the california authority at a business plan established in 2008 and 2009.it requires a new plan this year, and it is a requirement of prop 1a before they have any. right now, we submitted our comments on january 13. you have probably read the report from the legislative analyst on the business plan, and there are main concerns that there is some funding but not all. in reality, there is no large infrastructure project anywhere that they have committed to. that is just not the way it happens. the anbar and a review of -- the environmental review is true as a general statement, but what they have done is bring down the right mental document into different areas so they can address whenever they are going to be building first ahead of time. and, of course, there is the issue of funding. right now, there is only $6 billion, and the cost is more than that. the phase 1 completion has been delayed. the cost has more than doubled. construction done in the central valley. we relayed our own concerns with the business plan. the first one is that the first high-speed

the california authority at a business plan established in 2008 and 2009.it requires a new plan this year, and it is a requirement of prop 1a before they have any. right now, we submitted our comments on january 13. you have probably read the report from the legislative analyst on the business plan, and there are main concern

that's following an explosion at a military housing complex in northern california. authorities described the blast as a propane-related event. it happened last night near the marine mountain warfare training center. the exact cause of the blast is not yet known. >>> a disturbing story out of redwood city. a special education teacher has been arrested, accused of abusing two 4-year-old boys. 44-year-old alexia bodkis vend erded to police teaching at roosevelt elementary school. and police say the abuse was not sexual but physical and occurred over the last few months. she teaches developmentally disabled and autistic children. >>> well, the latest report from the department of labor reveals surprising gains against unemployment in the last month. despite the optimistic signs, the economic recovery is coming too slowly for many people looking for work. anne makovec shows us the help local job seekers are getting to give them a boost back in the market. >> you got the job. >> and george does. >> pretty much like to work. you know. but an honest dollar. >> his life has been a bit o

it happened at phoenix elementary school in fresno, california. authorities the three fifth graders put rat poison in their teacher's coffee. one of the students reportedly had a change of heart and knocked the coffee cup out of the teacher's hand before she could drink it. the same students later allegedly brought the teacher a cup cake laced with rat poisoning. she never ate it. school officials transferred those three students to a school for troubled children, but some say that isn't enough. >> find out that you can hatch a plan to kill a teacher and the worst is going to happen to you is you'll get expelled. what is that saying? >> they are fully aware if you look at this rat poison, mouse poison, whatever you want to call it, it will kill. it's listed on there. i mean, that's why intentionally the students brought it. >> meantime, fresno police are looking into the situation. they do say because the incidents happen last december, no physical evidence exists making their investigation a little more difficult. >> some d.c. residents got a bit of help in

>> 15 years later, california earthquake authority has $10 billion of claims. good for what we estimate to be one in 500-year event so our friends from fema understand how significant that is. we're ready for a big one. the problem is most people don't buy insurance. 90% of the homes in california are not insured. i don't want you to discourage people but encourage people. >> i encourage people to strengthen their homes. that's what i want them to do. >> we're with that on mitigation too. i'd like to visit you. >> i didn't like the legislation. i thought it was too costly. didn't have enough protection. and you had to put this money aside. $10 billion would go like that. $10 billion is just chicken feed. >> actually, for homes that we insure, for the number of homes we insure we could handle another northridge and loma prieta. financial security and strength is not a proem. it's the problem that most people so far have not elected to purchase it. that's the work we have. >> you guys are rolling out a mitigation program now, right? >> we have a terrific mitigati

california. where authorities are unearthing the remains of a serial killing spree, jewelry and bodies have been recovered. >> reporter: kept in the green hills about 60 miles south of sacramento, this abandoned ranch is the scene much a slow motion nightmare, where investigators have found about 300 human bones >> we've found pieces here. >> reporter: days of digging have yielded women's shoes and clothing, even jewelry and a purse. scott smith is a veteran local reporter who has been covering the case for years. >> and they're going through on their hands and knees, and combing through the dirt with their fingers and removing the large bones, and shoes, and other items they find. >> reporter: the grim discoveries were made with the help of a map, drawn by death row inmate wes shermantime. he and another were know as the speed -- from the 1980s until the arrests in 1999. bound did did a bounty offered m $33,000 to disclose the location of the victims. >> he showed me a map, there's still bodies in the well. >> reporter: herzog searched 13 years, was paroled but committed last month, after learn

