it's that spirit of industry that puts a beehive in the middle of the state flag of utah. >> the beehive is a symbol of industry, commerce, and hard work, and would seem to be a perfect symbol for a state like utah, which was so difficult to settle. >> it did take a lot of hard work to create a state in the middle of the desert. it took a lot of faith, too. mormons were seeking a place to practice their form of christianity, which was new and controversial. >> in 1830, joseph smith began the mormon religion in upstate new york. they quickly had to leave upstate new york because of religious persecution. and after a brief stop in the midwest, they settled in the territory that would become utah. >> the mormons arrived in 1847. the date is right there on the flag, along with 1896, the year the state entered the union. at first, mormon leader brigham young wanted to claim a much bigger territory and call it deseret. congress didn't go for that. so, the state was smaller and named after the ute indians who were there first. >> but one thing that's very interesting about the state is that, of

commercial beekeeper in the central valley is feeling the sting of thieves, someone stole 80 of his beehives from an almond orchard there. it is tough to get intos because of a shortage and losing hives to thieves is common because they are left unattended in remote areas but he says this theft required a forklift and a flatbed truck. >> when they steal entire truckloads of bees it is a real set back. >> cox will not get the 13,000 dollars from the almond grower, add in the value of new hives and he is out 50,000 dollars, he says these kinds of crimes are becoming more common. >>> dozens of people camped out overnight in the south bay for a chance to receive free bread every day for a year from a san francisco institution. they just opened a new bakery on stephens creek boulevard this morning and as janine de la vega reports the free bread is a huge draw for people feeding large families. >> reporter: 100 people shivered in the cold at this cupertino shopping stir, some camped out overnight so they could get free bread every day for a year from there. >> i am knocked out for hours, completel

and i just love the fact that we @an have honey and beehives that we extract from. >> [indistinct] oh my gosh they're right behind us. >> they're right behind us. >> what is this we're laoking at? >> so, these are boxes of the honey that we keep. and they actually have a layer of, kind of like-- >> like a tray? >> like a tray that collects the honey on top of the tray. >> growing and looking after so many crops takes an army of volunteers. and many of them have had little or no farming experience. but they often see once they get their hands in the soil, well, they're hooked. >> if you can't bring the people to the land, well, you gotta bring the land to the people. and that's what we're doing here. we've got this beautiful property. anwe're taking advantage of it. >> jason marks, who graduated from a farming program at u.c.- santa cruz, has been one of the farm managers for several years. he says this project symbolizes urban farming in america. and it's a great way for people-- regardless of their income-- to grow organic, healthy food. >> this is urban farming. yeah, this is how we

. >>> a commercial beekeeper is feeling the sing of bees someone stole 80 of the beehives. it's already hard to get bees, cox said this required a fox lift and a flat bed truck >>> when they start stealing entire truckloads of bees, it's a set back >> he will get the $13,000 of the almond growers and he's out about $50,000. unfortunately, these kinds of crimes are becoming more common. >>> today marks a historic anniversary for alcatraz. it was the nation's top security prison for almost 30 years and held inmates like al capone and the bird man of al quatres. now it's one of the most popular tourist attraction >>> sal is back and we'll get you moving and get you to where you want to go. the traffic is doing pretty well as you drive through. this is a look at the 280 interchange with 880 and right now the traffic is moving very nicely and there are no major problems, the weather is making for a better commute we have fewer fender benders by a factor of probably 2 or 3. this is a look at 680 passing mission boulevard, it's off to a good start. here's steve >> thank you. a cou

somebody stole 80 of beehives from an almond orchard. and losing a few hives to thieves are quite common. this time it required a forklift and a flatbed truck. >> when they start stealing an entire truckload of bees, it's a set back. >> he will not get the $13,000 from the almond grower and the value of new beehives, he's out about $50,000. unfortunately, these kind of crimes are becoming more common. >> 7:25. check in with sal. what are you starting with today? >> we're starting with the east bay but looking at everything. the mcarthur maze has been the top commute worry this morning. slow at the bay bridge because of the earlier problem. it really was a minor problem but turned the metering lights on slow to get the minor accident off the bridge and had a chain reaction. 35 to 45 minute delay which is about -- usually we have 25 minutes here. 20 minutes worse than normal. unless you are in the carpool lane. also the morning commute is low on 880 southbound from hayward to fremont but here in oakland it looks good. and if you are drivin

