but i caution our marines and marine leadership. if the law changes, we pride our core in leading the services in many, many things, and we will have to lead in this, too. the robie 100 issues other that we will have to solve is the law changes in terms of how we do business, but we cannot be seen as dragging our feet are delayed implantation. -- implementation. >> general, i want to pick up on don't ask don't tell. the senate is going to pick it up next month as part of the authorization bill. you have told the hill you think the current policy worsen that you would never ask marines -- and that you would never ask marines. you have been involved with other marine generals. in opposing a change in the policy. also, if you look at the polls than by military times, the marines seemed to oppose any change in policy by a fairly significant margin. i want you to focus on what it is about the marines said they oppose this change in policy, repeling don't ask don't tell. you have been in there for four years. you have spoken to marines. w

time of a big pot bust in western marin county. it's going on right now in the area of the sky oaks ranger station near lake bontempi in the marin watershed. the marin sheriff department said it's reined in a number of marijuana growing operation. this video was sent in from chopper 2. this story is breaking right now in western marin county. we'll have more in a live update on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> there is a massive recall of eggs that has made dozens of people sick in several states, including here in the bay area. and the area with the most illnesses is in santa clara county. that's where ktvu's tara moriarty joins us.

for them -- marines. they grew value of support of their american. he said in a lead our country go wobbly on us now. the capacity of the afghan army is at a critical stage. we are headed schedule with the infantry company. the quality varies widely. he faces the toughest part. that is to train the aviators in enablers. the truce will require a higher level of education and skills training for the appeared to have been just right for the task at hand there squarely on the side of their security forces for the ever so slowly, that is beginning to happen. though i certainly believe some units will turn over responsibility to afghan security forces into a dozen loven, i do not think there will be marines. they are the birthplace of the taliban. i since our country is growing tired of the war. art also " the analysis of one of my commanders. he said we can either lose fast or when slow. i think the first question is year. >> the marine corps is good to be facing some big changes on big front. one would be the

two marines are down. two men are carried away, a third less seriously wounded, manages to walk out. they are two bomb disposal experts known as an e.o.d. team and a combat engineer. captain nathan opie rushes to the scene and gets the bad news from one of his men. >> he said they got him pretty bad, and at that point, we... you know, he brought me over there to greer and i saw the e.o.d. techs as well, and we just started getting them on stretchers and getting them out of there. >> reporter: corporal greer has a serious brain injury which will later claim his life. sergeant johnny jones, an explosives disposal expert, has lost both his legs. staff sergeant eric sheer, also a bomb expert, suffers serious shrapnel wounds. in the week before the blast, we followed these three men closely as their unit occupied safar bazaar, which has been heavily mined by the taliban. as the initial wave enters town, sgt. jones see the first bomb explode. >> is everybody all right? >> reporter: this time the marines are luck

eight cities in the county of marin have joined to create the marin energy authority which under state law has the power to buy power for citizens from cleaner renewable sources. >> we have been able to double the amount of renewable content in the supply in marin county while keeping costs competitive with the utilities. >> reporter: in may the marin clean energy program began purchasing energy from its customers from at least 25% renewable sources like solar or wind. that's about twice the renewable content of pg&e's power. and for a little extra, they say about 5 bucks a month, customers can opt for a 100% renewable energy to be purchased. the authority says support for the deep green option has been remarkable and they have had to buy more to meet demand. >> 5% of all marin clean energy customers are choosing that deep green product. >> virtually everyone i talked to said they are in favor of green energy but there is skepticism about the program. >> i think it's laudable but the county is too small to do it. it needs to be taken on by a much larger entity or county. >> 100% renewa

of the marines? >> that is a great question. the short answer is absolutely yes. we are joined at the hip with our programs that we mutually shared across boundaries. we are aware of all that each of the other services do. we collaborate. we share best practices. we still get ideas from one another. -- steel could -- steal good ideas from one another. in 2009, we had 25 more suicides a than we did in 2008, a total of 52. we do not have all of the answers on this thing. we are trying to find out and do something about it. interestingly, the marine corps is the youngest service age wise of all of the other services. for instance, 67% of all of our two hundred two thousand marines are between the ages of 17-25. if you compare that to the other services, we are woefully more -- when i say "immature," i am just talking about years. that in and of itself causes some issues. the population of marines getting themselves is between 17-23. it is mail. it is about half married, have single, white, and the deplo

