farmers and ranchers out of business for good. and how neighbors are rallying behind a san francisco dog walker whose house went up in flames just a few days ago. [ inaudible ] >> ahead of memorial day, honoring the sacrifice of the men lost on a mission that helped turn the tide in the pacific during world war ii and an inside look at the largest multi-cultural celebration in california, the carnaval parade takes over the mission. live from the cbs studios in san francisco as the nation prepares to honor its fallen service members on memorial day. there was a gathering in san francisco this morning to remember the sacrifice made by the crew of the u.s.s. san francisco. john ramos reports on the ship where history is still being written 80 years later. >> reporter: remembering the u.s.s. san francisco has become a tradition in san francisco. now the family of one of its

crew members has added a piece of that history as well. the bag pipes once again led the nation's colors to the memorial for the u.s.s. san francisco. it's torn bridge wings on display with holes from the shelling they took in the brutal battle of the canal. it is november 14, 1942 and a japanese armada was trying to hold on to the important air base. >> the u.s.s. san francisco in lead of the group steamed into the middle. it was nothing other than the suicide run that they knew they had to do it in order to save the marines. >> reporter: within that where other stories as well and that of the chief warrant officer, paul mckinley who flew in the two-wing scout plane on board the ship. he joined the fay i have in 1937 and was just about to get out of service when

pearl harbor was attacked. >> he was not released out of husband four year contract and served the next four years on an extended tour of duty is what they called it. >> reporter: the family was at the ceremony offering a book about his wartime experiences. he was on the u.s.s. san francisco when it emerged undamaged from the pearl harbor attacks and then seemed to move from one major battle to another. >> and they were on their way to midway and that it had gone down and they did not go to midway, so he did escape that one. but then they were proceeding the canal. >> and so you kind of saw it all? >> yeah, he was out there. >> reporter: mckinley scout plane had been removed from the ship prior to the bloody battle that killed 103 men uncolluding the captain and admirable. but the plane was used afterwards to track the crippled japanese ships and rescue american sailors from the sea. still most of it was never talked about until mckinley's family convinced him to put his memories down on paper before

his death in 1996. >> i don't think the bravery and the heroism of these men and women can accurately be understood without hearing it from their own words. and that has changed the outcome of our country where we lose that because we are so in that present here and now. it is important to remember what happened. >> reporter: so now a new chapter has been added to the story of the u.s.s. san francisco. it will be up to the generations that will follow to decide what will be remembered and what will fade into the thin air of history. >> the u.s.s. san francisco became one of the most decorated ships of world war ii, earning 17 battle stars and a presidential unit citation. there are many memorial day services around the bay at the national cemetery inn in their presidio. on board the u.s.s.

hornet, converted into a museum in alameda. and at danville's oak hill park memorial and at campbell city hall among many others. at the same time, millions of americans hit the skies in the highways this holiday weekend. there was an all-time single day record of air travelers on friday. at the moment though a little calm on the roads, but tomorrow is expected to be that busiest travel day of the weekend, so let's see what the weather will be like. on the virtual map, you can see where the fog is and how it is sitting here off the coast, we would have our camera sitting in the middle of the city looking out across the golden gate and that's the vantage point we're looking at. watch the time lapse today. the marine layer did make their stand and they started to build back in and then they got denied and pushed back out. this is a weekend that will be defined by marine

layer. we are spotlighting the inland part of the bay for monday. and even the upper 70s for some places tomorrow. that will cover one micro climate. this now spotlights locations in the interior of the bay for the daytime highs. and this covers monday. that's pretty easy. there is a warm up at the end of the seven-day forecast. some of those inland spots will be in the 90s. back to you. >> thank you, darren. san francisco's alamo square neighborhood has come together in a big way after a fire gutted the home of terry williams, a well-known dog walker. previously he made headlines on threats. and to support the williams family and an online fundraiser has accumulated tens of thousands

