. >> take it from fresno to bakersfield. >> i don't go fresno to bakersfield. >> the rail project is back and forth. >> on both issues, we'll see what happens. >> that's right. >>> new state gun laws will take effect for buyers in 2014 including a ban on high capacity conversion kits for ammunition magazines. safe storage requirements for handguns and new possessions for people mentally ill and safety tests for buyers. other laws taking effect, sending text messages for driving, banned for even hand free devices. could be suspended or expelled and state minimum wage jumps to $9 per hour in july and local wages also go up in san francisco. and three more local cities adopted a ban on plastic bags, free single use plastic bags no longer available at stores and restaurants in richmond and pablo. paper bags are available for a smaller fee. >>> expired for more than a million americans out of work. cbs reporter jeff reporting on what it will take to get benefits back. >> it's not a crutch. it we didn't do anything for christmas. $50 for our daughters. that's it. >> that one? >> among the

nos muestra juan carlos gonzÁlez des desde bakersfield california. >>> una fecha especial para la kmu pro de la reforma migratoria. >>> sabemos que en todos los movimientos de la gente mexicana y latina, que tenemos a la virgen adelante. y por eso estamos haciendo esto este dÍa con ella. >>> se realiza frente a las oficinas del congresista republicano kevin mccarthy uno de los legisladores que se opone a dicha reforma. >>> para poder tener el poder espiritual y llegamos a los corazones y mentes de los congresistas republicanos, que no quieren tomar el voto. >>> destacando data al congreso de estados unidos se uniÓ al ayuno, and a las familias divididas fr por las actuales leyes mi dpra trgratorimigrator. >>> necesitamos esto ahorita, porque hay niÑos, hay familias, que estÁn esperando. >>> una de estas familias es la de juan ayala, que igual que muchos, es nacido en estados unidos de padres indocumentados >>> toda mi vida hemos tenido dificultades tratando de vivir sin el miedo. que no lleguen del trabajo. >>> han tratado de ejercer presiÓn por medio de un all yo a los miembros del co

what happened to the patients and they can't get skilled nursing care anywhere between eureka and bakersfield because there's no skilled nursing for long-term care. when i was the secret secret ary at laguna honda wrote a proposal when we wrote that proposal, short-term rehab was defined as ninety days. why was it cut to 30? could that explain why my friend was stuck in that for months? needing too much rehab because his rehab care went over 30-days? and he could have maybe been rehabbed to ninety and stayed in town and not be dumped out of county to antioc h. if thereof there have only been so many people taking advantage of this program in a 5 year period that means it's had a miserable rate of success. to these voucher programs? i have repeat ly tried to get daas the long-term care coordinating counsel to admit where are they being diverted to? is it to board and care in town board and care out of town? i strenuous ly object to roland, wong's creative suggestion to save rent money by dumping people out of county when you do that you diss enfranchise san franciscans from their native city w

visited and researched a half dozen of the schools in places like redding, around the bay area, bakersfield and phoenix. all of the schools are either run by foreign airlines or trained students already employed by the foreign airlines. >> the goal of all is to become commercial pilots. >> reporter: the head instructor in redding. >> i am always telling the students that you are going to carry thousands of people in your career, thousands of people that you don't know will trust you to get them to their destination safely. >> reporter: he says all 140 students are from china and each hired by a chinese airline and paid in full and each get their commercial pilot's license in about a year. teaching foreign students has unique challenges. >> somebody might know how to teach but how to teach someone who english is not their native language is another thing entirely. >> reporter: it is why these students take english classes at the flight school. says a lack of access to planes at home is the biggest obstacle. >> general aviation is virtually not existent. >> my favorite part is flying. >> repo

the annual teddy bear toss at the minor league hockey game in bakersfield on saturday. nearly 7500 teddy bears were collected and they are given to children in need. pretty cool, huh? >> they usually throw squid when they get a hat trick. >> i like teddy bears so much better. >> squid are a little harder to pick up. >> i would think so. [ laughter ] >>> that's going to do it for kpix 5 news at noon. have a great afternoon, everyone. >> stay warm. going to be chilly out there. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, >> eric: well... hope, you promised a day we would never forget, and you delivered. >> hope: well, i can only take credit for the first half of the day, because rick and caroline getting married -- i didn't seee that coming. >> eric: [ chules ] >> wyatt: well, a lot to be said about that kind of spontaneity. >> liam: you know, hope and i actually experienced something like that once -- the, uh, beach in malibu. remember? >> wyatt: it doesn't count if it doesn't ta [ chuckles dryly ] >> donna: i remember the day when we were married in th

