the demotions are believed to be linked to the deborah madden scandal of department crime lab the dis i office has since had to drop hundreds of cases. governors schwarzenegger has signed a bill will help adults are responsible if they allow minors to drink alcohol in their home they could then be held liable of the alcohol is found to be the injury or death. the law stated that it is illegal to give our goldminers but california had been one of three states are permitted lawsuits with alcohol-related accidents or injuries. authorities in counter currency will begin an 18 day crackdown on drunk drivers they're focusing their efforts on interstate 680 as well as other parts of the county. nationwide 32% of all other related deaths involved a driver with a high blood alcohol level here in california alcohol-related deaths and injuries have dropped, 2007 there as 1800 and just last year that number dropped over 1300. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. as a kron4 morning news continues in a live look good side of the bay, you can

this is why it is so maddening to see the republicans continue to block that in the house. with respect to the housing issue, this economic class whispers of the guided by years on why -- years on wall street and the games played in the mortgage market. it will take time to get out of this. legislation was successful in helping the housing market at the time when it was most vulnerable. we hope to see a recovery. we went from total freefall to stability, and now very fragile growth. we understand that the growth is fragile, but it would be a huge mistake to do the things that john boehner is proposing. >> i want to follow up, given on it helped the housing situation for a while, is there a chance the leadership would extend credit? >> that is something, bob, that i think people may look at, we are focused right now primarily on trying to get more capital into the small business community. that is our focus right now, and that is what we want to get done, and we urge our republican colleagues in the senate to move quickly on that as soon as the senate reconvenes. >> ok, over

in this big limousine and we're driving up to the farm and i will never forget the newspaper, john madden from chicago, he looked in and saw daly, and he turned around to in this rong of people -- to this throng of people and said, dick daly's here. that went over the farm, they're running to see dick daly. we get out of the car and go to the tented area where the reception and -- and adley is changing his speech, i'm shureks in the kitchen, because it was -- it was a crucial -- i'm sure, in the kitchen, because it was a crucial fight, dick daly's there. people ask for an autograph and i said, dick, how long are we going to stay? he said never mind, never mind, we're doing all right. we get up on the stage and jesse jackson is there and we're all lined up. and all of a sudden we start seeing "we shall overcome" or something. i don't know what we're singing, but we've all got our hands like this. and i'm tickling dick daly's hand. and he said, mr. mayor this is the closest i have ever been to you. it was so funny, "glory, glory "i don't know what we were singing. i never laughed so hard. w

this is why it is so maddening to see the republicans continue to block that in the house. with respect to the housing issue, this economic class whispers of the guided by years on why -- years on wall street and the games played in the mortgage market. it will take time to get out of this. legislation was successful in helping the housing market at the time when it was most vulnerable. we hope to see a recovery. we went from total freefall to stability, and now very fragile growth. we understand that the growth is fragile, but it would be a huge mistake to do the things that john boehner is proposing. >> i want to follow up, given on it helped the housing situation for a while, is there a chance the leadership would extend credit? >> that is something, bob, that i think people may look at, we are focused right now primarily on trying to get more capital into the small business community. that is our focus right now, and that is what we want to get done, and we urge our republican colleagues in the senate to move quickly on that as soon as the senate reconvenes. >> ok, over

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