because under crawford, the people of california retain the authority to reverse their supreme court unless the federal constitution is violated then and there by what they did. >> if you're taking away a right from a particular class without sufficient reason, that's to say without a standard, without any reasonable reason, and it's done for a reason that could only be directed at a class in a manner that is -- i don't want to say invidious, but in a biased manner. you can sometimes derive that view of bias from the action in itself. then you cannot do it. here, you have to take into account all of the circumstances that smith mentioned, for instance. you had all of thes a pe s aspe marriage, other than the title. what is the reason for wanting to take that title away from a group of people who have enjoyed it? that's where i think you get to the constitutional question. >> well, your honor, and our submission to you is that the people of california needed no reason beyond the fact that they disagreed that their constitution ordained that result. that their constitution outla d ed a

an office dispute exploded into gunfire thursday at this federal building in long beach, california. authorities say an immigration and customs enforcement agent got into an argument with a fellow agent and pulled out a gun and fired several times. >> another agent working nearby intervened and fired his weapon to prevent additional rounds being fired at the victim. this resulted in the death of the shooter. >> minutes later, police swept in, locking down the area. emergency responders lined the streets as an ambulance rushed the wounded agent to the hospital. >> cbs news has learned the victim was actually the shooter's supervisor. the gunman apparently opened fire after he was told he faced disciplinary action. the fbi is heading up the investigation. late last night about 100 agents were already combing the scene. at times like this, words honestly seem inadequate. as hsi agents, we dedicate our lives to protecting the public and the community from harm. when something like this happens within our office, it's incomprehensible. >> that was bill whitaker reporting from long beach. in the presi

under the california prison industry authority. >> probably will -- all i knew. now i have this and i have something to look forward to. >> reporter: in chino. cbs5. >> california spends nearly $50,000 a year to keep inmates in jail. fred johnson said since 2006 the dive program has saved the state 2.5 million dollars. >> the queen celebrated her 60 year reign today. they honored her with a 62 gun salute, well wishers gave her flowers and gifts for the milestone anniversary. a much more livish celebration planned this summer. >> it's live, it's the radar. the rain is now falling, the winds are increasing, and the area that will be hit the hardest on tuesday as the news roberta tosses back to set thanks, roberta. . >>> it's the radar, in place of the light rainfall and the winds on the increase. let's look at it right now. you see the different shades of green. it translates in to very light rainfall to more of a moderate to heavy downpour. that's indicated by the shade of yellow you are looking at right now. streaming all the way through the park into -- into neva

she is a policy fellow at public policy institute of california and she co-authored a study called "the great depression and distribution of income in california." thank you for being here. the study is so impressive. why did you do it? >> as you know, middle and low income families have been struggling for a long time, not just because of the recession but over the decades. we wanted to quantify how family income was faring in the state of california and in particular what the recession did to impact the distribution of income. we found there were serious impacts. as the study noted reduced living in california with size of the middle-class is the smallest in 30 years and the gap between rich and poor and families in help twice as much it was in 1980. >> reporter: this must have been a monster task for you? >> we used publicly available based on surveys from census ces bureau. we got the data and over the course of about a year and a half, we tried to arrive at the metrics that were rigorous and really described how families were doing. >> cheryl: get to back something you said, califo

the bill steals water from one part of california to give it to another. if the authors of h.r. 1837 support farmers throughout the entire state of california, then they should support my amendment. mr. speaker, thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rie rise? mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. denham. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. denham: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. speaker. you know, the last couple of minutes we talked about the inconsistencies on how they effect other -- affect other counties in the community. certainly my county has been excluded, even though it certainly has impacts in this area. but even san joaquin county, you know, you've got this amendment that cribts -- contradicts it self because west side ag districts, west side irri

