we have a california agriculture commissioner and cedars association where we work together to apply agricultural code of regulations and the businesses regulation code. in almost every county, in each county, the ccommissioner is assigned to look at the device. supervisor maxwell: parking meters? >> yes. the scales that you see at the farmer's market, that is sealed by staff. they test the skills to make sure that it is type-approved, and then they will seal it so that the consumer knows that if he is paying for 1 pound, he is getting 1 pound. that is part of my job. i get that question all the time, why do we have an ag commissioner of san francisco? >> i have beei have been here se 2008, and i am glad that you have an ag commissioner again. i am happy to be here. if you have any other information, please call me. i would be happy to speak with you in regards to any other questions you might have. supervisor maxwell: thank you. nice meeting you. public comment? >> hi good morning, supervisor mar. i'm walter. i mostly go to the flea market on sunday and i just wanted to say -- no fa

the names were chosen by california's agriculture in the classroom program. both birds were raised on a foster farms nest in modesto. after the pardon, they will go to mount vernon's estate. a few minutes ago, president obama says it feels good to stop at least one shellacking this november. >>> the cold weather is here to stay for at least the next few day. the national weather service has issued a frost warning until 9:00 this morning. another advisory goes in effect tonight from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00. steve says it had be colder tomorrow morning and the freezing temperatures could be damaging to plants in the bay area. in san jose, peen with gardens and -- many people with gardens have been buying supplies to protect the plants. >> i've got some large paradise in pots. last year i lost them all. i don't want to have go through that. >> it's a good idea to bring outside plants from indoors. another tip is to keep them hydrated. water the base of the plant instead of the leave because that protects the roots. >>> an earthquake in paradise. a quake jolted maui. i

right now, the california department of food and agriculture operates the cal palace. the move comes after 16 people at a concert atted cal palace had to be rushed to the hospital last weekend. all of the victims were reportedly suffering from drug and alcohol related overdoses. earlier this year, a rave at the cal palace sent people to the hospital, two died there. at the very least the event should be 18 years and older. >> this isn't an attack on promoters and their different events. what it is is making sure we have our public safety officials in a position where they're able to make decisions that are informed. >> he added that if the legislation to control the cal palace is approved locally, it would head to the state senate, which has the power to make it an ordinance. >>> coming up next at 6:00, bad officers or bad leadership? just ahead. >>> an exclusive with the former south bay police officer says its police chiefs put public image over public safety. >>> it may barely be november. it's not too early to get in a giving spirit. why thousands of families lined

. >> figures show that in california last year more than 9% of households received federal or state food assistance. the u.s. department of agriculturethe number, the average number of california households struggling with hunger exceeded the national average. >>> there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is under way. we will show you how a program is going to offer new jobs and food to an under served community in the east bay. >>> and we're going to bring you new information about a grandfather that was hit and died here. >>> i'm asking and i'm begging if you're out there just give the family closure. >>> a tearful plea tonight to catch a hit and run driver after a 83-year-old man was run over and killed. tonight the crucial piece of evidence that might lead police to the driver. >>> it is out with the old in san francisco tonight. the new effort to replace manhole covers, why it's been done and at what cost. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. police say they have exhausted their leads so tonight they are asking the public for help. authorities are searching for a driver who hit a

what might happen in the state of california in sort of a broad base of different impacts ranging from water resources to forest, human health, beeches, coasts, agriculture and so on. let's go on to the next one. okay this is kind of one of those tricky power point graphs and this is where i pretend i'm al gore. now we're taking longer point of view and these three traces here at the bottom is global temperature, surface temperature of the earth. this is made out from proxy records and we did not have thermometers a hundred and fifty years ago so this is reconstructed from sediments and ice ansisotopes and so forth and the top is co2, so this is in hundreds of thousands of years and it's interesting that you see this pretty remarkable sigh lick or cycles and this is the climate and other periods of earth history we would be huddled in a cave right now or something. the - one of the primary factors in causing this period or rough period is the fact that there are orbital properties of the solar system and planets resolve around them and in this case the exintrinsicty of the earths budget that changes and that goes, it has about a hundred thousand year per

he is an allman the farmer who also owns an agricultural packing company. also coming from california, carol bass. she is taking the seat of diane watson who is retiring. -- also coming from california, karen bass. the house returns today from the election. recess for a lame-duck session. new numbers will start orientation process and in other parts of the capital. today members will take up fiscal year 2011 justice department spending as a suspension bill. also on today's agenda, a simple fly international adoption laws and adjustment to time status of a non-armed services abroad. now the house on c-span. . [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] dd the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., november 15, 2

california. mr. mcclintock: i yield to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas, the ranking member of the agriculture committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from being -- oklahoma is recognized for one minute. mr. lucas: i must rise in opposition to this bill. it bill includes more than $1 billion to settle the pigford discrimination suit against the usda in addition to the money we spent. i want to see a resolution to this settlement, i cannot in good conscience support the process in which we attempted to address these problems. the house passed h.r. 4783, a bill intended to encourage charitable contributions by voice vote in march. what we have received back from the senate instead is a bill that will cost the taxpayers more than $5 billion. by using this procedure, we are unable to offer a motion to recommit to change the bill. additionally we are considering this legislation under a closed rule which prevents any member from offering an amendment. we are rushing through consideration of a massive spending bill. the senate acted on this 269-page bill 10 days ago and we are already brin

agricultural industry is crucial to the u.s. strategy here. >> and i'm an orchard manager for my folks back home. >> reporter: this 24-year-old man is far from his almond far in californiathat's kinds of my real life job but for right now i'm focused here. >> reporter: he's teaching old farmers new tricks. >> the elders get a little rambunctious sometimes and say, hey, kid, what can you teach me? i agree. i fever. >> make sure your orchard floor is clean and all the fruit that isn't infected is removed. >> reporter: did you have learn something today? "some new ideas on how to keep insects at bay" this man tells me. >> a lot of times the father passed on to the son. if the father died in some war that knowledge doesn't get passed down. >> reporter: why would you pick up from sunny california and come to sunny afghanistan. >> >> i just kind of had to look at myself and say what do i want to do? as an american and farmer where can i serve? >> reporter: his dream is to help afghan farmers to move from living off their crops to selling them. in kabul, pakistan, maybe even india or dubai. it could take a while, he says, so he's signing up for another year in afghanistan. jil