for them -- marines. they grew value of support of their american. he said in a lead our country go wobbly on us now. the capacity of the afghan arm is at a critical stage. we are headed schedule with the infantry company. the quality varies widely. he faces the toughest part. that is to train the aviators in enablers. the truce will require a higher level of education and skills training for the appeared to have been just right for the task at hand there squarely on the side of their security forces for the ever so slowly, that is benning to happen. thogh i certainly believe some units will turn over responsibility to afghan security forces into a dozen loven, i do not think there will be marines. they are the birthplace of the taliban. i since our country is growing tired of the war. art also " the analysis of one of my commanders. he said we can either lose fast or when slow. i think the first question is year. >> the marine corps is good to be facing some big changes on big front. one would be the dis

for them -- marines. they grew value of support of their american. he said in a lead our country go wobbly on us now. the capacity of the afghan army is at a critical stage. we are headed schedule with the infantry company. the quality varies widely. he faces the toughest part. that is to train the aviators in enablers. the truce will require a higher level of education and skills training for the appeared to have been just right for the task at hand there squarely on the side of their security forces for the ever so slowly, that is beginning to happen. though i certainly believe some units will turn over responsibility to afghan security forces into a dozen loven, i do not think there will be marines. they are the birthplace of the taliban. i since our country is growing tired of the war. art also " the analysis of one of my commanders. he said we can either lose fast or when slow. i think the first question is year. >> the marine corps is good to be facing some big changes on big front. one would be the

in marin county jeff bush kron 4 news. to >> parents of a man who died in a plane crash in february announced they're suing the company and the pilots. it started a fire at east palo alto february 15th. the plane barely left the ground from the paul waldo municipal airport when a crash. no one on the ground was injured despite the scene. 31 year-old andrew ingram was in the plane he died along with another man and the defendant that sing from his parents claim the pilot knew the weather conditions were not safe. this is the pilot was not cleared for takeoff by the air-traffic controller. police are looking for suspects in four separate home burglaries occur the first one targeted at home on costa grundy's street on august 3rd delays happen monday this was at home on west 14th. please have a few close as to how the berbers are operating here and how you might be but help them catch the suspect. kron 4 jonathan blum has more on the benicia break- ins >> he is considering at me any concern to me and and key next in and know h

what is the marine corps doing -- the army's clearly done a great deal -- is the marine corps matching that effort, in stepping up your programs and trying to tailor them to the culture of the marines? >> senator, that's a great question. and the short answer is: absolutely, yes. we are joined at the hip with our programs that we mutually share across -- cross-boundary. we are aware of all that each of the other services do. we collaborate. we share best practices. we steal good ideas from one another. so, the answer is yes. we are -- in 2009, we led the department of the defense in suicides, percentage-wise. we had 52. that's double what we had in 2005, when we had 25. so, you ask yourself, you know, ''what is it that's caused this?'' we don't have all the answers on this thing, and you wouldn't expect me to, but you would expect me to be trying to find out and do something about it. interestingly, the marine corps is the youngest service, age- wise, of all the other services; for instance, 67 percent of all of our 202,000 marines, between the ages of 17 and 25. if you compare that to

. >> breaking news right now in marin county. the sheriff's office along with several other state and federal law enforcement agencies are destroying several pot growing farms out in marin county. this is video now. this is live pictures sky 7 hd. authorities say the sites with the pot are in several locations near the foothills. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates on abc7ns.com. >> the medical foundation is telling 3,000 patients they need to get revaccinated for some serious illnesses. cli click clinic officials say some adults and children in sonoma county, some in lake and marin county. it includes hepatitis a and b, meningitis, polio a several others. >> we're very apologetic. we know it's an inconvenience for folks. but better toe safe and sorry. we recognize there may an issue with the temperature of the vaccination. >> the original shots did not hurt anyone. they just may not fully protect you. there is a number you can call to make an appointment to get revaccined. it's on our website abc7news.c

