back in the 1930s. >> arthur bell, along with another innovation--arthur bell, along with students from the engineering department at berkeley invented the pitter-chopper. this lachine would basically takehe pit out of the olive at the same time it chopped the olive in small pieces. bell's chopped olives was widely used in the chopped olive sandwch, which was considered a delicacy around san francisco. the bell-carter family and all the dedicated employees have been processing top quality olives for over 97 years. >> then they're off to a pizza chain, restaurant, or grocerystore near you. in corning, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv." >> long known for being the salad bowl of the world, now one salinas based company is changing what we put in our salads. did you know that in terms of production value, lettuce is the leading vegetable crop in the ufited states? and each year, more than 80% of the salad greens consumed in the united states are grown in the salis valley. and while lettuce is consistently among california'top commodities, nobody has seen quite the success inhe sa

states -- [ bell ] >> when others ran, i fought. [ bell." >> sounds a lot like a doorbell.tion's dogs did, too. twitter exploded at what went down each time that bell sound. one, every time the bell rings in the republican debate, our dog starts barking. no, lola, mitt romney is not at the front door. the debate moderators rang the bell to stop a runaway answer, andy came bounding out of the kitchen warking his little sh noodle head off. how do you know it was the bell setting him off? it could have been a republican talking. candidate mitt romney turned heads when he pointed out that corporations are people, too. rand paul seemed to reverse the comparison entirely. listen. >> i think we're all corporations. so to say we're going to punish corporations like they're someone else, all of us are corporations. you think about, you do you have a retirement fund, do you have a 401(k), everybody has a 401(k) who owns parts of corporations. i think a lot of times people want to vilify corporations as other rich people. they're us. >> that's a bit of a stretch when was the last time

we will be right when a the opening bell starts we will be right back. c the market has been strange and we will see after four consecutive days of the stock going over and under 400 high what are you looking for today? >> where we are looking at a good start on mortgages on profits i'm are better than expected. a net gain on the day i would do not expect the the singapore today we are moving ahead in a big way. it will be very difficult going forward. >> is it a positive signal that things will calm down today? >> i excelled i'm not into the technicals had the fact that futures are oppenheimer is an encouraging sign. that benefits the market up front but there are can be unintended consequences of their could be another announcements and rumors the market is still unsettled. >> so you're kind of watching europe's as we head into dingy? >> i've themselves the debt in europe is a concern there is all lot of concern on the slowing of the economy and overseas buried the i'll look for banks and credit quality and retail sales report was comforting and the jo

if you paid the extra fifty bucks for the bell. and it's not a bell. [laughter] i look forward to more of this kind of analysis such as: "london just like hooker's genitals-- burning!" and "somali refugees like hooker's libido-- always hungry!" and "new york post front page like hooker-- will say anything to get your money." [laughter] [cheers and applause] somebody is a little girl. [laughter] folks, cleanliness is next to godliness. which is why i sometimes pray to mr. clean. [laughter] this is yahweh or no way! [cheers and applause] first up: mormons. they've been in the news recently because republican presidential candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are both mormon. one of these guys could be our next president. the other one is jon huntsman. [laughter] and obama's advisers are already planning their strategy against romney. >> wow, the obama re-election team sees mitt romney as the likeliest republican candidate, we're told right now. and plans strongly attack him personally as a phony. and here's the keyword, as weird. why that word, weird?

the bell shelter down there. where we are. the shelter is a halfway house offering long term treatment for substance abuse and mental illnesses they provide room board and treatment to four hundred fifty people. who searched for nation army. yeah. ok thank you we should have had ten truckloads of food but many of the trader joes i'd call didn't want to take the time and the whole food store back out of the last minute. sandra the lead cook told me that getting enough food is a constant struggle especially as the country's economic crisis deepens i enter my tent i'm the only good for the salvation army bell so just kids here we supply a breakfast lunch in here for. forty fifty people a day if we wouldn't pick up his fish tonight at trader joe's it would have dire concert it is better for you to get it again i see get it thank you i can tell you you have your if you're wrong thank you very much ok i think. we all felt pretty good the night has been successful go on a very small scale approaching individual stores had worked much

