>> gloria henry is the warden at valley state. she's run this prison since 2002 and has been working with women in corrections for more than 20 years. >> i have always felt like i have a responsibility to try and return them to the community better than they were when they came in. because you have a lot of these women who come in here, from the time they were little girls, they had nobody to teach them how to be a good citizen, how to be a productive adult. they have no life skills. they didn't learn them. what they did growing up was survived. so when they come in here, there's a lot of things that we need to be able to teach them how to do in order to go back into our communities. >> this is the reception area at valley state where the new inmates are processed. >> do you have any old cdc numbers? >> no. >> okay. >> i haven't ever been. i'm scared. it's scary. i'm ashamed of what i did too. >> right now i'm numb. i don't feel anything. because i just got here. so, i mean, i don't really feel anything yet. i don't know how it's

kern valley state prison opened its gates in june 2005 to help ease overcrowding at other state penitentiaries. it brings california's total number of correctional facilities to 33. 130 miles northeast of los angeles is california's central valley. known for farming and agriculture, it is also home to kern valley state prison. the facility costs $379 million to build, and it will eventually hold 5,000 men. >> we want to try to get the inmates to start programming and try to rehabilitate them to be able to get back on the outside and get their footing back into the community. >> there's no rehabilitation in the california department of corrections. and i don't care who tells you that there is, they're lying to you. >> this prison is supposed to be a model throughout the entire state. its specific purpose is to show society, right? that hardened criminals can be rehabilitated. okay, but that's not what it is. everybody's landing here and it's just exactly the opposite. >> behind triple-layered razor-wired fences, inmates occupy four housing units. open less than a year, the prison is still strug

though not deadly, woodblock rounds can leave a lasting impression as we discovered at the kern valley state prison in california. >> he shot the [ bleep ]. >> no. but i don't even remember getting shot. i don't even know if i got shot. >> we often talk to the corrections officers about the nonlethal weapons they use, but it is not often that we end up actually seeing what those weapons do, and such was the case with george johns. this was something that happened just the night before. we were lucky to talk to him. >> escort! >> during our shoot at kern valley, inmate george johns, serving eight years for being involved in a high-speed chase while on parole, started a fight in the cafeteria and was hit in the head by a wooden block. we met him the following morning. >> tell me the story. tell me what happened. >> well, i had a personal problem, and i ran over to handle it, but i didn't make it. i was in the chow hall eating, and i got irritated and decided i didn't like this guy, so i'd fight him. that's it. >> next thing you remember? >> they were dragging me out, telling me i got hit in th

a fact dramatically illustrated during our visit to kern valley state prison in california. >> it's all we got, work, work, work, you know. >> when we met james randall, he was working his prison job helping officers serve food to his fellow inmates. when we sat down to talk in his cell, randall seemed to only have one concern. how his shaved head looked on camera. >> there's no lint on my head or nothing? >> no, you're fine. >> i'm cool. i got a gang out of it. i don't want to be shining. i'll be shining like money. >> when you interview people in prison, you know they are in there for a good reason. and when you meet them, sometimes they're very likable. they might even be somebody you think you could be friends with. but sometimes you end up hearing a jaw-dropping story. the day we met james randall, we heard a jaw-dropping story. >> originally i came to jail february 21st, 1981, convicted in san bernardino county for murder/robbery. >> given a sentence of 34 years to life, randall was 18 at the time of his conviction. but his rap sheet started much earlier. >> i have been gang bangi

threatened to kill any sister and stepmother back in those days they got her eir him into treatment at valley state hospital. but she had understanding of mental health issue it's not trusting true our widower family had inform experience she understood and politically was connected heaving involved with the administration and knew lobbyists in sacramento and was able to get us in touch with assemblywoman hell con thomas and hell one was a psych nurse and sponsoring legislation at that time, called a bit 1421 the precursor of laura's law. and so in the early days we didn't know what else to do except strike back at the system so we become involved with laura's law there were others here heavily involved randell and i give him and others huge amaze of credit. so we watched the protective active process and i'll say it is savage making, you know, it's somewhat ugly you don't want to know what's in it laura's law was like sausage making. you know what came out was whatnot what we hoped for but a step going in the right direction as we got involved we learned more about mental illness and learned menta

california upheld the conversion of valley state to a men's prison as one way to relieve overcrowding. >> a lot of the reforms that have been, they put pressure on and a lot of changes are all around the men. even relieving the overcrowding push the women into a more crowded situations. >> misty rojo spent 10 years in ccwf. >> so the women get left behind because they can. we're no longer housing inmates in gyms and day rooms and putting them in every nook and cranny in the prison. which has been the case before. the reaction from state prison officials was consistent - denial. >> there is no overcrowding at ccwf. >> normal to have 6-8 beds? >> yes. >> why so many came to talk to us? >> i can't answer on their behalf but i know we are not overcrowded. >> i've been working with people around health care advocacy for approximately 20 years now, and the conditions are markedly worse. you have even more overcrowding, you have a reduction in the medical staff in the women's prisons. >> i feel like if these conditions were as prevalent as some of the advocates or the inmates themselves try