. >> breaking news right now in marin county. the sheriff's office along with several other state and federal law enforcement agencies are destroying several pot growing farms out in marin county. this is video now. this is live pictures sky 7 hd. authorities say the sites with the pot are in several locations near the foothills. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates on abc7news.com. >> the medical foundation is telling 3,000 patients they need to get revaccinated for some serious illnesses. cli click clinic officials say some adults and children in sonoma county, some in lake and marin county. it includes hepatitis a and b, meningitis, polio and several others. >> we're very apologetic. we know it's an inconvenience for folks. but better to be safe and sorry. we recognize there may be an issue with the temperature of the vaccination. >> the original shots did not hurt anyone. they just may not fully protect you. there is a number you can call to make an appointment to get revaccinated. it's on our website

in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time they saw america, and they made the ultimate sacrifice for us. as we transfer this treasure, this island, from the navy back to the city, i hope that all of us will remember the service and sacrifice of every sailor, every marine, living and dead. [applause] and the people who left from here and the people who serve today, risking everything, so that we can celebrate today. that legacy lives on in the young men and women who wear the cloth of this country and who are deployed around the world as we meet here today. when the famous or infamous bates 3 aligning closure process started in 1988, a final result of any individual base closure and transfer could not have hoped for a better ultimate outcome than what has been achieved in treasure island. the navy's charge is to dispose of property in a manner that promotes economic development. that has been done. the transfer of treasure island is a win for san francisco. it is a win for the state of california, a win for the u

we have the marine layer. it will push into the bay and then gradually march inland. and coastal areas becoming totally socked in, not a chance you will see tonight's sunset at 7:48. this is the very latest satellite. you can see where the deck of low clouds and fog the stratus dipping into the south then that southerly surge working up the coast. there you have a hint of it right offshore. pinpoint forecast, i'm liking it. so you have to believe it when it suggests that the low clouds and fog will move all the way inland over night about 40 miles towards concord and clayton, looking back towards hercules and pinole and wrapping around into the santa clara valley, as well. so there you have your morning commute totally socked in, maybe even localized drizzle on the immediate seashore. clouds retreat but hang out next to the beaches during the afternoon hours, that's going to make a huge dent in your forecast as far as cooling is concerned on thursday. so here you have it. your overnight lows tonight, a much more comfortable night with temperatures in the 50s to the lo

a very deep marine layer that is extensive. at least a good 50 to 70 miles inland, in fact official sunrise is at 6:50, we're not going to be able to see it due to the low cloud. get a retreat back to the coast. no clearing is anticipated a long the sea shore. it's because of this trough. it's gone nowhere, hanging over the state of california. and forcing that marine layer and even compressing it. so tonight already picking autopsy little bit of condensation along the sea shore, temperatures in the 50s, tomorrow with a wind over 20 miles per hour, raw at the beaches. 50s to low 60s, otherwise 76 in san jose, that's amazing, average high is 85 degrees. down from 91 today to 82 degrees tomorrow, and throughout the tri-valley, 83 in antioch. 65 in oakland. one of my favorite things all year long, the a's root beer float day will be out there, serving autopsy root we're floats to you. come on out. a fundraiser for juvenile diabetes. otherwise 76 degrees in sonoma, you want some warmth for that ice cream. not gonna see it. in fact

they shelled the marines on the island. by mid-october they had a plan to retreat to the hills and fight on as gorillas. that's how close they were to losing the island. at sea the japanese scored victory after victory. but in the end they lost almost as many ships as the americans. the telling point was america had the industrial wherewithal to replace her ships. the japanese did not. as the tide began to turn measures grew desperate. the americans ruled the air by now and japanese commanders were forced to beach their transports in order to unload troops before american aircraft could sink them. 45 years later, this same japanese transport still has a guadal canal beach for a home port. this troop transport was part of a fleet of 11 japanese transports carrying 12,000 troops and 10,000 tons of desperately needed supplies. frank particularly trying to unload by dawn they were discovered by american flyers and the slaughter began. 8,000 japanese troops were killed. 10,000 tons of supplies were lost. the loss of men and supp

this story is breaking right now in western marin county. we'll have more in a live update on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> there is a massive recall of eggs that has made dozens of people sick in several states, including here in the bay area. and the area with the most illnesses is in santa clara county. that's where ktvu's tara moriarty joins us. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon. dozens of people have gotten sick since may after eating these contaminated eggs. investigator found a strain of salmonella. they linked it back to the eggs distributed by gulp county egg in iowa. nearly 400 people in california have gotten tick. people who got sick in the south bay ate legs at local restaurants and catered events. common symptoms include diarrhea, fever, cramps, nausea and vomiting, beginning 12 hours to three days after consumption. >> it might be on the outside of the shell if the chicken sees contamination outside the egg but it could even be inside the egg. so even if you wash the shell, you could still get sick with sol

