for "california country," i'm tracy sellers. >> welcome back to "california country." >> ah, flowers. whatever the reason, whatever the season, flowers are big business in california. surveys show the golden state sells about 500 million stems of flowers in a given year. but it takes much more than slipping a bloom into a vase to get a fresh bouquet to you. don garabaldi's family has been growing acres and acres of flowers for 106 years. pescadero is a sleepy seaside town not far from the city. the area has a mild climate and rich earth, the perfect setting to produce vibrant flowers. a rainbow of blooms are picked here on the hour, every hour, 6 days a week. >> we love it when we first work the soil with the equipment. you turn the ground over. it's got a nice, fresh smell to it. and you work in the soil, leveling it off, making rows so you can plant your qeeds. and then 90 ys to 120 days down the road, you see the flowers come up, and your production, and we get a tremendous satisfaction out of that. >> yellow yarrow, delphinia, larkspur, stock, and dianthus pepper the landscape, an

sfartscommis [captionibg made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> coming up on "california country," see how one farmer is breaking bread with his customers, literally. then we offer an ode to olives thanks to this historic company. and see how salads are getting a makeofer thanks to these long-time farmers. plus see how your flowers get from the field to the florist. it's all ahead, and it starts now. nestled into the hills of the quiet little town of ojai is where you'll find the rio gozo farm. "rio," which means river in spanish, and "gozo," which means joy, is run by former chef and now full-time farmer john fonteyn. and if you watch him work long enough, you'll realize just how much gozo is actually flowing around these parts. >> good morning. >> you, too. how are you all? i mean, my first love with food wap really preparing food and cooking it. i just kind of felt like since food was a relationship i'm gonna have my whole life, and one i check in with 3 times a day, that it'd be good to really kind of explore it deeper. >> and john gets to explore his love f@r food ev

we have faced this on the california constitution and the requirement that we read in the california constitution that an officer, even if elected, needs to take the oath of office the been ordered to assume the office. at such time, the oath of office is taken, the mayor has not vacated his current position, that is a statutory authority that we are relying on and looking at the cases that have been interpreted. with regard to the impact, our opinion is that the mayor retains his position and we don't see a vacancy yet. if the board was to take an action to designate someone had as the successor mayor, we see that action as an advanced determination, not as a final determination, and either this board or a successor board would need to ultimately take a final action to either ratify or to making the appointment at such time as a vacancy occurs. >> ratification potentially if something was decided upon today. hypothetically, if a different next tuesday. >> that is correct. -- hypothetically, if elected next tuesday. >> that is correct. hypothetically, if the mayor has vacated his cur

louis freedberg, senior reporter with california watch. and lisa, reporter and columnist for "the contra costa times," and carla marinucci with "the san francisco chronicle." carla, what parallels do you see between the problems in washington and california? >> huge parallels. we saw president barack obama this week in the state of the union, whether it's him in washington or jerry brown here in sacramento, look, we've got high unemployment we're both dealing with, lots of red ink, lots of pressure from republicans to make big cuts. and lots of pressure from their own loyal opposition that they have to keep on board. and this is the balancing act that both of these two guys are facing. you're looking at barack obama. you heard him mention google and facebook saying innovation, education. those are the themes. those are the watch words. and jerry brown saying some of the same things as he's trying to make the case -- we'll hear him in the state of the state, and lisa, you'll be walking about that -- this is the problem that both of them hav

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the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. . slaughter: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. garegare a lot of talk here on the -- mr. garamendi: a lot of talk here on the floor about job killers. the affordable health care bill creates some 400,000 jobs. the repeal of it is actually a killer of human beings. some 40,000 americans die every year for lack of health insurance. that's the reality. repeal this bill and you're going to find more american dying. also, you're doing away with this repeal of the affordable health care act, of the patients bill of rights. i was insurance comssioner in california. i know exactly what the insurance companies will do if this repeal goes forward. they will continue to rescind policies. they will conti