. >>> on the first day of production at california's kern valley state prison our producers set out toith the monotony of being locked in their cells 23 hour as day. they pass reading materials and other items to each other through a process called fishing. >> go ahead. take off. >> though fishing is against prison rules, inmate, tracy washington, was willing to demonstrate how to make a fishing line. >> you get the string made out of the waistband of our boxer. we take the string apart and then we put a little piece of plastic as a weight and we slide it across the floor like this. they might come in here and take my line now that they know i've got it. but i'll make another one. >> shoot it out. >> but our producer was about to find out that there was a far more dramatic story surrounding inmate, washington. >> i was on suicide watch last week and i just came back last week. >> why? what happened? >> they was trying to send me somewhere i didn't want to be. >> so what did you do? >> i cut my wrist with a razor blade. >> washington went on to explain that he cut his wrist to prevent t

. >> we met earl hymer at california's kern valley state prison. >> i have a 37-year sentence. lewd acts on a minor, 14 years old. >> this was not hymer's first time in prison. nor his first sex offense. >> my wife deemed it necessary that i be arrested for attempted rape of your wife, as weird as that sounds. you come home drunk and try and take it, and she doesn't want it. that's still a criminal offense. >> hymer lives in the prison's protective custody wing. ironically during his first prison term, he was one of the inmates who targeted sex offenders. >> you know, i've participated in helping hunt for child molesters, you know. well, this guy he's a child molester and this is a child molester, and you catch him out in the yard and you go through his stuff and read his paperwork and see what he's really here for, you know? then, yes, he is, or, no, he's not. >> then what? >> well, generally somebody will catch him in a day room or tv room or whatever and punch him in the mouth, tell him to roll it up now. and if he blinks twice or hesitates just a little bit, like i was sayi

>> on our return to valley state, we found life remains very much as it was on our first visit, five years earlier. while there may be new programs and increased funding in some areas, fundamental issues like drug addiction, recidivism and abandonment are unchanged. that's our report. thanks for watching. i'm john seigenthaler. >>> due to mature and graphic subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> there are 2 million people behind bars in america. for the next hour, we open the gates. "lockup." >> i pray to god that somebody recognizes what's going on here. you know, we in here just rotting away, you know. >> today we have about 756 inmates serving a life sentence here at folsom. >> i was state raised, federally funded. >> we're dealing with murderers and rapists, and that's always in the back of my mind. >> they treat us like slaves up in here, man. >> sometimes you've just got to do what you've got to do, you know, whether you like it or not. >> a lot of times these inmates just don't get along with each other. they didn't get along with people on the outside. that's why t

. >> aaron yost was 11 years into his latest sentence when we met him at kern valley state prison in california. he says his problems stem from a near life-long abuse of drugs. >> i grew up with drugs. my parents were quote/unquote hippies. both my parents dropped acid. my mom's dead now from a drug overdose. when i was 9 years old, i was rolling joints for mom and dad. >> yost's life is now largely confined to this cell, which he shares with another inmate. >> i'm not comfortable with this. i don't like men, i like women, you know? and this, to me, it's disgusting. i'm still irritated. if i wake up in the morning, i'm agitated because i have to live with another man. >> now, the closest yost comes to female companionship is through his tattoos. some of which are too graphic to show on television. >> that's what i dream about, that's all i got. you know? >> i remember when we met aaron, the man was tattooed, incredibly inked. if one word describes him, it's intense, just full of energy. and i remember when my producer asked him, what's the daily routine? he just started right in on t

