[captionibg made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> coming up on "california country," see how one farmer is breaking bread with his customers, literally. then we offer an ode to olives thanks to this historic company. and see how salads are getting a makeofer thanks to these long-time farmers. plus see how your flowers get from the field to the florist. it's all ahead, and it starts now. nestled into the hills of the quiet little town of ojai is where you'll find the rio gozo farm. "rio," which means river in spanish, and "gozo," which means joy, is run by former chef and now full-time farmer john fonteyn. and if you watch him work long enough, you'll realize just how much gozo is actually flowing around these parts. >> good morning. >> you, too. how are you all? i mean, my first love with food wap really preparing food and cooking it. i just kind of felt like since food was a relationship i'm gonna have my whole life, and one i check in with 3 times a day, that it'd be good to really kind of explore it deeper. >> and john gets to explore his love f@r food every day, n

california-grown goodness at its best. i'm dennis newhall for "california country."

louis freedberg, senior reporter with california watch. and lisa, reporter and columnist for "the contra costa times," and carla marinucci with "the san francisco chronicle." carla, what parallels do you see between the problems in washington and california? >> huge parallels. we saw president barack obama this week in the state of the union, whether it's him in washington or jerry brown here in sacramento, look, we've got high unemployment we're both dealing with, lots of red ink, lots of pressure from republicans to make big cuts. and lots of pressure from their own loyal opposition that they have to keep on board. and this is the balancing act that both of these two guys are facing. you're looking at barack obama. you heard him mention google and facebook saying innovation, education. those are the themes. those are the watch words. and jerry brown saying some of the same things as he's trying to make the case -- we'll hear him in the state of the state, and lisa, you'll be walking about that -- this is the problem that both of them hav

for "california country," i'm tracy sellers. >> welcome back to "california country." >> ah, flowers. whatever the reason, whatever the season, flowers are big business in california. surveys show the golden state sells about 500 million stems of flowers in a given year. but it takes much more than slipping a bloom into a vase to get a fresh bouquet to you. don garabaldi's family has been growing acres and acres of flowers for 106 years. pescadero is a sleepy seaside town not far from the city. the area has a mild climate and rich earth, the perfect setting to produce vibrant flowers. a rainbow of blooms are picked here on the hour, every hour, 6 days a week. >> we love it when we first work the soil with the equipment. you turn the ground over. it's got a nice, fresh smell to it. and you work in the soil, leveling it off, making rows so you can plant your qeeds. and then 90 ys to 120 days down the road, you see the flowers come up, and your production, and we get a tremendous satisfaction out of that. >> yellow yarrow, delphinia, larkspur, stock, and dianthus pepper the landscape, an

we have faced this on the california constitution and the requirement that we read in the california constitution that an officer, even if elected, needs to take the oath of office the been ordered to assume the office. at such time, the oath of office is taken, the mayor has not vacated his current position, that is a statutory authority that we are relying on and looking at the cases that have been interpreted. with regard to the impact, our opinion is that the mayor retains his position and we don't see a vacancy yet. if the board was to take an action to designate someone had as the successor mayor, we see that action as an advanced determination, not as a final determination, and either this board or a successor board would need to ultimately take a final action to either ratify or to making the appointment at such time as a vacancy occurs. >> ratification potentially if something was decided upon today. hypothetically, if a different next tuesday. >> that is correct. -- hypothetically, if elected next tuesday. >> that is correct. hypothetically, if the mayor has vacated his cur

lawmakers to ban open carry in california. it comes in the form of ab 144 introduced in the assembly by southern california democrat. and an effort endorsed by the california police chief association. >> guns are a threat. and we don't know who they are. ve the phone shall to be a danger to anyone. >> in california it's legal to display a weapon in public. open carriers carry a clip or ammunition magazine on one hip and a gun on another. a bill made it through last year, only to die at the end of the session due to last minute delays. preventing it from get together governor's desk. supporters say they're motivated by open carrier who's held a series of public gatherings in restaurants elsewhere. >> i believe this bill will get quote, unquote shot down. >> jeff donehill is an open carrier. >> it's actually ludicrous that an elected official would consider restricting rights of the citizen autos open carriers worry some politicians may overreact to the weekend's mass shooting in arizona. >> this is overreaction. what happened w

