. >> reporter: just south of corcoran, california's first town founded by african-america s, allensworthcrow south. from a makeshift emergency command center, it is leading this community through the latest crisis. >> out there you see equipment still doing repair work. the levy was breached intentionally and some farmers did not want water to go on their farm, so i the middle of the night they took equipment out and made a portion of the levy which then forced water to head in that direction. >> reporter: they stopped the flooding with a series of improvised repairs, but now the wait on the snowpack that looms on the valley floor. >> our hope is that everything stays contained in the channel. >> reporter: levee repairs are part of the emergency work goin on in every direction. los angeles county is hoping to sea up its sewage to compost facility. pg&e is using divers to pull their equipment out of the water. california high-spee rail with at least one portion of their project currently submerged is now lending assistance and equipment to the flood response. the biggest ope question now

allensworth, was built by refugees from the jim crow south. >> i'll give you what i have. >> in front of the makeshift emergency command center, leading this community through its latest crisis. >> it is straight out there. you'll see the equipment still. they're still doing some repair work. and that levy was breached intentionally. they did not want water to go on the farm. in the middle of the night, they took that equipment out there and they damaged a portion of the levee. and then they forced that water to start heading in our direction. >> reporter: they stopped that flooding with a series of improvised repairs, but now they're waiting on the snow pack that looms over the valley floor. >> and well our hope is that everything stays contained in the channels. >> reporter: the levee repairs is a part of the emergency work going on in every direction here in los angeles county, raising to seal up their sewage to compost facility. they're using fan boats and divers to pull their equipment out of the water. and california high-speed rail with at least one portion of their project cur

corcoran is the epicenter right now -- but there are smaller ones like the historically black town of allensworthor instance -- they don't have a lot of money to begin with. and their resources are being stretched very thin by this. >> it is hard for the government to do when we are facing economic headwinds against california and the rest of the global economy. here in california, we have a budget deficit. where is the money going to come from? that is a question to keep in mind. dan and jerry, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >>> the aids lifecycle this june. this year, they will ride from san francisco to santa monica. it is a seven day 545 mile bicycle ride. but the event has always been billed as much more than a ride. here to talk about ongoing efforts to end the global hiv- aids pandemic, thank you both for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> tracy, let's start with you. the ride has been going on in some form for 30 years. this year you have 1800 riders sign up, 600 roadies. what is it that brings people out? >> the ride started as an act of activism. that spirit continues t

. >> reporter: in the first town founded by african-americans, allensworth was built by refugees from crow south. >> i will give you what i have. >> reporter: makeshift emergency command center leading the community through the latest crisis. >> you see equipment . unfortunately the levy was breached . the farmers did not want water on the farm. in the middle of the night, they took equipment out and put that forced water heading in our direction. >> reporter: they stopped the flooding with improvised repairs. now, they're waiting on the snowpack that looms over the valley floor. >> our hope is everything stays contained in the channel. >> reporter: levee repairs are part of the emergency work going on in every direction in los angeles county raising racing to seal up the sewage to compost facility pd& e using fan boats and divers to pull equipment out of the water. california high-speed rail with at least one portion of the project currently submerged is now lending assistance and equipment to the flood response. the biggest open question now is where the runoff will be directed. >>

. >> reporter: south of corcoran california's first town founded by african-americans, allensworth was built by refugees from the jim crow south. >> i will give you what i have. >> reporter: from a makeshift emergency command center, he leads them through the latest crisis. >> straight out there you see equipment doing repair work. fortunately , the levy was breached intentionally . some farmers did not want water on their farm so in the middle of the night, they took equipment to that portion of the levy and put that forced water to head in our direction. >> reporter: there were a series of improvised repairs but now they are waiting on the snowpack that looms over the valley floor. >> well, our hope is everything stays contained in the channel. >> reporter: levy repairs are part of the emergency work going on in every direction in los angeles county who is racing to seal up sewage to compost facility pg and even using fan bows and divers to pull equipment out of the water. california high-speed rail with one portion of the project submerged, it is lending assistance and equipment to