>> like many of the cheese makers in california, it's all largely done by hand, although a vegetable [indistinct] culture is added to the pasteurized milk to give it the initial yogurt texture. the mixture is collected in cheesecloth bags and the resulting curds are left to hang in them for about 2 days. after that comes the fun part--kneading the cheese. >> look at that. it's like ice cream. but also this, the feel of this, you can't learn that overnight. it's something that comes with a lot of repetition. >> so you know how much to knead. >> yes. you know, and when to stop and when it's right or when it's been hanging for the correct amount of time. >> harley goat farms sells its cheese to specialty stores like whole foods, as well as restaurants and hotels, like san francisco's fairmont hotel and the ritz carlton.

there's no shortage of customers tasting the different chses, including feta, fromage blanc, and snapping up the goat milk products like soap and skin lotions. this farm store helps to strengthen the direct relationship between farmer and consumer. and it ensures customers keep coming back. >> no, actually i didn't. they just had it in the store, but i never really know the difference, not till i started coming over here. and you can just taste the difference, you know. and it's just really nice. >> although visitors come from all over the world, most are from the golden state. goat cheese is increasing in popularity in california, and here at harley farms, they believe in controlling all aspects of it so that they get great taste and great quality. >> our secret ingredient is right here, is in the grass that is grown in this wonderful soil. we're 2 miles from

the ocean. so that ocean air comes in, and quite often it's foggy, especially during the summer, and it brings in that foggy, salty air which grows the grass that the goats eat. and we consider that a secret ingredient. so you see it on a lot of menus all over the country now. even in cheese courses, lots of the chefs are doing after dinner cheese courses, which is great for small cheese makers like ourselves, because we're so supported by the chefs. >> that ncludes today's tour of the best of "california country". join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

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president kim: good evening, this is the regular meeting for october 26, 2010. -- i'm miss mendoza. >> [roll call] thank you. commissioner mendoza: if you would like, us for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance]

thank you. i need a motion and a second. >> i move the adoption of the minutes. commissioner mendoza: roll call, please. >> [roll call] thank you. that's five aye's. commissioner mendoza: we're a littl punchy tonight. superintendent garcia? >> this evening, i would like to remind the public that this coming monday will be first furlough day for the entire school district. due to the cheapness of our

stake in the budget cuts, schools, child development centers and offices will be closed on monday. this includes all after-school programs. this is the first of four furlough days that will occur throughout the school year. these are not choices that we like making as we adopted the budget. our children should be the most important investment, and unfortunately, the state did not find this as a priority. it will reopen on tuesday, november 1 -- november 2. we like to encourage everyone to get out and vote. the next thing i would like everybody to know, many of us were invited to go to the thirtieth anniversary of the richmond district center. we would like to salute them for all of the work they have done

in the past. go, giants! [applause] let's go out and win the world series. commissioner mendoza: thank you, superintendent. recognition and resolutions of commendations. >> this is always the fun part of the meeting. reviews are really to distinguish great service. every day, we have the unsung heroes in the school district. we don't often enough to get a chance to highlight some of the great work that they do. this evening, we will be recognizing a couple of people. the first presenter i would like to come up is mary richards. >> thank you, superintendent.

my name is mary richards, i am the executive of the high school team. i would like to recognize her as a -- i have had the pleasure of working with her for the last three months and she is a wonderful person. i am going to accept the award for her. she could not make it. she was really happy and absolutely surprised. she could not believe she was being recognized. these awards really make a difference in our lives. it indulges them -- acknowledges them in important ways. i know this is an honor for her. i am privileged to accept it for her. maria is a bit better looking than i am, too.

commissioner mendoza: we appreciate your work. [applause] >> next, i would like to introduce the principle of the middle school. actually, i hate to embarrass her, but she is actually a newlywed. [applause] >> oh, ok. it is a pleasure to introduce one of the members of my team that is so well deserving of this rave special service award. he came to us as a security guard, and he is more than that. he is nominated for his mentor should, his role modeling, --

his mentorship, his role modeling, he established flag football and he takes kids out to lunch. he is right there with a walkie- talkie by the class rooms. he is a member of our community. i would like to introduce albert johnson. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. [laughter] thank you very much. i stand here tonight deeply honored to accept this award as i am thankful that my work is not in vain. i would like to make a positive impact, first on the children that i work with, and second on the faculty.

and you for nominating me for this award and for the support that the staff to provide to help get the job done every day. thank you very much. [applause] commissioner mendoza: thank you so much. item d is the student delegates report. >> during our last meeting yesterday, we received the presentation. she explained to us the rights of students when having an encounter with the police, and she gave the flyers to distribute and inform us how to handle a situation. we have the vice president and public relations officer, they

stepped down. our pr position has yet to be determined. >> we were reading over last year's resolution regarding bathroom policy. we talked about different things regarding the whole issue. we unanimously continued to support it. we also have the issue regarding the resolution for military recruitment. we have been reviewing and assisting the draft riding -- writing. commissioner mendoza: wonderful. thank you so much. our pac rep? hello, michelle.

>> good evening, commissioners and members of the public. i am a member of the parent advisory council and a parent of two public-school children. along with my fellow pac member, we will be presenting the report. congratulations to the folks that were honored this evening. as parents, we appreciate the wonderful work that everyone at the school does here at the district. and also, i wanted to reference the superintendent of the mention of the furlough days -- superintendent's mention of the furlough days. we tried to make the best of this really unfortunate budget situation.

what we will be discussing this evening, our main topics are the priorities for this year and strengthening communication between the pac and the board of ed. we had a meeting just recently, and we have been working on distilling what the priorities are for this year. we have a process for how we come to that. what we came away with or middle school assignments and redesign program placements. parent engagement around the school and the superintendent. of the change of transportation policy, and also, student nutrition. we also wanted to work on teacher admin quality in the after-school programs. implementing the parent engagement plan and issues around special ed.

a little detail of how we are looking at these. our vision being involved with the middle school project is not simply to come out with a pattern. we know that middle school is often the transition where we lose families, and we want to look at how to better engaged the communities, parents, students, and educators. and also, which programs we should have. that is all part of it. we understand these things are all closely connected. a round the school improvement grounds and the superintendent of zone -- zones, families would like to know more about what the plans are to engage the community. and the pac wants to know how we

can participate. there is a frustration that this has not been as transparent because there is not enough information out there. we would like to see more details. we have already been involved with meetings with the district staff. despite the fact that it is a difficult and complex process, there is no real win situation and people will lose services. i will turn it over. >> [speaking spanish]

>> i am the voice of the parents of the public schools and i want to talk to you about the concerns we have regarding the goal of social justice. and if it is really taking place in our schools. >> [speaking spanish] >> there are a lot of questions

regarding the changes and the effectiveness of the changes within the school. we are complying with those promises, and this is becoming a reality in our school. >> [speaking spanish] >> how is the work of the board of education reflecting and making those promises come true? how are you working on those schools to comply with what you have promised? >> [speaking spanish]

>> we would also like to know how can pac to work effectively on communicating with you and also bring you the voice of the parents? and also, any of your suggestions on how we can work on this communication process. >> [speaking spanish]

>> we had a meeting on august -- in august with rachel norton to see how we can continue working with the board of education. okay, so we can make the communication between the board of education and thus more effective. -- and us more ec