the high clouds overtaking the state today with a legal bit of a first threat in the hills around bakersfield the grip vine headed south. 74 in los angeles and mid-to-upper 60's through the central valley. 53 in tahoe and the seven-day forecast shows goose eggs all the way across, no new snow. temperatures are above average in the low-to-mid 50's. >> we have an accident northbound 101 at the off-ramp with road work 80 westbound into powell that will be cleared up momentarily and the accident is at the off-ramp a car versus a guardrail and c.h.p. is en route not affecting the traffic on 101 at san rafael, you can see the tail lights headed to the civic center and toward lincoln with no delays into san francisco. >> a dramatic drop in water levels uncovered a geld rush town that thriveed we 60 years ago that was created to create a lake. parts of the town are emerging because of the look of rain during the gold rush up to 2,500 people lived there. according to some reports there were four hotels, a school, and seven saloons. the town is mostly under 90' of water. >>> a study says the effectiven

bill whitaker is in bakersfield, california for us this evening. bill? >> reporter: scott, california's san joaquin valley is the largest fresh citrus growing region in the country. a $1.5 billion industry. temperatures here dropped to the high 20s last night and are expected to go even lower tonight and tomorrow night and growers here fear this cold snap could make their fruit unsellable. while the sun was out today, citrus growers rushed to pick as much fruit as possible before the cold canadian air descends on these grovings again tonight. if temperatures drop as low for as long as predicted they could lose half their fruit. >> if we lose 40% or 50% of our crop we won't have any crop. >> reporter: al bates is general manager of sun pacific, the second-largest citrus grower in the state. >> we can use our wind machines to push the warm air down to the ground and that along with the irrigation water can improve the temperatures anywhere from five to seven degrees if all the circumstances are right. >> reporter: scott, there are 130,000 acres just of nav

one man from bakersfield built a huge pose ter board that people could sign. >> it is like losing a friend. we never met face-to-face but sitting there bringing movies into your house. it really hurts. he was a genuine person with a big heart. he wasn't like every other celebrity. materialistic things were not important to him. helping people. he was an amazing person. >> and a very emotional here. many people saying how much of a genuine person that they felt paul walker was. one man behind me talking about their favorite cars. this memorial keeps continuing to grow, fred. >> it does in deed. >> sorry missed there. >> thank you. >> all right coming up. newly wed couple charged in a brutal murder. they plotted and killed the man just for the thrill of it? >> we uncover the deadly scheme. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the che

they beat uc bakersfield 70-51. >> thank you, colin. and thank you for joining us.nues tomorrow morning at 4:theater for leigh and colin -- at 4:30 for leigh, colin and shu and all of us here. have a great night. >>> he's not a monster. he's one of the best people >>> he's one of the best people i knew. >> this morning on "world news now," a stunned school community tries to come to terms with the horrible shooting as the young victim fights for her life. >>> a final farewell to the man who transformed the world. nelson mandela is laid to rest as south africa says good-bye to its favorite son. >>> also this morning -- >> many kids and consumers are not getting the best deal. >> two million times a day. that's how often amazon.com changes its prices. how do you know if you are getting the best deal? it's all in what time you buy. the full details on this monday, december 16 th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez.

project a setback denying a request to speed up construction for a 14 mile route from fresno to bakersfield. >> in our next segment, south of the border where drug violence and heartache rule the streets. the people of ciudad juarez are playing for keeps. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america the stream is uniquely interactive television. in fact, we depend on you, your ideas, your concerns. >> all these folks are making a whole lot of money. >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> i think you've offended everyone with that kathy. >> hold on, there's some room to offend people, i'm here. >> we have a right to know what's in our food and monsanto do not have the right to hide it from us. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> watch the stream. >> and join the conversation online @ajamstream. determining using some sort of subjective interpretation of their policy as to whether or not y

they beat uc bakersfield 70-51. >> thank you, colin. and thank you for joining us.ow morning at 4:theater for leigh and colin -- at 4:30 for leigh, colin and shu and all of us here. have a great night. (ticks) (ticks) (ticks, buzzer sounds)

