california helped lead us into this mess because intrinsic to california is a certain kind of utopian feeling, a certain sense of the california dream, a certain sense that everything is possible. don't forget the essence of california is that we could have a better life for ordinary americans. >> 160 years ago, people from around the world rushed to california in search of gold. >> panning for gold is still part of the fun at the amador county fair. >> even here, it is hard to have the kind of optimism that once drew people west. >> let's hope the economy doesn't give us another thrill ride. >> county supervisor ted is trying hard to enjoy the fair, but he knows that troubled economy is not far from anyone's thoughts these days. >> well, i think people are kind of scared, because they don't know if they have a job tomorrow. >> reporter: at the fair, ron schofield demonstrates how he still builds wagons and stage coaches the old-fashioned way, it has been a surprisingly good business. until a year ago. when the orders stopped. >> it either makes you or breaks you. and i am on the opin

california has a lot of burdens.t of businessmen who moved out of california and they say you cannot do business. the regulation is too high. they treat you like you are an enemy of the state. when they go to nevada, they roll out the red carpet. greta: what is the problem there and if it is such a good place to go? >> they overbuild. the population has exploded and there is a lot of overbuilding. there are many foreclosures. nevada will come back. greta: who do you blame for the california problem? >> i blamed the liberals. they have huge problems with labor unions. they are driving out to their small business owners and wealth producers because they feel like those people are atm machines. i think that california is in big trouble if they don't do this. on us what's in the girl has a reform commission which could make a big deal. -- arnold schwarzenegger has a reform commission which could make a big deal. greta: if you really deal with the high taxes they're raising, if you do that, people will leave. >> things ar

david: so, evelyn, do we follow california's model? >> we know california is in a crisis situation. they need to make cuts to balance their budget. but they have to confront their reality that by doing so, they will have long-term consequences. we will see more uninsured children, programs disabled. and children hurt are cut as well. and the h.i.v. prevention program so because of all of these cuts, that's going to cause long-term consequence and hurt these vulnerable segments of the population. david: so steve, even ronald reagan believed in the safety net. are we cutting that safety net? >> no. what they do in california cal is they want to make sure that the people who are hurt are the people who are supposed to be benefit from these programs instead of cutting out bureaucratic bloat. you have a lot of room there. and take medycal. there's a lot of -- david: the california version of medicaid. >> what that would do, could you deliver better services for things like vouchers. give more power to the people you're supposed to benefit. so use this as an opportunity not to win headlin

that will be in the minds of small business groups in california, no matter what anybody in california says. >> absolutely. you know, this is an image that i think a lot of people, as you say, are going to remember. it's a little too early to tell. this campaign has only been going on for about a week. they've managed to convince about 635 businesses, which is not a huge number over the last couple of years to move to nevada. all nevada needs, because of the relatively small size, is a couple of businesses to jump ship and it will make a dent in their economy, lou. >> all right. hope it's a terrific particular campaign. thank you very much. >>> up next, your question about whether the doctors in this country really support the democratic parties health care plan or are they in president obamas camp or not? and in our face-off debate tonight, we examine couldn't verse yes, ma'am controversial assertions that the government has the moral obligation to provide health care to all americans. >>> and firefighters are battling out of control wildfires in california. we'll have the very latest

back to you. >> anita vogel live in california, thank you. there are two things that firefighters in california really need right now, no wind and cool temperatures. so is the weather going to work with the crews on the fire lines or against them? for an answer, let's bring in accu-weather meteorologist joe bastardy, what are we seeing in california right now, joe? >> in this particular situation, we have a massive high pressure alot of as we go over the picture. massive high pressure alot of is over the west and forcing the east wind further west than normal. usually the marine layer comes in further and that helps cool it down and increase the relative humidity and that battle is going to take place the next few days and finally as we get to the weekend, it will be driven out completely and as a matter of fact, next week at this time it's going to be quite cool. there's another problem with the west coast, also, and that is hurricane-- that's hurricane jimmenna and the tropical prediction center is trying to forecast this up through the baj