. >> and california governorses dmot have authority to remove commissioners but there is talk about introducing a fwoil get richards fired. his appointment expires in january. >> and there is a mountain lion killed this morning and came face-to-face with a big german sheperd. the dog chased the lion up a tree. fish and game agents told everyone to back away. the high onwand yofrd. >> a bounty hunter provided details about information he's getting from one of the so called speed freak killers. those crews from a death row inmate that could lead to more bodies. the bounty hunter describe what's convicted killer wesley shermantine told him. shermantine has drawn a map showing who wells on a ranch. deputies recovered a thousand bone frag manies from a different well last week. >> they started with a well we told them is not the correct well. they did find a skull and a thousand bone fragments. >> padilla promised to pay shermantine 33,000s ndz exchange for information. he wants the sheriff to bring shermantine to the site so he can pinpoint where investigators should be searching next. >> a mother

a resolution supporting the high-speed rail project and pledging to work with the california high speed rail authorityegional governing entities to promptly implement this project. this will make it compatible with high-speed rail well- designed it to be compatible. request approval of the amended at least number, with intelligent transportation inc. for a 10-year lease and the process space in. in the horsemen of the executive director to the intelligent transportation inc. dated january 30th, 2012, which commits not to facilitate the exercise of its rights under section 4.2a before july 30th, 2015. >> so moved. >> second. >> any public comment? >> madame president, members of the board. speaking on behalf of the pilots. i just want to congratulate the staff and for lending the wharf and to this wonderful point of construction and we have been waiting for a long time for this. special kudos to dan who made this his passion. we have had a very successful history of working with construction on another project and other projects and we would hope that they would contract with a good union employers. yo

. >>> documents filed this week show that the california high- speed rail authority paid $160,000 to a public relations firm to lobby state lawmakers to approve funding for the controversial project. the problem is, these are the same lawmakers who appointed the rail authority members in the first place. critics call it a wasteful use of taxpayer funds am say it amounts to the state spending money to lobby itself. >>> as we mentioned, the coast guard has found a boat which may belong to a missing bay area fisherman. the they located it about two hours ago off the coast south of half moon bay. this is new video that we just got in. the coast guard has been searching the area since around midnight. the boat matches the description of the one belonging to the fisherman. he was reported missing yesterday. he was last seen leaving a harbor near half moon bay near wednesday. the overturned boat is in an area just a few miles south of half moon bay. >>> a rash of gun violence in a bay area city and a gun battle caught on tape. you'll see more just ahead. >>> and when you're not watching foo

a shooting at a federal building in long beach, california last night. authorities say an immigration agent repeatedly shot and injured a fellow agent. the shooter then killed himself and a third agent. >>> take a look at this, an unusual street sign in suburban detroit. that's in michigan, megan. le drawing national attention, michigan being megan's home state. it lists six separate times drivers should slow down on school days. some drivers say the sign is meant to keep the school children safe while others say it's not well timed, it's also distracting. >> you have to take your eyes off the road quite a bit just to read those time slots. >> your thoughts? >> i wouldn't know what to make of that sign if i saw it. >> it's home to three different schools and officials say the reduce speeds need to take effect at certain time windows, that according to law. they say the electronic sign would be too costly, so they just wrote the times down when you have to slow down. >> maybe you could just make it slow all the time. just a thought. >>> listen, if you totally enjoy a

