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we begin on e state's water crisis, californns could soon be asked to use less water. here is a report. >> about two-thirds of calirnians rely 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 going to take more water to restore the ecosystem of the delta. >> diverting water for decades has be blamed for changing the delta and flow. to restore, it's based on water flow alone, sending water supplies downstream to southern california could be reduceed by one this third. north of the delta deliveries could be slashed 70%. >> cutbacks are alrey happening to deal with the three-year droht and to save

the endangered smelt. where else can they get water? >> water agencies there is nowhere else to get water and the report isn't meant to be implemented on its own, pointing out that he don't have any regulatory clout. >> we have to find something that works to balance the water supply and ecosystem. >> still, they warn the findings can't be dismisse because water flow is a major part of the problem. >> flow is one part of the ecosystem that we have affted the most. we have changed the flows more than we have polluted it and about as much as we destroyed habit. >> the report will be forwarded to the council and they have a tough job to find solutions that consids nature and people's needs. there is some comfort living close to a fire station but how abou living near the busiest one in san francisco?

>> in a arrangement between city and the museum of modern art they pn to acquire it's neighbors, busy fire statio number one, that will trip space, an expansion that will house an art collection. >> we begin to look at adjact sites. we look to t east and we look elsewhere but we settled on the firehouse. >> it wasuilt in the early 1900s around would take millions to upgrad now, if they agree they will take over the land on howard street and in exchange built a new state of the art firehouse on folsom about four and a half blocks away at no cost to city tax pairs. mayor calls eight win-win situation. >> it's a great idea. >> the proposed locatio is in a mixed use area with busisses like a carwash and hardware

store. there are also homeowners in the growing neighborhood. station number one responded to 13,000 calls last year. >> it's going to be a big issue for a lot of people around for anybody who wants to get some rest. >> if you have an emergency, you'll be blessed if you have a station nearby. >> plans are for them to open in 2012 andhe expansion in 2015 at the earliest. when is the last time went to a drive-in 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 underestimate of going tretro.

the so lano theater here in concord. >> we came hear d the projector still works, wh the heck, let's play it aga. >> no experience like a drive-in. you get hooked. >> fits retro in looks, it's really retro in staff. >> linda went her first date here and then her husband proposed here. >> did anything else happen here that you want to talk about? >> no. >> yes, it's true she went into labor 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 there was 27 in california alone.

now only 18 remain. this a revival? drive-in movies came aft 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 you'll find a screen blasting in the breeze and the rest waiting for bulldozer. remeer 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 mone into mule mul at this

plex. >> drive-ins can't compete wit regular theaters. >> with 15 acres and one screen. >> which makes the solano theater's resurrection all the more remarkable. on a summer night, the place swells that pay 6.75 a head. they load occup the gourmet section the evening demands and then they settle in. >> at a drive- these days, forget the window speakers, now it arrivesy the car radio, curl up and relax. so what goes around really does sometimes come back around. vintage, timearn, primordial, enduring, or maybe the lure of a driver-in is embedded in our

collective dna. whatever. >> what we were doing before you got here? >> the drive-in, not dead and still flickering. wayne freedman, "abc 7 news". >> the governmt office that revives short on cash. what you need to put all those little pieces back together. >> mommy i want that. >> they help young

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bills in a paper shreder and in seconds it was a worthless pile of confettied. >> than gave% but his mom contacted 7 on your side and we found and amazing solution. >> the is an increase. >> this is the u.s. buau of engring and printing in washington, d.c. here examiners work all day turning piles of mutilated cash into spendable money. its free serve of the u.s. government. >> we see everything. >> and shredding cases, too. a l of us end up mangled money. every year the bureau tackles 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 plty 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 time 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 a 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

closing 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 sarting 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. [ female announcer ] why ttle for plain bread when you can have llsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to yr next meal. ♪ to bring the family together on sunday morngs than with the wath and aroma of freshly baked pillsbury cinnamonolls. [ wink! ] [ wink! ]

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the artificial turf your kids py on is about to get more friend. heather ishimaru reports there is new rus in place. >> like the artificial turf at hundreds oschools and day care centers, this soccer field has dangerouy high lead levels.

now it could soon be replaced by the company that made it. field turf. in a settlement, field 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 stepped up to the plates to really try to take care of the problem. >> carolyn caught a director. she says the lead hel give it's the color but then it releases dust and that can be ingested. right now 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? >> on -- >> 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 impact on kidney transplants. it's designed to help friends and rel tifls that aren't a match for them but are willing to be part of a donor chain. irvin is about 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 donationere in s francisco at pacific medical center. over the course 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 fernao whose friend was not compatible. she will dona her kidney to a differenrecipient. the sister will do, donate to another stranger. >> there are dozens of variables that he to line up, from blood types to the immune system.

>> in a three way pairing, this case, 200 people, that is 3.2 million possibilities. >> that is why they partnered with a former transplant patient. he developed a computer program called matchmaker to help them match people u >> this person is extremely hard to match. in this case, he actually has many matches. >> and now the program we first profed in 2007 is about to get substantlly more powerful. this month jacob is rolling out a system that is on clo performing platform that gives hundre of servs at a time. >> it's defined for hundreds of hospitals. so the notion that it will be able to tackle the national problem, if not the global problem. >> they quickly can perform pairing at has used to take

months. direct of the kidney transpla program. >> when we started we were matching 20% of the incompatie pairs that come our way. it's accelerated quite a bit and you we feel we can match 50 to 60% of our incompatible pairs. >> back in the opating room, the kidney is about to be put on ice and rushed next door where it be transpland, exactly what they were hoping for. >> carolyn johnson, "abc 7 news." >> maggie went home a day after and a half donating rd any. ♪ >> up next, an east

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>> rainy day parliament honored his brother who was killed in a traffic accident on this corner. the dae has become his life. >> it will up lift yo spirit and get you away from trouble. >> the dance was self-taught. it originated in oakland, it innings movement from hip-hop to ballet. >> you have to find a way for you to do it. >> this video was shot by joe savion, he added music and put it on the web. it's gone viral in the past two weeks. recording thousands of hits worldwide. >> i was lking at languagei 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 sometng

positive. >> if you se these guys hanging out on the streets. they are not loitering, they are chirping. now with the inteet they are influencing the global dance culture. >> when you are able to break it down and show the raw creative expression, thats when the truth comes ou that is what peopl are responding to. >> the dance group hopes their notoriety goes to a whole new level. if you would like re information on the storieon the program today, go to our website at www.abc7.com and look under the news linkon the left side for assiment 7. that is all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm eric thomas. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time.

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