may be embarking on the toughest challenge yet, taking over california school system. we should be the leader in education. and will be, again. >> he returned to his roots for a swearing in ceremony where he once taught science and world history. like many, it's a district in deep trouble. >> we're going to have to bite the bullet now and fix the mirrors and smoke gone on in sacramento so we can get budgets. >> the issues fatesing mount diablo still reeling from the cuts made during arnold schwartzeneggar's tenure. jerry brown, he sees long term promise but short term pain. >> we're going to see the budget soon. i anticipate there are going to be cuts. but i'm going find a way to make sure cuts are minimal. >> and this is going to be hard on students. it's where cuts goring to start coming. >> and there is only one thing he is sure of. he's going to need all of the help he can get. that includes a prayer from bubba carrick. >> i pro claim it shad be successful. >> and there is jean kwan took the oblg of office becoming the first woman mayor as well as first asian ameri

you can read more of the california watch report this weekend on line at california watch.org. in the the news room, abc 7 news. >>> if you would look to know more read the complete california watch report at california watch.org. >>> state legislators are set to try a second time to repeal california open carry gun law handgun law. it allows registered gun owners to carry unloaded firearms in public. la year the legislature passed a bill repeal the law but failed to get to the governor desk before the end of the legislative session. of assembly speaker or assembly member anthony port of flint ridge introduced a new bill to give the measure a second chance. >> open carrier are law abiding citizens and basically what we do is exercise our second amendment right. it was a law abiding citizen who washington armed who decided not to employ had own firearm to, one who washington one of the hero who stopped the tucson tragedy. >> california police chief association another law enforcement group have endorsed this bill. personnel at hunters would be exempt from the open carry ban if i

brown" para curar los problemas financieros del estado ha desatado protestas a lo largo y ancho de california---como nos informa "antonio valverde", el mandatario estatal no Ólo propone recortar servicios, sino tambÉn aumentar los impuestos. --sin duda uno de los rubros más golpeados por los recortes presupuestarios será el de la educación superior que se quedará con mil-400 millones de dólares menos.--ramon adame nos explica qué significará esto, en la práctica, para miles de universitarios. buenas noches. el gobernador dijo que no tenia otra opcion; y seÑalo que se trata de un presupuesto dificil para tiempos dificiles. la propuesta del mandatario estatal. y por primera vez en la historia, el total de los pagos de colegiatura hechos por estudiantes de la universidad de california sobrepasaran los fondos que aporta el estado al sistema universitario. los recortes para las universidades estatales ascenderian a 400 millones de dolares.--500 millons para sistema de universidades de california--y 400 millones para los colegios comunitarios del estado, que por cierto, son los mas baratos a traves

. >>> good evening, and welcome to "this week in northern california." i'm belva davis. joining me tonight on our news panel are sandy roy, editor with "new america media." rachel gordon, city hall reporter for the "san francisco chronicle" and josh richmond, legal and political affairs reporter for the "oakland tribune" and tom vacar consumer editor for kttv news. tom, did this year end better than it began or worse than expected? >> i think for a lot of people it's a toss-up, and i think for the state it's been a toss-up. we started the year out at about 12.3% unemployment, we are at 12.4% unemployment. we had a slight dip in the middle of the year, but unemploymentwise that is the problem and that's the problem for california, jobs, jobs, jobs, because everything else is impacted by that whether it's taxes, housing values, everything else, so that i think was the biggest thing. and in the united states, you know, the same thing. we started out in the united states in the high nines. we are ending up in the united states in the high nines. so, not much

lawmakers to ban open carry in california. it comes in the form of ab 144 introduced in the assembly by southern california democrat. and an effort endorsed by the california police chief association. >> guns are a threat. and we don't know who they are. ve the phone shall to be a danger to anyone. >> in california it's legal to display a weapon in public. open carriers carry a clip or ammunition magazine on one hip and a gun on another. a bill made it through last year, only to die at the end of the session due to last minute delays. preventing it from get together governor's desk. supporters say they're motivated by open carrier who's held a series of public gatherings in restaurants elsewhere. >> i believe this bill will get quote, unquote shot down. >> jeff donehill is an open carrier. >> it's actually ludicrous that an elected official would consider restricting rights of the citizen autos open carriers worry some politicians may overreact to the weekend's mass shooting in arizona. >> this is overreaction. what happened w