. >> at kern valley state prison in california, we met inmate aaron yost who participates in anotherommon practice behind bars. tattooing. >> mine's art work. you know what i mean? i did this myself. >> where? >> in a cell like this. >> how? >> how? see this cassette player? i ripped the motor out of it, and i attach a tube to it with the needle, spin the needle back and forth. and i make the ink. burn plastic or baby oil, and the soot will go up. i collect the soot and mix it with shampoo to make a thick black ink. >> tattooing in prison is illegal and poses a variety of health risks, but we've met countless inmates who have gotten their ink both on the outside and inside. many tattoos represent gang affiliation and are documented by prison officials. most of the rest have a meaning all their own. >> what my trip is is physics. my tattoos represent it. on the back of my legs it says quantum physics. i've got an atom on my hand. i study what the ultimate nature of reality is. it sooths me. it soothes me to try and figure out what i am, what all this is, what it's all about. you know,

. >> we met officer epperson at the kern valley state prison in california. pepper spray and a baton, he's the lone officer responsible for supervising the inmate kitchen staff. >> i have six, seven inmates back here now. i've got one sitting on the line. granted, i got four, five cops outside that door. that door's locked. there's only one dude out there with the key. you have to trust them to a certain extent. they have no reason to assault me. unless they're totally pissed off or i disrespect them. >> among the inmates epperson places his trust in is the number two cook, carter hill. >> tell me what your sentence is. >> murder. >> you're here for murder? what's your sentence? >> 51 to life. >> you know, it's interesting. sometimes there's this dynamic in prison when you're interviewing somebody, if there's a corrections officer and an inmate together, they'll pretty much watch their ps and qs. they'll tell you into the camera what the other guy wants to hear. but when we met carter hill, we got some real brutal honesty that day in the kitchen. >> i don't k

. >> when we met ron golden at the california's kern valley state prison, he was serving a 22 year sentencemed robbery and assault on correctional staff. he claimed his recent marriage to a childhood friend helped turn him around. >> before we were married i was always in a lot of fistfights and in and out of the hole. >> golden's improved behavior earned him the right to a 46-hour conjugal visit with his wife in one of the prison's family cottages. before the visit begins, she must pass through security. >> you have your i.d.? >> it is in here. >> okay. >> when ron's wife hope showed up, we thought we would get shots of her being processed coming through the metal detector, opening her bag. getting shots of her and the c.o. there going through her things. then it turned into a bit of a scene. >> baby oil can't go in either? >> that wasn't on the list. >> it's a lubricant. this can't go in. everything has to be factory sealed. this is not in a clear bottle and unopened and contains alcohol. >> everything that is made like that has alcohol in it. >> everything that contains alcohol. it spesi

the state is cutting off supplies for 2600 water agencies and users in the sacramento valley and more elsewhere in the state. it is the first time that's happened since the drought in 1977. >>> second annual bottlerock napa valley festival runs through sunday. the event with more than 60 bands has found new support after bankruptcy problems last year. more than 60 bands scheduled to perform. the event also features food and wine at an exposition center in napa. single day tickets are $149. three-day plans are also available. >>> i'm danielle nottingham at the staples center in los angeles. coming up, the clippers have a buyer but will the team's current owner stand in the way of the deal? >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. the clouds lingering in parts of the bay area. will they clear out for the weekend? we'll talk about that coming up. >> i'm climbing 250 feet and this is only one leg of my weekend. "where's roberta?" as the news continues on kpix 5. ,, teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he b

valley. tarp state, you'll find hot temperatures too. 96 fresno and sacramento. and 84 degrees into monterey day. temperatures going to soar this afternoon. to 93 in san jose. about 94 in morgan hill. and 95 in los gatos. but at the beach you were into the 80s and a lot of 90s inland as well. then inside the bay, ad 0 degrees in -- 90-degrees in oakland. 89 if we hit that temperature that will be a record in san francisco and 88234 sausalito. 88234 -- 88 in sausalito. just maybe some triple digits by tomorrow. and then we'll cool thing down staying hot inland on thursday but cooling down near the coastline and the bay. and then some much cooler air coming in over the weekend as we'll return to normal. those temperatures back in the 50s and 60s with fog near the coastline. and i love it when that fog rolls in. after a heat wave? 100 degrees. >> no kidding. >> it feels really really nice. but the next couple of days take care. >> thanks. >>> and i'm dennis o'donnell, coming up can the raise protect a -- a's protect a four run lead in the 9th and tim lincecum turns

mexico and the united states and ended up coming into the san joaquin valley, where i was a migrant farm worker, it was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of people trying to get the job. the very same hands that are now doing brain surgery, i was pulling the wheat. >> one of 25 unique voices. "sundays at ys -- eight." over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider.

