when i moved there, i didn't drive, which was moronic because you have to drive in l.a. so, i began to go to auditions walking. i thought, "fine, i'm just going to walk." so, i would be two hours late and completely -- >> jimmy: you have to drive everywhere in l.a. >> and my makeup is on my chest. i have my face on my chest. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: two eyes and lipstick. >> very attractive and invariably the audition was a disaster. and then, of course they always ask you if you want parking validation. so i would be shuffling out of the room, so depressed. and they're like, "do you need validation?" i'm like, "yes, i do! [ laughter ] i haven't worked for six months. i'm the only person in l.a. without a car!" >> jimmy: now it's all taking off. >> it is. no, it's great now. >> jimmy: at one point, i heard you might be a teacher in spain. at one point? >> yes. a year ago, i had a year where i didn't work, which was kind of scary and demoralizing. and i'm sitting on my sofa in l.a. feeling sorry for myself. and i think, "i'll phone my mother. she'll cheer me up." and

still hot in l.a. in san francisco you'll be back down there in the 70s. if you're watching knda channel 23 in yakima washington, if you've been spinning your wheels head to the bicycle eclectic exhibit and view portraits of vike lists at the yakima museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >> cool. here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> the announcement came after lohan's lawyer made a surprise appearance yesterday inside the judge's chambers. lohan will reportedly earn $1 million from "okay magazine" for her first interview. miranda married to orlando bloom is four months pregnant all all it took for the producers of piranha 3d will be making a sequel. >>> and finally, 22-year-old mexican jimena navarette was crowned miss universe. she gets a salary, a luxury new york apartment, living expenses, a one-year scholarship to the new york film academy, jewelry, clothes, and, of course, shoes. oh, the shoes. did you watch it last night, bill? >> i did not. my wife was up watching it. i did not. i'll make sure i see her when

but the l.a. teachers union calls it a too-simple answer to public education woes. >> it's because teachers don't have textbooks, we have 40 children in a classroom, art and music programs have been eliminated. >> reporter: still some l.a. teachers like rudy padilla, working on a system based mainly on seniority, thinks assessing performance is fine. >> you need to make sure the teachers you do keep are the best. >> reporter: proponents say teaches should face public scrutiny. others argue there is no test for the best measure of a teacher, one who can inspire a child to learn. barry peterson, cbs news, los angeles. >> still ahead on the cbs evening news, hurricane katrina destroyed more than 300 million trees. what this woman is now doing to help bring them back. up next, katie couric on what could be america's greatest challenge in afghanistan: training the afghans to handle their own security. >> i >> in afghanistan today, president hamid karzai said president obama's plan to begin withdrawing

hopefully maybe bus them to l.a., fly them to l.a. or combine it that way. >> bottom line they have to get on the way. sorry anne, it was a little difficult to hear you, another plane leaving there at sfo. >>> another incident aboard a jet last night out of l.a.x. an alaska airlines plane taking off to vancouver when a bird hit the plane above the windshield. the 737 returned to l.a.x. nobody was hurt. >>> a fremont police officer shot while on duty last friday is going to undergoing another surgery today. there is progress in his recovery because doctors say he is in serious but stable condition. officer todd young lost at least 40% of his blood when he was shot while serving a warrant in oakland. the suspect carjacked at least two cars according to police and then headed south. he was arrested saturday way south within sight of the border of mexico. that was after detectives intercepted a cell phone call that he made in san diego. that suspect is apparently talking. >> during the interview he did give admissions to committing the cr

every other woman should have an opportunity to respond -- >> reporter: a democrat from south central l.a. who has served in the house for more than 20 years. the incident took place in september 2008 at the start of the financial crisis. waters allegedly called treasury secretary hank paulson to set up a meeting between top treasury officials and one united bank, her husband was a former board member and large investor in that bank. not long after the meeting, the bank received $12 million in government bailout money, money that has not been repaid.