before the marines my life wasn't structured. i lived my whole life since structured and i learned that from the corps. he established and coordinated the first native american studies program in the united states at u.c. berkleigh in 1969, has since taught at university of california-san diego, sacramento state university, d.q. university in davis, brightman is the author of numerous articles on the history of indian education and the federal indian boarding schools. he is former editor of the first national american indian newspaper warpath and was involved in the occupation of alcatraz, a takeover of wounded knee and led the occupation of mount rush more in south dakota in 1970. he was also one of the national coordinators in the longest walk in 1978 and a long walk for survival in 1980. president the -- at the present time mr. brightman is writing a book on the history of indian civil rights movement from the 1960's to the present. i'd also like to add a note that helen would like to thank lehman. he was called upon to advoca

blame it on a deepening marine layer. right now 2,000 feet deep. by tomorrow morning at 6:19 it will be about 2500 deep extending 70 miles inland. partial bay side clearing. no sunshine at the beaches due to this upper level trough firmly in place, compressing that marine layer and allowing a robust sea breeze to allow the cooler temperatures. 50s tonight for overnight lows. tomorrow's daytime high temperatures staying in the 50s. okay, few low 60s at the beaches. otherwise across the santa clara valley in the mid and high 70s. east of the bay low 80s. otherwise, north bay numbers, you have that 72 in santa rosa when we should be at 83 degrees. 70 in sav raf he will. bottom line is we will see some gradual warmup on thursday. and friday and saturday will be our transition day as high pressure mixes in and mixes up that marine layer. we will peak by sunday and monday. cooler air mass works its way in by next week. a familiar sight. keep the photos coming to cbs 5.com. >>> a san francisco landmark when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, at about 6:

- the marine realm. these agencies are actually uniquely capably s -- uniquely capable of providing expert and scientific advice to boem and for that reason, they should be the first agencies boem turns to to understand what the risks and vulnerabilities of the systems are and what the potential risks are for any kind of environmental harm and and how to address them. the classic way to do this, where you have an agency boem like -- in agency liked boem, is to designate those agencies as cooperating agencies. once that is done, then dealing with the clock ready agencies comes into play. i thought this was an important point and i am glad you asked about it. what happens with the cooperating agency, the lead agency in this case, the department interior has to ask for early engagement from these cooperating agencies. then each cooperating agency has an obligation to participate in the process at the earliest possible time and provide comments to participate in the scoping and what have you. then, boem has

and the marines, being marines, actually give each dog a rank. one level higher than their handler. you're a lance corporal. what rank does tigger have? >> he's a corporal. >> reporter: one rank above you. why is that? >> a lot of guys say they have a rank above you because you can't beat them up. you can't do stuff like that. it's just kind of fun. the dog is a lot smarter than i am. i can't put my nose to the ground and find those things. >> reporter: a mark of respect. >> yeah. >> reporter: and there is one more final issue that complicates this relationship between this man and his dog. it's temporary. when you're done with your deployment here? what happens to tigger. >> he comes back. the day we get there, we get off the plane, they take the dogs back. >> reporter: the marine corps needs to pass the dogs on to other handlers who are rotating back into the field. that seems really tough. >> it is. i've already had to give up one dog. now another. we knew that going into this program. it does suck but we have to deal with it. >> reporter: all the dog handlers dread the day when

on the ground, marines know speed is dangerous and everything they achieve takes time. terry mccarthy, cbs news, safar bazaar in southern afghanistan. >> couric: the women of afghanistan waited a very long time for the most basic rights. now they're worried they will lose them. secretary of state hillary clinton who was here in kabul last month promised they would not be bargained away in any peace settlement with the taliban. but president karzai recently asked "if you had to choose between saving a girl's life or enabling her to go to school, which would you do first?" many afghan women want both. this is what you were wearing to school? shamsia husseini was on her way to school when a man on a motorbike roared up and threw acid in her face. it burned a hole right through her burka. it was a message from the taliban: don't let your daughters go to school. shamsia and five other girls were badly burned. the mirwais school for girls is deep in the taliban heart land of kandahar. it's one of the few that stayed open in defiance of the taliban. today nearly two years late