." ♪ >> well, when you think california wine, you probably thek that the valley, but state's oldest wineryly located 150 miles south of there, right on top of the san andreas fault. in this episode of "secret ballot" we tour the vineyard and find out how earthquakes can be impact agriculture. >> we are about 90 miles south of san francisco at the derose winery, the oldest winery in california, which is a big claim to fame. when did this winery officially start? >> the doors open in 1851, and to do that means you have to made wine -- had to have made wine, so i'm thinking 1847 is when it was planted here. it is around the time when gold was found. there's a lot of old history around here, but you do not hear a lot about it. >> not only is this the oldest winery, but you are famous because you have the san andreas fault. peek?you mind us taking a >> i would love for you to see it. onright now we are standing the san andreas fault. we get rumblings all the time, day, little0 plus a ones that humans are not even field. i am going this way, and you're going this way. we are being pulled. there

. >> in an isolated part of california's central valley is corcoran state prison, one of the state'saximum security institutions, housing many of its most violent criminals. now, corcoran first opened in 1988 and was the site of so-called gladiator fights in the 1990s in which inmates fought to the death in concrete yards while guards allegedly looked on. the guards were charged and acquitted of subjecting prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, but when we first brought our cameras into corcoran in 2000, the prison was still recovering from that scandal. in this hour, we will take you back into the highly charged facility to see whether it has overcome its notorious past. >> my life is in danger. fy stay in there, i'll end up getting stabbed. >> corcoran under extreme pressure, it's a powder keg. a powder keg. >> basically pure hell. it's hell up in here. it's hectic. >> it's nothing here. ain't no roses growing up out of here. >> bottom line, it's punishment. there's nothing rehabilitative about this. >> you lose your freedom, man, you lose everything. >> it's not the place to b

problems. >> reporter: while there are 23 official federal super fund sites in silicon valley with these chemicals in them, state and federal officials tell us hundreds of other unofacial sites are also scattered all over silicon valley. >> materials can end up in the water and be a problem with water quality. some of them have the capacity to come back up. >> reporter: now for the first time, nbc bay area has pieced together the locations, 518 different chemical spill sites in santa clara county alone. >> it's part of our history that shouldn't be swept under the rug. >> reporter: the idea of a map showing all these toxic spill sites at once was the brainchild of entrepreneur bob winslaw, a stanford-trained civil engineer who formed his open company to educate companies, governments and citizens about contaminated sites. >> it is a bit of the dark side of silicon valley. i do believe that. but for me it's also an opportunity to remind sill condition valley that even tough issues, they can make good. >> there's nobody who has responsibility for all of these sites. >> reporter: lenny siegel serves as executive di

live doppler 7 we can see showers trickling down from central sierra into central valley, winding down now. tomorrow, state wide, looking for thundershowers to develop once again in southern sierra. there will be other showers south down into desert areas of southern california most of the state sunny, dry here we'll have mild to warm conditions tomorrow. with fog sort of lingering at the coast into afternoon hours. high temperatures ranging from low six #s to mid to upper 80s inland. it's going to get warmer. here is the accu-weather forecast. memorial day weekend bringing us highs into low 90s in spots. monday, memorial day, warm, nice, and sunny skies >> perfect. >> thank you. >> be sure to check out our new web site. abc7 news.com. abc7 news.com will adjust it to fit your screen. there is more video, more pictures and stories where you live. abc7 news.com is easier to use and better everywhere. >> larry beil is here. what have you got? >> i look better than you. >> yeah. >> big improvements. >> a ace look to keep winning streak going. may get most up to one hit they've had through six innings sports is

valley. it's the state of delaware. joe biden is a philly guy in many ways.y summer. we had a house there. it's an hour away to the ocean, atlantic ocean. so that's one culture. there's pittsburgh, which is really midwestern and erie, which is like cleveland. it's another lake state. and the southwest was just poor white, appalachian, in many ways very hard on obama. just very tough on him. then you have scranton which roots for the yankees. ou pay for them. that's the only way to get the five media markets -- >> the philadelphia machine doesn't have the statewide influence -- >> she lost montgomery county to tom wolf. this is a remarkable development. she lost her home county. this thing we're on right now, television, is more important than people walking door to door. yesterday brendan boyle won that seat to the house allison gave up by going door to door in the 61st ward. door to door this white guy did it which is so great. his two strongest wards were the irish ward, where i did the best when i ran 40 years ago, and also i did very well in the 35th. but

