at peach growers, and we continued to spend summers there, from june until september, swimming in birch lake every day. we still spend summers at our cabin. my father's grandchildren and great-grandchildren are growing up at the cabin, except that now they're not able to swim in birch lake. * change, that is to be understood. but -- times change, that is to be understood. but surely it is possible to come up with some equitable arrangement that will allow the families at peach growers to share the heritage of the use of a birch lake. i ask for your thoughtful consideration in this matter. >> is there anyone else who would like to comment under this item? >> my name is dennis. me and my family have a cabin at peach growers, so i would like to address the issue of use of the lake. my understanding is that the first cabins at peach growers were built around 1910. so we're talking about a history of about 100 years. and i also want to emphasize that the property, th mah -- the mather property is very unique. for hundreds of square miles, there really are not open meadows like that mather. o

, it actually happened on 96 and birch.ologize for that error. >>> ktvu's robert handa tells us how many jobs could be safe and when we'll know the outcome. >> reporter: many of san jose's police officers are coming to work not knowing if they'll have a job this summer. for them today's contract work will make the difference. john nicoles has been with the police department for five years and that puts him in the bubble. something he trying not to think about on the job. >> however going home i don't know if i'll still live there come a few months when i don't have a paycheck coming in. >> guys are saying why should i take the 10% cut in pay if they're only going to come back next year and play the same game. >> reporter: reed promised the additional 156 officers that would be rescued by a ratification vote will not face the acts this fiscal year. >> we don't want them worrying if they greeted these cuts that we'll just turn around later and lay off more officers, we're not going to do that. >> reporter: detective nicoles s

, it actually happened on 96 and birch.ize for that error. >>> ktvu's robert handa tells us how many jobs could be safe and when we'll know the outcome. >> reporter: many of san jose's police officers are coming to work not knowing if they'll have a job this summer. for them today's contract work will make the difference. john nicoles has been with the police department for five years and that puts him in the bubble. something he trying not to think about on the job. >> however going home i don't know if i'll still live there come a few months when i don't have a paycheck coming in. >> guys are saying why should i take the 10% cut in pay if they're only going to come back next year and play the same game. >> reporter: reed promised the additional 156 officers that would be rescued by a ratification vote will not face the acts this fiscal year. >> we don't want them worrying if they greeted these cuts that we'll just turn around later and lay off more officers, we're not going to do that. >> reporter: detective nicoles says

one victim died after two people were shot last night on birch lane. a second man was created for his injuries. detectives say the victims were drinkingber in front of a house when a man opened fire on them. this is san jose's 23rd 23rd homicide of the year. they had 25 for all last year. >> in oakly, 21-year-old man died after being shot this morning. someone opened fire on him around 4:00 a.m. around the campus of the o'hara pack middle school. police and contra costa county sheriff's department -- deputies searched for clues. the victim's name has not been released. >> the daughter of the man suspected of beating giants fan bryan stow is speaking out in support of her father, saying, he is innocent. giovanni ramirez's mother and daughter do not want to be identified but did want to talk about the accusations against ramirez. yesterday his daughter said she was with her dad on march 31st , the day of the attack, they were not at the stadium and her father did not have a shaved head. >> i knew it wasn't my dad, he did have hair, and he would play arou

all the juniper and birch continue to be the highest. you have company with the grasses if you're suffering. we have a system dropping down higher clouds from the north and fog underneath it. in the south, the warm has conquered at buchanan, 62. everyone else has 50s. i did see outside of sonoma, a 48-degree reading. a lot of mid-50s, there's is a southwest wind at fair field. yesterday, i think it was southwest at 7, so it's about doubled. west 14 at sfo. southwest napa, south of concord, these are all cooler directions. you can see why, the ridge of high pressure out in the pacific is driving on another area of low pressure southward. as it does, that gets rid of the hot conditions, unless you're really far inland. the cooling trend has started today, and will really continue into saturday. then it looks like a little bump up by sunday. fog trying to work its way up the coast and down towards santa cruz, there's a lot. cooler, high clouds. 60s, 70s, and 80s. without the marine influence, still warm to hot. nevada, 81. 86 pittsburgh. ha