but the l.a. teachers' union calls it a too simple answer to public education woes. >> it's because teachers don't have textbooks. we have 40 children in a classroom. art and music programs have been eliminated. >> reporter: still, some l.a. teachers, like rudy, working in a system that lays off based mainly on seniority, thinks assessing performance is fine. >> you need to make sure that the teachers you do keep are the best. >> reporter: proponents say teachers should face public scrutiny. others argue that there is no test for the best measure of a teacher, one who can inspire a child to learn. barry petersen, cbs news, los angeles. >> a controversy that is sure to continue. >>> that is the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. we hope to catch you later on here for "the early show." i'm terrell brown at cbs news headquarters in new york. have a great weekend. take care. ,, ???????? >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captio

l.a. unified is one of the lowest-performing school districts in america. so why not take the money that's spent there and spend it on education? >> illegal. illegal. >> reporter: district officials say the money for school construction comes from voter-approved bonds, totally separate from what's budgeted for textbooks and teachers. i sense you're a little embarrassed about the price tag of this thing. >> yes, it bothered me. >> reporter: l.a.'s not alone. in new york city, a $235 million school. in new brunswick, new jersey, $185 million for a high school. newton, massachusetts, has a new $198 million high school. >> whether you build a taj mahal or whether you're teaching kids in a broom closet, make sure you have a kids first agenda. >> reporter: the site of l.a.'s new school has historic significance. it's the old ambassador hotel. where robert kennedy was shot. future generations may appreciate the school now built there in his name, but the taxpayers now are finding it tough to justify. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> and part two of back to

chief gascon discussed internal training that was to be conducted by the l.a. police department on professional standards crigs division as well as their inspector general who is a civilian oversight component in l.a. the training was lelled for sfpd members. i attended the raining, and i believe that the training was instructive not only for c.o.c.c. staff but also for the trainers from lapd. we recognize we have much in common in the way we conduct investigations, but that the lapd investigate ords have a much lower case load than the o.c.c. investigate -- investigators. it's really nothing new. when they did the audit, one thing they noticed was that o.c.c. investigators did not have a best practices case load. that the o.c.c. investigator's case load was 30 -- 33 per investigator as opposed to other agencies where the best practice was about 16 cases per investigator. in fact that is what we were told by the representatives from lapped. lapd. president marshall: questions for the director? >> i want to commend you on the policy work you do. there are a numb

right in the middle, the l.a. dodgers. it's normally something like this, high-profile, you try to keep it out of the spotlight. but not in this case, howard. >> no. you know, who says we don't have great theater in l.a., robin? huh? we're proving them wrong. this is the kind of thing you want to do in a quiet room with your lawyers. and the reason this story is getting such huge play now is here we are, sort of in the dog days of summer before labor day. we have millions and hundreds of millions of dollars at stake here. we're talking about jamie taking $600,000 a month for living expenses. there's claims of fraud. i mean, this has everything for a great movie here. no wonder people are so interested in this. >> you said there were settlement talks before going to trial. what happened? >> right. i was doing my research for this story. and i found out that there were, indeed, some settlement talks between frank and jamie's teams. and they broke down over the value of the team. most experts value the team about $700 million

there was an editor in l.a. that i wanted to work with. on the spur of the moment, we decided to cut the film in l.a. we liked it and we decided to stay there. my wife is british, a doctor, and she is a classical soprano singing professionally in los angeles. >> how old are your children? >> six years old and two years old. >> when was "war of ideas" done? >> 1992, with a much smaller budget. it was a film about arab news channels. frontline ask me if they would be interested in doing that and i was fascinated. trying to figure out how news channels like al jazeera and others operate. i went to all of them over a couple of months. i also try to look at -- it was the bush administration, but it's the same today -- how the u.s. government tries to shape the message that these channels are conveying to the arab world, because they are widely watched. he had an idea and our mind about what their agenda is. part of that is true but there is also the reality, across the middle. >> al hurra is owned by the? >> u.s. government. >> al minar is owne

check out l.a. and san diego. temperatures getting back to normal. 85 l.a., san diego 78. still hot in fresno at 99. chico 93. sunshine 84 in sacramento and cloudy at the coast. eureka 66. kristen. >> mike, thanks a lot. this morning federal prosecutors are promising to retry rob blagojevich. he was convicted on a single less serious count of lying to federal agents. one juror said the panel was deadlocked 11-1 in favor of convicting blagojevich on the most explosive counts that he tried to auction off president obama's vacated senate seat. blagojevich says the jury's verdict shows the case has no merit. >> we have police officers who are being gunned down on the streets. we have children who can't play in front of their homes in the summertime because they might get gunned down and we have a prosecutor who has wasted and wants to spend tens of millions of taxpayer money to keep persecuting me. >> blagojevich says he plans to appeal the single conviction. this morning it appears california republicans have denied democrats the chance to get more power in the state legislat