and the california farm bureau federation. >> coming up next on "california country," go behind the scenes of one of the most recognized food companies in cali@ornia. then learn about the important ingredient in this italian favorite. next, meet the family that is putting the fun back in fungi. and learn a great new recipe you can make today. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [ctioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] welcome to the show. i'm your host tracy sellers. so, have you eer wondered, "what does it take to stay fresh in the world of agriculture?" well, one dried fruit company thinks they have found the answer. and they would know. they've been growing strong in the business more than a century now. this time of year, there's only one thing on marysville farmer sam nevis' mind--getting his fruit off the tree. just like any other farmer, getting his harvest in and on time is crucial, even though you won't be seeing these plums in the produce section of the market. that's because you'll be seeing them as dried plums, otherwise known as prunes. and there's no bette

what it means from a regional perspective, southern california gains power and northern california loses an assembly woman will take a shot at banning raves. they will meet from the night life industry law enforcement and government to talk about ab 74, the bill she introduced last month. it is designed to prohibit raves on public property and prevent them on private property unless the business owner has a license. the bill will hurt other type of night life events and the bill is in response to drug-related overdoses and deaths at concerts at cow palace in los angeles. more than a dozen people were rushed to the hospital after one concert. >> 5:51 and pigging out in front of your computer can add to your waistline. people who eat while playing computer gamesate mohr than hose who ate with no distractions. the computer users didn't remember what they ate and felt less full afterwards. research suggests we eat more in front of a computer, tv or other distraction because we are paying less attention to what you are eating. >> scott said the tv that you are eating in front of is probably n

one of california's largest industries. but each year, public defenders and private providers of quality defense battle for every dollar needed to protect this constitutional right. the bar association of san francisco is committed to partnerering with, not competing with our public defenders. san francisco fortunate to have a strong public defender and a bar system committed to quality representation for the poor. to best guarantee quality indigent defense, our partnership with the public defender and bar association is essential. they are each other's complements. the sum of the part that makes the whole of criminal defense work so well in san francisco. a challenge for our profession will be to ensure that cities and counties fighting seemingly endless budget deficits do not fall prey to the burgeoning business offered through websites of contract services for criminal defense. our constitution mandates that people accused of crimes be represented by comp at the present time council. not the last expensive council. on a

that's what we used in this california assessment. for the scenarios they were all down scaled to twelve kilometers covering california and nevada. it's not totally adequate and i'm not saying this is a solved problem. the premium grape growers want to know what's going on in napa, valley but for a lot of water related problems i think we're okay. [inaudible] >> what's the long-term climate - >> hopefully, we get on to that green emissions trajectory which would have co2 levels leveling off and declining. there's a lot of inertia in the system. we all have cars and you can't change power plants overnight and et cetera, et cetera. but in fact the earth response to climate is not going to make too much difference until about the middle part of the century between all those scenarios. through 2050 a climate model is sort of a climate model no whatter what you do with it. in fact if you stop all , co2 emissions today. fossil fuel is the reason it's increasing because fossil means it's stored in the ground and now we're putting it in the a

, "arnold de california, "arnold schwarzenegger" se dis arnold schwarzenegger (ex gobernador de californiaamilia latina , de que no los habían notificado por la rebaja de condena. >> la amistad de arnold schwarzenegger (ex gobernador de california) y el político latino se dejo notar. >> el jefe del dpto de gasto por le gobernador jjerry brown (gobernador de california) . >> llega de manera muy dura. >> los recortes son dificiles. >> los analistas dicen que es un buen comienzo, pero la poca claridad es peligroso. >> esto podría indicar que los ahorros no sean una realidad. >> si los votantes no quiere seguir en estos iimpuestos , tendrán que haber más recortes, sobretodo en la educación y otros servicios sociales. >> siempre y cuando los votantes de ccámara california sigan asi . >> el año ppasado las personas consumieron más , . >> volver a los niveles de empleo antes de la recesion tomara a lo menos 5 años. >> en río de janeiro , muchas ppersonas fueron muertes por las muchas lluvias y aluviones que se manisfiesta buenas noches en brasil . >> los asesinatos en el crimen organizado hhan au

