. >> reporter: it s the summer after her freshman year at usc. joelle emerson was in spain for the first time for a three-month study abroad program. it was supposed to be the experience of a lifetime. and the american students quickly made friends. one young man seemed especially helpful. >> my friends and i were spending time with a bartender in spain who told us, you know, he would help us learn spanish. we could help him with his english. >> reporter: at this point, you consider him a friend? >> yes. >> reporter: and you trusted him? >> i did. i went to meet up with him on the night of june 19th. >> reporter: that night, forever changed the course of joelle's life. he said he gave her a glass of sangria before they left the bar and went back to her home. she woke up unable to move. >> parts of me were very weak. i couldn't yell. but i remember saying no. >> reporter: she says she was raped in an attack that lasted hours. the worst part should have ended when her attacker left. but as joelle found out, the trauma was just beginning. >> i thoug

chosen over all bay area hospitals we're told by la county usc medical because of dr. jeffrey manley, chief of neurosurgery and a doctor with specialized experience with brain and spinal injury. neither dr. manley will comment on anticipated treatment for stowe saying tonight, he's not a patient yet. >> now brian stowe is expected to leave los angeles monday

wait, nyu and usc? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's both coasts. what are you going to do? >> i don't know what i'm going to do. and i have to decide in the next few weeks, i think. >> jimmy: what are the pros and cons? what are you thinking? >> well, i love new york. i absolutely love it here. i'm from l.a., so my whole family's there. >> jimmy: so your parents are leaning towards. >> my dad went to usc, he's leaning towards usc. >> jimmy: oh, then definitely nyu. [ laughter ] your parents are close to you? go the other way. i mean, 'cause you love your parents. i mean, it's a such an experience to get away. >> yeah. that's the whole point of college, right? >> jimmy: you cry a couple nights. that's just me. but, yeah. [ laughter ] you learn to live on your own. you get a little -- like a little hot plate, a little, tiny refrigerator. college is fun. you're going to love it. has are you going to major in? you know? >> um, i'm not sure. i think theater, i'm pretty sure. >> jimmy: you'll do great in that. you're fantastic. this picture that came out a couple weeks ago. this

, the beautiful campus of usc. we areg >> host: my final guess moving to foreign policy and talk about her new best-selling book, the first book for you? what is it like to be on the best-seller list with your first book? >> guest: gratifying to hear that people areng reacting to it and connected to it. it is very grateful. >> host: it is about onet family in afghanistan so a personalizes the challenges it is called it "the dressmaker of khairo khan" and tells the story of them? >> guest: a young woman who is supposed to be a teacher and ends at the coming in on to burn your. fit as those years or so tough she was left as the head of the family with brothers and sisters counting on her and became a dressmaker in. >> host: the interesting thing is that she never had sewn before andt:g became a successful dressmaker. >> guest: and a corresponding years going back and forth right thing abouteak the book which i think celebrates the sunland stations on the heroine's whose stories are neverwh told, she realized prettyt

and he left usc medical center in los angeles. about a half hour ago. we're also told his family is driving up from santa cruz to meet him here at san francisco general. and at a news conference yesterday, doctors said stow is stable enough to head home to the bay area. he is no longer in a medically induced coma. he has opened his eyes several times. and doctors say he is still in critical condition. the stow family said they leave l.a. with no ill feelings. in fact, they expressed sadness about leaving all of the doctors and nurses and people in los angeles who showed them a lot of support. the giants fan was severely beaten while walking through the parking lot at dodgers stadium after the opening day games. for six weeks, he has been at usc medical center, being treated for brain injuries. of course, this case has received national attention. still no arrests. lapd told us this morning they will put up 300 billboards all around los angeles with the suspect's sketches to get the public's help. they will have more details tomorrow. but the reward for

county usc medical center goes on to say that bryan stow will leave monday morning at 10 a.m. they also say there is still one outstanding issue. they must find a special ambulance one that can accommodate stow and the respirator that is helping him breathe. still on the hunt for the two suspects. >> robert lyles in san francisco. thank you. >>> for the first time in state history 70 state parks will be locked up beginning this fall. it is all to save money for the state. five parks in sonoma county are among the 20 that will be closed in the bay area. some popular sites are also on the chopping block. to the south henry park in santa clara county is also on that closure list. mark sayre talked to disappointed park goers. >> reporter: matt leinart and his two sons are camping out just above morgan hill. 7-year-old george says he loves coming up into the mountains. >> i really like the fires and spending nights and cooking s'mores. >> reporter: it has been a long tradition in this family. >> the park is beautiful. rolling hills. oak trees. it is green right now. >> reporter: bu