. >> it was produced by a fellow here in l.a. named joe henry who has a lot of great records. that came out earlier this year in february, so we're pretty proud of it. it is our first big studio release. >> to celebrate the first big studio release, they are the carolina chocolate drops, and we are fortunate they are going to play something for us. we are going to make it work. up next, a special performance. stay right there. as we close out the show, here are the carolina chocolate drops performing. enjoy. good night from l.a., and keep the faith. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ georgia but is dead ♪ don't you put no shortening in my bread ♪ ♪ >> ♪ georgia buck is dead ♪ that's what he said ♪ don't let your women have her way ♪ ♪ she will play all theiday ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ride on that spot >> ♪ oh lordy me lh, lordy my ♪ ♪ trouble, i do not see ♪ >> ♪ georgia buck is dead ♪ ♪ don't you put no shortening in my bread ♪ ♪ [applause] >> for>> join me with henry m. n about what the oil spill has to -- how the oil spill affects industry reform. >> all i know is his

and speaking of president obama, the commute in l.a. is tough enough without the presidential motorcade tying up traffic. that's what commuters are saying on the "l.a. times'" website this morning. street closures trapped folks in gridlock on the west side all the way downtown during the president's visit monday. one couple found their usual 20-minute drive took one hour and 15 minutes. >> meanwhile, no such thing as a 20-minute drive in l.a. anywhere, ever. >> i think it's everywhere. everywhere in l.a. is 25 minutes away from where you are. >> closer to two hours. kris is right, there's no such thing as a 20-minute drive. >> we have some delays for the south bay. we have this cig alert that continues to be a problem for southbound 880. you see the live shot. our chopper is on scene. we have that left lane. looks like the left lane and center lane, the shoulder is blocked. now there are flashing lights. right at the montague expressway off-ramp. the on-ramp just south of there is clear. you can get on to southbound 880 south of the inc

that's on the chilly side. 68 san francisco, l.a. 86. a horrible beach season and going to continue this weekend. medford 87, a little cooler for you. sunday, not a lot changes. it's not going to rain anywhere, not going to ruin any of your plans. just a continuation, broken record forecast. if you're watching us on kpnx 12 news in phoenix, get your creativity moving this first friday. follow a crowd of art lovers through the nation's largest gallery walking tour, phoenix art museum. that's your pacific event of the day in the air conditioning. >> they need it. bill, thanks. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. at the box office this weekend, leo's loss should be will ferrell's gain. the off-beat cop/buddy comedy, "the other guys," pairs will ferrell and mark wahlberg along with eva mendes and samuel jackson. it's sure to be a guy movie, sure to be a date movie, and, according to experts, sure to be number one with around $35 million. that leaves leonardo dicaprio's "inception," which seems to me

l.a. 94, vegas 104, phoenix 108. the heat is really building in the west. it's going to extend northward, even on the coast, 85. one of the warmest days you've seen all summer, really all year. as we head towards your tuesday forecast, we're going to be equally as warm, maybe even hot in a few cases. 111 in phoenix. we're going to be 98 in lal. there's heat. a lot of people aren't going to be ready for this. we haven't really seen it this year. if you're watching us on ktv news 21, bend, oregon. experience the spirit of the west at the high desert museum where you can walk through time. experience the sights and sounds of those who lived and worked in this part of the west. that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> 85 for san francisco. is that a record? it's normally 60 degrees. >> i don't think it's going to be a record. it's been so cold this summer but people are going to have to dig for their shorts. >> it's always cold in san francisco in the summer. >> not tomorrow. >>> now an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. at the b

look around san francisco and l.a. temperatures once again upper 60s to low 70s. some areas just got done with their coolest july ever. it does include areas around san diego. yesterday, 92 in valley there at sacramento, 91 in medford. there was some decent air. but seattle was only 69. we're talking sweater weather here as we're going through the middle of summer. today is not much different. the flow continues to come down from the north." it's just a cool flow off the coast of british columbia. low clouds will linger, too. mild inland, cool on the coast. also, it was a very cool day yesterday in arizona because of the clouds and monsoonal moisture around. that continues today. call it 96 in phoenix. some showers this morning around flagstaff. in medford 92. the coastal area is you're still mild. 96 in fallon, nevada, 90 in sacramento and tucson about 96. hopefully we can warm it up for your tuesday on the forecast. that's coming up. >>> what twitter can tell us about the mood. early morning headlines ahead. can anyone stop leonardo at the box office. >>> ryan h