. >>> both republicans and democrats in sacramento are blasting california's high- speed rail authority for spending money to lobby the state legislature. now, the rail authority paid $161,000 last year to a big pr firm to lobby lawmakers over the billions for the rail system. the "mercury news" reports taxpayers will pay even more for that lobbying because the money was borrowed. >>> all right. the countdown to the big game under way. what indianapolis is doing to prepare for all those big crowds. >> and forget all the smack talk sunday. it's all about the super bowl snacks. how much you're expected to eat during those few hours. you will not believe it. >>> it's great for business if you are in the snow business. >> and talk about a winter wallop. denver slammed by a massive storm. how long will it take to dig out? >>> plenty of sunshine now, what about this weekend? there is some rain in the forecast. will it affect weekend plans? we'll talk about that next. blizzard and winter warnings extend from eastern >>> a powerful winter storm sweeping across colorado and heading east. blizzar

authorities. three california companies will testify before the fda. vivs from mountain view is one of those companies. they all have obesity drugs being considered for approval. they all come with some serious side effects. in. >>> we've recent study that found that social media like facebook and twitter are harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol. experts around the world are seeing a rise in internet addiction. as edward lawrence shows us, the effects are just as damaging as drugs. >> reporter: ryan is a recovering addict. he was addicted to the internet and videogames. >> better part two of years i was in this different world. >> reporter: at 6'7 ," he was a promising college pitcher but instead of baseball he played the game world of war craft obsessively often 100 hours a week. he became depressed, quit the baseball team and quit school. >> i wasn't going to class for weeks. my baseball, conditioning all that suffered tremendously. got to the point where i was sitting at home playing 16 hours a day. >> reporter: his parents took him to a doc

california. that is something that authorities will be investigating today after looking at the first place wherements. pain at the pump is getting worse. the average in california is $4.28. it is cold out there. arafat has the details on the forecast. >>erica: we are colder than the average. right now we are freezing in a lot of spots. here is a look at the golden gate. we are below freezing for a good half of the bay area. as we head into the afternoon we will continue to see temperatures below the seasonal average. we are talking forties and low 50s. as we head into tonight we do have the slight potential for isolated showers. it looks like that will stay inland with a greater potential for rainfall as we head into the middle of this week. 30 is the common number for santa rosa, napa and nevada. still looks like some of the '30's have spilled over into oakland and redwood city. it is very chilly around the bay area. we will hold on to the cool temperatures into the the clock tower. the 30's stick around and some of the north bay spots. as we head into lunchtimes a light blue indicates some low

authorities in northern california are investigating a burglary at their own courthouse. thieves broke into a lobby display case at the courthouse and swiped gold null get -- nuggets. those nuggets are part of $3 million and collections that are on display. it had surveillance video showing two men breaking into the case wednesday night. while they were up near the border and was the size of gold rush in 1851 known as the second mother load. >> inside headquarters for the first look yesterday. >> and bay area study on sugar rose nates around the world. the claims that are hard to swallow if you have a sweet tooth. >> temperatures soared today across the entire bay area, coming up temperature change you can't expect for tomorrow as rain chances will be added in the bay area forecast. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make

. >> a discussion to authorize the san francisco public utilities commission and an understanding with the california medical center to perform sewer improvements related to the cesar chavez improvement project, authorize the general manager to except and expand it funds, increasing the contingency and authorize staff to provide support subject to supplemental appropriations, the cesar chavez improvement project. decreasing the contract and a time extension 4 total contract duration of 598 consecutive calendar days subject to board approval of a supplemental appropriation and adopt environmental findings under the california environmental quality act. >> i think you may be aware we are doing a lot of work on cesar chavez. st. luke's hospital wants to rearrange its campus and this would allow us to get money from them and move our sewer lines and out of the way so we could do our work. >> thank you. any questions for the general manager? any public comment? >> i need to abstain? -- >> all those in favor? the motion carries. >> all those in favor? of the motion carries. >> the next item will be a close