it's now in its 16th year, and it's the first year at usc campus which is where we are now. the crowds are still pretty intense here. we're told over the course of two days, 140,000 people are expected to come through, more than 400 authors featured here, and hundreds of exhibitors as you can see. you can see them over my shoulder here. more coming up tomorrow. this is the first sunday of the month tomorrow, the day we do our in-depth program, and we'll feature a libertarian writer, author of more than 30 books live from the set here at usc. following that, our coverage of the day two of los los los angeles times festival. we'll be here with a number of panel sessions covering live on nonfiction books, and in between, a number of nonfiction book authors take your telephone calls including walter mosley. look forward to spending more time with you

. >> reporter: it was the summer after her freshman year at usc. joelle emerson was in spain for the first time for a three-month study abroad program. it was supposed to be the experience of a lifetime and the american students quickly made friends. one young man seemed especially helpful. >> my friends and i had been spending time with a bartender in spain who told us he would help us learn spanish and we could help him with his english. >> reporter: to this point you considered him a friend? >> yes. >> reporter: and you trusted him? >> i did. i went to meet up with him the night of june 19th. >> reporter: that night forever changed the course of joelle's life. she says he gave her a glass of sangria before they left the bar and went back to her home. she woke up unable to move. >> my muscles really were completely weak. some parts of me were numb. i remember having a really hard time speaking. i couldn't yell but i remember saying, no. >> reporter: she says she was raped in an attack that lasted hours. the worst part should have ended when her a

from the campus of usc, the beautiful campus of usc. we are going to move from american history to foreign policy and talk about the new best-selling book and this is the first book for you. was what is it like to be on the best-seller list of the book? >> guest: it's nice to hear people react and people are connecting to it and i'm so incredibly grateful. >> it's a story about afghanistan but it's about one woman and one family in afghanistan so it really personalizes some of the challenges of that country. it's called the dressmakers of speed and tells the story of >> guest: it tells the story of a young woman who is supposed to be a teacher and ended up becoming an entrepreneur because there were so tough on so many people and she was left as the head of a family with five brothers and sisters counting on her and she became an entrepreneur and a dressmakers because there was nothing else women were to able to do. >> host: the interesting thing is she had never sewn before and became a successful dressmaker. >> guest: in the course of

my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organization supporting kids and families, working for labor. i got to see how city hall could be an effective tool to create change. i looked at running in 2007, 2008, and somehow i made it. i have been in politics for so many ways, doing work around central america, supporting people in central america against u.s. imperialism, th

there is a usc football game. we get more than 90,000 people to come. that is where they come first before they get to the stadium. so, as a university our security people but also everybody else, and people. we have a lot of experience how to organize a big advantage. also we make it very comfortable for them. >> rudd, the weather certainly has cooperated. >> it always has. >> southern california at its finest. >> another thing is we are both in what is a corridor of redevelopment of downtown los angeles. if you stepped out from this nice shaded said up magnolia and a hoax, you can see the downtown skyline. we are both very interested in helping los angeles revitalize its arts and historical and, frankly, educational attributes. a lot of people kind of scoffed when we say los angeles culture, but i think you will see from the people that are here this weekend if they ever untether you from your anchor chair here that there is a lot of cultured oregon. we are so diverse in terms of just the ethnicities that live here and the genres of publications, lite