could not afford to be in california. also have a high foreclosure rate. nevada has been building great guns. there are nine states that have zero incomesincome tax like texs and florida. those states have been the highest growth states. greta: can you imagine the people who put those advertisements to get there? that is so seventh grade but quite effective. >> i like a monkey one. it is interesting, california, this is one of the most beautiful places to live on the earth. you really have to screw up your system to make people leave to go to the nevada desert. greta: you cannot afford it. unemployment is high in california and there is less tax revenue. it is and ugly cycle. >> the more they raise taxes, the more the businesses move. arnold schwarzenegger was trying to bring the tax is down to the national average so businesses don't have a huge incentive to leave. greta: this must be very difficult job. >> this must be a big mess. greta: there must be some kind of solution. >> i like what arnold schwarzenegger says, he

the great california garage sale.you can't make it to the house of sacramento. check online. thousands of items will be posted at craigslist and ebay. >>> jaycee dugard is a free come after being held captive since she was an 11-year-old girl. this series of sheds is what she had to call home for 18 years. did the neighbors suspected anything? we're going to hear from some of them. people think that honda is always the most fuel efficient choice. well, this chevy cobalt xfe has better highway mileage than a comparable honda civic. this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevmalibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self-propelled. there's never been more reasons to look at chevy. >>> welcome back. tomorrow marks the four-year anniversary of hurricane katrina hitting the gulf coast and devastating new orleans and of course parts of mississippi's gulf coast. even though

if you cannot even make surf boards in california and boston on >-- california starts this fiscal year with another deficit. who would want to be the next governor. >> back state has so many problems. >> now, for two nights on the record lightboat. we are talking to parties. goed to gretawire.com. do you think the parties are having an impact? yes or no? we will tell you the results at the end of the show. up next, bernie madoff is accused of bilking people of millions. plus, outrages growing. thereehey were watching tonight's launch. we now had back on the record rector on fox. greta: and north korean ship carrying weapons bound for iran has been seized by the uae. this violates a resolution by the u.n. and included rocket propelled grenade and missile launchers. the items were destroyed. bernie madoff's mistress is talking. he is behind bars. apparently he told lies to his wife. his mistress has written a book. earlier, she went on the record. nice to meet you. you have a book, you were the other secret. what is thhow did you first meet him? >> we met in a business meeting. there was

but in california, it's sold legally.e sale of medical marijuana has become big business in the state. generating millions of dollars in sales. just how easy is it to get a doctor's note for a medical marijuana in california? well, we sent contributor lisa ling to find out. ♪ >> in los angeles, you can buy marijuana in more places than you can get a starbucks latte. pot dispensaries are popping up everywhere here. all you have to do buy pot here is get a doctor's note and that is now little more than a formality. the list of accepted ailments is so broad virtually anyone can get a doctor's recommendation, including me. >> lisa, dr. frankel. >> nice to meet you. thank you for seeing me. i definitely have had a lot of anxiety over the last few months. so i wanted to see whether i would qualify for a recommendation. >> have you ever used cannabis previously? >> not regularly. i have used it before. >> in the past, you never had any problems with it? >> no. >> dr. howard frankel gave up a traditional medical practice to recom

a california prison remains under lockdown following the weekend riot. spokeswoman for the state prison system says more than a thousand inmates are being moved to other facilities from the california institution for men in china know. because of damage to some of the dormitories. one of the wooden buildings was set on fire. 175 inmates reportedly hurt, 55 said to be hurt seriously. a prisoner spokesman indicated tension between black and hispanic inmates may have sparked the fight that led to the riot on saturday night to. protecting our borders by sea now. for years u.s. customs and border protection agents have had handfuls with a big increase in the smuggling of drugs and people using our coastal waters. the bad guys boats seem to be getting faster. now, there could be a weapon in the good guy's arsenal and you are looking at it it's called the advanced concept technology common straighter vessel. and fox news got an inside look at one of them today. casey stegall is live for us tonight in san diego. casey. agents say they have seen increased crimina