for jacob bell, it's tension of another kind. today he faces a hearing for a fight with a fellow inmate. >> there's a classification committee. my counselor is calling me in this morning. i was just involved in a mutual combat where i lost 90 days of credit. if i don't get my time back, i'll be in a lot of trouble. if i don't get it back, i'll be going home 90 days later. i'm hoping that i will get 100% back. >> you're here for your annual review. you're in front of the captain and the staff assistant. this is a 36-year-old parole violator with a new term serving a sentence. it's his strike two. inmate bell received it on 7/28/07. it was a division d offense. he was found guilty and assessed 90 days loss of credit. increasing his release date. to 6/13/2008. inmate bell has met the disciplinary free period and applie for the restoration of credit to be restored. >> i'm going to go ahead and restore your restoration of credit for the mutual combat which is 90 days. you'll be getting that back. you have an early release date coming

followed by ringing of the peace bell. [ bell toll ] this year, for the first time, the u.s.nt a diplomat to the services. nagasaki's mayor used the occasion to call for change in the nuclear policy due to the ongoing nuclear crisis from the march 11 earthquake and tsunami. >>> this morning in london, british prime minister david cameron cut short his vacation and is recalling parliament from a summer recess to deal with the crisis touched off by days of rioting. they are ordering 18,000 police to take to the street. they made 525 arrests so far. in this wave of protests. for days, groups of young people set buildings and vehicles on fire, looted stores and pelted police with bottle and fireworks in london. today, the riots are spreading to birmingham, bristol and liverpool. many say the spreading violence has no connection to the initial protests. >>> 5:55. the united nations is flying aid to the war-torn capital of somalia for the first time in five years. the country is battling a devastating famine. flight arrived with dubai with 31 tons of emergency supply yesterday. two

"...opening bell" wall street in a tailspin.. the dow plunging hundreds of points right now after the opening bell. >>> and they're off. it's not good. wall street in a tailspin down hundreds after the opening bell. good afternoon, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. >>> after a few days of calm, stocks are plummetting worldwide. at one point the dow was down more than 500. let's get to jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. what are the danger signs that have investors worried throughout? >> reporter: pretty much everywhere you look today, bad news. the numbers are ugly. the dow down 480, below 11,000. nasdaq down 138. s&p down by 59. more money going into the safe havens, gold at a record high $1,822 an ounce and more money with u.s. treasuries with yields at record low sending people to refinancing. getting to what's causing the market to drop, there are things in europe and the u.s. starting with europe, they got the ball rolling this morning. there are several countries in the eurozone that now want greece to put u

we are 25 minutes away to the opening bell on wall street perry the markets had their civil wars did day yesterday it tumbled 512 points the biggest decline since december of 2000 and 81 despite the plunge investors are saying not to planet >> people who are consistent in their approach and stick with it and willing to deal with the voluntary will be ahead >> take look of adult for the past three years in march it draws down 6.9 those they got out and in 2009 lost over the long term the recent spiral will reverse itself >> live pictures into the kron 4 news room this is a refinery fire coming from memphis you can see all the smoke new information from the station that is covering it is a very large fire in downtown memphis it started yesterday i'll let an exterior pipeline it is either a gasoline or diesel line to employees or dowels with fuel and had a bead decontaminated they are still working at this hour to get the fire out nell in orlando florida deprivation hearing for casey anthony this is a live picture of the court room casey may not be there we will have the story for you a