. >> reporter: it was the summer after her freshman year at usc. joel emerson was in spain for the first time for a three-month study abroad program. it was supposed to be the experience of a lifetime and the american students quickly made friends. one young man seemed especially helpful. >> we had been spending time with a bartender in spain. >> reporter: you considered him a friend? >> yes. >> reporter: and you trusted him? >> i did. i went to meet up with him the night of june 19th. >> reporter: that night forever changed the course of joel's life. she says he gave her a glass of sangria before they left the bar and went back to her home. she woke up unable to move. >> my muscles were completely weak. i remember having a really hard time speaking. i couldn't yell. but i remember saying, no. >> reporter: she says she was raped in an attack that lasted hours. the worst part should have ended when her attacker left. but as joel found out, the trauma was just beginning. >> i felt that i was completely on my own. >> reporter: joel says nothing in her

in closing, i want to say that i went to usc and i learned that we need to get along no matter what race, nationality, country we are from. we all have the same goals and all have the same desires. in that spirit, we all need to strive to do better. i don't see that the other party is really caring what their neighbors do. thank you. >> we will move into rebuttal. >> regardless of what we think about grandfather clauses, the building department allowed us to keep our windows. we were required to put in sprinklers. we would not have except that expensive fee could not keep them. here is another one. there are building plants. obviously, i change the nature of my building to warehouse to the highest use and the building plans were required from the time that my building was built. we do not have them here. they are on record. they show the windows, they were approved. this is between my property and the property line at 13 inches. that is shown on the building plots. unless my sister has anything. mr. murphy has told me that there is no negotiation. >> that is the reason why we did not tal

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beaten walking through dodger stadium parking lot after the opening day game for 6 weeks he has been at usc medical center being treated for brain injuries he is now stable enough to go home to the bay area. his parents have september i have i didn't like by his bedside and are thankful for the support of strangers. >>> they see the shirt and they ask about brian and they say they are praying we appreciate that. >> he still is in an unconscious state but has shown slight signs of improvement meaning that he will open his eyes, intermittently and able to move his extremities from time to time. >> and stowes care continues here at san francisco general a unit that specializes in traumatic brain injuries doctors are hopeful for his long term recovery but it will be a long road for him. he leaves that l.a. hospital some time between 10:00 a.m. and noon he flies to sfo and will arrive by ambulance. back to you. >> thanks elizabeth. elizabeth we thinker san francisco. >>> suspect in the murder of a german tourist, go back to court they were arrested earlier this month for the shooting that happen

he has been at usc being treated for injuries to left and right frontal lobes of his brain he is now table enough to go home to the bay area. the case has gotten nationwide attention. still no arrests. billboards show sketches of the two suspects, the reward for information is now $100,000, stowes parents have kept vigil by his bedside and they are just thankful for the support of strangers. >> see this shirt and they ask about brian and they say they are praying we appreciate that. >> he still remains in an unconscious state however has shown slight signs of improvement, meaning that he will open his eyes intermittently and able to move his extremities from time to time. >> so again, stowes care continues here at san franciscohe will be in a you nit specializing in -- san francisco general. he will be in a unit specializing in traumatic brain injury. they will have to check where he is a year from now. he nighs in from 10:00 a.m. to noon this morning. >>> and you will find continuing you have updates on his condition on our website cbssf.com. >>> we are also following a breaking sto

chosen over all bay area hospitals we're told by la county usc medical because of dr. jeffrey manley, chief of neurosurgery and a doctor with specialized experience with brain and spinal injury. neither dr. manley will comment on anticipated treatment for stowe saying tonight, he's not a patient yet. >> now brian stowe is expected to leave los angeles monday morning around 10:00 a.m., but before getting here, the hospital in los angeles admits there is one outstanding issue. they still must find a specially outfitted ambulance, one that can accommodate the respirator that is helping him breathe in order to get him to the airport. meantime, stowe's family will hold a press conference on sunday morning as will the los angeles police department, they are expected to give updates on the hunt for the two suspects. dana, ken, back to you. >> robert lyles at san francisco general, thanks. >>> osama bin laden railed against what he thought were the sins of the western world including the exploitation of women's bodies. but tonight, cbs news confirms navy seals found an extensi

usc is a private university. if you ask between the two, i tend to favor the second. >> caller: yeah, it's also consistent with your philosophy which is basically change the money. >> guest: that's right. i like to be consistent. >> caller: right. >> guest: i like to be consistent. that's -- >> caller: all right. my question. >> guest: consider it a virtue. >> caller: okay. my question is do you think that the experience of socialism in eastern europe had any position effect upon those countries? >> guest: i cannot think of one. i cannot think of one. that's like asking me do i think that libya's president gadhafi has been helpful to libya's citizens. no. to me, socialism is anti-human. it is marching people down a line of social existence that maybe appropriate for two or three people, two or three percent. the one-size-fits-all regimenment is totally anti-human. >> host: next call from new mexico. >> caller: the navy explained that the home country -- because of a germany nazis. >> guest: when i left hungary, i