or to -- the california/nevada line basically.i don't think many of them were carrying a lot of extra body fat. they had to have been fairly lean. he also looked at gender roles and he concluded that the men had simply burned themselves out by performing the manly duties that went with the wagon train particularly cutting that road through the mountains. they expended so much energy in trying to make their way through those mountains and through that brush that by the time they arrived in the sierra nevada, they had depleted physiologically they had depleted their reserves of energy before the first snowflake even fell. he pointed out that males also died way earlier than females -- in fact, 14 males died before the first female died. two-thirds of the women survived, two-thirds the men died. he found that mortality was particularly high amongst the unattached males. there were a number of males along with the group, mostly teamsters who were there for the group. virtually all of them died. the men who survived were men who had fa

the complete forecast not only for california, southern california but for the entire nation in just minute, robin, but it includes a little bit more baking heat. it's going to be the end of the week before the temperatures back off of we haven't even gotten santa ana winds yet. >>> disturbing new details in the case of jaycee dugard, the young woman kidnapped and held captive for 18 years allegedly by convicted sex offender. we're getting our first look at the deplorable conditions jaycee lived in and learning more about the suspect through his own words. our mike von fremd is in antioch, california, with more. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this was phillip garrido's four-page manifesto. investigators think he was so obsessed with spreading it that he gave it to law enforcement one day before he was arrested. phillip garrido's man mess to claims he figured out how to cure his "fantasies about sex and violence" saying "this is the process god and his son provided me with as i cleaned the inside of the mind not just to make it look that way on the outside." and

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in northern california, some didn't have that luxury.couple lost their home. >> i just thank god that i'm still here. >> reporter: 12 fires are ablaze in california, four of them major. more than 12,000 cakers have been consumed, most in southern california, bone dry after years of drought. steep slopes that haven't burned in half a century are hungry to go up in flames, making the station fire extremely volatile. >> do not risk yaur life to save your home. save your life and let the public safety save your home. >> get out of there! >> reporter: if burning neighborhoods weren't bad enough the fire is climbing up mount wilson, the critical site of l.a.'s broadcast towers. >> if this goes out, this news conference is done because we won't have any telecommunications. >> reporter: this community gather as the fires burned but soon were ordered out. >> this is a shocker but w as r as ready as we're going to be, i guess. >> reporter: that is downtown los angeles, which gives you some idea just how close this very large fire is to the city. j

sam champion is in la crescenta, california. i was looking at the picture behind you. i believe those are fires we see breaking out in the hill there. >> yeah, good morning, diane. good morning, robin. we are in la crescenta. right behind us is the angeles national forest and you're right, the fire picked up and moved into new brush there. this is the last neighborhood to be evacuated in this area and we're getting word that it will be evacuated later this morning because of those fires that are right on the edge of the hills. 71 square miles burned in this fire right here, as you said, about 11 or 12 fires burning throughout the state of california after a record heat summer and a very dry situation, 7 inches below normal rainfall this is exactly what california residents have feared, that this fire season would start early and start deadly. this fire could take out a lot of radio and tv communications in the l.a. area because as this blaze takes over mt. wilson there, there are dozens of radio

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chula vista, california. little dancing before the game. ready to take on warner robbins, team from georgia. bottom one. luke ramirez, a towering shot. the three-run home run for him. chula vista up 4-1. top four here. it's a 5-4 game. blake jackson singles to left field. two runs would come in. jackson, safe at second. warner robins stakes a 6-5 lead. bottom five here. chula vista, the lin drive shot to center. bottom six here. the bases loaded. chula vista, counters this pitch. gets away from the catcher. nick connolly comes in to score from third. that's a heck of a ball game. chula vista goes oto win, 11-10. >>> that will do it. jeremy and vinita, back to you. >>> well, there is a littl monkey love coming soon to the london zoo. >> zoo keepers prepared three female gorillas for arrival of a new mate, by waying to whet their appetite with a life-sized photo. it loo.e it worked. they ran off ander to the pictures into a snack. >> hopefully, the new sitter won't meet the same fate as his >> hopefully, the new sitter won't meet the same fat