of dollars. da lin has more on the green donation sign behind you, pulling in more money. hey, da. >> reporter: yeah, donations right here. so we are on grove street, not far away from alamo square. this is where they are having the barbecue and the fundraiser with dozens of neighbors and supporters. they're all here on this side where they are having a lot of donation boxes where folks are dropping off clothes or any items they think terry williams and their families may need. on that side right there, i want to show you around here, so we're going to pan to this side, so you can see a lot more folks on this side as well are enjoying some food and barbecue. this is where they are all gathering right now. about 100 people, folks have come and gone and more folks will show up as well. terry, himself, is here right now. i asked him earlier how his mom

and dad are doing, so they're out of the hospital. right now they're in the hotel room, still recovering from their injuries, but they are doing better. i asked harry earlier, what's your future plan? here is what he says. >> we're not leaving. we're not leaving. and i always say he bought that house. and that is the plan. >> reporter: yeah, so terry tells me his father actually bought this house. this house right here roughly around 1971. so more than five decades ago. this has been their family home. as you can see it is now boarded up severely destroyed. so on this side, this is where they have all the love messages, what i call the message of support and love messages. this one here says you're the best and it says hang in there, neighbor. this one says love strong, terry strong, we're together strong, so just a lot of love messages for terry and his family. by

the way, we checked in with the fire department, asking them what's the latest as they are still investigating. they are not sure if there is any kind of suspicion at this point. we don't know if it is connected to those threatening messages that the family received about a month ago. it's a all under investigation. by the way, terry says he's touched, and just shocked by the amount of support that folks have offered to him and his family. we'll have more on this story coming up at 11:00. for now live near alamo square, back to you. >> it is good on this memorial day weekend, thinking of him. da lin in san francisco. thank you. in fact we have more of what da was talking about. police are investigating the threat as a hate crime. supervisor dean is prioritizing the investigation. meanwhile on the peninsula, we learned that the son died on a highway last night. joaquin alvarado was riding his

motorcycle on highway 1 in miramar when he collided with a pickup truck before 6:00 p.m. he died at the scene. the pickup driver stayed and cooperated with investigators. his father, joaquin gimenez is the first mexican immigrant to be mayor of half moon bay. starting tonight, the main branch of the oakland library will be closed until november. the library says they will be doing floor-to-ceiling upgrades literally including a new roof, upgraded electrical system, and renovated floors and lighting. also fix some heating problems, and they're paying for it with a $4 million state grant and matching money from oakland. first republic bank officially a thing in the past now. jpmorgan chase finished the takeover closing all branches of the san francisco bank on friday. and all accounts were suppose to transition to chase this weekend. last year first republic collapsed amid major

turmoil for regional banks. it's the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. and still ahead here at 6:00, students getting a leg up at top colleges because of their family's push to end legacy admissions in california. >> i think if you should be here, you'll be able to get here on your merit and not the fact that they gave money to the school. >> and it was party time. dancers, lowriders, celebrating carnaval in san francisco.

thousands of people watched carnaval today either in person, in san francisco, or streaming live with us on pix+.

filing a report amid all the fun and takes us onto the floats and into the lowriders. >> a lot of energy. this is amazing for having such a beautiful time here at carnaval today. it's the lowrider and now it is awesome. do you want to see what happens today? take us in. >> reporter: it's the party everyone has been waiting for in san francisco. of course, we, again, cruise the streets of the mission on a lowrider. >> i love this. this is what lowriding was really meant for. we love to cruise our cars nice and slow and let people enjoy them. >> reporter: that's pedro ramirez's passion. he has been cruising these streets for two decades as part of the san francisco lowrider council, trying to keep this tradition alive. >> since 1974 we started low creations. that's where we come through the city, lowriding. we had a few

problems with the authorities as far as them wanting us to go cruising. >> reporter: but now things are different and you can see how the crowd gets excited every time the car bounces. >> it is good to see things. first of all carnival in this country because it is a good time for the family. >> reporter: during the parade, we would dance. and we would talk to families including one from san mateo. >> the vibe, great energy today. a lot of people out here having a good tomb with families and stuff, yeah. >> reporter: they come to carnaval to connect and sure their culture with the next generation. >> the queen is from peru, so i wore my peruvian shirt today. definitely. it's just a great vibe and great after covid and everything. >> reporter: it is just not about the older generation. little cuds were also a big

