street. >> welcome to assignment 7. today on our program, going retro, one of california's last remaing drive-ins >> if it's not one or two hospitals, it's designed for hundreds of hospitals. >> a form transplant patient develops software that could save many lives. >> and a new band sweeping the nation and a east bay crew that started it all. we begin on the state's water crisis, californians could soon be asked to use less war. here is a report. >> about two-thirds of californians ry on the delta for drinking water but a new report finds that residents need

to cut back to use in order for the delta fish to survive. >> it's gog to take more water to restore the ecosystem of the delta. >> diverting water for decades has been blamed for channg the delta and flow. to restore, it's based on water flow alone, sending water supplies downstream to souern california could be reduceed by one this third. north of the delta deliveries could be slashed 70%. >> cutbks are already happening to deal with the three-year drought and toave the endangered smelt. where else can they get water? >> water agencies there is nowhere else to get water and the rert isn't meant to be implemented on its own, pointing out that he don't ha any regutory clout. >> we have to find something

that works to balance the water supply and ecostem. >> still, they warn the findings can't be dismissed because water flow is a major part of the problem. >> flow is one part of the ecosystem that we have affected the most. we have changed the flows more than we have polluted it and about as much as we destroyed habitat. >> the report will be forwarded to the council and they hav a tough job to find solutions that considers nature and people's needs. there is some comfort living close to a fire station but how about living near the busiest one in san francisco? >> in a arrangement between city and the museum of modern art they plan to acquire it's neighbors, bus fire station number one, that will triple space, an expansion that will house an art collectn.

>> we begin to look at adjacent sites. we look to the east and we look elsewhere but we settled on the firehouse. >> it was built in the early 1900s around would take millions to upgrade. now, if they agree they will take over the land on howard street and in exchang built a new state of the art firehouse on folsom about four and half blocks away at no cost to city tax pairs. mayor calls eight win-win situatn. >> it's a great idea. >> the proposed location is in a mixed use area with businesses like a carwash and hardwar store. there are also homeowners in the growing neighborhood. station number one responded to 13,000 calls las year. >> it's going to be a big issue for a lot of peopl around for anybody who wants to get so rest. >> if you have an emergency,

you'll be blessed if you have a station nearby. >> plans are for them to open in 2012 and the expansion in 2015 at the earliest. when is the last time went to a drive- movie? for the younger ones have you heard of one? most of them disappeared but wayne freedman found one with a sign that says still open. >> surround sound let's not underestime of going tretro. the so lano thear here in concord. >> we came hear and the projector still works, what the heck, let's play it again. >> no experience like a drive-in. you get hooked.

>> fits retro in looks, it's really retro in staff. >> linda we her first date here and then her husband proped here. >> did anything else happenhere that you want to talk about? >> no. >> yes, it's true she went into labo while watching a movie here and now the little girl has grown up to be the manager. >> drive-in movies peaked in 1960s and back tre was 27 in californ alone. now only 18 remain. this a reviva drive-in movies came after the war, a time of tech any color dreams but then was then. >> what happened to them?

>> they pretty much turned into a cemetery, trailer park or wal-mart at this point. >> go to a drive-in and y'll find a screen blastg in the breeze and the rest waiting for bulldozer. remember the island drive in alameda. same with one in petaluma that used to flood anyway. >> it's a driving range right now. >> an nbl victim of evolution. not only did he built it, 35 years later he sold it and put the money into mule mul at this plex. >> drive-ins can't compe with regular theaters. >> with 15 acres and one screen. >> which makes the solo theater's resurrection all the more remarkable. on a summer night, the place

swells that pay 6.75 a head. they load occupy the gourmet section the evening demands and then they settle in. >> at a drive-in these days, forget the window speakers, now it arrives by the car radio, curl u and relax so what goes around really does sometimes come back around. vintage, time warn, primordial, enduring, or maybe the lure of a driver-in is embedded in our collective dna. whatever. >> what we wer doing before you got here? >> the drive-in, not dead and still flickering. wayne freedman, "abc 7 news". >> the government office that

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20,000 cases with a succs rate of 90% returng $40 million to consers. these ashes used to be a sack of 20 bills. they were burned in a bank fire. but even this can be save. >> it rises off the currency when it's burned, you can still see the engraving. >> hundreds of cases involved money damaged during 9/11. ther are also plen of bills from natural disasters, too. shear case from hurricane katrina. >> these moldy lumps used to be somebody's life saving it's about to rember deemed for cash. how is it possible? all the examiners have to do is verify that these scraps really

were cold, hard cash at one me if the examiner can identify 51 of the bill, the treasury will replace it. that brings us back to brandon, four 100 bills. will they be replaced. >> it doesn't have to be a continuous 51%. >> this used to be $523ntil it accidentally went into a shredder. they are making good progress on this giving brandon hope. >> there is a chance. pretty cool. >> we'll be following his case as it winds its wa through the process. it can take up to six months to repair and redeem damaged ney. if you wou like to find out how to get your own cash repair, i posted a link at www.abc7.com. >> a local nonprofit group is pursuing the vision that every

