---y la controversia sobre si whitman aprecia realmente a los latinos, o lo que quiere es su voto ... pues no cesa. ----jose rondstadt nos hace un recuento de las diferentes posiciones de la candidata a lo largo de su campaÑa. =jose ronstadt=despues de que meg whitman logro la nominacion del partido republicano para el puesto de gobernador de california su presencia en la television de habla hispana fue practicamente un diluvio de anuncios el tema de inmigracion que tanto uso en la primaria republicana fue simentado en un anuncio publicitario junto al ex gobernador pete wilson el padre de la polemica propuesta 187 en california (sot) this is former governor pete wilson i know how important it is to stop illegal immigration and i know meg whitman, meg will be tough as nails on illegal immigration meg whitman seria tan dura como las uÑas en contra de la inmigracion ilegal pero la estrategia publicitaria para lograr el voto latino tomo un giro totalmente diferente depues de su victoria en vez de atacar la inmigracion indocumentada ahora promueve su plan creacion de empleos para latinos

whitman's biggest supporter is meg whitman. she's given her campaign $91 million and more where that came from. other governor schwarzenegger's benefactors. charles amonger jr., television magnate berancio and his wife margaret. chairman of the hotel empires. jerry brown has received big money from jeffrey catsenberg and his wife marilyn. walter rod also a big supporter. brown's not paying for anti-whitman ads but groups have spent $5 million going after whitman and the california nurses' associations have staged rallies call her queen meg generating anti-whitman publicity at no cost to the brown campaign. whitman plans to spend $150 million more on this campaign. >> thank you, terry. it is 5:49. belmont says trying to find a nonconfrontational way to ends its standoff with a high profile homeless woman. she's been camping at the corner for about a month. the city says she faces a misdemeanor charge for blocking the sidewalk. but she says she has a first amendment right to be there. >> do you have a message to the police depart

of course noting that meg whitman didn't vote for many years. that's how they're going to come at her. and they are going to use technology and other things. but i'd say whitman's campaign has got -- they just introduced an app for the iphone today. they have got technology all over the place, more than we've ever seen in california. >> belva: and as we move on to education, though, there was a poll that showed very well for meg whitman. >> that's right. a new rasmussen poll, which is a republican-leaning poll, and their campaign admits that. they say it's probably very close but it shows meg whitman up eight points today over jerry brown. i think that should be taken with a note of caution. even her campaign says that. but the fact is she's got the money and the message and she's certainly all over the airwaves and jerry brown now is going to have to match that. >> belva: let's turn to the state and its second attempt to share in some federal money to improve education in this state and the second time failing. so what did we do wrong this time

meg whitman. 43% support democrat jerry brown. 6% run decided. and lieutenant governor maldonado is in a tight race to keep his job. 42% of registered voters say they support him. 43% say they would vote for san francisco mayor gavin newsom. 7% still undecided. >>> headlines around the bay area now, investigators in the east bay say they are sure that the same man attacked three women at an apartment complex. today contra costa county sheriffs release a new sketch of him described as 6'2", 200 pounds. sheriffs say on tuesday get to inside a woman's locked apartment -- on tuesday he got inside a woman's locked apartment at the regencicy apartments. he got away. investigators say the same man raped a woman there last month and assaulted another one in june. >>> muni is cracking down on fare cheats increasing patrols on buses. teams of four to five inspectors along with a police officer will circulate various lines. fare evaders could face fines up to $75 in. muni suspended the program back in may af

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meg whitman. for a new california. >>> california attorney general urged a court to allow gay marriages to resume. brown's legal filing came in response to same sex marriage opponents who are asking the court to block the marriages until it hears their appeal. the court judge who over turned the band last week allowed time for the appeals court to act. the dead line is 5:00 next wednesday. >> city haul is gearing up for a marriage rush if they are allowed to resume. they have shifted their attention and preparations to next week. >> we are thinning about wearing our tuxes. we are getting those ready. dry cleaned. we have our rings already. we don't have to worry about those. a lot of the work has been done. >> businesses in the district are eagerly anticipating the decision that would allow same sex marriage. >>> a fourth connective losing day capped off amissable week. the dow and nasdaq lost 16 points. for the week blue chip dropped more than three%. >> reporter: barb bah boxer released a new ad