the violence broke out last night at the california institution for men.at least one unit, which can house up to 200 inmates was set on fire. the "l. a. times" said the inmates self-evacuated into the yard. it's not clear if they all made it out of the building. >>> a public funeral is being held today for eight-year-old robert manuel. the boy's body was found in a canal in boise idaho last week. he disappeared after leaving his mother's apartment on july 28th. police say they are investigating his death as a homicide. they also say there's no evidence he was abducted by a stranger. manuel was visiting his mother on the night he disappeared. >>> president obama is visiting mexico for a two-day summit. he's going to huddle with leaders of mexico and canada for wide ranging issues impacting canada and mexico. clean energy and the economic crisis are also top priorities. all three countries have strong economic ties to the north american free trade agreement. canada and mexico says 80% of their exports to the u.s. a militant commander in the afghanistan says

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. >>> at least six raging california wildfires, hundreds told to evacuate. this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, august 28th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan. it's an unbelievable story. a california girl kidnapped nearly two decades alone has been found alive. jaycee lee dugard had been held captive by a convicted rapist. >> reporter: jaycee lee dugard hadn't been seen or heard from in 18 long years. >> there are no known attempts by her to reach out to anybody. >> reporter: so when she accompanied the convicted sex oh fender and his wife nancy to a parole meeting in concord, california, authorities got suspicious. during questioning they discovered jaycee now 29 now called alyssa was the 11-year-old girl kidnapped in 1991 in south lake tahoe. and it turns out philip garrido had fathered the children with jaycee. >> none of the children had gone to school, they had never gone to a doctor. they were kept in complete isolation. >>> the two girls were 11 and 13. they were held in a secret area be

happy cows come from california. look for dairy brands with the real california seals. lisa: vote for lisa! >>> we are looking at fabulous weather today, and that continues through monday, and most likely the rest of the week. cooler than normal temperatures, and fantastic weather for the fair. >> thanks a lot susan, and thanks for watching abc2 news at 11:00, don't go anywhere, sports extra with rob carlin starts right now. ♪ [ music ] >>> won three games, you know? and you didn't lose any. no, it doesn't mean anything in the big scheme, because they don't count. but i always tell the guys, the goal is to win the game. >> it's hard to

decided to move to california to live with his fare. kid, whenever he asked his mother about michelle she would change the subject. over the years, rich jr. was hauntded by something he remembered hearing late one night back when he lived with his mom. >> i think it was my junior year. i don't recall exactly. but i woke up to her crying, her bedroom door was closed and i heard michelle's name and i also heard dead also but i was not quite coherent and just barely awake. >> about a year after rich jr. moved to california, dick took him to a hypnotist to see if he could remember a clue, mbe a distant memory that would lead them to michelle but the session proved useless. rich jr. was forced to hold on to his fading memory of the last time he saw his sister alive. he was 6 years old. it was in the wee hours of the morning when 3-year-old michelle woke him up. >> she came strolling in the room and crawled up on my bed and asked me to hide her. she said hide me. >> please? >> yeah. hide me. >> did she seem terrified? >> no. just minutes, pro

the fire there is one of four burning in southern california. and fire officials say they don't know right now how many structures have actually been damaged. hot, dry weather is certainly not helping firefighters as you would imagine. i want to get more on that from bonnie schneider. that's sure making things tough, bonnie. >> we are seeing temperatures in the triple digits, that's unseasonable and very hot for this type of weather. all the areas you see here highlighted in red and that does include areas in and around los angeles, particularly in the mountains and foothills of the region just to the north, just south of oxnard, you'll find that temperatures certainly in the morning, temperatures already at 67 degrees, that's in los angeles. right along the coastline, the temperatures are cooler, but once you start heading a little further inland, we are expecting those numbers to soar with a hot-dry gust of wind. any marine flow coming in, well, to the north we are getting moisture and rain coming up into northern and central california. the p

