is california just its own separate case? can we judge what's going to happen here based on what's happening in the rest of the country? >> no. california, to me, has always been a special case, since world war ii. i think with world war ii, you opened up the reality that the pacific basin was incredibly important to america. and so, for california, at that time, the military presence became incredible important. at that time, people also realized that you could look at california, it had very inexpensive land, had a great agricultural industry, and so, it attracted a lot of people, even more than what we saw in the gold rush. now, for the next 50 years, california always had lots of available land, an excellent secondary educational system. and the combination of those two, plus a very, very unique, as far as america goes, ethnic mix, suggests that you had a lot of innovation, a lot of growth, a lot of thinking people coming here, and a lot of opportunity. and then california just took off, and it took off as many growing na

carlos botifoll está en santa mónica california, cristina londoño en santa cruz california, lo lori desdeúl torres desde acapulco méxico. >>>josé: continuamos en este momento con algunos detsdetalle última hora sobre el terremoto de 8. 9, indican que hasta el momento se han recuperado entre 200 y 300 cadáveres, pero esta cifra puede aumentar dramáticamente por la cantidad de desaparecidos también declaran emergencia nuclear en la planta. donde el nivel de radiación se elevó mil veces por encima del promedio normal. >>>vanessa: se han registrado más de cien replicas poderosas de este sismo, 17 de ellas de más de 6 grados de intensidadç 90 incendios. >>>josé: bueno dices horas muy temprana en la mañana telemundo ha mantenido co obrebertura com y continúa de el terremoto de japón. >>>vanessa: sí van a ver un recuento de lo que se vivió hoy en japón. >>>vanessa: estas soson imágene del terremoto más poderoso de japón el quinto más fuerte de todos los tiempos de vvastando parte norte del país. en las calles la gente corría con temor huyendo de las estructuras que se derrumba alrededor, inclus

the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i'm pleaseto yield to congresswoman doris matsui. the speaker pro tempore: for ow long? ms. eshoo: for two minutes, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. matsui: thank you. i thank the gentlelady for yielding me time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 1076. i can't believe what i'm hearing from the other side of the aisle. it's not a lefty hyped organization. this bill would prevent public radio stations from using -- from purchasing programs. mr. speaker, this would be a huge disrupon to our nation public radio system economy and most importantly the intellectual content and news that so many americans rely upon. according to a recent study, n.p.r.'s overall audience grew last year to over 27 million weekly listeners. that's over 60% overall since 2000. and this is when most other media markets or outlets are struggling. i was a former board chair of sacramento's local pbs tv station, and i was c

that's what we used in this california assessment. for the scenarios they were all down scaled to twelve kilometers covering california and nevada. it's not totally adequate and i'm not saying this is a solved problem. the premium grape growers want to know what's going on in napa, valley but for a lot of water related problems i think we're okay. [inaudible] >> what's the long-term climate - >> hopefully, we get on to that green emissions trajectory which would have co2 levels leveling off and declining. there's a lot of inertia in the system. we all have cars and you can't change power plants overnight and et cetera, et cetera. but in fact the earth response to climate is not going to make too much difference until about the middle part of the century between all those scenarios. through 2050 a climate model is sort of a climate model no whatter what you do with it. in fact if you stop all , co2 emissions today. fossil fuel is the reason it's increasing because fossil means it's stored in the ground and now we're putting it in the a

none in california. and he said california just simply does not plate speaking can't produce an earthquake of that magnitude. at first it so you knowed comforting. it's a question of where it hps and when and not necessarily to the to get hung up on the magnitude in terms of the severity of what could happen here in california. >> dense population. maybe not all building codes up to standard. let change in again with sandy tracking the tsunami situation for us. >> the latest bulletin indicates that no tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for california oregon washington british columbia or alaska. tsunami warning is in effect for russia japan taiwan philippines now it includes australia new zealand mexico central and south america obviously we have been talking about this tsunami warning still in effect for hawaii but once again no advisory watches or warnings have been issued for north america the west coast which is california washington oregon and alaska of course we will keep you posted on