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meg whitman. for a new california. >>> it's worse of half a billion eggs at two iowa farms the center of the nationwide salmonella impact. manuel gallegus now on the growing recalling of eggs. >> reporter: latest recall is another farm in iowa. millions of eggs have been distributed in 14 states since early april. they were sold under the brand names of sunny farms and sunny meadow and others. the food and drug administration says there are laboratory confirmed cases of salmonella from those eggs. >> people have to be getting sick or extensive proof of contamination before companies will voluntarily quote, unquote recall their food. >> reporter: salmonella poisoning also prompted an even larger recall from another iowa producer. 380million eggs were distributed under more than a dozen ditch brand names. that owner has a history of environmental and worker safety violation. he now faces lawsuits from several victims of this outbreak. three eggs are blamed for making hundreds of people sick. nebrask

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. governor schwarzenegger has >>> there is still a chance furlough fridays could resume this week. governor schwarzenegger filed papers with the state supreme court trying to overturn a restraining order issued by an alameda county judge to stop the furloughs. a decision we are told could be made any day. the governor wants to force many state workers to take off three fridays every month in order to save california money. by the way, the state budget is still a month and a half overdue. >>> with unemployment in our state hovering about 12%, any news of jobs has to be good news. one employer has about 1,000 positions to fill here in the bay area. mike sugerman on who is serving up the jobs. mike? >> reporter: allen, would you like a side of fries with

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. injured.. after a truck plowed into a crowd at an off-road race in the mojave desert. edward >>> eight people are dead and 12 injured after a truck plowed into a crowd in a race. edward lawrence has reaction from witnesses and friends of the victims. >> reporter: just 12 minutes into the race the fans had no time to react. the crash was caught on video. a cloud of dust and the car lost control and rolled into the crowd lining the track. six people died instantly. there was choose in the moments after. >> on the ground unconscious. >> reporter: others could not see the extent of the damage. >> i was behind what happened and we just go slow through the area. it is a race and people want to win. >> joe sat as a navigator and they noticed part of the tra

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meg whitman. for a new california. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. >>> family and friends are getting their first look at the 33 men trapped inside that chilean copper mine. these images are from a video camera that rescuers sent through a hole they drilled to send emergency supplies down to the men after 17 days in that mine, those men appear thinner but remain relatively healthy. rescuers are drilling an escape hole to try to bring the men to safety but it could take months before they are free. when they remain upbeat now, they may change overtime. joe vasquez spoke to an expert in psychology who tells us how the men might hope in the grueling months ahead. >> reporter: what do you think they are going through? >> well, i think right now they are keeping a stiff upper lip. >> reporter: this is a psychiatrist who has been extensive studies on people w

brown leading whitman by 3%. 25% undecided. some observers including analyst bruce cain wonderers the money's going out but the support has stopped coming in. whitman's campaign looked at those undecided voters and the opportunity to define brown and overcome the democrat's registration advantage here in california. brown has more in the bank than whitman. he's claiming $23 million. she says she has just $10 million left but plans to spend another $150 million before the november election. kristen. >> thanks a lot. it's 6:05. the san jose city council is set to decide whether or not to place four possible measures on the november ballot to help billion the city's huge budget deficit. it includes a quarter cent sales tax increase which would raise san jose sales tax rates to 9.5%. a tax on the approximately 50 medicinal marijuana businessless in the city. changing the city charter by negotiating a second tier pension for new city employees. revising city charter that will affect police officers and firefighters. >> william mcdon

brown claims whitman's $100 million campaign and huge media buys have distorted his record. her most recent attack ad released this afternoon, targeting brown's use of a government jet for campaign purposes. >> people are going to vote for change, integrity and they're going to reject the negativity and the carpet bombing of deceptive commercials that we've been facing these last two months. >> reporter: but the event in san diego was a rarity for brown, who has not campaigned extensively, leaving it up to labor unions to attack his opponent. today in sacramento, hundreds from the california nurses' association dressed as suffragettes celebrated the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, a right meg whitman exercised over the past three decades. >> the fact she hasn't voted in 18 years is disgusting. >> reporter: in los angeles, conan nolan, nbc bay area news. >>> well, this week, jaycee dugard is celebrating one year of freedom, and he h she's doing it in a very special way. she, along with two daughters and a family friend are out camping. ironically, it's ab

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. >>> welcome back. we are counting down to kick-off on nbc bay area. 49er and vikings. craig, where is the camera? >> san bruno mountain. >> looks windy. >> i would ask the weather but lara's hair was blowing in the wind. i can determine that. preseason games are always dicey. the preseason, you just want to know how much the players will play. please don't get injured. this goes for every team in the nfl. what will we see tonight? we check in on both sidelines starting with the 49ers. mere's laura again from candlestick. >> thanks. it's the niners in prime time in front of a national television audience, but the team is not looking at this as a coming out party. singletary says it will come september 12th in seattle. tonight is just about themselves.