young person will find a pathway to prosperity. teresa garcia reports. >> 17-year-old crystal of san jose is quite dedicated to making and baking these little cake balls for the newly launched business called sweet tooth bites. >> somebod may feel guilty about eating a whole one, this way you can eat three or four. >> this teen entrepreneur has put a lot of thought and planning into crafting the sweet business. she just won first prize at a competition. he i first took the judges with a 30 second pitch. >> then you need to go into how you are going to market this product. then you go into the numbers, how much you are going to sell it for, and how much you are going to make per year. >> crystal learned how to create

a plan through an education program at her silver creek high school. its program funded by the network for teaching entrepreneurship, a national nonprofit organization also known as nifty that committed to closin the opportunity gap. >> we focus going into schools in communities, they might have fewer resources available to them. >> in the bay area 20 high schools and community based organizatis teach this entrepreneurship program. since stting in 1994, they have helped more than 10,000 youth learn how to start their own busisses. crystal is already making money selling orde on specialty requested but she has grandeur visions to te it beyond a bakery and into grocery stores. >> i wanted this to be something a little kid can go, mommy i want tt, then they can put it in the cart. >> but first, she is head order

an all expense paid trip to new york to come pete for $10,000. in october 20 students from across the country will battle it out for top business idea, regardless of who wins, they are all considered a very prepared next generation. >> to thin they were in the clasoom help them to become young entrepreneurs, like for crystal if they chaos to work for somebody else, they are great employees. coming up, hidde dangers in fields and school yards, what they are doing to make thgs right. getting a right match for a kidney donor.

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is new rules in place. >> like the artificial turf at hundreds of schools and day care centers, this socce field has dangerously high lead levels. now it could soon be replaced by the company that made it. field turf. in a settment, fid turf and another company agreed to reform late their products and replace turf at a free discount. >> we're please that had the big companies have sepped up to the plates to really try to take care of the problem. >> carolyn caught a director. she says the lead helps give it's the color but then it releases dust and that can be ingested. right w the federal standard is 300 parts per million and

next year it will go to 100. this tested at 17,000. they play often on the field. >> when i go home, do you wash your hands? >> only -- >> people should know that not all artificial turf has lead in it. so it doesn't necessarily mean it's there. >> they don't know how many areas might be eligible for replacement. the funding includes money to help identify them. >> technology helped develop in the bay area could soon have a dramatic impactn kidney transplants. it's designed to help friends and rel tifls th aren't a matcfor them but are willing to be part of a donor chain.

irvin is abou to start a chain reaction, after listening to a documentary she decided to give a kidney to stranger. >> you have two of them. >> but she is not just helping one person. this will the first of a chain donation here in san francisco at pacic medical cent. over the cose of a day, surgeons will remove and transplant kidneys among half a dozen people they are known as unmatched donors. her kidney is going to fernando whose friend was not compatible. she will donate her kidney to a different recipient. the sister will do, donate to another stranger.

>> there are dozens of variables that have to line up, from blood types to the immune system. >> in a three way pairing, this case, 200 people, that is 3.2 million possibities. >> that is why they partnered with a former transplant patient. he developed a computer program called matchmaker to help them match people up. >> this person is extremely hard to match. in this case, he actually has many matches. >> an now the program we fit profiled in 2007 is about to get substantially more powerf. this month jacob is rolling out a system that is on cloud performing platfo that gives hundreds of servers at a time. >> it's defined for hundreds of

hospitals. so the notion th it will be able to tackle the national problem, i not the global problem. >> they quickly can perform pairing that has used to take months. director of the kidney transplant program. >> when we started we were matching 20% of the incompatible pairs that come our way. it's accelerated quite a bit and you we feel we can mat 50 to 60% of our incompatible pairs. >> bacin the operating room, the kidney is about to be put on ice and rushed next door where it be transplanted, exactly what they were hoping for. >> carolyn johnson, "abc 7 news." >> maggie went home a day after and a half donating rd any.

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it's gone viral in the past two weeks. recording thousands of hits worldwide. >> i was looki at languages don't even understand. >> it's been special for years on the streets in oakland where they consider it's their lab. >> it's choosing somethi positive. >> if you see these guys hanging out on the streets. they are not loitering, they are chirping. now with the internetthey are influencing the global dance culture. >> when you are able to break it down and show the raw creative expression, that is en the truth comes out. that is what people are responding to. >> the dance grou hopes their notoriety goes to a whole new level. if you would like mo information on the stories on the program today, go to our

website at www.abc7.com an look under the news links onhe left side for assignnt 7. that is all for this edition of assignme 7. i'm er thomas. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time. [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry popart. but this is warm, frh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. [ musi]

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