olive, juniper and birch. grasses continue to be the leader of the pack. trees making more of a surge here. not only humans maybe your pets too. just so you know. it's been really bad. system is coming down from the north just higher clouds, fog is coming in. so it's kind of like this combination and it all means cooler weather starting to spill in. 50s for almost everybody. i notice outside sonoma it's 48 and many temperatures are down about one to eight degrees compared to 24 hours ago including higher elevations. that's kind of the key up around 2,000 feet and get cooler air aloft. that's cooler for everybody. 55 san jose. san rafael at 54. west-southwest fairfield west- northwest at sfo and southeast at santa rosa. that's a cool even though it's not very strong. one system moves in. highs building right there. you can see the signature of it what's it doing driving down the system there that will give us spilling over some higher clouds. also get that south wind along the coast. that means the warm, the hot yesterday gettings kicked out of here. the co

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police say the man was standing with another man in front of a home in the 100 block of birch lane last night when someone opened fire around 11 p.m. both were taken to the hospital where one of them was pronounced dead. the other man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. no word on a motive or a suspect. this is the city's 25th homicide this year. in all of last year there were just 20 homicides in san jose. >>> the clock is ticking on a new state law, you have to have one of these in your house and it's not a smoke detector. >>> in arizona it's a double dose of trouble for firefighters trying to contain two large wildfires, why crews are finding it difficult to get an upper hand. >>> and take a look at this, how the wild weather played a role in this traffic mess in the north bay. >>> taking a live look right now at san francisco's fire station 26 where you can see the flags there flying at half staff. the house lost two of its own this week with the passing this morning of firefighter anthony valerio. fellow firefighter vince perez died thursday. both were fighting that hous

police say the two men were drinking beer in front of a house on birch lane when another man opened fire on them. it was san jose's 25th homicide of the year. >>> early feedback indicates the majority of b.a.r.t. riders are willing to give up a few inches in seat widths to make the aisles bigger. they're also willing to give up some leg room. b.a.r.t. is asking for public input before replacing hundreds of seats in its aging fleet. their no. 1 concern? seat cleanliness. >>> hikers and bikers have something new to explore and enjoy in san francisco. stay with the grand opening of the interior green park along with a 1/2-mile of trails that lead to a magnificent view on the mountain. work to restore the park and trials has been going on the past three years. >>> one of the two remaining u.s. hikers held active in iran is spending a second birthday in captivity. josh fattal seen in the center of this video turned 29 today. supporters in the u.s. are fasting to mark the day. fattal and shane bauer have been in prison in tehran since july of 2009 accused of espionage. his fiance was released

and what we expect some breakthrough will be russia's with and ban on imports of birch tables from the european union without russia imposed a full band full i'm going to go on budget will strong be you to stop the spread of the deadly you call like strain from coming into the country it will spoil it by heavy criticism by from the u.s. officials saying that it was going against the policies of the world trade organization and but the devil is proportionate. russia is saying that it is ready to partially lead to the ban in case that the european union provides that with sufficient information on the source of the infection so these issue could be settled and could be resolved during this summit in national grid as well. right where you of course will continue to keep us updated from that russia e.u. summit from the city of new snow thanks for. its study of their views to cure everything from epilepsy to insomnia and some us states have started using a controversial drug to put people on death row into an eternal sleep there's criticism used in this way the drug inflicts a painful death

, today the first of two funerals, friends, family and fellow firefighters gather to remember josh birch, he and a fellow firefighter were overcome by flames. wildfires are also consuming tens of thousands of acres in north carolina, a state not used to seeing such fires in june. the smoke from the southeast fires is visible from space. this nasa image shows it stretching out into the atlantic, creeping up the eastern seaboard. further west, firefighters on the front lines in oklahoma, where flames have pushed more than 1,500 people from their homes. >> they said we have to go, it's too dangerous here. >> reporter: part of a fire season many say is burning too hot and too long. and some recent rain did provide some much-needed help, but the south is in the grip of a severe drought. there are eight states right now that are seeing extreme conditions. >>> two days ago he was one of the most wanted fugitives in america. today whitey bulger is in back in his hometown of boston in custody. the reputed former mob boss and fbi informant, alluded authorities for 16 years until he was finally cau

