no intention of attending class autos once getting t

the wording on the proposition would not only abolished the death penalty in california but would also take away money from the second stage of the lengthy appeals process where attorneys are paid to dig for fresh evidence which could prove the inmates are innocent. this death row inmate kevin cooper told the the view newspaper that they're taking a step backwards to challenge their convictions and this is just another version of the death penalty. >> right now there is at least a possibility of light at the end of the tunnel. if this passes, for many of them, this, will become dark. >> we're wasting millions of dollars for people that have happened to be on death row. >> the yes on 34 campaign manager says the act does take away a round of appeals to points out that executions are expensive, the death penalty has cost californians $4 billion since it was reinstituted in 1978. and in that time only 13 people have been executed. and she says that proposition 34 would guarantee mistakes would no longer get anyone to death. >> the only way to ensure that we never execute an innocent