my father was a shore worker, my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old, and i moved to the east coast for six years before going back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara, graduated in 19988 -- 1988. i have lived in the excelsior since 1999. i have had lots of different jobs, but my main job is doing social work force and a disco, i have been a community organizer, i worked at a labor organization supporting janitor's working in our high- rise buildings. i was a legislative aide before .wr. i got to see how it all work from the outside, community organizations supporting young people, children, families, working for labor, and saw how city hall could be an effective tool for change and then considered running in 2007, 2008, and somehow, i made it. >> you were raised in los angeles, moved to the east coast. what made you want to come back and live in san francisco? >> i love cities. i never felt like i lived in a city in los angeles, but when i lived in massachusetts, where

county usc medical center to san francisco general. today stow's family thanked everyone who has been caring for brian, not just doctors and nurses, but also the people of los angeles. >> so on behalf of her family, we would like to say smu to the community that has embraced bryan and supported him. the people of l.a. have been in our hearts during this six-week journey, and your prayers and support have guided us through. we have made life-long friends. thank you doesn't say enough how much we appreciate you. you will never be forgotten. this is truly the city of angels. >> reporter: about a week ago, stow, who sustained severe head injuries in the beating was taken out of a medically induced coma. his doctor says he has since shown signs of cognitive function, opening his eyes and moving his arms when family members spoke to him. >> most optimistic is bryan gets better and wakes up. we'll have a long recovery process. we'll have to do a lot of therapy. that's our hope. >> reporter: they are still looking for the men responsible for t

he will be transported from usc medical center to san francisco general hospital. stow's family held a press conference and his mother, anne stow, says she does not recent dodger fans and thanked the city of los angeles for its support. >> this press conference is bittersweet. we are taking brian home. i just want to say thank you to the community that has embraced brian and supported him. >> stow is being transported to the trauma center. dr. jeffrey manley specializes in the injury. doctors say he is stable enough to be moved. >>> 25 people were arrested at the bay to breakers today. most for drinking alcohol. they promised a crackdown and police officers were there to enforce it. still, most people say the race was a lot mellower than last year's. here is abc7's lilian kim. >> crews began the task of cleaning up the mess. and it was clear many who participated in the bay to breakers ignored the ban. >> a lot of drinking and garbage. >> many hid their alcohol in water bottles and others carried them in the open. this year there was consequences. there were severa

for 6 weeks he has been at usc medical center being treated for injuries to the left and right frontal lobes of his brain. but doctors say he is now stable enough to go home to the bay area. >> he still remains in an unconscious state, however, has shown some slight signs of improvement, meaning that he will open his eyes intermit departmentally and is able to move his extremities from time to time. >> reporter: stow's parents have kept vigil by his hospital bed. they are thankful for the support they have gotten from strangers. >> they see the shirt and she say -- they ask about brian and they say they are praying, so we appreciate that. >> reporter: the case has gotten nation-wide attention. billboards show sketches of the two suspects. the reward for information is more than $100,000. stow's care will continue at sf general's neurosurgical unit which specializes in traumatic brain injuries. doctors are hopeful but no one knows how stow will be a year from now. >> we have no illusions that it's going to be a long road to recovery. we're looking at over a year of rehab so we're prepar

for six weeks he has been at usc being treated for injuries to the right and left frontal lobes of his brain he is now stable enough to go home to the bay area he still remains in an unconscious state from time to time he is able the open his eyes the case has gotten nationwide attention still no arrests billboards show sketches of the two suspects rewards for information is more than $100,000. stowes parents have been keeping vigil by his hospital bed they are thankful for the support they have gotten from strangers but his mom said he still has a very long way to go. >>> we have no illusions it will be a long road to recovery, we are looking at over a year of rehab, so we are prepared. we are prepared to take that next step with brian. definitely. >> his care will continue here at san francisco general's neurosurgery unit specializes in traumatic brain injury. doctors are hopeful but as his mom said it will be a very long road they have to see where he is at a year from now. so again, he is scheduled to arrive here at san francisco general some time between 10:00 a.m. and noon. they