in the '90s is well triple digits out not up 98 sonoma 95 and petaluma 94 in mill valley and center fall. abiathar's state of things will cool off pre significantly and said the day and erica was signed back in the '70s and '80s purchase of three warm glow with the coast and in the '90s and lend on the south bay portions of the north as well. his look at extended forecast what tomorrow will be the warmest day of the heat wave there's a separate warm cooling toward the coast and will see more dramatic: m friday especially in the weekend as the sea breeze wins take back string fog and land dropping to the jews in the '60s and '70s. >> : tonight at 8 how was it in the bay area out of the ways people without much space for storage garages and basements hard come by and storage units aren't expensive >> : my up with bay area start up which is trying to help people store their belongings and a creative and affordable way >> : and i choose you to the start of the very creative unique service to help you move and store your stuff box at the break storage to your front door on what you order 30 waterproof plastic

live doppler 7 we can see showers trickling down from central sierra into central valley, winding down now. tomorrow, stateide, looking for thundershowers to develop once again in southern sierra. there will be other showers south down into desert areas of southern california most of the state sunny, dry here we'll have mild to warm conditions tomorrow. with fog sort of lingering at the coast into afternoon hours. high temperatures ranging from low six #s to mid to upper 80s inland. it's going to get warmer. here is the accu-weather forecast. memorial day weekend bringing us highs into low 90s in spots. monday, memorial day, warm, nice, and sunny skies >> perfect. >> thank you. >> be sure to check out our new web site. abc7 news.com. abc7 news.com will adjust it to fit your screen. there is more video, more pictures and stories where you live. abc7 news.com is easier to use and better everywhere. >> larry beil is here. what have you got? >> i look better than you. >> yeah. >> big improvements. >> a ace look to keep winning streak going. may get most up to one hit they've had through six innings sports is c

state. still hot in the valley. ninety-six. ninety-two in sacramento, and 72 in the morn ray bay. temperatures this afternoon as high as 84 in san jose. sixty-six and breezy and fog. the heat numbers up into the 80s this afternoon, and you're looking at 73 degrees and breezy in san francisco. about 84 in the napa valley and 79 in santa rosa. the next couple of days temperatures come back and look back to normal through saturday and sunday. a few more clouds come our way into monday. a slight chance of a sprinkle mainly north of the golden gate bridge. we'll keep things dry into tuesday and warmer weather on wednesday and thursday. and by the way, you want to get out and enjoy something, how about this? the cinco de mayo festival. yeah. michelle is already dancing out here on saturday. should be mostly sunny. a little foggy in the morning. i don't think that is going to upset your dancing. >> i used to have a dress like that. >> did you really? >> i'll see you do the steps after the show. >>> it's friday which means we have lost roberta. >> she's out there somewhere in the bay area

valleys. today record heat all around the state and air quality is bad after high pressure caps the air and pollutants build up outside. so it is another "spare the air" day. temperatures 90s and triple digits into the central valley, 88 in yosemite. 90s and triple digits toward morgan hill. 80s at the coastline before the sea breeze kicks in. many 100-degree readings in the valleys and inside the bay, going to be hot. 93 in alameda. 95 in san rafael and 93 degrees in petaluma. next couple of days we'll start to cool things down. and that fog going to be a welcome site as we head in toward tomorrow afternoon. more fog and low clouds, much cooler and back to normal over the weekend. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> and we are hot spot-free in our traffic department. overall things are looking good. a lot of overnight roadwork is still out there. should be wrapping up in the next 15 minutes but for the most part the main lines of the freeways, no accidents or stalls. looking good on the chp reports. this is a live look at the nimitz, 880 in oakland as you cruise along near the oakland airport.

valley. >> that hasn't spread out to the rest of the state. >> oh, no. at the unemployment rates in central valley, where all the farms are, it's about 13%. in l.a., city of l.a., 9.7%. which is amazing. >> how does this affect rick perry? >> let's talk about rick perry. governor perry runs these ads saying that in the last ten years, texas has created one-third of the net new jobs in the united states. you know what? he's right. bureau of labor of statistics, there were 5.3 net new jobs created over the last ten years -- >> 5.3 -- >> million. texas created 1.75 million of them. that's about a third. i mean, they do have a pro business climate down there. they help you. i think the question for rick perry is whether that can translate into running the national government or washington. that's why we have federalism, states like texas or south carolina, are able to do this thing and attract business. what is he going to do to translate his success to the federal government? >> but the red state/blue state economic model is one of the big stories now in th