>> give me your full name. >> jacob lewis bell. v, victor, 27698. >> okay, bell. clothes. you've got tennis shoes, your socks, shirt. it's all good. >> i'm beginning to feel like me again, you know? so far, so good. it's been a long ride. so, now, i got to get out there and be responsible, as far as my kids. and doing positive things for myself. you know? >> thank you. >> i feel really nervous right now. i'm really nervous. but i'm kind of excited to see my family and things like that. >> thank you. >> as jacob passes through the gates after more than two years in prison, the reality of his release begins to settle in. >> i just can't stop smiling right now. when i was on the inside, you know, i was serious about everything. you know, right now, i can, you know, back to smiling and feel good and be myself. you know? i mean, just it feels a whole lot better on this side than on that side. i tell you that. very nervous, though. very nervous. seriously, i don't think i'm coming back to prison. no matter what i have, that sense of fear inside of me before i do anythin

so anything is possible when the opening bell counseleds. then the closing well rings later on in the day. >> courtney, thank you. >> let's warm things up a little. check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> i don't know if that's necessary. a little dramatic this morning. it's a good thing. we love having you. we're looking good this morning. we have dense fog developing. you can see that from your live picture of the golden gate bridge. so wherever you are headed take it easy out there. probably a good idea to give yourself ample time so you reach your destination without having to rush. in terms of visibility right at the if you are fast you can see for four or five miles. 54 degrees through san mateo because of that cloud cover. situated right at the coast. a little warmer, livermore, the sun is starting to come through. 57 degrees right now in concord. on the way to about 69 degrees as you break for lunch. 71 at noon in livermore and if you are looking for great beach days we're not going to see that this week.cc1: mostly

primero ringing the bell. stocks futures down ahead of the opening bell after yesterday's more than 400-point drop. european markets dropped today over worries that greece and other countries may not be able to pay off their debts. asian stocks took a beating. we'll have a live report coming up, if we can take it. >> we'll see. >>> good morning. it's friday, august 19, i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:30 on your friday. let's get a quick look at traffic and weather. we are going to start with traffic because of that situation with the caldecott tunnel. >> they have re-opened the center bore of the caldecott tunnel which shut down for nearly an hour talking about westbound 24 out of orinda so it was in the commute direction. so again, the center bore is re- opened but now we are just getting word of a new fender- bender. it is in the backup of westbound 24. so we'll give you details on that and how that's impacting your morning commute towards oakland. in the meantime let's check th

>>> opening bell on wall street only half an hour away. it looks like it's going to be another ugly day. yesterday, the dow closed down more than 400 points. world markets this hour taking a beating overnight. cnn correspondents covering the angles for us that are impacting your cash from new york to london to hong kong, washington to martha's vineyard. we are breaking it all down for you. take a look at the big picture now. christine romans is in new york. christine, you're actually calling it awful august. >> i know. it is awful august because you've got the dow down 9.5% for the month, more than a thousand points the dow has lost and yesterday's route wiped out any kind of advance we had seen the last week. it's an awful august because a lot has happened. we had the debt ceiling debacle news. even though you have job creation it's not enough to really assuage the fears and nerves of people out there who do not feel like the unemployment situation is working well enough for them and their families and this coming together as we have a bi

ergo the opening bell on wall street is johnson and johnson grieving and the opening bell.y are concerned with the deals done in washington will not be enough. we'll bring you the numbers as the command. >> that teenager the was reported to be kidnapped turns out the police say he was involved and the teen has been arrested in antioch also people will rally at as have all in a protest of the arrest of a young man that refused to pull up his baggy pants and also we're watching wall street >> is a live look from our roof camera the fog is just taking over the city right now today is gonna be sunny and warm like yesterday once the fog pulls back tomorrow it'll be cooler and a bring as brazil and cooler temperatures the mild weather is expected to last through out the week we will have a closer look at the weather in just a moment >> the metering lights have been activated of few minutes ago we are starting to see the beginning of a backup we are also keeping our eyes on all hotspot in fremont the accident happened in the northbound direction and only a slight delays southbound