>> comg up next on "california country.. it's crunch time as we dig up what goes into one of our favorite snacks... and you don't even have to leave your car to see how farming is blossoming in one part of the state this time of year... then we put the "fun" back ifungi with tips from an expert. it's all ahead and starts now. [captioninmade possible by california farm bureau federation] >> welcome to the show. i'm your host tracy llers. we're in the beautiful mountains of el dorado county today, which is just a short drive away from sacramento. andhat brings us to our first story. if you're anything like me, you've probably consumed this next produce item at let once this week. that's because it's been called america's favorite vegeble. but we like to call it a reason to get our hands dirty and meet some real potato pioneers. with their adaptability and versatility, it's wonder potatoes are a fan favorite. bad, mashed, diced, or scalloped, no matter how you slice it, from potato chips to french fries d almost anything in bet

in california, that rate is 115,000 per year. in california, over 1 million people have a conviction record, and one in five individuals have an arrest or criminal conviction. so we have to ask ourselves -- is criminal record reform an urgent priority for california? and if so, what is being done? and how can we go further? let's hear what our distinguished panel has to say. our first panelist is dr. steven richardson, a renowned author and professor of criminal justice at the university of wisconsin oshkosh. i have to say that dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written. i want to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on amazon. we also have with us the policy co-director of the national employment law project. and eliza hirsch is the supervising attorney in the clean slate pride is at the east bay community law center. welcome, panelists. i want to tell the audience that while we are ha

one of california's largest industries. but each year, public defenders and private providers of quality defense battle for every dollar needed to protect this constitutional right. the bar association of san francisco is committed to partnerering with, not competing with our public defenders. san francisco fortunate to have a strong public defender and a bar system committed to quality representation for the poor. to best guarantee quality indigent defense, our partnership with the public defender and bar association is essential. they are each other's complements. the sum of the part that makes the whole of criminal defense work so well in san francisco. a challenge for our profession will be to ensure that cities and counties fighting seemingly endless budget deficits do not fall prey to the burgeoning business offered through websites of contract services for criminal defense. our constitution mandates that people accused of crimes be represented by comp at the present time council. not the last expensive council. on a

we can buy the buses for poster recommended southern california. it's an incredible challenge. >> mr. koepp. >> thank you, mr. chairman. representing the great lake superior, the gentleman appears before me and i respect seniority and i respect their ability to make my last missed a post first. [laughter] >> representative can she. >> that's a little faster than i thought. thank you, appreciated. first of all, it's a great pleasure, administrator jackson to be with you, to be involved in the situation with you. i want to commend you for their courageous way in which you applied the epa and the kinds of things you've been able to do quickly already in the kinds of circumstances you've inherited and had to deal with. your mission is to protect human health and the environment and that is exactly what should've been working to do. so i deeply applaud you for it. i think i work on the clean air act particularly a sydney mines, keeping people healthier and massive result providing enormous benefits across the country and in our economy. so as you know,

i have an exand pl in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and they are reported to supply several millions of dollars to demonstrate the viability of product that can be commercialized. all the good establishments in urban areas to convert to bio diesel fuel. these collaborative opportunities are available and have been used for many years now throughout the various states and, i think the opportunity is right in front of us to take advantage of these opportunities. in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer

published a report titled, changing climate, assessing the risk to california. the report looked at 3 scenarios for cutting the amounts of emission that we pump into the atmosphere and depending on whether and how much green house gas emissions can be brought under control, the report projects by the end of the century average temperatures in california will rise between 3 and 10 1/2 degrees centigrade. one of the most publicized impacts of global warming is a predicted increase in sea level. and here's a graph showing sea level rise in san francisco bay. now, i want to note one very important fact about this graph. it does not show predicted sea level rise. it shows how much the level of the bay has risen over the past century. since 1900, the bay waters have risen 7 inches. and we at bcdc have been monitoring this increase for decades and we have been especially concerned because ground elevation, particularly in the south bay, is sinking because of ground water extraction. so even if there's no sea level rise, we expect more flooding as the low-lying areas co