the tibetan religious leader was speaking at usc. according to "the l.a. times" the doll law llama says he may have deserved compassion and forgiveness, but he also said, quote, if something is serious and necessary to take counter measures, you have to take counter measures." >>> the search for the gunman who opened fire on a police car in pittsburgh ended a short time ago with his surrender. it started hate this afternoon near atlantic and railroad avenues near the atlantic plaza shopping center. they showed the neighborhood was locked down for hours with guns drawn and searched for the suspect. alan wang is live in pittsburgh tonight. alan? >> at 9:00 when i was reporting from this spot, police believed the suspect was somewhere within the a nine-block radius. when we got off the air they realized he was right behind us in a home right back there. after police shouted on a bull horn for the man to come out, 27-year-old jones, dirty from hiding in the attic limped out with his hands up. before he came out a resident in the home who lived in the home told

it was interesting to me to hear the professor from usc talk about that cost differential because the percentage is kind of balance . but that applies to hospital costs as well. the cost per day is about the same. but that means that 22% is driven by the hospital admissions, so blue shield has a lot more hospital admissions. kaiser members, as you can see, how will grow wings of state -- have long berlin's -- have longer lengths of stay. blue shield figures include an estimated 25% cost related to professional services. staff model has fewer hospitalizations but longer length of stay. whether that has an impact, which is something i would like us to collect more data on, every admissions is questionable. when you discharge people earlier, they often get readmitted. it is something health care reform is looking at. perhaps we can begin to collect data on that as well. our top hospitals in terms of how much we spend, are in order california pacific, with 145 days per thousand, 33.5 admissions per 1000 enrollees, and an average stay up 4.1. you see staff, and we tell you how much was spe

the people in los angeles who helped them in this journey, especially his doctors and nurses at the usc medical center. from the recovery to the investigation, los angeles police still looking for the suspects in this attack. about 200 billboards have now been posted around l.a. which show sketches of the potential suspects and also show the reward being offered, $100,000. stay with us here at nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com for our continuing coverage of bryan stow's recovery. >>> accident on alcatraz, the roof of a tram while riding in crashed on top of tourists. >> reporter: the tram we're talking about is the one they use to help people get from the water up to the prison cell tower. that is typically reserved for those who can't walk up the 13 stories but today a witness says somehow that tram hit an old pipe that was sticking out of a wall and that's what caused the roof of the tram to collapse. this is video just in from our chopper. the roof of the tram caved in when it hit the wall. four people were inside, two were hurt. a 64-year-old woman suffered a cut to her eye area and a

it was about service and community engagement, held at usc at the leo mccarthy center for service i think it's called. so there wasn't a lot of fireworks built into that. because is a politician going to say no, i don't want volunteers, no, i don't want people to be engaged in the community? that wasn't going to come out. but they touched on the budget. a couple of the candidates touched on pension reform, which really is going to be the hot-button issue in san francisco, because they're going -- there's very likely going to be a measure on the november ballot. they didn't get into the big thorniest issues in san francisco, the condition of the streets, homelessness, muni, service standards falling back on again. this was really an opportunity for the candidates to kind of just get their names out there. they have been spending a lot of time in the last few months kind of with smaller i call them niche groups, trying to snag some money. >> you said we had a caretaker mayor that is not going to run. is there something that would prevent him from changing his mind? >> his word is one thing.

she is a drake high school graduate and now she's studying music at usc. on the show she's been picked by christina aguilera who just happens to be her idol. >> finally to have her turn around and just see like, that blond head turning around was just like, you know, you want to break down right there. >> her enthusiasm is contagious. the proof that we found inside her bedroom inmarin county that may make her christina aguilera's number one fan, also what her parents have to say about when she started singing before she could even talk. >> her parents have to be so proud and excited. >> it's a fun show to watch. >> that's going to do it for us tonight. "nightly news" is next. we'll see you back at 6:00.