brown" para curar los problemas financieros del estado ha desatado protestas a lo largo y ancho de california.---como nos informa "antonio valverde", el mandatario estatal no Ólo propone recortar servicios, sino tambÉn aumentar los impuestos. --sin duda uno de los rubros más golpeados por los recortes presupuestarios será el de la educación superior que se quedará con mil-400 millones de dólares menos.--ramon adame nos explica qué significará esto, en la práctica, para miles de universitarios. buenas noches. el gobernador dijo que no tenia otra opcion; y seÑalo que se trata de un presupuesto dificil para tiempos dificiles. la propuesta del mandatario estatal. y por primera vez en la historia, el total de los pagos de colegiatura hechos por estudiantes de la universidad de california sobrepasaran los fondos que aporta el estado al sistema universitario. los recortes para las universidades estatales ascenderian a 400 millones de dolares.--500 millons para sistema de universidades de california--y 400 millones para los colegios comunitarios del estado, que por cierto, son los mas bara

. >>> good evening, and welcome to "this week in northern california." i'm belva davis. joining me tonight on our news panel are sandy roy, editor with "new america media." rachel gordon, city hall reporter for the "san francisco chronicle" and josh richmond, legal and political affairs reporter for the "oakland tribune" and tom vacar consumer editor for kttv news. tom, did this year end better than it began or worse than expected? >> i think for a lot of people it's a toss-up, and i think for the state it's been a toss-up. we started the year out at about 12.3% unemployment, we are at 12.4% unemployment. we had a slight dip in the middle of the year, but unemploymentwise that is the problem and that's the problem for california, jobs, jobs, jobs, because everything else is impacted by that whether it's taxes, housing values, everything else, so that i think was the biggest thing. and in the united states, you know, the same thing. we started out in the united states in the high nines. we are ending up in the united states in the high nines. so, not much

, "arnold de california, "arnold schwarzenegger" se dis arnold schwarzenegger (ex gobernador de california) se disculpo vía carta por no informar a una familia latina , de que no los habían notificado por la rebaja de condena. >> la amistad de arnold schwarzenegger (ex gobernador de california) y el político latino se dejo notar. >> el jefe del dpto de gasto por le gobernador jjerry brown (gobernador de california) . >> llega de manera muy dura. >> los recortes son dificiles. >> los analistas dicen que es un buen comienzo, pero la poca claridad es peligroso. >> esto podría indicar que los ahorros no sean una realidad. >> si los votantes no quiere seguir en estos iimpuestos , tendrán que haber más recortes, sobretodo en la educación y otros servicios sociales. >> siempre y cuando los votantes de ccámara california sigan asi . >> el año ppasado las personas consumieron más , . >> volver a los niveles de empleo antes de la recesion tomara a lo menos 5 años. >> en río de janeiro , muchas ppersonas fueron muertes por las muchas lluvias y aluviones que se manisfiesta buenas noches en

what it means from a regional perspective, southern california gains power and northern california loses it. >>> an assembly woman will take a shot at banning raves. they will meet from the night life industry law enforcement and government to talk about ab 74, the bill she introduced last month. it is designed to prohibit raves on public property and prevent them on private property unless the business owner has a license. the bill will hurt other type of night life events and the bill is in response to drug-related overdoses and deaths at concerts at cow palace in los angeles. more than a dozen people were rushed to the hospital after one concert. >> 5:51 and pigging out in front of your computer can add to your waistline. people who eat while playing computer gamesate mohr than hose who ate with no distractions. the computer users didn't remember what they ate and felt less full afterwards. research suggests we eat more in front of a computer, tv or other distraction because we are paying less attention to what you are eating. >> scott said the tv that you are eating in front of is pr

one of california's largest industries. but each year, public defenders and private providers of quality defense battle for every dollar needed to protect this constitutional right. the bar association of san francisco is committed to partnerering with, not competing with our public defenders. san francisco fortunate to have a strong public defender and a bar system committed to quality representation for the poor. to best guarantee quality indigent defense, our partnership with the public defender and bar association is essential. they are each other's complements. the sum of the part that makes the whole of criminal defense work so well in san francisco. a challenge for our profession will be to ensure that cities and counties fighting seemingly endless budget deficits do not fall prey to the burgeoning business offered through websites of contract services for criminal defense. our constitution mandates that people accused of crimes be represented by comp at the present time council. not the last expensive council. on a