part of the parade. proudly displaying their cultural attire and keeping traditions alive. >> it means i get to have fun and spend time with my family. >> reporter: carnaval san francisco continues to be rich culture and tapestry, bringing people to celebrate unity, heritage, and joy. >> and that is what we're all about. lowrideing, it's about cruising, not about a gang, it's not about bad people. we always try to do the best and help our communities and events like today. >> looks like a pretty good day for it with more on the way, i understand? >> the sunny skies there today and so many people for our coverage today with a lot of weather reports on what it was like down there. 50s in the shades and in direct sun, you felt it. it felt warm especially because there wasn't a whole lot of wind going over the mission. let's look at the wind because that's what's driving so much of how we are experiencing the

weather right now. we can visualize the wind streams today. if you have seen it usually so far, hopefully you're kind of getting acquainted with the visual on here, but there's two ways to think about this. these are wind streams that are showing you the direction it's moving. most of this is more north to south. that means it is not necessarily as strong onshore. but if you come closer to the golden gate and look at the colors on here. the colors are also key. in other words if you get into green, it's fairly light. that's like 15, 20 miles an hour winds. when we get into yellows, oranges, reds, and we had a few days on here. look back at point reyes. you're getting into your 30 miles an hour gust out there that's coming down. and that is one of the windiest parts of the entire coast. but what we care about in terms of how the wind is feeling right now, it's a fairly light onshore breeze. so if you're right on the coast or right along the day, you are feeling the influence from this and your temperatures will stay pretty

low. if you are inland, you've already started the warmup. so one way to do that is to actually put the numbers on here. i'll show you tomorrow's daytime highs. because tomorrow's daytime highs are similar to what we did today. let's get the wide view on the map. i will put tomorrow's daytime highs on. when you like inland, you can see the temperatures are going back to near 80. temperatures are climbing to the 80s for places like concord and antioch. if you can get that perspective where we pulled out half moon bay and you can see that number there along the coast, you don't get out of the 50s. let's come back over here to read that number. you're in the 50s all day tomorrow. so it does stay relatively cool at the beach. you still get the benefit of the wind there, but not there at the valley. your temperatures are going into the mid-70s. that's not necessarily high as you are warming back up to average. once we do this, we will stand right here. it's just going to be until we get to thursday and friday when the numbers are

going to start to warm back up again for us and you can pick up the numbers in the north bay, santa rosa. you have a warm up that has been picked up today. let's say good-bye to the numbers. i want to show you what the marine layer will be doing. and watch how the clouds will fill back in tomorrow, but in a limited way. this is futurecast for monday morning. so we will have the marine layer fill in tomorrow, but that's as far as it is going. so this is not typically or very impressive surge in the marine layer that most of us would have clear skies to start the day unless you're right in the immediate golden gate or at the coast. then look at them with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. that's pretty much the next several days. let's put it in your seven-day forecast with the overwhelming onshore influence. the numbers will pretty much stay right where they are until the end of the week when they are going to start warming up. you will see that in the seven day once we get towards the end of it. now look back here. thursday and friday. you're going to be

back into the mid to upper 80s. you will cool back down again for the weekend, so the temperatures will come down to 80. let's do this again now. we'll bring in the micro climates for the bay. while the numbers are always lower here, the trend is the same, thursday and friday. that's when you will be 10 degrees warmer on thursday than you will be tomorrow in the bay. and then you'll cool down for the weekend. all right, vern, over to you. >> all right, straight ahead in sports. a baby announcement. you are going to want to hear. and the san francisco giants, scrappy in the beginning of the road trip. overall performance and record through 54

baseball up top and the giants. five and a half out of the west. would you take it? sure. flying back from a road trip right now. sour at the