. >> i'm not afraid of a neighbor having a beehive if this is done right. >> reporter: still to be determined, whether bees can be kept in a smaller yard. this will be adopted by summer then reviewed in a year: one sure thing, no roosters, way too noisy. live in san leandro. deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> more information on goulet. many have wondered why they dropped charges in hawaii. now they say he wasn't prosecuted because of a lack of evidence. they say in one case fingerprints did not match and in the other case, the victim could not identify him. >>> a lab technician will plead guilty to a drug charge. the attorney for debra madden says a plea deal has been reached. this is set to happen tomorrow morning in front of a federal judge in san francisco. the plea deal follows two mistrials and hung juries. madden was accused of stealing cocaine from a police lab. as a result hundreds of criminal cases had to be thrown out. >>> only on( 2, a woman accused of kicking a toddler at a park made her appearance in court. >> this is so [ bleep ], this is ridiculous >> reporter: sabrina bell was

. >> katie: in central oregon last weekend a flatbed truck rolled spilling an oversized load of beehives. half a billion honeybees most of them were luckily in boxes. it took about 12 hours to clean up the mess. each had to be checked to make sure it had a queen. the driver of the truck was not hurt in the accident but he was given a ticket. >>> so what is life like for a squid? you probably asked yourself, a stanford biologist strapped a critter cam to see how they behave. some of his findings from his research, the squids flicker, they communicate with red and white flashes. while this prefers to glide around the ocean it has bursts of speed reaching 45 miles an hour. scientists say ocean warming has caused the squid to migrate from peru to northern california. >>> coming up next, very real threat of a tsunami. a tsunami striking the california coast. what you can do to be ready for the next one. >> katie: welcome back. we're starting off this half-hour with the weather. here is frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. >> good morning everyone. get the wet weather gear ready because you wi

. >> i'm not afraid of a neighbor having a beehive if this is done right. >> reporter: still to be determined adopted by summer then reviewed in a year: one sure thing, no roosters, way too noisy. live in san leandro. deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> more information on goulet. many have wondered why they dropped charges in hawaii. now they say he wasn't prosecuted because of a lack of evidence. they say in one case fingerprints did not match and in the other case, the victim could not identify him. >>> a lab technician will plead guilty to a drug charge. the attorney for debra madden says a plea deal has been reached. this is set to happen tomorrow morning in front of a federal judge in san francisco. the plea deal follows two mistrials and hung juries. madden was accused of stealing cocaine from a police lab. as a result hundreds of criminal cases had to be thrown out. >>> only on( 2, a woman accused of kicking a toddler at a park made her appearance in court. >> this is so [ bleep ], this is ridiculous >> reporter: sabrina bell was supposed to be arraigned on federal assault and child char

. >> it's something i would call a beehive. a big harry audiacious goal. >> reporter: this $8 million art installation is privately funded. it's still about $2 million short of the goal but it's gaining by allowing the public to sponsor dials, they raised $75,000 even before it went live tonight. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now, the light sculpture is 1.8 miles long and 500 feet high. the lights will be illuminated from dusk to dawn. the cost of electricity is said to be $500 a year. just look for the hot topic section right on our front page for more information. >>> we have developing news from san francisco where there has been a police shooting. this is a live picture from the bay view hunter's point. police chief suhr says someone crashed and gave way. chief suhr says officers got out of their car but then the driver of the bmw knocked down one of the officers with the car. >> the officer was vulnerable, could easily have been seriously injured or killed. two of his

. >> it's something i would call a beehive. a big harry audiacious goal. >> reporter: this $8 million art installation is privately funded. it's still about $2 million short of the goal but it's gaining by allowing the public to sponsor dials, they raised $75,000 even before it went live tonight. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now, the light sculpture is 1.8 miles long and 500 feet high. the lights will be illuminated from dusk to dawn. the cost of electricity is said to be $500 a year. just look for the hot topic section right on our front page for more information. >>> we have developing news from san francisco where there has been a police shooting. this is a live picture from the bay view hunter's point. police chief suhr says someone crashed and gave way. chief suhr says officers got out of their car but then the driver of the bmw knocked down one of the officers with the car. >> the officer was vulnerable, could easily have been seriously injured or killed. two of his

on the one hand we have this beehive of activity going on around the department. >> reporter: santa cruz deputy chief steve clark was at the hp pavilion in san jose. officers are going over a walkthrough for thursday's memorial where 15,000 people are expected. >> you just never know where those emotions will come from, when all of a sudden it just hits you and you need a moment. but it's been nice having this to focus on. >> reporter: the adorned caskets of sergeant baker and officer butler will make their way to the hp pavilion on thursday, awaiting will be thousands of people saluting their fallen heroes one last time. tonight's viewing ends at about 8:00 tonight. you still have a couple of hours. if you're mramg on attending the services in san jose on thursday, they are suggesting you take mass transit. we're live in santa cruz, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> more on that tomorrow. more than 200 law enforcement vehicles will join that motorcade for the 33-mile journey to honor those fall en soldiers. i want to show you how it looks. begins at the boardwalk parking lot o