chuck henry from our l.a. station gives us a tour. >> reporter: bright lights, big city. las vegas the gambling capital of the world, the hottest, newest tourist attraction in sin city is not a posh hotel or a hip nightclub or a sold-out vegas show. this building is the most popular and most unexpected tourist attraction in las vegas. >> today i'm going to take you around the pawnshop and give you a tour. >> reporter: yes, a pawnshop. this is not just any pawnshop. four of the most unlikely tv stars own and run this place. >> i'm rick harrison and this is my pawnshop. >> reporter: pawn stars is a hit on the history channel. 6 million viewers watch what unfolds. >> what can i help you with? >> these are extremely rare. >> baseball hall of fame. they could be worth a lot of money. >> i just want our viewers to know how popular you are, okay? these people are not here because they want the air conditioning. they're here to see you. tourists by the bus load flock here to meet rick harrison and his family, the pawn stars. >> you couldn't cast a crew like my family. >> reporter

good night from l.a. and keep the faith. ♪ [unintelligible] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you. >> for more information on today's show, visit

might as well hit 100, only one to go. 96 in sacramento, 94 in l.a. and 95 in portland, medford 103. a warm morning. we held onto heat in some areas, 69 in san francisco. some of those clouds, the marine layer is building back towards the coast. that's going to keep the temperature down just a little bit. this trough will eventually move on shore and bring cooler temperatures. one more hot day in the northern rockies and warm conditions through much of california. san francisco a little more marine influence will keep you down about 83 today. look at sunshine through the area. this is another warm, summer-like day. i mentioned the heat, look at boise, 97. 90 all the way up into montana. above average temperatures cover much of the west. that's a look at your wednes in many areas in the central valley. should cool off a little bit over the next few days. we'll give you the thursday forecast, won't be quite as hot. funny, we've been talking about wanting the heat for so long in the west. you know how it is, people are now complaining. >> people are comp

good night from l.a. and keep the faith. ♪ [unintelligible] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you. >> for more information on today's show, visit ♪ (raggs) ♪ pawsuuup, everybody ♪ diddy-do-wah-day ♪ the raggs kids club band is coming down your way ♪ ♪ we got a song to sing ♪ we got something to say ♪ the raggs kids club band ♪ can you come out to play? ♪ ♪ razzles makes us dazzle ♪ she's our go-to girl ♪ pido keeps the beat while he catches a curl ♪ ♪ b.max writes the tunes that raggs and trilby sing ♪ ♪ so come along and sing your song ♪ ♪ it's a happening thing yeah! ♪ pawsuuup, everybody, diddy-do-wah-day ♪ ♪ the raggs kids club band is coming down your way ♪ ♪ we got a song to sing ♪ we got something to say ♪ the raggs kids club band ♪ can you come out to play? ♪ the raggs kids club band ♪ is getting set to play yeah! ♪ ears up, everyone. the rockadoodle farm tour is coming up soon. the rockawhoodle what tour? the rockadoodle farm tour, remember,

sacramento 89, downtown l.a. 78. the heat is going to expand to all locations except the immediate california coast, especially next week. maybe monday, tuesday, wednesday before they begin to cool it off on thursday and friday. here is how we're looking. little storm systems kicking up through montana. warm in the pacific northwest. definitely hot through southern nevada through the deserts of arizona. much of california is going to be warm, too. the exception, as i said, we've got the morning clouds lingering on the coast with that marine layer. in los angeles, call it 80, 68 in san francisco. look at the pacific northwest. it's going to be one of the warmest stretches we've seen so far this summer. 97 in medford, 92 in portland. all areas in washington state and oregon state should have an abundant amount of sunshine today. grab the sunglasses and enjoy. it will be hot from vegas to phoenix p city. that's where the temperature is very cool. otherwise, nice forecast, astoria, oregon, 85 degrees. enjoy. we're going

since kogi, more than 90 gourmet food trucks have popped up in l.a. and dozens more across the country. >> barbequed chicken, yeah. >> a new york city truck has german schnitzel. the skillet in seattle serves mac and cheese from a secondhand airstream. >> the cheese is so creamy. it's got kick. >> even babies wait patiently for a modern-day take on the good humor man. artisanal ice cream on wheels. >> it's nice to acknowledge that great food can be produced and delivered out of something other than a kitchen at a great restaurant. >> the concept brought in $2 million to the four kogi trucks in the first year. but for choi, it's about more than just making a buck. >> we have to make the effort to make food more fluid for people's lives, bring it to them. put it in an environment where people can get it. >> culinary crusaders, changing the way americans eat, one truck at a time. chris jansing, nbc news, los angeles. >> personally, i would recommend the truck fare in portland, oregon, just had it. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams

., go to santa barbara, san francisco, sonata, and then l.a., so we are hoping this is a very popular cruise. we hope it will be of the 10 million cruise passengers around world, i believe 80% are americans. i know that san francisco is still a very desirable destination, so we're looking forward to seeing how that works and hoping it can continue in the following year. i'm sure you'll be seeing more of it as 2011 evolves. next, on august 6, 2010, on pier 14 at 3:00, we will have the ribbon cutting ceremony, which you heard all about at the last commission meeting. it is, as you know, a piece of art owned and managed by the black rock arts foundation, and it will be installed at here 14. the rocket ship itself will be 40 feet high, some very similar to the last black rock arts foundation peace we had, which was called passage. the rocket ship will be there for 14 months. artists are a team of bay area artists, and the rocket ship first landed, so to speak -- very cute, dan. where is dan? first landed at the dam in to us tonight and has subsequently appeared at nasa and subsequently in

l.a. keyed ya davis was one of his youth pastors. >> that's like he would do camp with us, visitation with them, i think he has been outy advantage liesing with us. >> reporter: he was shot while walking along 61st and bancroft avenue around 9:30 last night. james jacobs heard all the gun shots. >> there was about 6 or 7 shots, i heard them screaming making noise out out here. >> reporter: jamon was on his way to help out a friend with his brother when he was killed. his friend ran for help. the gunman went through his pockets stealing $2 before fleeing the scene. >> we don't have a motive but investigators worked all throughout the night. >> reporter: he was days away from starting high school and celebrating his 14th birthday, he and his identical twin brother graduated from frig middle school earning more sports medals than any other student in the history of frig sports festival. >> it weakens you in the knees that here again we're back on page 1 with the violence and the corruption, y

we spend time with gloria allred, the hard-charging l.a. lauer so many women behind the tabloid stories turn to when the heat is on. >>> saving dolphins. an oscar-winning movie was supposed to stop the slaughter of dolphins by fishermen, but did it? we learn the shocking truth, as the man who leads the crew said to save them returns to the cove. >>> and, righteous rage? a 21-year-old new yorker allegedly turns on his muslim taxi driver in a vicious attack, and sents off a new wave of angry accusations on all sides. has the argument over a mosque near ground zero gone too far? >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 26th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with the hard-charging l.a. lauer you don't want to hear from if you're a man in the tabloid news. gloria allred is her name. she represents women who have been wronged. actresses, ex-wives and now several of tiger woods' mistresses. her flair fo

l.a. was incredible when we moved out there. very overwhelming. when you are from a small town and you go out to l.a., it is ten, 12,000 bands everywhere, everyone is trying to make it and the best thing about our band is, we had absolutely no money. we couldn't go get in trouble. and we lived in the back of a dry cleaner on the floor. those days are, even though we were dirt poor, they were amazing days. ♪ drove my chevy to the levy ♪ >> one song i felt really close to was "american pie." i don't know. it was -- i could play that song well on the acoustic and i like singing along. and i hadn't revisited it in awhile. a really good story song. music, for me, being as sick as i've been lately has been a big healing source for me. even when i was sick in icu, my head was thumping, i asked them to bring muse nick there to let something play and it kind of influenced what i was going through and helped to put me in a great mood. ♪ sweet home alabama >> my daughters, a couple of nights ago, they were with me, out on stage with me singing "sweep h

a l.a. willing. six weeks later the school got built. it was an important lesson to let go and let the communities be empowered and let them do they're work in entirety. it came time to open the school and kids came from all around and julia came all the way here from america. you could see this colorful lapel around they're neck that means bam! of courage. it's put around a newborn when they're first born to ward away evil spirits, so the kids put that around they're neck. julie you want to model this? this is a, tomar. it means badge of courage. look at this gentlemen on the right. he has orange haier. not because he died it but because he has a disease where he's starving from protein deficiency. see the joy despite the lack of these things. it came in 96 i decided to dedicate my life to promoting literacy and building schools in that part of the world and i've gotten married and had a baby on the way, and if you want to read the book there's an 8 day kidnapping and many things happened but another thing that happened in 96, i had my