start, tasty in the middle. today, bad aftertaste. facing the mets. this is a getaway game. all right, it's time. that is when they took them deep and gone. on the one year anniversary of his last home run, 2-1 giants. giants ace logan webb on the mound as he had his stuff. struck out the side in the fourth. finished with the season high eight punches. web allowed one earned run in seven innings. still 2-1 in the sixth. matt chapman got a hold of one. no because of the great grab by harrison bader and just took it away. bases loaded, up 3-1 in the ninth. pitching, and bader doubled to the left. two runs scored to tie the game. two battlers later, omar, walked it off. new york scored three in the ninth and won the game, 4-3 to snap the giants four game

winning streak and that is why they would have a regular 27-27 with the phillies coming in for a series on monday. many times in oakland, back to the mound the last time against the a's, tossed for an illegal substance. today's story, well, it was more of the a's defense that was an issue. down one in the fourth. max shoeman had some problems. that extended the inning. 8-6 with two outs. jose altuve drove in both players. astros won the game 5-2. the a's get memorial day off before opening a series in tampa on tuesday. pivot to the indy 500, a huge storm delay to start the race for four hours. but the skies cleared to race in front of 300,000 plus. and after the long wait, first turn of the race, look, a wreck took out four cars, first of eight

cautions in the race. so we jump to the finish. and moved ahead of the defending champion joseph newgarden and took the lead, newgarden pulled the same move last year. he won a thrilling finish for his second straight indy 500 victory. how did he celebrate? by going into the ground. the first back-to-back winner in indy in 22 years. pga golfer grayson murray who passed away on saturday morning was confirmed by the family today that he took his own life. murray was 30 years old. and the news parked an emotional day for everyone in the dallas area. sight of the final round of the charles schwab family. urging tournament officials to play on. so davis rallied with a four stroke lead and held off

scottie scheffler with shots like this. stuck the landing at 17 for an easy birdie. no stress at 18 with a five stroke lead. knocked in the par effort here to finish 14 under and pocketed 1.6 million in the first outright pga tour win. the oakland ballers with a bat on their hands and won the opener in montana on tuesday with a record of 2-4 through six. despite the start, oakland's newest pro baseball team had plenty of swagger and that starts with the manager. san francisco native micah franklin. >> these guys remind you of it all as a young pup? >> i hope they don't because i would have a different attitude and i had that town. i was like hey, take no prisoners. >> right. >> i don't know if i want to coach myself at a young age. >> do you mind if i talk? i can't wait to strike it. >> did any of these guys go you

played it? >> they know who we are, man. and we ain't no tiktok. you noah i mean? and i can't even find that. >> shout out to curry, the newest edition of steph and ayesha curry. makes it a family of six. two girls, two boys. congratulations to the curries. i believe at this point, they could probably change diapers as easy as dribbling with both hands. >> by now he does have that, so do you. appreciate it. coming up on the next half hour, getting an edge on the college admissions project because of family ties. a look at the push to ban legacy admissions in california. and activists claim animal abuse, farmers say that is a big lie. the controversial ballot measure that's going before voters that could shut

down dozens of sonoma county farms. i come out and everything is destroyed. just absolutely destroyed. >> a deadly wave of storms across the american heartland. the incredible way

now at 6:30, it's graduation season, but a few state bill could change the way some california colleges admit new students. panel working hard to get to college only to find out you have been passed over in favor of someone whose parents attended the school or made a

big donation. it's a practice known as legacy admissions. bay area lawmaker is pushing to get rid of it completely. a bill that would ban the admissions in all california colleges and universities has passed the state assembly. now it heads to the senate. already cal state, uc, and community college campuses do not consider donors or alumni in admission decisions. they had ties to donors or alumni. kevin koe has a look at leveling the playing field and the potential consequences. >> theoretically graduating. >> reporter: christian is a stanford senior and a first generation college student. a legacy admission was never possible for students like him. >> as someone who doesn't have anyone in my family who went to