. >>> y california sigue creciendo. >>> los datos muestran que california creció un 10% en relación al el resto del país, hemos sido el segundo grupo más grande y seguimos creciendo. >>> la comunidad blanca dis disminuyó un 5%, y los asiáticos crecieron en un 31%. los hispanos un 28%, de 11 millones en el 2000 a 14 millones en el 2010. y permitió que california mantuviera los 43 escaños en la cámara de representantes. >>> es la primera vez que no aumentamos un escaño. >>> y uno de cada tres latinos son menores de edad en california. >>> es el crecimiento en california sin embargo, en los taes dos que reportamos que son 30 ya, el crecimiento fue en promedio de 76%. >>> esas cifras permitirán para tomar decisiones políticas, económicas y administrativas en california, y ayudarán a lideres a instar a la comunidad a seguir participando. >>> tienen que salir y ser oídos. >>> definimentable está creciendo la

is that any concern for california? >> there should be no concern for california. dee yab low canyon is fine but in japan there are a couple of nuclear power plants there because a third of our electricity comes from nuclear power. one had to start venting radioactive gas and there was concern about being able to keep one of the containment vessels cool enough. that's an ongoing problem there. whether or not that will rise to the level of being a real emergency, we know the people around there were evacuated. >> belva: as interesting as this is i have to move to another emergency which is the california budget. the governor's attempt to get something done with the legislature. >> you want to avoid all nuclear option metaphors with regard to the budget for a while obviously. we had this self imposed deadline that governor brown set yesterday to get the legislature to vote on his tax and budget cut proposal. the idea was that would leave enough time to call a special election to let voters decide whether to do a five-year extension of existing car and taxes. we are h

in california, those laws are pretty heavily regulated. for example, the private screening firms cannot report of arrests -- or they are not supposed to -- and i cannot report convictions going back more than seven years. federal law does not even close, not nearly as good. that is consumer protection law. then, applicants are entitled not to report arrest on an application, so we are very familiar with lots of good laws on the books that are never enforced. the real challenge is to get about enforcing these laws. i do not know if you want to talk about it -- >> tell us about what is next. how can we be successful in taking -- you mentioned there are some good laws on the books. do we -- do they go far enough? how can we take it further? how can we essentially this reform? this seems to be critical. >> we had this huge proliferation of background checks. this huge proliferation of this industry that is collecting all these criminal records, and you have way more people walking around with a criminal record. one in five, as was mentioned. s

unlike the california building code, it is not specific. the california building code would require those things -- providing a path of travel. if it proved to be impossible to provide them, you could possibly qualify for what is called a reasonable hardship. that is based on a mix of ability to do the work to remove the barrier, the amount of money that is being spent, the effect on the business -- things like that. all new buildings are expected to comply fully with the requirements. the same is true with the california building code and the ada. i think i will leave it there. when i was preparing for this, i looked at an enormous volume of materials. this is something that can go into a five-day seminar easily. it is difficult to pare it down in a way that makes sense, where i do not feel i am leaving too much about. at this point, it would be better to sit back and answer questions, if you have any. i am not sure if i am going to speak independently. if you have any questions, i would be happy to entertain them. commissioner lee: thank

. >> actualmente hay 37 personas en el estado de california . >> entre la veinte ciudades de california> sólo oakland perdio residentes, pero si ganó personas de la comunidad latina . >> san josñ es la segunda más grande, san francisco es la cuarta urbe más grande del estado, aumento la poblacion asíatica. >> para tener más detalles, tenemos la información con beatriz ferrari . >> así es, como se informó la poblacion de la comunidad hispana es el grupo que más crecio . >> hace 25 años vine por posibilidades. >> y las encontro, ella vino de salvador, y ha notadfo el crecimiento de la poblacion latina . >> es la gente muy trabajadora. >> segun el censo del año pasado, de los 37 millones de residente de california, catorce millones sin hispanos. >> si incorporamos esto, la comunidad latina crecio a un nivel de 27 por ciento, el grupo en segundo, de crecimiento. >> los asíaticos son el 12 por ciento de la poblacion de california . >> los fondos que se destinan marcan el censo. >> se invierte en transporte y servicios, aunque el número de la comunidad hispana ha crecido muchos han buscado ot