>> two other west coast conference teams, santa clara was the 36-point winner over la sierra of bakersfieldtara vanderveer was honored for winning her 900 career game last month. with group players like chiney ogwumike helps. 10 pounds and 8 rebounds for the freshman kailee johnson. chibey misses this time and erica mccall beats the clock, stanford wins to go 8-1. >>> sacred heartbeat el cerrito in the 13-1 and gators win the northern california regional championship. meanwhile undefeated folsom bulldogs took an undefeated de la salle in northern california. spartan's quarterback scored with the rushing touchdown. they led 19-3. no. 22, ran for four touchdowns and this one makes it 25-3 in the 3rd. folsom junior quarterback threw a state record 74 touchdown passes in 14 games this year. he tossed another one, but browning was picked off three times by de la salle. spartannans win the title and face s.a.t. john next week when the spartans play their 8th straight championship game. >>> last year texas a&m johnny manziel. and today florida's quarterback jameis winston had a chance to take home

fire danger around the grapevine to the hills near bakersfield and that is until later today. los angeles, mid-to-upper 60's through the central valley and lake tahoe is 53 degrees with temperatures well above average and possible records on friday. what you do not see is snow on the way possibly tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week. now sue has the last commute of 2013. >> it is your last commute of 2013. it is good if you are out there this morning with a couple of exceptions. castro valley westbound 580 we have an accident in the clearing fadeses waiting for a tow truck and i have seen the sensors go from red to yellow so it is improveing. at the benicia toll plaza the slow lane is blocked. outside, we go to san rafael the head lits headed southbound, lucas valley road is here making the turn to the parkway and everyone at the limit into san francisco. the bay bridge toll plaza shows holiday light with no metering lights and it is a breeze into san francisco. matt and kristen? >> san francisco police are looking for the person or people who tried to set two cars on

. >> what about the train from fresno to bakersfield. >> i don't go from fresno to barsfield. >> that railroad is surely beautiful if they ever build it. >> it is. as phil said it would bring jobs. we'll just have to see what happens. >>> new state gun laws will take effect for buyers in 2014 including a ban on high capacity conversion kits for ammunition magazines, safe storage requirements for handguns, new possession restrictions for people who are mentally ill and required safety test for buyers. other laws taking effect, sending text messages while driving will be banned for teens even with hands-free devices. cyberbullying could lead to a student suspended or expelled. the state minimum wage will jump to $9 an hour in july. local minimum wages in san jose and san francisco will also go up. three more cities adopted a ban on plastic bags. paper bags will be available for a small fee. consumers are encouraged to bring reusable bags, if you remember to do so. >>> unemployment benefits expired for more than a million americans who have been out of work. cbs reporter jeff pegues with

project a setback denying a request to speed up construction for a 14 mile route from fresno to bakersfield. >> in our next segment, south of the border where drug violence and heartache rule the streets. the people of ciudad juarez are playing for keeps. >> now a snapshot of stories making headlines, hezbollah is searching for whoever is responsible for the death of its military leader. the assassination took place after saudi arabia was accused of the deadly bombing in beirut last month. newtown families t 911 calls placed from the elementary school. 7 panicked calls recorded freedom of calls. the freedom of information commission ordered the release of those calls. >>> stolen in mexico, a cargo truck hauling dangerous radioactive material. the next co nuclear commission says the thieves removed cobalt after stealing the truck from a gas station. >>> it is one of the most profitable businesses in the world, the u.s. narcotics market is worth about $60,000,000,000 a year according to the united nations. americans addiction to illegal drugs kills thousands of people every year south of the

north of bakersfield, ice clings to the tree, workers trying to pick what they can but there is not much they can do. the cold weather left burns on a lot of the fruit. this trickles down, less fruit means less work and smaller paychecks. >> i wish i was a millionaire so i could help them. but i'm not. i'm trying to survive the same as they do. >> it is indeed good reminder that what we complain about is trivial. >> that's so tough on the farmers down there. i grew up in that area. they do so much to try to fight the freeze. mother nature kicks in. meteorologist christina loren, our own freeze of our own. >> freezing up here. when we see damage to the wine crop, that typically happens in the spring so a lot of people have been inquiring about that. 39 in san francisco, north bay at 23, it's cold all across the board as we head throughout the day. temperatures are going to remain very cool for this time of year. we're talking about record lows for today. and even colder mornings headed our way. so low 50s across the board. foster city, 50. 51 in mid market. not a lot of microclimate varia