all the funding comes from inmate-produced goods and services under the california prison industry authority. >> don't want to come back. now that i have this, i have something to look forward to for the rest of my life. >> reporter: in chino, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> california spends nearly $50,000 a year to keep an inmate behind bars. fred johnson says in 2006, the dive program has saved the state $2.5 million. so do you think that this is a good idea? on our website: first go to prison and fail at parole." and from choice: "i am happy that they are doin something fo us that not f us would want to ris lives doing." be part of t rsation at cbs s-f m. ". punching bags" ng how to throw punche and so much more. east bay gym that troubled kids a secon ... is now : >>> be part of the conversation at cbssf.com. >>> two jabs. >> learning how to throw punches and so much more. why an east bay gym that gives troubled kids a second chance is now fighting for life. >>> and she may have discovered a cure for cancer. she's just a teenager. the bay area teen who has caught the eye of president obama.

. >> california was the wild, wild west 150 years ago, and it's the wild, wild west again now, when it comes to cannabis. >> montgomery: attorney william panzer co-authored california's medical marijuana law back in 1996 to help seriously ill patients. but 15 years on, he says it's created the biggest marijuana marketplace in the country. >> it's opened the door for a lot of different cannabis- related businesses. you can imagine when they repealed prohibition, the kind of industry that came up around alcohol-- not just alcohol itself. same thing was happening. and it's still happening here. >> montgomery: today, under proposition 215, almost any adult can get medical marijuana anytime. it's as easy as filling out a form, meeting with a doctor for a few minutes and, here, paying $100 for the wristband that says you're legal, and gets you smoking your favorite bud within minutes. >> how you doing, man? i'm dhar, by the way. okay, nice to meet you. this is derek. >> montgomery: medical marijuana has also created a new kind of business opportunity for someone like dhar mann. >> we actually have marijuana plants growing inside of our store. so, it's 15,000 s

another california family has found bitter closure as authorities identify a second person in 1,000 bones found at a san joaquin county burial site revealed by a mass killer. katie marzullo is live with the latest on the so-called speed freak killings investigation. >> reporter: that second victim has been tentatively identified as a 16-year-old who disappeared from a high school in stockton in 1985. earlier in the search authorities 10 actively id'd a 25-year-old -- the family of 9-year-old michaela garecht of hayward is still waiting to find out if her remains are there. a total of 1,000 bones found since friday. >> the mood of our investigators and not only our investigators but we have personnel from the crime lab the doj crime lab as well as volunteers we have to send them home because they are determined to find as many remains as possible. >> reporter: wes shermantine led authorities to the spot calling it herzog's bone yard he said his partner loren herzog did the killing. herzog committed suicide when he learned sherman was talking. shermantine talked after a bounty hunt area gre

$25,597 per month, and sublease of 575 polk street, with the judice to counsel of california, and an agreement and authorizing other actions with this resolution. item number 6, approving the exercise of the mes expansion of approximately 9000 square feet at 555 polk street with the mattison family trust at a base rent of $16,100, for use by the charm of public health and community justice center. supervisor chu: thank you. we have john updike. >> thank you, chair chu. i am mr. r updike. -- mr. updike. the highlighted area is the location of the city, city hall located here, so we are just a couple of blocks away from city hall. so in 1990, the board approved the initial 10-year lease for courtroom, a minister in offices for superior court, and that was extended for an additional 10 years in 2001, with the current landlord, the mattison family trust. there are offices and one conference room that make up the 9000 square foot space. the month has been on hold overs since july 2011, while negotiations with both the landlord and be administrative office of the courts have progressed to a point that have produced