college doesn't really feel fair. especially since they got rid of affirmative action. they're not trying to get people from my community who don't have access to this. >> reporter: in fact assembly bill 1780 is a response to the u.s. supreme court's ruling last summer, which banned race considerations in the college admissions process. it aims to end legacy admission practices at california's colleges and universities, and could lead to financial penalties for schools continuing to do so. >> i think the irony with legacy admissions is it helps the families who are absolutely needing the least amount of help in this country. they are at the top 1%. they earn over $600,000 a year. right now it is absolutely odd that we are trying to have a policy that helps them. >> reporter: this study last year by opportunity insight based at harvard university showed ivy plus colleges like stanford are more than twice as

likely to admit a student from a high income family. compared to low or middle income families with comparable test scores. isaiah is a stanford senior who believes admissions should be based on merit. but he's concerned about the potential financial consequences of the bill. >> the reality of the situation is okay, people who donate and people who loan, you know, give these assets to schools like these. they want their kids to come here. and to be honest with you, i'm a low income student, so my funding, like my scholarship comes from those donors. >> reporter: two-thirds of the endowments from the university is used for financial aid. any concern on this end? >> i don't believe the bill is structured to have an impact on financial aid. if you're asking whether it is okay for people to buy their way into stanford, i don't know that. i would think that's okay and i

don't think that is okay. >> and a lot of people here got money and that you actually had to overcome much greater obstacles than they ever did to get here. >> reporter: christian is in full support of 1780. >> i'm in support of moving it because i think if you should be here, you should be able to be basing it on your merit. >> reporter: with his graduation in a matter of weeks, he says it is not even about him at this point, but about equity for those still trying to make it here. >> california and virginia do have bans on legacy admissions. maryland bans them at both public and private institutions and like california, new york is proposing a ban to end legacy admissions at public and private campuses. turning now to the middle east, an israeli air strike killed at least 35 palestinians in rafah tonight. those people were living in tents all

displaced because of israel's invasion. that strike came hours after hamas said they fired a barrage of rockets from gaza. it set off the sirens, as far as tel aviv for the first time in months. just two days ago, the high court ordered the idf to end their operations in rafah, largely choked off for hundreds of thousands of starving palestinians. today trucks began entering gaza from southern israel through the new agreement to bring it past the crossing with egypt if you remember. connecticut senator chris murphy was on face the nation this morning. he says there is not nearly enough aid getting through. >> there is a moral cost to the number of civilians that are dying inside of gaza. but when you continue to withhold food and aid from the people, that will make these causes stronger, not just in israel, but around the world.

>> according to multiple sources, negotiations are set to resume this week for a potential cease-fire deal that would also see the release of some of the hostages that are still being held by hamas. in other news, 16 people have died after severe storms including some parent tornadoes that tore through texas, arkansas, and oklahoma. this is the aftermath about 50 miles northwest of dallas. one man said he was at a restaurant and survived by hiding in a walk-in cooler. >> i grabbed my dog. we headed for there and it was just unbelievable, the sound of all the destruction going on around us. i come out and everything is destroyed. just absolutely destroyed. in a matter of two minutes, it's gone. everything is gone. >> parts of oklahoma also hit

with widespread destruction. the entire city of claremore lost power. nearly two dozen were injured. tonight more than a hundred million americans and half a dozen states are under dangerous weather watches from tornadoes to large hail. now the original series project earth, you see the colleges at the national park are teaming up to examine how hair, yes, the stuff that is on our head and actually this is hair, can super charge our soil. it's not the fake thing. anne makovec shows us their experiment. >> reporter: when it comes to hair, some research at cal is a cut above the rest. >> and that is a collection on wednesday? >> yes. >> reporter: in the department of environmental sciences and the ecosystem and the ecology and dr. wendy silver, visiting scholar, perez. the scientists are studying the bio effects and a possible way to curve it.