the opening bell coming in shortly. it looks like it will be a big drop on wall street. >>: a couple of minutes away from opening bell. we will be right back. let's take a live look at san jose. it is trying to get senate held there. we will be right back. >>: good morning, everyone is clapping, but no one is happy on wall street. ha we are hitting the opening bell. everyone has increaserisk to themselves. we e to the floor to see what is happening now that the u.s. credit rating has been downgraded. >>: and gold is worth all lot more. gold prices have climbed to more than $17 quebec00. >>: even with the downgrade, treasury bills, the yield is >>: there is such a big demand for u.s. debt. the big project seems to be on wall street that it does in the treasuries. >>: still sliding within the last minute, now down to under 21.--221. a lot of people in or asking, should i sell? what should i do? >>: everyone is hoping we will reach a point where we'll have bargains for many companies on wall street. the dow was off of well

this is the last round for derrick to impress the judges. [ bell ] >> the final bell rings and the fightersladies and gentlemen, by the way of split decision, we have a winner. the number one contender in the light-heavyweight division give it up for angola's -- >> when they said split decision, i knew they got it. they're going to give it to him because he's at home. >> it is now time for curtis merrills to step into the ring. the stakes are high. nome known as bragging rights, but a title belt. both fighters start off slow. neither impressing the judges. >> in round two curtis is aggressive and lands more punches. [ bell ] >> in the final round, curtis starts to tire, and his opponent gets some good hits in. >> and now, ladies and gentlemen, by way of split decision -- representing angola -- >> another split decision gives victory to the opponent. although the night is disappointing for derrick and curtis, other members of the elayn hunt boxing team are successful. >> when one loses, we all lose and had one wins, we all win. i feel like a winner.

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debt ceiling and the deal >> starts have been sharply upper overseas and we will have the opening bell on wall street. >> we had three murders in four hours and we will tell you where that happened. >> we are tracking the fog around the bay area on this august 1st >> will have weather and traffic coming ups. >> a live look at mt. tam cam cooling with clouds mild afternoon highway in the '60s to '80s another dip in the temperatures coming thursday. now check of traffic >> we are seeing accidents on the traffic lot i am not declaring any hotspots this is a live look at the bay area's band will and have more details on traffic in my next report >> the debt deal in washin d.c. the house and senate are expected to vote today on cuttings bending and reducing. if the plant gets through senate and house could vote on it tonight >> this is what is in the deal it would increase by two trillion dollars the debt limit and cut one trillion dollars worth of spending anchoret create a 12 member panel. the president realized that the bill was far from perfect >> never the less the leaders of both part

he raised minnie bell, he wanted minnie bell to understand what he did during the war. and so in 1872 he said about writing these memoirs. and they were titled then memoirs of my experience in the war for southern independence. and they were really met, he said in the preface to the memoirs, that they were meant for her and he bemoaned repeatedly in his memoirs how he had ancestors who were in the revolution from virginia. but we knew nothing about them. and he said that's really sad. he says i wish i knew more about my ancestors that serve in the revolution. and he literally set about making sure that wouldn't happen to subsequent generations thinking about him. and these memoirs were actually handed to me by a member of his family some years ago. and they were a type script. the handwritten memoir was reduced to typewritten, typewriting in 1927. and you can imagine what in 1927 typewriter did to a page. all of the os were black dots and all of the bs and ds were all block dots. but -- and this memoir was kind of funny. when he wrote it, it was like a stream of conscio

brianna, thanks. >>> opening bell is 20 minutes away. after the break, we'll talk to financial lifestyle coach clyde anderson. he will tell us what he thinks we should do with our money. >>> later, remember the war yrs who went down in that chopper crash in afghanistan. we'll hear from a widow of one of those navy s.e.a.l.s. vaycay. ooo. sounds pricey? nah, with the hotels.com summer sale, you can find awesome deals for places nearby. interesting... wow, i'm blown away. you look great. hotels.com summer sale, save up to 30%. and get a free kindle. hotels.com. be smart. book smart. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy developement comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing decades of cleaner burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self contained well systems and using state of the art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the