meg whitman. for a new california. >>> furlough fridays are back and that means many state offices, including the dmv shut down today. reporter anne makovec shows us a lot of people didn't get the memo. >>> reporter: another furlough friday in california, but this one seems to be causing extra confusion. >> my daughter is having a driving test today. it was scheduled today. >> reporter: but there will be no test. >> the worst thing that we came yesterday to ask them, are you open tomorrow? >> reporter: they said yes? >> they said yes. >> online, they said they are going to be open at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. >> reporter: the furlough is posted on the dmv website, but only as of either yesterday or last night. dmv workers found out that furloughs were back on again wednesday, when the state supreme court ruled they could resume until another ruling comes down next month. the verdict here? frustration. >> i called yesterday, and they said they were open today. >> reporter: the information is available

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. shooting death of a , whoever did this, we're gonna find you, you best believe that. >> a son, a brother, a child. what we now know about the shooting death of a 13-year-old in oakland. >> i was a little bit scared but decided it was kind of the fun at the same time. >> a bumpy landing for passengers on a jetblue flight. when they realized something was wrong. >>> officers investigating a cold case finds a relatively fresh body, the case unfolding in fremont. >> turning out prison lights by turning up the heat. the case that has the a.c.l.u. standing up up for inmates. i'm ken bastida, cbs5. >> eyewitness news. >>> i'm dana king. he was a standout athlete about to start his freshman year of high school and celebrate his 14th birthday. instead, his li

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. furlough fridays are back in california but many of the bay area apparently missed the memo. a number of people showed up for their appointments but they didn't mow the office would be closed. they say they checked online even with some employees yesterday and never heard or saw anything about the friday closure. >> we came yesterday to ask them if you are open tomorrow. >> and they said yes. >> they said yes. >> online they said they would be open from 8:00 to 5:00. >> the website now has some correct information. governor schwarzenegger could resume those this month. another court hearing will happen next month as for the next furlough friday, its next week. >>> muslim americans in pal low at oh open their homes tonight. they say breaking bread wit

meg whitman. for a new california. >>> the giants have already exercised many of their division demons since the all-star break. that, however, does not include san diego. the giants had just one win against the team they're chasing and none at home. but if sanchez had his way, that would change tonight. he took his shot. it's 1-0. top six, tied, 2-2. the grounder to short. juan uribe by, erin padres win 3-2. giants now 1-8 versus san diego. >>> today the giants pulled off a deal with the royals to bring jose guillen and his 16 homers and 612 rbi to san francisco but guillen also brings along a little badge. guillen will join the team with a stress fracture in his right ankle. the closer took another step. he had trailed 2-0, now down 2-1. husband dropped a double in deep left. we've got ourselves a ball game. 2-2. at that point. but very next inning, twins getting it right back. danny valencia, ball going to bounce right out of the park. delmon young scores, 3-2 twins. minnesota prevails, 4-3, fi

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meg whitman. for a new california. . >>> there is new information tonight about last week's fatal hit and run crash in san francisco that killed a 21-year- old german tourist. 36-year-old joshua calculateder of oakland pleaded not guilty today to several charges including vehicular manslaughter. court documents indicate calder admitted he had several alcoholic drinks with his girlfriend at a downtown restaurant at the time of the crash. after the crash calder got out of the car he was driving looked at the body of the tourist, put the bike the tourist was riding on the sidewalk and switched seats with his girlfriend. >> two san jose men received the maximum sentenced to for their role in a street race that ended with a crash and the death of a 20-year-old south bay woman. 22-year-old emanual poorman was sentenced to nine years in prison. 19-year-old joseph was sentenced to six years and eight months. the two were racing last october when poorman's vehicle struck a car allison snow was driving. sno

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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. no, said today is no regrets about speaking out about the proposed mosque near ground zero in york city. nancy pelosi is accusing republicans of turning what she calls the yokel selling issue. there's no question that there's a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some trade join the fight to kill the ground zero mosque. in videos and printed and on the air of the proposed muslim center in downtown manhattan has turned into a lightning rod. a moscow ground zero must not stand. i hope somebody blows up. backers say the boss is a multistate religious center would be built on private property two blocks from ground zero. as a planned structure is architecturally claimed it does not include a dollar more minarets. it adds to the diversity o