en los Ángeles, california, francisco cuevas telemundo. >> >> aumenta la preocupación sobre el precioas tampoco cambiando el filtro de aire y menos ponerle a su auto una gasolina más potente que la recomendado, quiere decir más cara. >> en un instante: desde méxico a japón los topos viajan con ganas de b >> en medio de la tragedia que estremece japón una noticia positiva, el rescate llamado los topos y n topos. >> cuerdas, seguro, cascos y ropa especial, todo cae en las bolsas pero las ganas principales son las ganas >> dios nos pone hacer eso, lo que no pueden hacer tienen los hermanos que somos los voluntarios. >> igual que los pequeños son capaces de mover toneladas de piedras y tierras topos en el terremoto que 1985 destruyó parte de la ciudad de méxico. héctor y rafael bajo los escombros buscaron y encontraron a sus amigos, su destino ahora es japón. >> rafael cuál es la misión principal de los que van a japón. >> vamos por vida. en haití sacamos 24 sobrevivientes todavía estamos a tiempo de recuperar. tienen una historia importante. es un jardín, había un hotel. en el gran terre

california tomorrow. we are protected, it seems, by the shape of the jet stream. now, the risk overall is small. experts say the plume will be diluted as it travels and at worse would have minor health effects here in the u.s. meantime, overnight the u.s. government decided that japan's safety zone around that failing nuclear plant is not big enough. so this morning there is new advice for americans in japan. move back, or get out altogether. tracie potts is live in washington this morning with what you need to know. tracie? >> what appears to be white smoke began to rise from the number 3 reactor. >> reporter: helicopters are now dropping water on japan's nuclear plant. >> we believe the secondary unit is destroy and not water in the melt pool. >> reporter: japanese deny that but authorities believe it's overheating. the u.s. believes radiation levels there are extremely high with conflicting reports coming from japan, the state department is warning americans to leave or at least stay 50 miles away. 30

one of the fastest growing areas in north california. we're serving less water than we were when i got there. that's corner stone of our growth. anybody that does not know what that means what that means with respect to drought or any emergency you may have is not playing with affair deck. when you harden the demand you must have flexibility. our reservoir is not one for supply. people are taking shots at that. it was built as a water quality salt reservoir and a fish asset and some people said it's appose tear child for bad storage. and they said it's exactly off stream storage that uses peak demands in an area effects by issues today. there's diversity kabs and the keys for our future. so if i can get you to do nothing else i would like you to read this because i consider it a very significant primer for anybody that has to deal with this and stay with adaptive management and the state has the resources now if we think broadly on how to invest them and you have had excellent managers talk to you about the consistent directions in which

but in california, it's a different story. 54% of california voters say they approve of the job the president is doing. 37% disapprove. 9% have no opinion. those findings were about the same as in last september's field poll. 49% of all california voters say that will vote to reelect president obama next year. 37% say they will not vote for him. 11% had no opinion. in the third year of mr. clinton's term, 56% of californians and a majority of u.s. voters opposed his reelection. but as we know the mood of the nation changed and mr. clinton was reelected and carried california by 13 points. >>> four new york times journalists who had been held by libya said that they were abused and threatened during their captivity. according to the times, the journalists were tied up. laria says she was groped and beaten and told she was going to die. they were released on monday. they're driver tonight is -- their driver tonight is still missing. >>> google has agreed to -- the judge said the settlement was quote no fair and would have allowed google to still profit on books without getting the permission of