from europe to tokyo, washington eyes on the allcc1: opening bell on wall street.ncluding scott mcgrew's eyes. >> good morning to you. as you know america's credit rating downgraded over the weekend to aa plus. mean?does that cc1: because it's never happened before it's pretty much all speculation. what it will mean in the short-term is extreme anxiety on the financial markets, we could see some of the circuit breakers put into place after last year's flash crash come into effect this morning. also over the weekend the european central bank made it to per for spain and italycc1: borrow. those countries a much bigger credit rating than the united states. there's lots of political fallout. nobody is a winner, not president obama, not congress, not the tea party. we should point out, though, even with recent losses broadly speaking the markets are up a little less than 40% since president obama took office. you know, laura, you have to feel sorry for all of the potential millionaires and billionaires working at zynga and group upon. a few weeks ago the markets were ho

the opening bell from 20 minutes ago stocks have been in the positive territory since.ber of people filing unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 and that's the first time in months that has happened. cisco systems topped analysts expectations and right now the dow jones industrial average is at 97 points and 27 s&p 500 up 10 right now. >>> what she claims she was doing in a san francisco hotel in the middle of the night. >> and one of the most famed attractions will be off limits to tourists for a whole year. . >>> welcome back, time now is 65, here are the very latest numbers after the opening bell, numbers are hovering around 69. >>> the suspect in the alex true beck case, she says she is a prostitute not a burglar. she is accused of breaking in as he slept last month. in the middle of the night she went there to meet another man and denies taking anything from his hotel room. she is accused of taking $650 cash and a wallet. >>> the statue of liberty will be off limit to tourists for a whole year. in fact this is a live picture of it. it will undergo a $27 million

it will take a few minutes after the bell rings to start to settle, but the bell will ring in one second. >> let's listen. [ bell ringing ] >> here we go, top of the hour. you just heard the closing bell on wall street. this was the first full day of trading since the s&p downgrade, down from that perfect aaa now to a aa plus. that happening friday night. we see the markets responding for this first day. the number, as ali pointed out, it still takes a number of minutes for the numbers there on the big board to settle, but you can see the down down down 630 . ali, i know these numbers continue to charng but you mentioned the lowest we had today, 10,812. the last time we saw just a drop in the dow, november 2008. >> we're pretty much there. 10,812. when i woke up this morning, this is not what i expected to see. there's no good news in this. by my rough calculation, this is definitely one of the top ten worst performing days in the dow from a percentage. i always calculate the percentages. that's how you calculate your 401(k) and ira. we're at the low of the market now. it's never good ne

we are still minutes away from the closing bell.ratigan host of "the dylan ratigan show." all right, dylan, you've been watching the boards all day. what's your reaction? >> well, i late to say it, but i watch all of this with a little ironic amusement, thomas. not because of -- any particular pleasure in watching the economies deteriorate or the markets fall, but watching everybody blame the ratings agencies or blame the government when our own government made an explicit decision three years ago in a financial crisis to take all of these problems from the banks and put them in the government, and now three years later it's like, hey, you mean that decision that we made in the fall of 2008 whaig was gettg liquidated becausen accounting fraud and we bailed them out and put it into the government? oh, you mean doing that after the morphine of money printing wears out means the problem is still there? well, guess what? the problem is still there. and until we actually, thomas, deal with the root problem, which is we created a pile of

boy on monday stock scheme to 400 planes yesterday and we are three minutes away from the opening belld said they will keep the interest rates at zero the suspects in the of the bryan stowe our beating case will been in court today and they are set to be arraigned at 830 this morning >> and the opening bell on wall street we will have an as look out at our mt. tam cam ranh and we go to the floor of the of new york stock exchange waiting for floor of the of new york stock exchange waiting for the opening bele dogll then sÑkékékióç]s]s >> the opening bell on wall street and the wild ride del futures canal pulling and down 236 drawings as we follow it >> the morning >> what are you bracing for it could be one step forward one step back concerned on the i'll look for the economy at cloud hanging over the market. napa and what it might mean for the banking system. memories of 2008 are still in everyone's mind. >> it shows the fed are concerned about the situation dog genes are playing out and not quite as low as they expected they want all voiced their concern to the we had some is send the