maybe ill fated lemoore race for the audi team in france where defending champion mike rupp and fellow birch me relinquished his title following a bad accident the german hit a barrier heavily and the wrecked car caught fire but the driver got away with minor cuts in what was a second the skate for audi that twice former when alan mcnish also emerged in one piece after an early crash on saturday. one of my g.p. reigning world champion jorge lorenzo has crashed out of the british born silverstone based on one the race after starting from pole and striding will go top of the overall standings his rep so from the team and the physio so it was second ahead of colin admits. that it's not the two fastest men this year over one hundred meters went head to head to the latest diamond league meeting in new york with steve mullings pipping his training partner tyson gay three false starts saw three competitors disqualified before the race by the same way and again he was mullings from jamaica he was fastest after the cops reach the first thirty however the american in red then how into the second half

where we expect some breakthrough will be russia's written ban on imports of birch doubles from the european union russia imposed a full band full of war ago on vegetables from b. you. to stop the spread of the deadly equal like strain from coming into the country it was followed by heavy criticism by from the u.s. official saying that it was going against the policies of the world trade organization and that the step was disproportionate. russia is saying that it is ready to partially leave the ban in case that the european union provides it with sufficient information on the source of the infection so these could be settled and could be resolved during the summit in mission over it as well. that was already got there you know gradual reporting on the upcoming russia e.u. summit in asia you can of course. now it's good to have used to cure everything from epilepsy to insomnia but some u.s. states have started using a controversial drug to put people on death row is going to turn all sleep well human rights campaigners say the drug inflicts a cruel and painful death on its victims as iver be

police say the man was standing with another man in front of a home in the 100 block of birch lane last night when someone opened fire around 11 p.m. both were taken to the hospital. one of them was pronounced dead. the other man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. no word on a motive or a suspect. this is the city's 25th homicide so far this year. in all of last year, there were 20 homicides in san jose. >>> an early morning shooting in oakley claimed the life of a young man. investigators say 21-year-old james didio was shot at 4:00 this morning in a city park next to the park on ohara avenue. he was standing with a group when a gunman approached and opened fire. not clear if he was the intended victim. this is the second homicide in oakley this year. >> santa clara investigators and coroner's workers spent the day collecting human bones in yuma canyon county park. the county park rangers yesterday found the human remains while working on trail repairs. sheriff's deputies guarded the site overnight. it is not clear how long the remains have been in the park. >>> pg&e crews

olive, juniper, birch, not much change there. the trees are expected to go up a little bit towards the end of the week. our june pattern is in place. the high pressure system is building in, but there is a little component of a northerly breeze. but it stops right about point reyes at least so far. thick morning fog on the coast then clearing. inland near 90. been since early may since we've had anything close to that really. lots of fog though. water temperatures warmed up a little last week and then cooled down again off of the bay it's 48 degrees the water temp and 51 outside the golden gate. so it doesn't take much to get that fog machine rolling right along. it really cold water temps. some thick fog clearing north local drizzle as well highway 1 maybe on some of the beaches then it should lift. 50s livermore 54, 53 santa rosa, san rafael in at 54. 52 in the city. mountain view and concord say 58. they're eaching to go for warmer weather. they're ready. but that system to the north will start a cool down after today. sunny a

so olive, juniper and birch in there. we have a system that will move in tomorrow to the north. only aloft but also on the surface. now that north wind looks like it's stopping right about san francisco. i don't think it will make it south. but high pressure will chew up the fog eventually here. temperatures today will start off in the 50s. low, mid to upper and end up anywhere from the 60s to low 90s. coast has some morning fog then clearing. bay, sunny and mild but it will be warm to hot inland. first time in about five weeks we've had any highs near 90 degrees. but along highway 1 some of the beaches there will be some thick morning fog and local drizzle clearing already to the north. especially north of point rays. again an east wind 26 miles an hour at the lighthouse. livermore 53. concord 58. city's 50. at least there's some sun in the 50s. sun, clouds hang out by the bay. really just a small little on shore push there. fairfield only southwest at 8. that's nothing for them. west-southwest napa south- southeast oakland only 3 west northwest sfo. everything's in place here.