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richardson of california. the chair: the yealt from california, ms. richardson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. richardson: the act we are talking about is a vehicle to discuss -- to discuss a program cha is urgently needed and why it's still needed today. the richardson amendment is simple. it's straightforward and it's necessary. it takes the politics out of it. it says the amendment talks about that the programs should be -- program should be terminated based upon whether it's needed or not, not based upon using funny numbers. let's talk about this particular bill. i'm suggesting with the richardson amendment that we would consider two things. one, that it would be based upon a termination of five year that was national date of enactment. number two, that the date would be triggered when the national average of under water mortgages would be at a point that it's 10% or less or in the highest state that happens to have high mortgages that it would be at least 15% and if it didn't meet that test

es muy grande. >> los nuevos datos del censo muestran que la población de california crecio en un 105 para buscar un mejor futuro aquí . >> el 38 % es hispano latino, esto los hace el segundo grupo mayoritario . >> seguimos creciendo pero hay otros secotres como en riversite, crecio . >> el vocero, dice que el crecimiento posiblemente se debe al fenómeno migratorio . >> estamos en la frontera, la razón es porque se crecio . >> por los últimos años vemos que las familias vienen porque aqiu nno es como arizona california es donde hay más oportunidades . >> actualmente los latinos y los asiaticos son las comunidades más grandes. >> otro dato es que más de la mitad de los niños de california son de origen hispano, . >> jackeline hurtado . >> jhoy el gobierno de california firmo para el déficit . >> los casi 3 mil millones se tendrán de prestamos jerry brown esperaba unos 12 mil millones pero el mandatario se dio pesimista . >> otros 3 sindicatos se manifestaron , modificar sus reglas y cambiar los beneficios de vacaciones, el sindicato de los bomberos además también llego a un acuerdo,. >

california law, so cleaning your record up to the extent allowable under california state law is really different from saying "clean slate." i feel like we are at best raising expectations unfairly because there is no clean slate in california, but we are trying to improve the laws that there are and expand them. actually, this session and assembly -- my coworker who works on policy in my office has been successful in working with community partners and putting forward ab 2068, and it is really a technical fix, not sending terribly exciting, and if i say it, your eyeballs will fall out of your head, but it basically updates penal code section 1204a the expunge men or dismissal remedy, and brings it up to the same level as 120 3.4. the point is in some cases, people who can get that a remedy for cases when they did not go to prison, there will be eligible to legally say -- some people, certain jobs, they are able to answer "no convictions" for certain jobs, but again, is a far cry from now even having to answer those questions. the problem with the laws in california are that they are ve

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the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in fierce opposition to this bill which is going to adversely affect more than 34 million national public radio listeners through 900 local stations across our entire country. my republican colleagues have declared an emergency to rush this bill to the floor without any hearings whatsoever to examine the proposal. i think that's a bad way to do business. we have many emergencies to deal with in our country, but attacking and crippling n.p.r. is hardly an emergency. what the bill does, and it does it in a very sneaky backdoor way, what the bill does is it cuts off the use of all federal funding to n.p.r. by preventing any grants to it. it prevents any support to n.p.r. by the corporation for public broadcasting. and it prevents support to n.p.r. programming from public radio stations across the country. in other words, it cripples it, it hobbles it. which is really what the majority is seeking to do. this proposal is not going to do anyth

but it's true that california has not been a leader in this issue. when i talked to people who sit on this board, or this committee, this legislative committee, a committee created by the legislature, it is 32 people. 30 are representatives from the hospital and only two from consumer advocates. so you talk to consumer advocates and they will say the hospitals are dragged their feet and slowed down the implementation of the process. the hospitals will say this is complicated stuff and the stakes are big. if we put in -- we are basically pulling back the sheet, if you will, and showing people the inards of the hospital. if mine reflects mine and my competitor doesn't, my reputation is on the line. >> how many thousands of people die. >> hundreds of thousands of people in the united states. >> this isn't like a restaurant. this is a big serious thing. >> belva: why has thereto not been penalties? there is no monetary price to pay for not doing it too. >> this is true for medicare and this is true for a couple of years. if you go in to a hospital and ge