he was transported from usc medical center in los angeles. his family said it is heart breaking to see him in a coma. >> it is so hard, regardless we continue to talk to him and play music. >> the big tip came from ramirez' parole agent. he noticed the resemblance to the sketch and the tattoo that was covered by more tattoos. investigators believe he was trying to hide the original tattoo. vick lee abc 7 news. >> a contra costa father is trying to figure out why his mother would kidnap his four month old daughter. signs outside welcome ramy gallego hope. they located her and arrested the grandmother. 58 year old erica gallego for kidnapping. erica may have been lonely. >> i believe she loves the baby and not harm her. she took a mental wrong turn. >> ramy's parents awoke to find their daughter miss the bassinet. ramy was reunited with her mother today. she is in good health. >> police arrested a 15 year old oakland high school girl because she had a loaded handgun on campus. it was in the backpack. they were arrested for having a dagger. >> a

the niners picked smith in the first round and then -- then hunter and kilgore, also johnson from the usc, jones, miller, person. now if you think gas is expensive for you think of how much it costs to keep a race car on the road. tonight in richmond kyle busch managed to save just enough to beat his own teammate. the big crash in this oval came on lap 301. jeff gordon in the wrong place and he goes hard in to the wall. gordon finished 39th place tonight. the toyotas finished 1, 2, 3 and with 84 laps to go kyle busch passes burton and takes the flag on fumes. kyle holds off the begin's racing teammate to win this event for the third straight year. >>> soccer news the quakes keep falling from grace. they get shut out in philadelphia, remain in last place in the western conference. >>> bay area mma fighter steve shields had his 15 match win streak snapped tonight. he lot of the decision to george saint pier and that's sports. giants win; a's loose but tomorrow sharks did not to march toward the stanley cup. >> go sharks. u. you bet. >> that is the report for tonight. be sure to join us at 7

he was actad on opening-day, march 31st and taken to usc medical center where he was put in a medically-induced coma. on april 15th, stow's family made a public plea for help in finding his attackers. earlier this month sketches of those attackers went up on more than 200 billboards throughout los angeles. last tuesday, stow was transferred from los angeles to san francisco general hospital, where he is remains in critical condition. and then, the news just this morning. that lapd authorities made an arrest in the case. >>> a number of supporters have raised money to help the family with medical expenses. this fundraiser at mccovey's raised $10,000 and tomorrow, the roundtable pizza will donate 30% of their sale to the stow medical fund. you can keep up with the latest in the case by visiting our website, ktvu.com and clicking on eye bryan stow" tab. >>> in other news this evening an intense search is underway all day for a missing 4-month- old infant. ktvu's paul chambers in contra costa county. >> reporter: as you can see this is still an active scene. they have been searching for this 4-mont

the victim was transferred to san francisco general hospital from usc where brain trauma specialists are treating him. there has been a $200,000 reward leading to the arrest of suspects in the case and again about two hours ago two and a half hours ago one person was taken into custody. we will have more information on this morning's breaking developments as it becomes available. >>> thousands of bay area college graduates are facing challenging times. next month they hit the work force or try to in the outlook for new jobs is grim. alan wang has disappointing statistics they are facing but also a few encouraging signs. >> i am looking for a job in the health care field administration aspect of the field. >> when daven graduate west side a degree in health care sciences from cal state east bay he'll be facing tough statistics. a poll shows salaries are down and just over half of the grads are being hired. they are also having a harder time to pay off student loans. >> i even have friends right now that are working at minimum wage jobs when they have two degrees. >> the competition fo

. >> reporter: they met at usc and are now business partners rejecting the corporate career path to form their own startup. service hands.com is a job match making site for restaurants and restaurant industry workers. justin does the sales and marketing. >> whenever you're posting jobs for any of your locations -- >> reporter: natish handles the technology. they have no office. just laptops and lots of energy. it's the kind of risk a growing number of college graduates are taking now that employers are shaking off the recession and aggressively recruiting again. >> there'll be more options out there. hey, i can try to start my business. this is my funding. if that doesn't work out, the job market's better, i know i'll be able to leverage those skills and really put that down on a resume and go back into corporate america. >> that feature should be up and ready in maybe another week or two. >> reporter: after a year, justin and natish have signed up 6,000 job seekers and 30 restaurants in southern california. they'll need twice that before they can even think about quitting their part-tim