olive, juniper, pine, birch is in there. mulberry. all over the place. again grasses and molds actually continue to be really high as well. not only humans but pets too. true. i took my cat stormy in he had allergies that's what the vet told me. if you're wondering maybe your pet has it too. it's been bad this year. skies are clear except for the mentioned fog i touched on briefly towards santa cruz. mostly clear, patchy fog, afternoon breeze though. yesterday we picked up that north wind. took care of the fog. wiped it out. today though even though it's clear i think we'll see a little westerly breeze. had some low 60s. mountain view says they're still holding onto a 60. mountain view 59. won't take long to warm up. 56 san rafael. 57 hayward. 57 redwood city and oakland there's your morning trifecta. west-southwest at fairfield but not much. only 8 and calm at sfo. west-southwest san jose only three. if sfo's calm that tells you everything you need to know. no sea breeze yet. system right up there will move in tomorrow. that's going to knock the high ou

for the trees no olive, juniper or birch i believe i wrote that law firm a check.laughter ] >>> low clouds and fog are there. they'll peel back 52 to 58. low clouds and sun. already sun for some. 58 to 76 by noon. i think more sunshine than fog. it's not going to last as long today as the high builds in. 62 to 86. the wind will not be as bad today. the wind will not be as bad. saturday was just crazy relentless, nutty, what's going on? well, we're stuck in a pattern where low pressure's here. it's a june pattern. fog's in place. no doubt about that. low clouds, fog and sun. warmer inland with low to mid- 80s after a cool down on saturday kind of a little bit of a warm up on sunday. not a lot. but a little bit. and then we'll continue that theme today. 50s low north bay mid-50s for many from fairfield to concord to hayward 55 and oakland as well. san jose don't forget about us they are sunny already and 55. livermore 53. 53 redwood city. one system moved in pacific northwest. behind that high pressure builds in. you can actually see it i'm not standing in front of i

it happened around 11:00 friday night near birch lane and avenue b in san jose.police have not released their names or said if either lived at the home. the shooter has not been caught. this is the 23rd homicide of the year. san jose police are investigating. the city has seen 25 homicides in 2011. there were just 20 homicides in san jose in all of last year. >>> we're learning new information this morning in a deadly shooting near an oakley middle school. we know the victim is a 20-year- old man. police say he was shot yesterday morning in a city park next to o'hara middle school. police sai say the victim was standing with a group when a gunman approached and opened fire. >>> vallejo will soon have a new tool to fight the growing problem of prostitution. two surveillance cameras have gone up, in what the city is calling the prostitution zone. the cameras are installed along sonoma boulevard, and are expected to be in operation next week. money for the cameras came from two sources. an anonymous donor and the police department budget. >>> a special election will

friday the first of two funerals, friends, family and fellow firefighters gathered to remember josh birch, he and brett fulton died monday when flames overran their bulldozers in north florida. wildfires are also consuming tens of thousands of acres in north carolina. a state not used to seeing such fires in june. the smoke from the southeast fires is visible from says. this nasa image shows it stretching out to the atlantic, creeping up the eastern seaboard. further west, firefighters are on the front lines in oklahoma, where flames have pushed more than 1500 people from their homes. >> had to go. it's too dangerous down here. >> reporter: part of a fire season many say is burning too hot and too long. and some recent rain did help the situation here and brought some much-needed help. the fire here now is now 60% contained. but the south is in the midst of a severe drought. eight southern states now, amy, are in the grips of it, and they're now seeing extreme conditions. >> all right. thanks so much. from the floods and fires to a major drought, weatherwise, this has been one mean season

senator birch, did you have more for the panel? senator brown? i note senator begich just arrived and before i have believed to dismiss the panel to you have questions? if not we will submit questions for the record. we want you to respond to those in a timely fashion. at this point thank you very much for your testimony. i'd like to excuse this panel and move to the second panel. to be expeditious i'm going to introduce you as you are coming up. so if everybody can keep the comments down as you move around, that would be great. i to understand that there were a lot of bills that some of the panelists at dressed in their written testimony, so i want to thank all of you for your participation. it benefits of this committee to know your comments. we are going to be hearing from jeff steele, the assistant legislative director at the american legion. joe violante for the disabled american veterans. raymond kelley got a nationalistic of director for the veterans of foreign war, jerry ensminger is a retired master sergeant in the united states marine c