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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. >>> it's a night for great catches. baseball. the a's won again and texas lost another. 7 games a gap now. i am just saying. here we go. check out this fan. on the laptop grabs the ball. that's a terrific one. right place, right time. 3-1 tampa bay. coco crisp up stairs and steel as homer. great catch. that is support of cahill. penningten, a's down 3-2. roit off of -- right off of the foul line in right field. a's took the lead, made it stick. trevor cahill got longoria. went to 13-5. e.r.a of 2.54. goes 8 innings, the a's win 4- 3. trailing the rangers by 7 games. giants lost no ground tonight. they had to respond. back to back spankings by the phillys a night ago. another great catch. doesn't even spill his drink. 3-0 giants. buster posey. double

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 the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? july... the >>> brian sabian is hoping the giants' offense can duplicate its performance in july. the team made two moves before the trade deadline but both were to strengthen the bull pen. phil martinez heading to pittsburgh in a change for lopez. lefties hitting .204 against lopez this season. he also required ramon ramirez in exchange for a minor league pitcher. he has struggled this season with a 4.46 e.r.a. >>> dodgers picked up ted lilly and another player from the cubs and pirates closer. padres traded for cardinals outfielder ryan ludwig. >>> barry zito looking for his first win against the dodgers since last may. casey blake puts one into the level field bleachers. 1-0 dodgeers. barry zito wo

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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. >>> four u.s. troops have died in afghanistan today. nato reports three died in insurgent attacks and one was killed by a homemade bomb. they reported a senior taliban commander is among the taliban killers that was killed today. taliban has targeted many veterans of the soviet era for becoming allies with the afghani government. >> the rights that afghan government has gained, they are reached out to the taliban to strike peace deals. hamid karzai is hoping to negotiate with taliban members would ho would be willing to break away from al-qaeda and other terror groups. on this week, he says afghan women's right are non-negotiable. >> the presentation will be solid and meaningful to make sure that the gains we have made especially the gains that our w

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. >>> wi-fi and coffee shops. recently, they have become as synonymous as, well, coffee in coffee shops. but the happy couple is starting to come apart. the reason why from nbc's kris clackum. >> it was the nation's coffee shops that free wi-fi had its origins. but at some, complaints are mounting over wi-fi free letters or cyber squatters, as they're called. >> we started getting sort of complaints about people coming in and a line forming. >> reporter: a line forming, because tables meant for four were being taken up by a single person and their laptop, taking advantage of the free wi-fi. so now, especially at shops and cafes where food and coffee is offered, the owners are cutting off the wi-fi, completely. others are just cutting back, like this ca

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. the west coast shivering, the east coast sweltering summer of 2010 is heading into the record books and tonight we're learning more about why our weather is turning extreme. this year is on track to be the hardest since what occurred keeping began more than one century ago and no one in the bay area needs to be told. all that he is not distributed equally. it turns out that california and the love to be normal. only idaho in texas at lower than normal temperatures in july. and for the entire east coast. july brought much a bottom above normal temperatures. tuesday brought island and delaware have their hottest july ever. gets really been a scorcher in the midwest and eastern portions of the country. and like a seesaw when one side gets hotter than th

california gubernatorial candidate meg whitman made an announcement last night that she received another thirteen million dollars donation from herself you have that's right the republican candidate has just signed another check to her own political campaign making her total donations to herself one hundred and four million dollars now for the former c.e.o. these numbers might seem like chump change she's reportedly worth one point three billion but her opponent governor jerry brown has spent seven hundred thousand dollars now that seven hundred thousand dollar figure is being thrown out is the modest one but what normal person has seven hundred thousand dollars to put on to their own campaign let alone one hundred four million so as you can imagine whitman's means of campaigning is earned her several critics many people say that she is just buying her way to see to the governor's office but here's what i want to know how much is a governor's job really worth yeah it's a powerful position but what anyone else dump hundreds of millions of their own hard earned dollars into a job that's go