>> my family, my career, all my successes, i owe to california. the opportunity to give something back as governor has been an immigrant's dream come true. >> reporter: the entire address is over four minutes. he talk about how california is still the golden dream by the sea and continues to be the entertainment and innovation capital of the world. he touted his accomplishments during his seven years in office. although he was unable to solve the state's budget crisis insuring his address schwarzenegger talked about what he did do for california. >> working together with democrats and republicans to rebuild california with the largest investment in infrastructure in a generation has been a fantastic success. we returned $50 billion to taxpayers through our workers compensation reforms, and we made california a world leader in clean energy and environmental production. with the redistricting and open primary we passed the greatest political reforms. >> going to solve the fiscal crisis of california, and he hasn't. so i think it's a big bottom line,

the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. . slaughter: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. garegare a lot of talk here on the -- mr. garamendi: a lot of talk here on the floor about job killers. the affordable health care bill creates some 400,000 jobs. the repeal of it is actually a killer of human beings. some 40,000 americans die every year for lack of health insurance. that's the reality. repeal this bill and you're going to find more american dying. also, you're doing away with this repeal of the affordable health care act, of the patients bill of rights. i was insurance comssioner in california. i know exactly what the insurance companies will do if this repeal goes forward. they will continue to rescind policies. they will conti

in california, that rate is 115,000 per year. in california, over 1 million people have a conviction record, and one in five individuals have an arrest or criminal conviction. so we have to ask ourselves -- is criminal record reform an urgent priority for california? and if so, what is being done? and how can we go further? let's hear what our distinguished panel has to say. our first panelist is dr. steven richardson, a renowned author and professor of criminal justice at the university of wisconsin oshkosh. i have to say that dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written. i want to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on amazon. we also have with us the policy co-director of the national employment law project. and eliza hirsch is the supervising attorney in the clean slate pride is at the east bay community law center. welcome, panelists. i want to tell the audience that while we are ha

you can read more of the california watch report this weekend on line at california watch.org. in the the news room, abc 7 news. >>> if you would look to know more read the complete california watch report at california watch.org. >>> state legislators are set to try a second time to repeal california open carry gun law handgun law. it allows registered gun owners to carry unloaded firearms in public. la year the legislature passed a bill repeal the law but failed to get to the governor desk before the end of the legislative session. of assembly speaker or assembly member anthony port of flint ridge introduced a new bill to give the measure a second chance. >> open carrier are law abiding citizens and basically what we do is exercise our second amendment right. it was a law abiding citizen who washington armed who decided not to employ had own firearm to, one who washington one of the hero who stopped the tucson tragedy. >> california police chief association another law enforcement group have endorsed this bill. personnel at hunters would be exempt from the open carry ban if i

so here is a look at the satellite radar image in california. the low moving in, that's going to bring wet and cool weather to southern california. see the areas of white. that's snow over parts of the grapevine. here in the bay area, we're at the top end of the system, and you notice the wrap-around moisture bringing us some light showers. areas of light br -- light blue and light green. just a scattered shower or two expectedhrough the evening. then we're going to clear out, possible light rain falling on the dumbarton bridge and parts of san jose. tomorrow, wake up to dry days. cool but i'll tell you how long the dry weather will stick around. >> alan: a day at the beach took a scary turn for one man and his golden retriever. david perez says his dog, sunny, got excited, and ran off a trail and down a cliff. perez tried to rescue him bu the clf was too te. firefighters had to repel do the cliff and strapped sunny into a harness and hoists him back up. per sez says he has gone there for years but this is the first timeomething like that's ever

may be embarking on the toughest challenge yet, taking over california school system. we should be the leader in education. and will be, again. >> he returned to his roots for a swearing in ceremony where he once taught science and world history. like many, it's a district in deep trouble. >> we're going to have to bite the bullet now and fix the mirrors and smoke gone on in sacramento so we can get budgets. >> the issues fatesing mount diablo still reeling from the cuts made during arnold schwartzeneggar's tenure. jerry brown, he sees long term promise but short term pain. >> we're going to see the budget soon. i anticipate there are going to be cuts. but i'm going find a way to make sure cuts are minimal. >> and this is going to be hard on students. it's where cuts goring to start coming. >> and there is only one thing he is sure of. he's going to need all of the help he can get. that includes a prayer from bubba carrick. >> i pro claim it shad be successful. >> and there is jean kwan took the oblg of office becoming the first woman mayor as well as first asian ameri