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toyota announced today it will shut its california factory, cutting 4,600 jobs after g.m. ended its partnership at the plant. ben tracy has more. ♪ we are nummi... >> reporter: autoworkers in fremont, california, tried to appear upbeat but they couldn't escape the sobering news, toyota is following g.m. and pulling out of town. >> shock, sadness, hurt. all the things wrapped up into one. >> reporter: for 25 years, the new united motor manufacturing plant-- or nummi-- has served two of the world's biggest automakers. nummi is the largest employer in town. those 4,600 jobs paying an average of $65,000 will be lost when the plant is idled in march. that could also be an economic earthquake for all of california where the unemployment rate is nearly 12%. 1,200 suppliers here produce parts for nummi, that's at least 19,000 additional jobs. walker corporation makes small metal parts for cars. it stands to lose $6 million in sales and is considering layoffs. >> it's on the table, we've got to look at it. we still don't know what the fallout is going to be. >> what kind of power?

trace: breaking news from southern california.ts that there was another earthquake in baja, california. that is right along the border between san diego and mexico. tijuana is the first city to the south. 6.9 was the magnitude of the second earthquake. there was another 5.8 earthquake. 6.9 would be about the size of the northridge earthquake that did billions of damage -- billions of dollars in damage in 1994. no reports of damage or injuries, but we are hearing that some buildings in downtown san diego were shaking. that gives you an idea of how powerful the earthquake was. remember, it is about the magnitude and the moment it hit. if they are shallow, the entire landscape will do something like that. right now is in the middle of nowhere. the information is beginning to come in. in major earthquake striking in baja, california. martha: there is a saying, as california goes, so goes the nation. some hope that is not the case in this instance. california losing half a million manufacturing jobs. once a powerhouse in production, hi

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million people came to california last year. and presumably, at least some of them managed to have a good time, lou. >> but they did leave, right? >> reporter: most of them did. >> i tell you, what a deal in california. casey, thanks. terrific reporting. we appreciate it. >>> up next, the president blaming tv news organizations for stirring up anger in the health care discussion is that perhaps a wild misrepresentation by the president? we'll examine that and then our face-off debate. we capital inthe escalating advertising battle over the president's controversial health care initiatives and no, you can't. that's the message to president obama about the possibility of a manned mission soon to the moon. by soon, i mean 2020. >>> supporters and opponents to the president's health care proposals are taking to the air waves with several commercials now. but will the advertising work? that's the subject of our face-off debate tonight. joining me, james martin, the president of the 60-plus association. whose organization has launched

the high cost to operate in california. all the issues compound on the fact that they are severely overcrowd is creating issues for them. >> and california has a lot of problems, including a decision they made a while back to put people in jail for even minor infractions. other states have problems as well. on average, one in every $15 is going to prisons. obviously you are in the business of running prisons. if you are able to run more prisons as a public company, would you be able to cut costs as opposed to state-run prison? >> one of the key things we are able to offer to california is it's expense testify build a prison. you have real estate that has a 57-year live skpth upfront cost and repairs and maintenance. the thing we bring as value to finance it and design and frukt and there is no up front cost. they are scarce and precious and reallocate to universities and schools and going forward, we can control the cost relative to maintenance and provide value in the cost per day basis. >> the savings are 5-20% when you c

el gobernador habÍa recortado 489 millones de dÓlares. >> seara un ensayo en california de mental desado terror en japÓn, un sismo de 6, 6 causÓ terror en tokio, cerrando el servicio de trenes y el sistema nuclear. >> un tifÓn golpeó la costa oeste japonesa, al menos 12 muerers. 500 viviendas resultaron inundadas. >> segÚn el presidente venezolano, hugo chÁvez, soplan vientos de guerra en amÉrica latina. el problema es que otros presidentes y seguidores de chÁvez apoyan su mensaje, aunque no lograron una condena contra colombia. >> vientos de guerra comienzan a soplar, y serÍa una pena que terminemos llorando. >> el presidente de venezuela dejÓ cla su posición frente a la llegada de militares de estados unidos a siete bases de colombia. >> venezuela estÁ en la lista, ahora con este refuerzo yanqui, se van a sentir mÁs apoyados los guerreristas. >> colombia tiene el segundo ejÉrcito mÁs fuerte de la regiÓn, pero no vamos a ser prepoteados. >> las bases siguen siendo colombianas, enteramente bajo jurisdicciÓn colombiana. >> neutral, aunque tendiente a venezuela, la presidenta argentina