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. >>> more than 1,000 jazz musicians are? san jose this weekend for the 21st annual jazz festival. some of the names are big, like george clinton big. but many are small, such as dr. aaron linkton, a music professor at san jose state. take a listen. >> one, two, one, two, three. ♪ >> i think this may be the fourth time that i've performed with the jazz festival. ♪ >> being able to share what i love with people who i love, like my family, and also people that i interact with every day, like my students. it's a great thrill for me to be able to do that. there are world class artists here in the bay area. some of the biggest names in jazz, punk rock, has come from the san francisco bay area. you know, obviously it will be a crime not to feature the un

a month ago brown led whitman 43-41%. the new survey also indicates each candidate has a loyal following. 75% of whitman's supporters said they are firm in their choice. 82% of brown's said the same thing about their candidate. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi joined a house of bay area democratic women today to celebrate the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote and they used the occasion to bash whitman and republican senate candidate carly fiorina for their voting records. ktvu randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: at the federal building in san francisco today cheers for nancy pelosi, the first female speaker of the house, and then pelosi cheered for the suffragettes who fought for decades to win for women what they had been denied, the right to vote. >> while others told them to wait, they had the courage to fight. imagine the courage it took. >> reporter: the 19th amendment, 90 years ago this week. >> i'm forever grateful to those people that paved the way for people like me to enter a nontraditional job

meg whitman. for a new california. >>> tax hikes or slash spending? they will set their vote tomorrow on $2 billion plans over a million-dollar deficit. neither proposal is likely to pass. >> reporter: nobody at the state capital is hopeful that tomorrow's budget votes will lead to an actual budget. still, senate leader gary steinberg says don't call the votes a drill. >> that word is prohibited in my office. >> steinberg says the votes that come before them will be an opportunity for californians to see exactly where each side stands. >> i think it's necessary, and may even be ka thart i can, that we have that debate. >> the governor's plan eliminates the budget deficit through a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. >> it means no new taxes. the people already suffered the largest tax increase in the state 18 months ago. >> even if legislators do sm somehow reach a deal, governor schwarzenegger threatened again today to veto it if it doesn't make major changes to the budget. after thur

and whitman's bobble heads ran out before brown's in about 20 minutes. it is hard to tell if the reasons were political or artistic. >>> he has been a big supporter of medical marijuana for years. one celebrity is pushing to open a dispensary in the bay area. former talk show host montel williams. robert lyles on why the battle is such a personal one. >> if montel williams came to meet with me in oakland -- >> the city council member rebecca caplan says this is montel williams' second visit to oakland in three months and at each talk -- >> he is have interested in supporting the production of select strains of medical cannabis to treat specific ailments. >> for 17 years, i had a chance -- >> reporter: for those who don't follow the daytime gaffe, williams went public on the oprah winfrey about his personal battle with multiple sclerosis. >> there are about a million and a half people who suffer from m. s. in america today and all of us suff area little differently. my -- suffer a little differently. my primary symptom is pain. >> reporter: his own relief

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. >>> all right. the giants got punched in the gut tonight or punched themselves. tim lincecum, long toss, having trouble so they tossed the football around. barry zito's invention. here is buster posey, throwing out eric young, jr. to the fourth. pitching rules the day. posey brings home huff, giants 1-0. sanchez was great tonight. runner on first, wilson on in relief. broken bat to right field, ross misplays it. one swing of the bat, game is tied. throw gets away, gonzalez scores, rockies 2, giants 1. padres lose tonight. all the teams in the race lost tonight. wildcard, the giants stay a game and a half back and the philadelphia phillys lost to the dodgers. tough one tonight. tonight real tough one for the giants, losing to colorado. a's playing wit

a month ago brown led whitman 43-41%. the new survey also indicates each candidate has a loyal following. 75% of whitman's supporters said they are firm in their choice. 82% of brown's said the same thing about their candidate. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi joined a house of bay area democratic women today to celebrate the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote and they used the occasion to bash whitman and republican senate candidate carly fiorina for their voting records. ktvu randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: at the federal building in san francisco today cheers for nancy pelosi, the first female speaker of the house, and then pelosi cheered for the suffragettes who fought for decades to win for women what they had been denied, the right to vote. >> while others told them to wait, they had the courage to fight. imagine the courage it took. >> reporter: the 19th amendment, 90 years ago this week. >> i'm forever grateful to those people that paved the way for people like me to enter a nontraditional job

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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. crisis have been forced to cut some non- essential >>> public schools hit hard by the state's budgets crisis have been forced to cut some nonessential services. among those cuts are landscaping, but as julie watt shows us, at one oakland school businesses and community members are stepping up to keep the grounds well groomed. >> this is really sad. >> reporter: carl showland was shocked when he saw the landscaping in front of this elementary. he said it's nothing like the lush vegetation at his walnut creek middle school. >> i would be unhappy and i would talk to the school district, try and get people to help, just like we're doing here. >> reporter: carl is one of 50 volunteers from as far away as roseville who gave up their saturday to clean up on