really strange sight in bakersfield today as parked car gets swallowed up by a sink hole.received a call at 5:30 this morning from the owner of the vehicle who told officers his set of wheels was swallowed up trunk first down it goes. city public works operation manager says crew were able to pull the car out but damage to the car was extensive as you can imagine. the sink hole was created by a deteriorating sewer line which was scheduled to be repaired next week. imagine calling the claims adjuster and explaining that one. >> well could the latest diet craze be as simple as taking a walk? more people are tracking the steps to lose weight and many are using technology developed rate here in the bay area to do that. here's health science reporter carolyn johnson. >> chris walks 5 miles a day just getting around the store in downtown oakland. he knows exactly how many steps he takes thanks to tiny tracker in his pocket called fit bit. >> changed my life basically. >> it's one of growing number of wearable electronic that has people wiring up to lose weight. >> i went from li

las vegas, bakersfield, 30. 20s both nights in fresno.king records and that's nothing compared to the midsection. it will feel like minus 40 in bismarck tonight. john, diana, back to you. >> thanks, jim. here's a rest of the forecast now. warmer than normal in the southeast with scattered showers from virginia to the carolinas. mostly dry in the northeast with the exception of a few showers across upstate new york. >> mostly 40s in the northeast, 70s dallas to atlanta. 30 in the pacific northwest. frigid five degrees in billings and 11 in denver. >>> two sky divers have been killed in an accident in southern arizona. witnesses say the divers had opened their chutes when they slammed in to each other a few hundred feet above the ground. the parachutes collapsed and the victims fell. one died on impact and the other pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> dense morning fog blamed for highway pileups in belgium involving 130 vehicles. at least one person died, dozens were injured. the heavy fog made it impossible to rescue them by helicopter. d

warmer and still have freezing temperatures with hard freeze in the southern central valley down to bakersfieldno, and 47 with high clouds and sunshine in tahoe. >> and now, extra company on the roads like we have a quiet commute headed over to the presidio in san francisco, we still have construction that will be blocking lanes until 7:00, and that going to reach the golden gate tolls and when you head over the bridge you are looking at a great drive there, and traffic at 101 headed southbound direction along 101, the golden gate bridge is eight minutes and along the bay bridge is nine minutes and the san mateo bridge is thin minutes and this is the drive in san jose away from the julian street off-ramp with extra headlights and not a problem. kristen and eric? >> what would you do with an extra $7,000 this holiday season? it doesn't have to be hypothetical, that is how much you could win for helping us fight hunger in the bay area when you click the give where you live button on facebook, we will donate a dollar to the bay area feeding america food banks for you and you could win $7,000. imag

. >>> this large sinkhole in bakersfield swallowed up a parked car earlier this morning.ee there only the front end is now sticking out. officials say an old 36-inch sewer line failed and opened up the sinkhole. the impact of the fallen car shook nearby homes. ironically that sewer line was due to be repaired in less than a month. >>> it didn't take long at all. starbucks $350 special edition gift card went on sale today. within minutes they sold out. it was the second year starbucks partnered up with the site guilt comto sell the rose- colored cards. it took seconds and they were gone. the $450 card won't even get you $400 worth of coffee. each card comes loaded with $400 to spend, along with gold status in starbucks loyalty program. >>> so do you want to eat healthy? a new study says it will cost you more. researchers say that having a diet rich in fruits, nuts, fish and other healthy food costs someone $1.50 more a day or about $550 more every year, compared to a diet consisting of meat, fat and sugar. researchers point out that people who eat unhealthily pay a far gre

. >> my name is david cooper from bakersfield, california and i stumbled on a book one time by reading several hedge. there were a couple things that came into mind that i thought were fascinating. one was the second part of those that failed in the house and they put $110 billion worth of sweeteners, and another thing that came about, don't know if you about it in your book, house or senate committee chairmanships are up for sale depending how well they fund-raiser and a few things like that. congressman have always been bought and sold. because the government and the budgets -- reduce it a little tiny bit, whether it is energy or education, the real debate should be whether these programs or departments should exist at all and if you did that, you would take the contribution corruption out of it. >> that is the great point. weiner need a more fundamental debate and i do think that one of the problems i talked-about in exports in is the fact that both republicans, democrats and the house have the system of so-called party dues and they make it sound like a country club thing. you got