states. one is here in the valley. receiving support from who's who of high tech ceos including marisa mayer. mr. obama, however, endorsed >> we find an issue after issue, members tend to vote with the size does get him the most money. >> republican that is running against is less concerned about high tech money than helping to serve families with big dreams for their children. . >> i bring a desire to help the community. that is something that in my view is immeasurable. we need representation. >> the former g.o.p. state care is critical. >> it's the height of hypocrisy to raise money to shuttle >> here is a look at the schedule. a fund raising reception for democratic national committee scheduled for 6:30 this evening at fairmont in san jose. and tomorrow morning talking about energy efficiency and scheduled to leave moffett field tomorrow morning at 10:45. we're live in san jose. we'll bring you the story coming up at 6:00 >> breaking news in san francisco. pedestrian hit by a car. this is the same location where a

into the united states in the late 1980's, across the border between mexico and united states the san joaquin valleys a migrant farm worker. there is no challenge to find a job. there are not thousands of get the jobs to like pulling weeds with my own hands. the same hands that i now use as a brain surgeon. eight,"n's "sundays at now available at your favorite bookseller. >> next, british prime minister david cameron taking questions in the house of commons. a house hearing on the state of college athletics. >> on the next "washington journal," david hawking's looks history of select committees. russell rambaugh -- "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. week, question time this bridge prime minister david cameron calls kidnapping of hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls u.k.evil, and says the would offer any assistance necessary to nigeria. this is just over 35 minutes. prime minister. >> thank you, minister. thisdition to my duties in house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am the proud father of three daughters. i'm sure that the entire ho

state? >> if you look at the unemployment rates, central valley, where all the farms are, it's 13%, in the city>> -- creates one-third of the jobs in the united states. he's right. there were 5.3 net new jobs -- >> 5.3 million? >> texas created 1.75 million of them. that's about a third. they do have a pro business climate down there. they help you. i think the question for rick perry is, whether that can translate into running the national government or washington. that's why we have federalism, states like texas and south carolina are able to do these things to attract business. but what is he going to do to translate that to the federal government? >> relative performance is one of the big stories in the united states. the red states have tended to do better, whereas illinois and connecticut and to some extent, california, at least parts of california, not doing nearly as well. >> we talked about the california-texas contrast, you also see the contrast between deep blue illinois and its mid midwestern neighbors, gloeing their jobs and growing their economies. as far as california and texas,

valley authority was a product of the new deal. it was not doling out money here and there. it was the planning of an area in the united statesre there would be a development. hydroelectric power was a part of it. the plan to provide economic development to the appalachian region began with the construction of the norris dam on the clinch river. the tva plan was ambitious. the regional economies could be improved if the waters were made navigible. the tva constructed housing, began a malaria control project, worked on agricultural development, and provided electrical power to this depressed region. some thought the government was going too far. along with the utilities, others who feared economic loss joined in the opposition. coal miners feared hydroelectric power would reduce the demand for coal. the coal operators of west virginia came to washington, d.c. they were very angry at me because i was an open supporter of the legislation to create the tennessee valley authority. they said this will rob us of hundreds and thousands of jobs if these rivers are turned into productive areas for the power systems that will not stop i

temperatures around the state 80s and 90s in the central valley, 77 and sunny in the monterey bay. it should be gorgeous toward the coast. we've seen some whales near pacifica. temperatures there in the 70s. inside the bay today, sunshine, 84 in oakland, 79 in san francisco. we will see temperatures getting on the hot side. maybe some records by wednesday. some of the temperatures approaching triple digits. then that sea breeze will kick in. that will feel very nice thursday. much cooler temperatures and more fog for the weekend. . >> beautiful day. >>> coming up, a $15 million makeover complete. what washington, d.c. tourists are being treated to starting today. ,, hey there. did you select these things on purpose? not a color found nature. there's nothing wrong with tha. i can hear your arteries clogging. ok. no. this is tap water. i can't let you buy this. oh. crystal geyser please. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source. welcoheyback. really? kiss your abs goodbye. cardiologist to check stand 1. crystal geyser alpine spring water? toucé. crystal geyser. always bottled r

blustery especially near the coastline 30 and 40-mile-an- hour gusts. 70s around the state, 70s into the central valley. traveling into the high country we have winter weather advisories expecting some more snow across some of the higher peaks down to about 6,000 feet or so maybe a couple of more inches dropping there this morning. those winds expected to kick up in the afternoon especially near the coastline. could see gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour. looks like winds subside through the night into tomorrow. temperatures today will be warmer. a lot of 60swe are going to see some warmer weather next couple of days then a weak weather system slides in partly cloudy skies on thursday much warmer this next weekend. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: everything looks good in mass transit. bart should have more than 25 trains good to go, no delays on all mass transit. we are not quite at 5:00 yet. we have areas of overnight roadwork including both directions of the eastshore freeway. as you make your way into albany, richmond, various lanes blocked again in the next 10, 15 minutes, everything s