they will grow more plants to pull that warming co2 it out of the atmosphere and lock it up in the soil. one way to do that may actually involve human hair. >> if it turns out this is the case, it will be very exciting. >> reporter: collecting untreated hair from a local beauty salon. >> and we take a small amount and we distribute that. >> reporter: bad soil harvested from marin. the graduate added small amounts of the hair into soiled samples. eight weeks later? some preliminary results. >> we began to see evidence that the hair was beginning to break down. >> when we started to see the changes in the hair, we have higher nutrient content. >> reporter: acting like a slow release, changing the bad soil into good. one possible explanation, hair contains nitrogen. >> hair breaks down slowly and

that nitrogen is packaged in the hair in such a way that it's released slowly. >> reporter: in the jar, they also measured the potent greenhouse gas. but in this case, no worry. >> there is a good probability that they would have been able to capture that nitrogen. >> reporter: resulting in slow prolonged growth, which is what appears to be happening with the hair experiments now underway at presidio. >> we just scatter it over these plants that were barely growing. they could barely make it. and that's resulted in this beautiful meadow that wouldn't have happened had we not put that hair down. >> reporter: the ecologist with the presidio trust. he's blown away by what he's seen. >> it's amazing. i would never have considered the hair could be so productive for helping us to restore these very harsh soils. >> reporter: the trust is

experimenting with the hair compost to see if they could help grow native plants in topsoil. the bear and land seen here was treated with straw mulch, hair, fertilizer, or nothing at all. the only green growth would occur with the hair. >> there is much more growth in those plots of hair than there is with just the fertilizer or with that composted self. >> this is hair, this is hair. >> reporter: lisa heads up matter of trust, a non-profit based in san francisco that collects donated hair. the non-profit has partnered with the presidio. they say mother nature had it right. >> this is our renewable research growing in front of your eyes. mother nature is like look at this. this is useful. >> and when i'm cutting my kid's hair, it always goes into my garden now. >> and i'm starting to think what else hair could do.

>> making every day a good hair day. >> if you were inspired to toss your own locks into your backyard plants, word of caution to stay away from long hair because birds can get tangled up in it. a matter of trust recommends small bits of hair or even pet fur. we've got more tips on our website kpix.com. some of us have lots of pet fur too. still ahead here at 6:00, a controversial ballot measure that could put some farms out of business for good. we'll hear from

welcome back in fremont, train enthusiasts and families came out to the fair for steam engines, farm animals, and play time. they also got to show off their unique collections including the trends that operate locally from as far back as the 1870s. the main attraction is the train ride that would have a bunch of new

track lays during the winding through the historic farm outside the popular haunted train event that's geared towards kids in the fall. well, we will focus on memorial day. we've got the forecast here. daytime highs here are going to be well into the upper 70s tomorrow. of course, you're only going to warm up a little bit. we'll look at that in your full forecast because temperatures will go to the upper 80s. this is just a brief snapshot for now. and we're going to talk about everybody in your full forecast including what's going on with the

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specific numbers on your part of the bay in just a moment with your snapshot takeaway for the bay. tomorrow we'll be in the mid to upper 50s. but what about the clouds? a wide view of the map now. we will take a look at how they have been behaving. today was pretty stationary, just sitting out here. we looked at it how it was trying to sneak into the golden gate for a few hours this afternoon and then got denied and it is pretty much just here. all of us have plenty of sunshine. let's track that over the course of the next two days and see how the marine layer will behave. it will put on another assault tomorrow morning. that's about as far inland as it will get. you can see the city, the east bay shore there and napa valley contouring as the clouds squeeze into the valley. that's as far inland as it gets, then watch it melt back. more sunshine than anything else. if you're not in the

location with a gray morning, everybody will get clear skies straight away. that's monday. now let's put the numbers on here to show you how it will feel in terms of your specific micro climate. these are the daytime highs now for monday afternoon. you'll be climbing up to 80, in the mid-70s. san francisco, your numbers will go to 60 in the mid-60s in oakland. when we go inland, concord, that's an 82 on there and it will be 70 in fremont. the numbers in the santa clara valley will manage to warm up to the mid-70s tomorrow. so this is if you want to be technical about it. these numbers are about two or three degrees cooler than you were today actually. just a subtle more influence coming from the breeze, but it shouldn't be anything too overwhelmingly different. you're pretty much just about to have the same day that you just had. we'll go back to this first and this is