he and his friends raised more than $3,000 and bought toys, a lot of toys for kids here at the bakersfield homeless center. >> this one remote control! >> 7-year-old joshua jiminez was one of the kid that got a present. he lives at the shelter with nine brothers and sisters. >> he gave me a ninja turtle. >> somebody at an age that mostly they think about themselves decided he wanted to do something for other kids, so christmas happened because he cared. >> jaxson doesn't fully grasp how much he helped the children but he said it's cool to aid kids. >> i want to do it again next year, and then the next year and then the next year. until i'm like 20. >> that means a lot of smiles and toys for homeless kids. >> very, very cool. >>> ross is coming up next with the day in sports. >> we're talking about nba and some controversy. it's the right to bear arms. we'll discuss that hot topic. >> the gun show. >> get your ticket! >>> ross is here. we have some basketball and a little controversy. >> right to bear arms. get your tickets to the gun show, but they work hard during the off-season. here's t

demonstrated in court it can pay for this first construction segment. 120 miles from madero to bakersfield that costs about $6 billion. a judge ruled 9 law requires proof of funding for the entire 300 mile usable segment. merced in the north to the san fernando valley in the south and an estimated cost of $31 billion, meaning the high-speed rail authority is $25 billion short. >> it's not going to be possible. where are they going to find $28 billion in new money? the state doesn't have it. the federal government has cut them off. >> reporter: michael brady is a redwood city attorney representing three plaintiffs suing the rail authority for violating the terms of prop 1a, but he says the judge has already ruled in his clients favor. some respects he's right. judge michael kenny writes in a reebt ruling, quote, ta funding plan did not comply with the requirements of the law, specifically the identification of the sources of all funds to be invested in the initial operates segment, and necessary environmental clearances. but this isn't the whole story, either. >> the opponents of the projec

shout out from bakersfield. metrics. this company has been on a big roll.you think it has a lot of steam? >> remember when it down, i said there was something value there. i still think there is value. i don't think it needs to be sold. let's go to allen in florida. >> caller: hi, jim. this is allen calling for florida. i would like the benefit of your extraordinary insight into the workings of the stock market, particularly about salesforce.com. in the last four quarters, including the quarter ending october 31st, crm's revenues have increased nicely be, the cost of sales, operating losses, net income losses from continuing ops, all spell to me a company out of control. >> i don't think that's fair, sir. i use operating cash flow and i use cash flow, and it's pretty terrific. that's the way i judge a big growth company. remember, this is a company that is trying to put on huge growth and doing it in a fashion that i find to be understandable if you go through all the financials beyond -- look, you absolutely raise good points. i'm not going against that. a

>> a lot of toys for kids here at the bakersfield homeless center. >> this one is remote control. >>ar-old got a present. he lives at the shelter with his nine brothers and sisters. >> he gave me a ninja turtlele. >> somebody at an age where mostly are thinking about themselves decided they wanted to do something about other kids. christmas happened because he cared. >> jackson doesn't seem to fully grasp how much he helped these children, but said it's cool to aid kids. >> i want to do it again next year, and then the next year and then the next, until i'm like 20. >> that means a lot of smiles and toys for homeless kids. aljazeera. >> that will do it for this edition of aljazeera america. more headlined in two and a half minutes. keep it here. ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america

>> bakersfield, california!re today. >>> and welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, al roker and mr. willie geist. although it is chilly here, we have to remember there are parts of the country people are suffering with really bad weather. >> that's right. some places up to 50 degrees below average, so it's going to be tough. >> chilly for these people. you're going, hey, it's not so warm for me right now. >> a lot of auditioning for "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." >> you know who's nice and cozy right now? >> who? >> tamron hall because she is inside mariah carey's layer. t lair. what's coming up? >> her lair. this is her pink room. she's been so kind to let us into her home as we celebrate the 12 days of christmas with mariah carey. she, according to her husband, is miss christmas. she's let us into this intimate room. her trees are beautiful. i can't wait for mariah to tell us the story behind these peonies. trust me, mariah carey might be the only per

here in california on land from redding to bakersfield, more than 200,000 acres are devoted to walnution. dan martinez and his family have been rooted in the walnut industry since the fifties. they call the fertile soil of winters home base and say it is the absolute pfect place to grow onof nature's perfect foods. >> in particular in winters, we have, i think, an ideal climate for walnuts. in addition to the climate, we have great deep soil along putah creek on the south side, deep, very alluvial soil, and access to a lot of and good, clean water. >> today, dan and his family grow 700 acres of grapes and rootstock in addition to the 170 acres of walnuts they have. but to stay competitive in the nut world, they've been looking for other venues to sell their walnuts. one of them came just down the road in woodland at the la tourangelle nut oil company. >> it's been great, a very dynamic business. we're always looking for people like ourselves who are dynamic and trying new things in the industry. so this is one great outlet for us to have the walnut oil for a place to... part of our cr