this is the baja of california, texas, mexican coastline. this storm is expected to head to the resorts in cabo san lucas. hurricane watches are up. a scary situation for anyone on that small peninsula. on the earn seaboard, rain in charlotte. rain over virginia beach. some of the clouds will spread to the d.c. area in philadelphia. but the rain should stay south of you. also thunderstorms on the front where the cool air meets the hot air in savannah, hal has see and atlanta. wpxi, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, travel back in time to see prehistoric creatures that roam the earth at the carnegie museum of natural history, your eastern event of the day. >> getting in the last bit of educational trips that you can before school, right? all right. thank you, bill. >>> now an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. it looks as if 3-d will be mandatory technology. the tale of being stalked by death, final destination, debuted number 1 with a much better than expected $28.3 million. quintin tarantino's ingorgeous bastards slipped to se

>>> en una reunión en montana el presidente obama atacó las practicas de las aseguradoras - californiaespachó más bomberos por los incendios que hablí gado a miles de personas a dejar sus casas en santa cruz. >>> se dio luz verde a una polémica ley de educación choques entre manifestantes y la policía. >>> el dicho que el que persevera alcanza un niño pudo entrevistar al presidente obama y lo logró. >>> este es su noticiero univisión, con jorge ramos y maría elena salinas >>> buenas noches el presidente barack obama salió al ataque para defender sus planes, para cambiar la manera como funciona el sistema de salud en este país en montana el presidente atacó a las compañías de seguros. diciendo que cobran mucho y no cubren a todas las personas. ante las fuertes criticas y el peligro que el congreso rechace sus ideas. el presidente ha salido a defender personalmente su plan. >>> el presidente obama atacó las practicas de la compañías de seguro en este foro puúblico y desmintió un principal argumento de opositores. >>> esto n es que el gobierno va a asumir el control. no quiero que burócra

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it's a rundown, unincorporated area outside the city limits of antioch, california. not near any public schools, so sex offenders can live here legally. but because it's unincorporated, law enforcement is stretched thin. when a neighbor told the sheriff's department she was concerned about the children in garrido's backyard, a deputy only paid a brief visit and didn't go out back. phillip garrido and his wife have pleaded not guilty to more than two dozen charges, including forcible abduction, rape and unlawful imprisonment. today the county building department put a red tag on their house, meaning it's unsafe to occupy. but the neighbors are wondering why the authorities overlooked all of the red flags about the people inside. george lewis, nbc news, antioch, california. >>> when "nightly news" continues tonight, we'll tell you which president has swine flu. and we'll have a fact check of the real risks of flying during this swine flu season. >>> and later in this college dropoff season, how to make sure they're okay and doing well even if you're not with them. i wa

as of 2005, a california inmate was dying needlessly every six or seven days. those are the findings of a three-judge panel that directed governor schwarzenegger to release the inmates. >> the state releases 10,000 prisoners a month. that's 120,000 inmates going out the doors every year. now, the courts say add another 40,000. well, it isn't that simple because almost as fast as you let them out, they're committing crimes so they're coming back. >> reporter: state officials accused the judges of exceeding their authority, and plan to appeal to the supreme court. in the meantime, california has 45 days to come up with its own plan to reduce prison overcrowding which lawmakers failed to do during recent negotiations to cut the state budget deficit. the judges say it can be done without freeing dangerous criminals by releasing or locking up fewer people with minor or parole violations. but advocates of victims want none of that, according to the murder of lily burke. >> early release of criminals who have proven that they cannot follow the rules of society and who

california held the great california garage sale yesterday. people showed up to buy everything from office furniture to kayaks and watches and sold 300 cars and plans to sell 300 more today. california had major budget crisis problems this year. the money will go to the state's general fund. creative way to do that. that's news 4 today, coming up next is the "today" show, we'll be back in 25 minutes for a local news and weather update and sports. join us again at 9:00 for a f