authorities have tried to get in touch with the father and his family. they say the father's name is seagram miller. 18 years old last seen driving a 1996 ford taurus california license plate 6eu c-2 77. authorities tell us that the mother who is inside of the hospital at this time does not believe that the child is in danger. however, they also told us that the father actually removed the safety bracelet that the child was wearing. that is a bracelet that would have set off alarms in the case of the child being taken from the hospital. live in castro valley, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> new at clock, 5:00, a shooting called in near 100 avenue and international boulevard at an autozone. a suspect was thought to be barricaded in the building. no victims were found after the officers gave the all clear. >>> the upper deck of the bay bridge will be closed in a few hours. this is the eastern span of the bridge. westbound traffic into san francisco will be kept off the bridge from tonight through the holiday weekend. linda yee is inside mobile5 on the bridge to show us exactly what the crews are going to be doing. >> reporter: hi there, allen. at 7:00, the highway p

plan to kill barred owls would not be the first time the federal government has authorized this kind of plan. california sea lions that feast on threatened salmon in the columbia river have been killed in recent years after efforts to chase them away or scare them failed. elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >> while the wet weather heading our way means a few feet of new snow in the sierra. looking at live pictures from placer county. got light snowfalling at higher elevations. the chp is saying chains are required on interstate 80. some local drivers are saying they were unprepared heading up into the high country. >> you have to be ready for anything. roll with the punches. i'm having fun though. my first real time with snow, so it feels good. the snow is fluffy, i'm freezing. >> yeah, he's dressed in a suit, that's not your typical snow outfit. oh look. all right, well this is all good news for the department of water resources. their latest survey released today shows current levels at only 30%. wow, she got our camera there. >> actually take a good look at it. it was the dry snow flake that is associated with a

it's being considered by bay area transportation agencies and the california high-speed rail authority. lawmakers say transportation improvements in the state's urban areas are much needed. >> let's invest in san jose. let's invest in the southern california corridors. this project is one that will have to be built in segments. >> cal tran improvement will be paid for with money from the project. the bay area may have to match the amount spent. if it's approved, improvements could be completed five to ten years earlier in 2016. >>> hope you're mentally prepared. it's the big closure of the westbound direction of the bay bridge. maybe. closure is set to begin friday night at 8:00. >> nothing is ease when i it comes to a project this big and impact so many people. here's joery sot a, jr. >> the upper deck of the -- >> you've probably seen the ads. >> from friday, february 17th to tuesday -- >> or the electronic highway signs flashing news about this weekend's pending shutdown of westbound traffic on the bay bridge. david carrier sure has. >> i commute to school back and forth between bot

plan to kill barred owls would not be the first time the federal government has authorized this kind of plan. california sea lions that feast on threatened salmon in the columbia river have been killed in recent years after efforts to chase them away or scare them failed. elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> the speed limit around most schools is 25 miles an hour. but tonight, one bay area city thinks that is still way too fast. so drivers are being told, slow down, way down. kit on the difference ten miles an hour makes. >> dana, supporters who are trying to fight for slower speed limits around schools say the difference for a child being hit by a car going 15 versus 25 miles an hour is a difference between life and death. for a taste of life in the slow lane, come to trace elementary. it's the first school in san jose to drop the speed limit from 25 to 15. during a trial period that started in november. everyone we talked to loves it. >> i don't think anybody minds it. >> the state legislature passed a law giving cities the option to slow down school speed limits back in 2008. that same year, a sixth grader was

peter narvarro is professor of economics at the university of california, irvine, and author of "death by china: confronting the dragon." well peter narvarro, as that title suggests, you've been very critical of chinese practices when it comes to american businesses. this deal with dreamworks is quite new, but how might it fit into that larger picture? what does it tell you? >> jeff, i think this is actually the poster child chinese protectionism. if you look at the deal, basically, droom works is forced to take a minority stake in the deal. basically they have to transfer their animation technology to what will eventually be a future competitor. most of the animation-- and, there were, most of the jobs-- are going to be in china, and the revenues that we're likely to see over the course of that venture will probably amount to little more than paying for one day of our trade deficit to china. it's a poster child of the conflict between corporate goals and the goals of this country. and c.e.o.s like jeffrey catsenberg today, g.e.'s jeff emil, jim mcamericaning at boeing have consistentl