you're sending your 17-year-old daughter to l.a. by herself? >> jimmy: you could be defending lindsay lohan right now. >> that was my plan. that was my plan. >> jimmy: your mom is a nurse. >> yes, she is. >> jimmy: and you play a nurse on "hawthorne." does she evaluate and criticize your nursing? >> she did, quite a bit last year. which is why i got a new technical team this year, because -- >> jimmy: is it her? >> it was last year. but yes, last year, she was really on top of it. and i'm very thankful because there was a lot of things that she was making me aware of that i don't think i would have been if she hadn't -- >> jimmy: like what sorts of things? >> like how we put the cap back on the needle or how we inject the needle. like, all that kind of stuff. how you, you know, resuscitate. it was all -- >> jimmy: it is important. especially to the people who are in that industry, might be watching the show. it really can ruin the show. >> oh, yeah. very specific. and we got a lot of nurses last year were e-mailing and saying, listen, we like t

and after being done with lunar park i moved back to l.a. and worked on it and i'm a slow writer and this is a slim book about 170 pages long and a kept thinking that since clay as a screen writer it was going to be written like a screen play but it has a screen writer sensability to it and working in that minimalism that i haven't done that since less than zero and there was something very enticing and fun and also soming that admittedly takes me a long time to do and the book took about three years to write which is on average for me pretty quick but i'm a slow writer. >> charlie: the amazing thing to me about being a writer, take a look at this, this is is competing with this. you come up to bat, how many times in a lifetime and so people are saying is it the same, is it as good? is he growing? is he not growing? has he lost it? not about other writers but all about you. >> in other people's minds not in my mind. i cannot lay the books out -- >> charlie: you're not going i have to grow from here to here? >> absolutely not. each book is di

>> well, i stepped down from the foundation, i've been running l.a. haiti for the past five years, i started the grassroots organization. but it was important that the next step that i wanted to take had to go beyond being an ngo. and i felt to take my country to the next level, i needed to create aid that helped the people aid themselves and bring back investment. and this is why i stepped down as the chairman. >> looks like we just got that satellite transmission frozen again. we'll fix that and get back to wyclef in just a moment. in the meantime let's bring back sanjay gupta who is with us. we're listening to a 40-year-old musician who is obviously deeply committed to his homeland, the people of haiti. he wants to go back there, he wants to be president even though he doesn't have any political experience. and we'll go through some of the tough questions that have been raised already. but i think to put it bluntly, he doesn't need to do this. he's a rich guy. he could go out on tour. he could make a lot of money. but he wants to help the people of

l.a. county fire, cal fire brought in, to help pound away at the flames here. and firefighters, of course, hoping at some point they'll be able to get on the ground and get in there close enough to choke this fire off completely. but again, the biggest part of this attack has come from the air. live in frazier park, leo stallworth, abc 7 eyewitness news. >> right now joining us on the phone is jamie cohen, owner of rocky's downtown bar and grill in lebec. >> that's correct. >> i understand your daughter was evacuated from her home. what's her status right now? >> right now they're basically just trying to find out what the status is in the canyon from where they were evacuated. and just trying to get some information. there's still -- the fire is still burning, obviously. and a lot of black smoke. and she was one of the -- among the first people to be evacuated out of that canyon. and it was pretty frighteningly close. so right now, just waiting to find out the status of what's going on in the canyon and see what direction the fire seems to be going. >> we shou

l.a. unified is one of the lowest-performing school districts in america. >> so why not take the money that was spent there and spend it on education? >> illegal. illegal. >> reporter: district officials say the money for school construction comes from voter-approved bonds. totally separate from what's budgeted for textbooks and teachers. >> i sense that you are a little embarrassed about the price tag of this thing. >> yes. it bothers me. >> reporter: l.a.'s not alone. in new york city, a $235 million school. in new brunswick, new jersey, $185 million for a high school. and newton, massachusetts, has a new $197 million high school. >> whether you build a taj mahal or whether you're teaching kids in a broom closet, make sure that you have a kids-first agenda. >> reporter: the site of l.a.'s new school has historic significance. it's the site of the old ambassador hotel where robert kennedy was shot. future generations may appreciate the school, now built there in his name. but the taxpayer