california now produces more pot than mexico. >> reporter: this is the scene across california every summer. drug agents destroying tons of illegal pot farms in the state's hills and mountains. now a veteran drug agent tells nbc bay area those hills and mountains no longer belong to californians. >> the reality of what's going on in california, that our wild lands are not within our control. our international trafficking organizations hold sway. >> reporter: that's the message richard camps will deliver at a special conference in sacramento sunday. mexican drug cartels are operating right above quiet communities like saratoga. >> they're there, we know it now. the issues are, how do you deal with it. >> reporter: mike is a former cop, and has lived in saratoga for years. this is where drug agents had a gun fight with marijuana growers two years ago. >> i think it's probably the worst it's ever been. >> reporter: how about this for a reality check. the state department of justice says in the last four years, california has seen a 300% increase in illegal marijuana farms. california no

citizens of california, actually american citizens came together to as certificate control of california -- asset control of california. >> how long have you been doing this? >> i started as a reader and collector -- 25 years -- and ultimately 1985 opened my own business. >> that is quite awhile. >> it is. >> how many books will you bring to the book fair? >> i bring about 300 books. close to home so i can bring a lot. i don't have to ship. >> how many books will you have in stock? >> i have about 6,000 books in my store. >> open shop means what? >> i have a store front in a commercial district downtown sonoma, many of my colleagues, work from their homes or from private offices by appointment only but i am one of the ones that still have the street presence. >> you show up in sonoma and there you are. >> walk right in and buy a book. >> boris tell us about your store. >> well, my store is different although i had a store for 15 years in sonoma as well, and i was right on the plaza, hence the name of my shop, plaza books it is now located in my dining room in santa rosa, i don't think i'

we are glad you joined us today we are talking about people in northern california. from the cattic perspective we will talk about catholics in general but certainly they have played a great role in northern california society we will talk with jeff burns he is head of archives francis can school of history. >> you teach at st. patricks seminary and have taught other places as well. >> francis can school of theology, berkeley. >> you are a historian of note. published i have a book here that you edited. i want to talk with you a little bit about northern california and catholics in general. kevin star the popular arthur in california, described the archdiocese as a wonderful idea of its time. what do you thing he was talking about? why did the archdiocese of san francisco, when it came into being, why was it a good idea? >> at the time all you had in california was the 21 mission that is went up and down the coast but when the united states took over from mexico in 1848, we had to create an american church that was difficult to do. the thing that connects what he was

ahora sera mas dificil divorciarse en california debido a una nueva ley estatal que entÓ en vigor el primero de enero. ---adeÁs, elÚnico funcionario del gobierno estatal que no fue juramentado hoy fue el alcalde de san francisco... le diremos por qÉ " gavin newsom" no quiere dejar su puesto actual y tomar las riendas como vice- gobernador de california.-- las autoridades mexicanas hablan de una estraÉgia para poner un alto a los abusos contra los centroamericanos que cruzan ese pÍs para llegar a estados unidos. nos va a caer en el momento menos pensado. ¿la tia contingencia? ¿y con quién vendrá está vez, eh? terremoto o ve tú a saber... esta vez me va a escuchar y nos va a decir exactamente cuándo llega. ay juan, lo mismo dijiste la otra vez y nada más acuérdate.... locutor: las emergencias nunca avisan. mejor estar listos: prepara un plan. ---una nueva ley estatal que entÓ en vigor el primero de enero podÍa ponerles Ás obsÁculos a las parejas que se quieren divorciar.---como nos explica "cecilia bogran", el proceso de divorcio sera Á s costoso y tambÉn Ás lento.

---miles de menores de edad en california no tienen cobertura medica... y esto no tiene nada que ver con la falta de servicios, sino con la falta de informacion de sus padres. ---"julio cesar ortiz" nos ofrece detalles de diversos programas de seguro de salud para sus niÑos. --el comisionado de seguros de california pidio una moratoria de 60 dias al aumento de las primas de la compaÑia "blue shield".--al anuncio de "dave jones" se sumo la secretaria de salud federal "kathleen sebelius" quien se dijo lista para asistir al estado en esta pelea. la funcionaria advirtio ademas que eso es lo que empezaremos a ver si el congreso echa abajo la reforma de salud del presidente barack obama, como buscan los republicanos.--"blue shield" anuncio su intencion de subir las primas individuales en un 59 por ciento a partir del primero de marzo.--el problema es que el mismo comisionado de seguros reconocio que sus poderes son limitados para revertir el intento. ---la mayoria republicana en la camara de representantes dio el primer paso para derogar la nueva ley de salud