california now produces more pot than mexico. >> reporter: this is the scene across california every summer. drug agents destroying tons of illegal pot farms in the state's hills and mountains. now a veteran drug agent tells nbc bay area those hills and mountains no longer belong to californians. >> the reality of what's going on in california, that our wild lands are not within our control. our international trafficking organizations hold sway. >> reporter: that's the message richard camps will deliver at a special conference in sacramento sunday. mexican drug cartels are operating right above quiet communities like saratoga. >> they're there, we know it now. the issues are, how do you deal with it. >> reporter: mike is a former cop, and has lived in saratoga for years. this is where drug agents had a gun fight with marijuana growers two years ago. >> i think it's probably the worst it's ever been. >> reporter: how about this for a reality check. the state department of justice says in the last four years, california has seen a 300% increase in illegal marijuana farms. california no

>> my family, my career, all my successes, i owe to california. the opportunity to give something back as governor has been an immigrant's dream come true. >> reporter: the entire address is over four minutes. he talk about how california is still the golden dream by the sea and continues to be the entertainment and innovation capital of the world. he touted his accomplishments during his seven years in office. although he was unable to solve the state's budget crisis insuring his address schwarzenegger talked about what he did do for california. >> working together with democrats and republicans to rebuild california with the largest investment in infrastructure in a generation has been a fantastic success. we returned $50 billion to taxpayers through our workers compensation reforms, and we made california a world leader in clean energy and environmental production. with the redistricting and open primary we passed the greatest political reforms. >> going to solve the fiscal crisis of california, and he hasn't. so i think it's a big bottom line,

i have an exand pl in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and they are reported to supply several millions of dollars to demonstrate the viability of product that can be commercialized. all the good establishments in urban areas to convert to bio diesel fuel. these collaborative opportunities are available and have been used for many years now throughout the various states and, i think the opportunity is right in front of us to take advantage of these opportunities. in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer

from farm to feast, stay tuned for more of the tempting tastes of california. >> welcome back to "californiantry." >> at the kitchen in sacramento, chefs are busy preparing tasty dishes using a vegetable that's increasing in popularity. california endives are showing up on more and more dinner plates. >> i mean, you see a lot of people use, uh, the endive as vessels. so they'll take just the leaf off and put things in it and serve it that way. uh, i think it has a lot of different uses. >> the chances are if this vegetable's on your plate, it's probably grown by california vegetable specialties, a company headquartered in the tiny hamlet of rio vista, between san francisco and sacramento. the first thing the owner did was give us a lesson in pronunciation. >> so what we grow here at cvs is spelled e-n-d-i-v-e. however, it'pronounced quite differently, and the correct pronunciation is this--on-deev. >> obviously, uh, rio vista, where rich works, is about as far away from france as you can get, so we tend to call it en-dive. now, i know rich is cringing in his seat as i say this, as he has whe

california is now just minutes away from getting a new chief executive.overnor elect jerry brown is about to be sworn in as the state's 39th governor at the sacramento memorial auditorium. he wanted the event to be low-key with a focus on spending as little as possible. this is brown's third term as governor. he faces the daunting task of closing a $28 billion shortfall. he intends to outline the plan in a matter of weeks. he said it will include extending tax hikes on cars, sales and income taxes. he promises to make more cuts. we're streaming his entire inauguration on abc7news.com. an oakland city councilwoman is making history today by becoming that city's first female mayor. jean quan is expected to be the first asian american to become mayor. terry mcsweeney joins us from oakland with more. >> qwan began what will be her first day in office from a walk from chinatown where the swearing is taking momentarily at the fox theater and telegraph and oakland. all along the way a lot of excited people treating her like a rock star. take a look. ♪ >> and tha

