legislation that would overhaul california's system for recounting votes in tightly contested elections. the bill from kevin mullin would require the state to pay for a full recount in any statewide election when the margin of victory is 1/10 of 1% or less. mullin claims the june primary in the state controller's race highlighted flaws in the current system. >>> 8:11. we're getting a lot. rain. but even with all of the rain, we still have the drought. coming up for you at 8:30, we'll tell you how that drought could even affect your choice of a christmas tree. >>> from electronics to clothing and now travel, how am pla done -- amazon is planning to apile to a new type of customer. >>> it's very slow out there. we're looking at a commute on the golden gate bridge. it's slow as you come down to san francisco. >>> rain, 8:00 observation, everybody says rain. some of it is heavy. some of it is light. there's a pretty good cell off