it will misses and go down to southern california. as high pressure builds in and as the pattern changes. it doesn't always happen. usually that's what is taking place. so patchy fog sun and clouds. yes sun and clouds. foggy morning ed today and tomorrow for some. it looks dry. will definitely have to deal with some ofthat fog. there will be sun. in fact, this is one of the patterns we probably get a little warmer weather toward the coast. santa rosa and napa 39. palo alto 45. concord-livermore 44. 30s up in eureka. cold air all the way down to las vegas. there is yesterday's system as it goes down to nevada. the next one coming down. as it does high pressure will build in. big system out there but it's heading north. dry today. patchy morning fog. some of that will be thick. partly sunny. forecasted highs in the 50s today. we will go 51-55. we get a little sun earlier. the trend is for no rain. thick fog will be popping up north bay and east bay. that looks like that will be the forecast for the next couple of days. >>> startling acc

. >> belva: california aggressively moves forward on health care reform. while the debate heats up in washington. >>> cities rush to spend redevelopment funds before they're eliminated by the state. >>> and the police chief shuffle. who will take over new d.a. george gascon's position in san francisco, and will oakland's anthony batts be hired by san jose? >>> updates on investigations into the seven bruan bruno pipe blast. coming up next. northern california." joining me on our news panel tonight. tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the "san francisco chronicle." and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with "the chronicle." and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with "the oakland tribune." how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama's health care bill? >> we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came to power, california was kind of ahead of the curve on this. former governor schwarzenegger signed legisla

published a report titled, changing climate, assessing the risk to california. the report looked at 3 scenarios for cutting the amounts of emission that we pump into the atmosphere and depending on whether and how much green house gas emissions can be brought under control, the report projects by the end of the century average temperatures in california will rise between 3 and 10 1/2 degrees centigrade. one of the most publicized impacts of global warming is a predicted increase in sea level. and here's a graph showing sea level rise in san francisco bay. now, i want to note one very important fact about this graph. it does not show predicted sea level rise. it shows how much the level of the bay has risen over the past century. since 1900, the bay waters have risen 7 inches. and we at bcdc have been monitoring this increase for decades and we have been especially concerned because ground elevation, particularly in the south bay, is sinking because of ground water extraction. so even if there's no sea level rise, we expect more flooding as the low-lying areas co

the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds and i do so to say to my friend that i appreciate his very consill torrey -- conciliatory remarks. everyone has acknowledged this is flawed. we have had the courts already throw the mandate out. we need to deal with the problem even before this measure is being implemented. so it seems to me -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. dreier: we proceed with this work. with that i'm happy to yield two minutes to a hardworking member of our rules committee, the gentleman from lawrenceville, georgia, mr. woodall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. chairman. madam speaker. i have been a member of this body for two weeks and two days and i could not be prouder to be on the house floor today in support of the chairman's resolution. for the entire last year in my district, we have been focus the on one thing and one thing only, since march of 201

enjoy this california weather. it is a relatively toasty 29 degrees there and a little snow, of course. >> oh. i know, yesterday i was like laying out in the sun with my magazine and... [ laughter ] >> i guess we shouldn't tell people on the east coast what's going on over here, huh? >> i bet they're taking a look at some of this video and very, very jealous. >> we should tell them what's going on here, absolutely! >> rub it in. >> snap a photo, you put it on facebook you email it you let 'em know, this is the reason you live here. so all the time they talk about us, here's one great reason to live here in california. we are going to see temperatures anywhere from 8 to 15 degrees above average today. and it won't be just today. these warm temperatures are going to hold on through the close of the week. look at that. warmest of temperatures, 72 degrees. we could best a record set what? 62 years ago! and the mostly sunny skies will continue through friday. by saturday, however, we expect a change in our weather. clou

it is just really need for the san francisco bay area, northern california, california -- it is really neat to recognize native american heritage month with these four that we on this day. again, i know them well. and i can call them my friends, even though one of them is lakota. at this time, i would like to turn the microphone over to john of kqed. >> thanks, carol -- banks, ea -- thanks, earl. i'm president of kqed media. i'm glad you are all here, and we are glad you are all here, and kqed is proud to be joining in partnership with the san francisco mayor's office of neighborhood services and the san francisco native american health center and the native american aids project in celebrating american indian heritage month. we proudly celebrates the diversity out northern california by commemorating american indian heritage with more than 60 programs this year -- this month, in fact. these programs are highlighted in a guide along with listings of community resources and local events, and you can find that actkqed.org/ -- at kq ed.org/heritage. i wanted to point out a couple of films