valley. temperatures arnold the state 90s into fresno and also sacramento.h country warm as well. 71 in lake tahoe and 85 degrees in yosemite. temperatures in the south bay as high as 94 in morgan hill. 93 in cupertino. 92 palo alto and look at the coastal numbers. 80 into half-moon bay and also pacifica. plenty of 90s in the east bay and inside the bay it will be a warm afternoon. maybe 90 in alameda. about 82 in daly city and 89 in mill valley. the sunrise time 6:302. sunset at 8:11 the hot one today and even hotter one tomorrow with the possibility of triple digits then cooling slightly into thursday. then that fog really at that time starts to roll in come friday and a much cooler weekend on tap for the whole bay area. >> we are going to welcome the 70s. >> no kidding you know what a lot of folks like the heat but only two days of it coming up. >> two days of it that's it. we're done. >> turn on the ac. >>> thanks lawrence. there are some changes coming to the way people call for help in an emergency. kpix 5's cate cauguiran joins us now in the newsroom.

state. the temperatures hot in the valleys. >> so lawrence said it. >> that's right! >> going to be good. check out that meteor shower tonight. could be neat. >> what's the name? camelopardalids. >> how do you spell it? >> i can't spell. thank you. [ laughter ] >> have a good weekend. >> i know i can't. [ laughter ] captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> brooke: we've been on the plane for hours. but somehow, it feels like only minutes. >> bill: well, time flies when you're in love, huh? >> brooke: it certainly does. i can't wait to see what you have planned for us. >> bill: and i can't wait to marry you. >> hope: [ sighs ] another wedding. >> donna: and we're missing it. >> hope: i kind of understand why mom and bill wanted to elope. >> donna: yeah, and in such an exotic location. >> hope: it's so romantic. >> donna: mm. an exciting beginning to what i hope is a very smooth ride. >> hope: yeah, you and me both. do you think ridge knows? >> ridge: ridge knows what? that your mother's about to make the biggest mistake of her life? yes, he's aware of that.

out of 25 fiercely competitive bids submitted by states hoping to become the silicon valley of drones these six sites have been selected to make what may seem fantastical today. into a safe everyday reality of the near future. >> a lot of people are familiar with amazon video, it's rather cute. what that video didn't show was how the amazon helicopter was going to avoid colliding with the domino's helicopter which is bringing your pizza and the target helicopter which is bringing your groceries >> it's called sense and avoid and is just one of the still unperfected technologies in drones that researchers at corpus christi, and the other test sites, will need to improve in order for civilian use to grow. the faa estimates as many as 7,500 commercial uavs could be flying by 2018. >> here we have two unmanned aircraft, the rs-16 and the rs-20. >> entrepreneur david yoel's company american aerospace advisors works with texas a&m corpus christi on their drone operations. while door drop deliveries may still be years away, yoel says lucrative applications already exist - from drones that de

united states in the late 1980's at across the border between mexico i came united states, into the san joaquin valley. it was no challenge to find a job. there were not a lot of people trying to get jobs in farming. i was pulling we. wheat. published by public affairs books. >> in place of president obama, first lady michelle obama gave the weekly address. she condemned the kidnapping of nigerian schoolgirls and stressed the importance of education. a group of republicans give their weekly address. they talked about their efforts to create jobs and called on the president to take action. >> hello everyone. i michelle obama. on mother's day weekend, i want to honor all of the mothers out there and wish you a happy mother's day. you about anak to issue of great significance to me as first lady, and as the mother of two young daughters. like millions of people across the globe, my husband and i are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from their school or majority in the middle of the night. this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to

big took a trip to napa valley and found the spike in temperatures and record drought in the state couldr wine makers in the long run. >> reporter: in the heart of california wine country, pj can't believe that his napa valley vineyard is already in bloom. is the earliest the season has come? >> most definitely. >> reporter: the warmest winter on record left his grapes budding four weeks ahead of schedule meaning the grapes will have extra time to ripen on the vine before they have to be plucked in november to avoid fall's cold and wet weather. this could improve the taste of wine? >> we may have an opportunity to do that this year. those are big wines that are really ripe. those wines will benefit. >> reporter: since the 1960s temperatures in much of the u.s. have increased one to two degrees. a meteorologist says that's resulted in longer warmer periods and shorter less intense colder seasons. >> most likely we'll continue to have more numerous years of being above normal on the temperature range and that will continue our averages to be steadily higher. >> reporter: the gradual rise i