bell has 35 saves just like brian wilson.lso the diamondbacks could have claimed bell and the giants didn't want that. despite all of that, though, the g-men still have to complete a trade to make this happen. worst case scenario, though, they don't and bell goes back to san diego and not the diamondbacks. i think you've got it. meanwhile the giants will get a major boost from an all-star player that they already have the rights to and that is carlos beltran, the right fielder. jamie has more live from at&t. >> reporter: yeah, damon. this will hopefully be a big boost for the giants tonight with all the injuries they have had, getting their star acquisition back in the starting lineup might be just what they need. >> well, it's always positive when you are able to get back into the game. but at the same time, you know, what counts is winning. so we need to find out how to win ball games. i think as a team it would be great to score early and give the starting pitcher the confidence that he can go out there and, you know, shut

waiting for the bell to ring.treet react to the tumble in the numbers. [ bell ringing ] >> there is the bell. they are off on this friday, august 5th, "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for joining us this morning. it's 6:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. numbers we can be sure about that are great this morning, the forecast. let's check in with christina loren. >> good morning to you. great for outdoor plans, great because you don't have to use your ac, even if you're waking up with us inland. in the warmest spots across bay we're only forecasting the low to mid 80s over the course of the weekend. we're going to see mostly cloudy starts, mostly sunny afternoons. we'll break down the full forecast coming up. 6:30 starts to get busy around this time. >> good morning. we're watching the fire in sunol. we're going to the bay bridge shot. we did take the maps off 680. to the bay bridge shot as well. things are getting crowded there at the toll plaza. we see the becameup starting to form in some of the cash lanes.

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now here's what happened to a looter in brixton brixton looters jailed for six months so my back a bell twenty three took several i pod touches an i pod nano devices from a currys in brixton when interviewed by police bell said she had been drinking heavily and followed a group of boys into currys she took the items from the floor of the store now she's been sentenced to six months in prison but the population is begging for more they want her to put the. for longer drunkenness is not an excuse and this twenty three year old girl's case no it's not an excuse for some schmuck on the ground no no and if you go to the city of london on a friday night you'll see investment bankers in suits and ties def a catering and they get a ticket for that now so they get reprimanded for that no they get a plot of bravos as david cameron you know george osborne so back to that social unrest index the us is very low on that list but let's look at a few little headlines from the u.s. nearly fifteen percent of the u.s. population relied on food stamps in may according to the united states department of agr

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that is a peace bell ringing in japan to mark 66 years since the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb tens of thousands of people were killed and that was three days after the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the city of hero shoma. -- hero shoma. >>> a government computer system in japan accurately showed where radioactive winds from that damaged nuclear power plant was spreading shortly after the tsunami however government officials never told anybody. that meant people on their own evacuated into areas that were directly in the path of those radioactive winds. the mayor of town who is residents evacuated to the radioactive areas are now worried about exposure to long- term radiation. >>> federal reserve will meet in washington and allison burns has more on what the feds will do to boost confidence, allison? >> reporter: the feds cannot just stand by, it needs to sure up confidence to head-off another recession. the federal reserve boards policy committee meets today and will issue a highly anticipated statement about the economy. they will take dramatic action

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we're about an hour away from the opening bell on wall street.t this point looks like anything could happen. u.s. markets took a dive before rallying 600 points after federal reserve announced they would keep interest rates near 0 for the next two years. certainly good news in asia, their stocks posted 429 point gain. european markets edged down this morning of the uncertainty in the market sent gold prices to record highs. that is prompting a rush on jewelry stores and pawn shops as people try to cash in on gold coins and jewelry. a gold chain that may have been gone for $2,000 three years ago may bring in $4,000 today. "today in the bay" marla tellez with more on the trend. a word of caution if you're thinking about selling your gold. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura, we're in front of r & j jewelry and loan on south 1st street a two-part business. over here fine jewelry on this side. this side the pawn shop. it's been in downtown san jose since 1978. the owner tells me they buy anything that has resell value. in this down economy