in california, that rate is 115,000 per year. in california, over 1 million people have a conviction record, and one in five individuals have an arrest or criminal conviction. so we have to ask ourselves -- is criminal record reform an urgent priority for california? and if so, what is being done? and how can we go further? let's hear what our distinguished panel has to say. our first panelist is dr. steven richardson, a renowned author and professor of criminal justice at the university of wisconsin oshkosh. i have to say that dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written. i want to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on amazon. we also have with us the policy co-director of the national employment law project. and eliza hirsch is the supervising attorney in the clean slate pride is at the east bay community law center. welcome, panelists. i want to tell the audience that while we are ha

in california, those laws are pretty heavily regulated. for example, the private screening firms cannot report of arrests -- or they are not supposed to -- and i cannot report convictions going back more than seven years. federal law does not even close, not nearly as good. that is consumer protection law. then, applicants are entitled not to report arrest on an application, so we are very familiar with lots of good laws on the books that are never enforced. the real challenge is to get about enforcing these laws. i do not know if you want to talk about it -- >> tell us about what is next. how can we be successful in taking -- you mentioned there are some good laws on the books. do we -- do they go far enough? how can we take it further? how can we essentially this reform? this seems to be critical. >> we had this huge proliferation of background checks. this huge proliferation of this industry that is collecting all these criminal records, and you have way more people walking around with a criminal record. one in five, as was mentioned. s

happy new year, california. in november, voters did their part. they made it easier to pass a budget. no more supermajority needed. so let's get on with it. we need to grow jobs, not government. we need an education system that can build a 21st century economy. leaders who aren't afraid to rat typical infrastructure, cut bureaucracy, reward effective teachers, a and replace ineffective ones. a new year with a new governor and a new chance to cut the lip service and get it right. join us at nbc editorials.com. >>> hello, i'm jim brown, formally of the cleveland browns, and you're watching "sports sunday" with raj. >> hello, everybody. welcome to the late edition of "sports sunday." we're coming to you from studio x. another few weeks in studio x, and then we move to the refurbished studio. >> that's right. you guys are moving on up. >> glad you can be with us tonight. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jerry rice. >> by the way, jerry is working with super bowl xxiv? >> super bowl xxiv. >> in new orleans. the work ethic was tremendous. but during super bow

so here is a look at the satellite radar image in california. the low moving in, that's going to bring wet and cool weather to southern california. see the areas of white. that's snow over parts of the grapevine. here in the bay area, we're at the top end of the system, and you notice the wrap-around moisture bringing us some light showers. areas of light br -- light blue and light green. just a scattered shower or two expectedhrough the evening. then we're going to clear out, possible light rain falling on the dumbarton bridge and parts of san jose. tomorrow, wake up to dry days. cool but i'll tell you how long the dry weather will stick around. >> alan: a day at the beach took a scary turn for one man and his golden retriever. david perez says his dog, sunny, got excited, and ran off a trail and down a cliff. perez tried to rescue him bu the clf was too te. firefighters had to repel do the cliff and strapped sunny into a harness and hoists him back up. per sez says he has gone there for years but this is the first timeomething like that's ever

---miles de menores de edad en california no tienen cobertura medica...o con la falta miles de menores en california no tiene cobertura medica por falta de información de los padres,. >> miles de niños sufren innecesariamente, los padres de casi millón y medio de niños no han solicitado seguros que podrían proteger a sus shijos. >> prefieren pedir medicina o irse a tijuana y pedir medicamentos que le sirven un mes. >> número de miembros de familia e ingresos es determinante para recibir el seguro de salud , no importa los papeles. >> es importante que los niños y embarazadas tengan el seguro. >> crisis económica fomenta que no paguen el seguro, nadie deberia quedarse sin salud. >> el comisionado de california pide retrasar las primas de brooke shields, esto apsará si echan abajao ley de presidente barack obama de salud, intentan subir las primas de seguro de salud. >> cámara de representantes quiere derrogar la primera reforma sanitaria de presidente barack obama , el proceso será simbólico ya que no será aprobado en el senado. >> hombre acusado de abusos