where we saw some of the 80s showing up. let's get rid of the fog, which is still on there and we will melt that fog out of the way. mid to upper 80s. look at the cool down by saturday. you'll be back down to 79 by the time we would get there and round that out with the two other significant micro climate. those numbers will also warm up and the two warmer days. then you'll cool down. we'll get you back down. when we finish this out by looking at the coast, it's a lot of upper 50s actually. but the warming trend could still be detected here. you're going to the low 60s. either bay it will be a more common fixture along the coast for sure. it doesn't look like it will be driven far inland much at all over the next few days. >> all right, warm weather. we will head for the hills. up next, deciding the fate of some of sonoma county's largest farms. we'll break

down both sides of the controversial ballot measure when we come back.

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largest farms this november. >> we're in the petaluma dairy belt, where the winds and the fog could come if and keep the grass a little moist. it's a great place to have dairy farms. that's why we have a concentration down the way. >> reporter: there are about 3,000 farms in sonoma county. but a new measure on the november ballot is targeting two dozen of the biggest. christina garfinkel is with the coalition to end factory farming. >> it will aim to stop concentrated animals, the operations in sonoma county. >> reporter: measure j would outlaw larger animal farms and those defined as polluting water in sonoma county. such farms are concentrated animal feeding operations. >> everything is wrong with measure j. it is a disaster for sonoma county. >> reporter: david raba is the chair of the supervisor and

opposed on every level including the hit to the economy. >> half a billion dollar impact to the county's economy. >> you would dispute that? >> i would. >> reporter: the consulting economist, supporting the measure. >> so the economic impact analysis says supposedly we removed virtually all animal farming from sonoma county, which is a very different thing. >> reporter: just ask what a large farm, what it is. >> they are major polluters. they pollute ground water, surface water, and they're cruel to animals. >> lies, lies, lies, and more lies. >> reporter: kathy thrash has worked on her big family farm for most of her life. >> i'm 33 years old. the property has been in my family since 1905. i'm the fifth generation and my children are the sixth. >> reporter: of course, both reject the notion that all big farms are necessarily big polluters. >> we were the environmentalist s of the year in sonoma county

one year. we've had land awards. >> reporter: she is also offended by the family her family mistreats their 750 cows. >> it's completely false. from one thing being certified organic, the national organic program has stringent requirements of how our animals are to be treated. >> reporter: but at another farm, not the family, organizers alleged they took pictures of distressing conditions. >> i've seen these horrific conditions firsthand, and i reported them to law enforcement repeatedly, but nothing has been done. >> reporter: you trespassed to take these pictures? >> well, i believe trespass is a very specific definition. i have entered without specific permission from the owner, yeah. >> reporter: and when he did, activist louis bernier took these undercover pictures of deformed and dead birds in this sonoma facility. >> they are estimated confined over 250 chickens inside these sheds. >> reporter: but the county farm bureau said isolated incidents of mortality occur on

any farm despite the best animal care practices. and it is grossly misleading to portray these photos as representatives of conditions between the family farms. and four family farms? >> we milk around 750 cows on two separate dairies. and we are on over 2,500 acres. so we are not a factory farm. >> reporter: but both sides agree on one thing. >> i think it just passes, our farm would be gone. >> yeah. >> we would be shut down. >> reporter: as to how many big farms would be shut down? >> it is hard to say. >> reporter: but to the activists, one picture like this may be too many. one thing is certain. if they vote to shut down their large farms, it will be the first time that has ever happened in the entire country. >> we did reach out to the poultry farm owner for comment, but have not heard back from

them. and all of this though as americans will consume the single example. more poultry than ever. incredibly about 110 pounds of poultry per capita per year. and inevitable blue that's supplied by the poultry farms. approving two separate statewide ballot measures and the livestock, they challenge one of the laws in the supreme court. ultimately they lost and even now out of state farmers have to abide by the rules or lose the right to sell their product in california. but we will see as it all comes down to a vote in november. for now along with darren peck. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here at 11:00. until then the news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. bundle up if you're near the coast. have a good night. we'll see you at 11:00.

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