diablo state park. 580 through the tri-valley moves very smoothly. oakland 880 no problems past the coliseum and the tubes sound like they have overnight road work for the next few minutes. back to you. >> all right, mike, thank you. >>> one of san francisco's most dangerous intersections is about to change. the city is going to put in a traffic light and countdown crossing signal. in february, a 78-year-old man was killed in that crosswalk, two other pedestrians were hurt this year. do be careful that traffic light won't come until july. >>> extra police presence at last night's giants game urging the thousands of people walking to the ballpark to be more careful. our cameras caught quite a few close calls near the park. san francisco police chief says the number of collisions is down and ticketing is up. despite those statistics the number of traffic deaths, unfortunately, has not decreased. >>> facebook founder mark zuc r zuckerberg the target of a real estate lawsuit. what the developer is alleging, next. >>> an officer killed just moments before

if you travel away the state it is warm through the central valley and mid-90's and a few showers butnothing like yesterday. 68 in san diego and 71 in los angeles and partly cloudy and 72 at lake tahoe. >>> the usually accident eastbound 580 and eastbound 24 is cleared. that is excellent news. it should not affect the morning commute. we will follow that as you make your way to the bay bridge. road work north 680 to highway 24 could be slowing things for the san ramon valley. the first look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows very light so far, and friday lite but it will be get away for the holiday weekend so el be on that for you >>> three young hikers have quote a story after their wild rescue played out in the south by. the operation to rescue the stranded kids was dangerous from the start. you can see the rescuer and young woman spin and get dragged across the jagged rocks. they were stuck halfway up the anderson reservoir dam. they needed a helicopter to lower this william to safety. the three were there on a school field trip from gilroy. the area is off limits to hikers. >> at&

temperatures around the state some 70s and 80s into the central valley, 63 degrees into monterey bay. computer models showing your skies staying mostly clear and here comes the patchy fog overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning so you have enough of a sea breeze early and then it looks like as we get into sunday that offshore wind kicks the fog off the coastline and we have lots of sunshine for mom. how about this? temperatures in the 60s and 70s this afternoon into the south bay. 50s and 60s toward the coastline. east bay numbers up into the 70s. and as you head inside the bay, you will see those winds picking up into the 60s there. about 59 in daly city. your sunset time 8:08. sun ride 6:04. over the next couple of days, temperatures start to warm up. getting hot this next week. numbers up into the 90s in some of the hottest spots mother's day is looking good. lots of sunshine and some warm weather all the way to the coastline. some mid-80s in the valleys. hey, tell you what we're looking at some night brunch weather, temperatures in the 70s possibly right out near the coastli

states. so you are spinning outspoken valley and the farmers and are telling everyone who has a relative overseas that they can't show up and it is not just one issue but a series of issues among republicans and independents. so have of the tea party people couldn't even find us. >> let me bring in the panel. and i have a sister-in-law who is in the prologue and has been trying to come into this country for seven years in this process. she's been told to do it illegally. and she's waiting. >> immigration is one screwed up thing. like microsoft's need for engineers on the same category as unskilled labor, which is what essentially that they do and it screwed up. it's screwing up our job market. these things that you sign, it just rubs me the wrong way. >> they always backfire. and they backfired on grover norquist. then they allow a tax increase recently? >> let's be very clear. the pledge is very simple and also very easy to understand. the reason we have the requester is because the entire republican leadership and the tea party republicans and percentages of the members of the house and senate

we have another hot day across the state, also, and mid-90's through the central valley and 69 at lakeoday, and low-to-mid 90's around san diego and los angeles and palm springs and if you are headed to monterey enjoy the beautiful sunshine and 80 degrees. safe travels. >> we have 5- to 10-minute delay on bart and this is at san leandro in the richmond and daly city direction because of an equipment problem and that is 5- to 10-minute delay at san leandro in the richmond and daly city direction on bart. there are other construction situations in the bay area starting with 17, northbound and southbound, at santa clara county line where lanes are blocked and that will last until about 5:00 this morning, and san rafael, northbound, it is clear and southbound is clearing away from san rafael into san francisco. >>> the first batch of a dance ticket for the paul mccartney at candlestick park go on sale today. they are pricey and it is for american express card holders only, the beatles played their last concert at the stick in 1996 and the walk down memory lane with tickets on sale to the p