hoy en primer impacto cobran fuerza los fueph@h@ california un peligroso huracán con ráfagas de vienton fila su rumbo a las costas de méxicos. seo viste de luto el mundo de la música grupera por un nuevo asesinato. >>> buscan evidencia sobre el secuestro que dour casi 2 décadas brota la sangre de los ojos de un niño au causa de un extraño mal. >>> una tortura tras ltée÷útmfo bermudo. >>> comenzamos con las imágenes del incendio que tiene en vil a california. >>> así es, consumiendo un bosque nacional y avanzando hacia el monte wilson, muchas comunidades están en peligro y 4 condados en estado de alerta. >>> la situación alarmante vamos a pasar con salvador duran. >>> Él está en california con todo lo que está pasando adelante salvador. >>> el debastador fuego que ha devorado miles de ácres cobró la vida de dos bomberos. >>> cuando algo así pasa, un recordó ta río de lo peligroso que es esto, bomberos que con todo el entrenamiento que tienen y esto puede pasar, cuanto más para quienes no tienen el entrenamiento. >>> el incendio se intensificó en horas lado noche y se ha duplicado, los b

ground zero is the angeles national forest in southern california. that's where sandra hughes is tonight. >> reporter: the fire outside of los angeles is a monster that refuses to be tamed, doubling in size overnight. 164 square miles have now burned >> we have not been able to get offenseive with the fire just because it has been so per nickty and angry right now. >> reporter: tragically, the blaze has now claimed the lives of two firefighters, 47-year-old ted hall, a captain with l.a. county hire and 35-year-old-year-old arnold quinones, also with l.a. fire. on sunday, they drove their truck off a treacherous road while fleeing advancing flames. >> please, pray prayers for their family of our two brothers that we lost. >> reporter: but the fire fight had to go on and more than 2500 firefighters are battling the blaze. with smoky skies grounded water dropping aircraft, boots on the ground were the only defense against a 20 mile wall of flames that has destroyed at least 21 homes. >> this thick was unreal, i mean it was a life changing experience. >>

. >>> buenas noches incendios que obligan a dejar sus casas a miles en california, los fuegos más fuertho y al norte de la ciudad de los Ángeles donde están las antenas de muchas estaciones de radio y televisión tenemos cobertura comenzamos con jaime garcía los Ángeles sigue ardiendo, un enorme incendio se apodera de las montañas al norte del condado angelino, humo provocado por la combustión de cientos de ácres de árboles y maleza. >>> este incendio es tan agresivo y la diferencia no hay viento, pero la intensidad es tremenda # a pesar del trabajo por tierra de 3 mil bomberos y el combate de aire, más de 2 docenas de estructuras han sido dañados por las llamas. la lucha contra el fuego se hiz@ patente al volcar un vehículo en que viajaban bomberos. >>> para nosotros o ahorita vamos a seguir trabajando, pero no se puede olvidar el gobernador de california, declaró estado de emergencia en 4 condados de sur y norte de california y pidió colaboración de residentes para que sin titubear a abandonen la zona de peligro. el fuego o mrig a la e evacuación demás de 10 mil residencia así como a pa

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baja, california, is the little strip of land that runs south of california along the mexican coastlinevery tip of it would be cabo san lucas, the baja peninsula, a big tourist destination for a lot of americans. right now you're looking in on google map where the epicenter is for baja, california. this is coming to us from knsd, an earthquake measuring 6.9 struck in mexico. san diego city hall actually was evacuated soon after the rattling began. it apparently struck at about 11:00 a.m. that would be habit half an hour ago 50 miles north of santa ysabel. we have knsd news crews now heading toward the epicenter right now. again, it's a 6.9. we're hearing from chula vista which is south of san diego that they didn't even feel the shaking here. but san diego city hall did apparently feel it and was evacuated. now 6.9 earthquake, a significant earthquake for baja, california. again, that's in mexico. we're getting the word from knsd. when i get new details, i'll pass them on to you. >>> the obama administration is looking to create a courtroom prison complex in the united states to house s