. >> reporter: when nick moorhatch walks into the marin community media center, it's lights, cameras and ready for action. in his off hours, the grocery checkout clerk your honor kids not to check into drugs. >> welcome to the recovery station. >> reporter: in his weekly half hour show on comcast channel 26. >> i don't have a degree in chemical dependency. but i have something that i feel is far superior, hands-on experience. >> reporter: nick has been sober for 11 years. he was a drug addict for 34 years. he got hooked in his teens and became an international dealer. >> i was detained in mexico 43 months because of a airplane and half a ton of marijuana under a fake name. and that didn't stop me. nothing would stop me. i was a soldier in the dope game. >> reporter: then a transformation. one arrest away from state prison. >> reading the big book, i prayed inside to be restored to a normal lifestyle and made my personal recovery priority one. >> reporter: nick has produced more than 600 shows of the recovery station, and when the cameras come on, there is one message that runs throug

you can marinate this. will take about 10, 15 minutes. you also can marinate it overnight, as well. >> and you just slice the chicken really, really super thin there, right? >> exactly. about a quarter of an inch thickness on the strips. so, the unique thing about this is that when you skewer these up, you want to weave the skewer through it. >> through it, yeah. now people a lot of time when they make kebabs they put the vegetables sometimes with it, too. that can be a little bit of a -- it can be hard to cook the meat and the chicken at the same time? >> exactly. but you know, this is very

but today the marine layer's in place. mist and drizzle emeryville, lots of cloud cover and definitely a cooler afternoon. i'll have the forecast coming right up. >> all right. and also next madison baumgartner gives a strong start as the team looks for a start in st. louis. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >> good morning, everyone. 14 minutes from the sunrise. you can see the blue rising there. looking at the h. g. image from our rooftop camera. you see the bay bridge in the background. it's to be a chilly day in san francisco. if you're looking for the heat you may have to head to another part of the bay area. l

marine in the one nine hundred sixty s. against vietnamese communist guerrillas today for mob boss or is recall the time when they could only look at one another through the cross as we got better and better at it but still never as good as the be at the meetings that camouflage down heidi. using the jungle for their advantage the course of the war shifted when the soviet union sent anti-aircraft missile systems and military specialists to vietnam in his first action targeting us aircraft nicholai kolesnik brought down for a bonus. treats the told as an exploded then the second and the third i can still picture these throwing skellies that many of the local fighters trained by soviet missile specialists later rose to the highest ranks of the vietnamese army who were so good at disguising soviet missiles with tree branches that american pilots could see nothing but thick forest that wanted fifty eight thousand u.s. army servicemen and over a million vietnamese soldiers dying full how of the wars veterans fed sins. now think

here is that marine layer extending all the way to 60 miles inland. tomorrow morning, sun, nobody is going to see it at all, partial bay time clearing in the afternoon. 71 degrees at best, palo alto, livermore up to 79, a couple degrees warmer than today. 58 in richmond. north bay with no sunshine, 76 degrees in sonoma, we will have a late crush on the grapes. in the east bay, there you have the extended forecast, unseasonally cool pattern, each side of 85 degrees for the next few days until about august 15. yep, captured the story of the day, fog, low clouds, that deep marine layer. why, it's an upper level trough, nothing is kicking it out. >> i'm kicking it out. >> i'll help you. >> wearing my boots, i'm going to get it. >>> are you tired of paying more just for using your debit card? the effort to get rid of those extra fees. "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock th

but marine pollution harms them as well. whales often come into contact with vast amots of plaic trash floating in the oceans. >> industrial plasticizers are really harmful agents, which are entering the oceans more and more. and once they are there, they hardly ever come out. i any end, their character the top of the food chain, to the whales. >> partly due to their size, whales have few natural enemies. man remains the biggest threat to wales. >>his the fht toave whales and other marine life has been the focus of our "in-depth" report this hour. thanks for joining us. stay tuned for more news and information. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- > ♪

>> really good question. >> as far as we know, the marine layer we think is still going to be with us. one of the interesting facets with this potential change of temperature gradient, the warmer - more warming inland than warming over the coastal ocean is actually the sea breeze circulation, which is - is tied up with the marine layer development and probably the thing or thk big size. there maybe more because of that increase in circulation but i would say this is an area that a waits more of this regional model development that, brad eluded to, that is still kind of on the fringe of our science right now. that's my answer to that one. i think that you can count on still having a marine layer, but i don't know if it will be stronger than it is today. >> yes, doctor and dan, you both mentioned we have models now but that's not a problem, we have the regional models now. it seems one of the key areas to implement is in the california environmental quality act. the planning and conservation league is hosting series of workshops across the state helping planners and community leaders in

the marine layer back. mid to upper 50s in most north bay neighborhoods into san francisco. high pressure moving to the east. we're still on the tail end of it but the sea breeze is weakening. i should say the land breeze or offshore flow is weakening. watch as the clouds creep up and down along the coast and eventually squeeze us. that will be the big key. if you wake up to clouds tomorrow morning, you know you're into a big temperature drop. the marine layer back. we'll drop 80 degrees at the coast tomorrow, 16 around the bay and 10 inland. drop another 4 to 10 degrees on friday and about another 10 degrees on saturday. temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees cooler with a whole lot of cloud cover the next couple mornings and even into saturday and sunday afternoon. if you have video you would like to share, you did a great job with that fire, we sure appreciate it, upload it had to youreport at abc7news.com or e-mail it. sure looks like more people may be driving today, megan. what's going on? >> the bay b

marines will remain in afghanistan to fight the taliban well after july, 2011. the white house may not like the general getting so far ahead of president obama in public on this subject. general conway's outspoken words may bring back some memories of another u.s. commander, general stanley mcchris tal. he was forced to resign in june after he made controversial remarks to a magazine. after that, all generals were told to keep in line. administration official says they're not surprised by general conway's remarks. he is, after all, a blunt-speaking general who is about to retire. but his comments reinforce those made with more sublety by other commanders. don't bet on july 2011 as the beginning of the end of afghanistan. >> chinese media are reporting 43 people have died in a passenger jet that burst into flames while landing at an airport in the northeast. state television says the plane had 96 people onboard when it crashed. 53 were rescued. jane francis kelly reports. >> the plane reportedly overshot the runway and burst into flames as it tried to land in hea

marine great play ven. a former vietnamese guerilla nearly forty years ago they were bitter adversaries fighting each other below them lie two hundred fifty kilometers of underground tunnels vietnamese guerrillas would dig them around the clock covering over the fresh earth and disguising numerous entrances to caves . going down there to want to try. even if the entrance to a tunnel was discovered it was hardly possible for most american soldiers to get inside but vietnam these guerrillas were able to crawl through even with rifles in their hands they would vanish into thin air after taking several shots from a camouflaged dug out. during a raid made by b. at the emmys gorillas in the jungle a bullet fired by a sharpshooter narrowly missed greg klavan. on the one hand the jungle was very beautiful very exciting to watch and to be in but on the other hand it was very frightening knowing that any time. enemy could attack the freedom fighters got the medicine and weapons from north vietnam there was a whole sy

. >>> a big pot bust in western marin today. people who live in that area are telling cbs 5 they know something illegal was going on because they have seen our men coming and going for some time. the marin county sheriff's department raided the property in the sky oaks area near fairfax close to alpine dam. chopper 5 captured pictures of the raid. helicopters airlift the marijuana plants down to the staging area, where agents loaded them into the dump trucks. >> the people responsible for these illegal operations have no regard for public safety, nor do they have any concern for the damage created by their growth sites. these types of criminal enterprises result in erosion damage created by the clear- cutting of indigenous plants as well as hazardous trash left behind by the lawless operators. >> the sheriff's department says this is just one of several growing operations that were uncovered in the foothills of mount tamalpais. county, federal and state agents were all involved in the raid. >>> as local governments slash budget

>> reporter: this time the marines are lucky. no one is hurt. jones and sheer examine the device that has gone off, and then find two more bombs that are ready to explode. they slowly unearth them. as they prepare to cut the wire to a detonator they break the tension with a flash of humor. >> i love you. >> right now i love you, too. >> reporter: after four days inside the town, the marines have already discovered 40 ieds. now their work is slow and meticulous. in areas like this that are laced with bombs, marines walk along these narrow paths which have been cleared literally stepping in each other's footprints. when possible they use robots and explosives to try to detonate ieds from a distance. going in on foot is their last resort. >> we'll go down and try to find the wires themselves. >> reporter: you're going to walk out there? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: be careful. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: on day seven jones, greer and sheer are blown up. they're medevaced out. the marines they leave behind are devastated. >> there was just something they