the contrast between the toxic ghost town and the handsome california country side that surrounds it could hardly be more stark. >> it's very dilapidated right now. it's falling down. like melting back into the ground. >> reporter: kate woods walks through the remains of new idria and hoped the city would be reborn. >> there was a whorehouse, men dormitories, lots of mining cabins it was really a town. >> reporter: in addition to the poisons inside the interiors of some of these abandoned winters have shown signs of the contradite virus. despite it all. the history is what she likes. >> i like to show them parts of our property which actually that's where a lot of the bars and brothels were. because the matrons of this town would not allow their mining husbands to have whorehouses or bars in the town proper. >> reporter: woods who grew up in san jose and lived for a time in san francisco is undaunted by the mess. >> you couldn't blast me out of here, i mean you really couldn't. i'm not going any where. >> reporter: last year the epa added the new idria mercury mine to its list of the

moving on, seismologists call this proof california is earthquake country. >> 300 quakes shook southernalifornia throughout the day sunday. most were small to moderate size tremors. this family's house, yeah. the house was shaking several times yesterday. luckily they only lost some dishes and everyone was okay. more tremors are expected in the coming days. >>> we want to send it over to lynette charles, keeping an eye on the weather. 90 minute delay. >> they have a flood warning, heavy rain yesterday and more this morning, as we go throughout the day, the chance for more scattered showers and storms in the forecast. earthquakes across the west, hurricanes in the gulf and flooding here. we have it all through the next several days. we zoom in, we could see showers pushing in across the area. heaviest watch in to pennsylvania, that's good news, through the afternoon, scattered showers will continue, 66 degrees now in glenn el, we see the humidity at 100%. we are talking about reduced visibility this morning along with wet roadways. let's head over to loren, how are the roads? >>> well, w

first six months of the fiscal year, wells fargo has been the no. 1 sba small lender in california and the country. we are excited about that. i want to tell you about a local after we have going on in san francisco. that is our small business neighborhood renovation program. we work with local organizations. we funded the renovation of three local businesses who applied for assistance at no cost to them. i want to recognize those businesses here tonight. the renovations are complete. the business owners are here. they are from ja and k grocery and others. if you could stand, congratulations. [applause] we had an independent panel. we had a lot of fun. we judged the makeovers to select a winner for the most dramatic improvement to the renovations of the business. the award for the winning business, they will be featured on of the wells fargo atm's for the next 30 days. this business will be highlighted there. the top 2012 small business renovation award goes to g and k grocery. [applause] congratulations. we have certificates for all of you. congratulations. great renovations. the judges were very

this is the home were people left when i came to this country, when they had to leave the fields of californiam farming. that applies to the filipinos and two others. they set foot in san francisco. a generation upon generation, of residence of san francisco had to endure the struggles and have made this city a very special place. i am very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, mar, chu, and we had the treasurer. this ought to be a moment in which we celebrate the aspirations and the fact that we have risen to the governance of this country. the fact that we have changed the opportunity. last night, i have the opportunity to listen to an 86- year-old honoree at the gathering last night. she's had spoken about how her life was different and the opportunities that were denied because she was jewish. because of the efforts of norm and mike and your leade in, asiy are not denied opportunities because of where they come from. we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in

get elected if they convince the america people that there is a crisis and the whole country turning into california on your editorial page on friday. but the country is facing a crise yis these are times that requires big solutions to fix them. there is not a muddle here and ryan has to demonstrate that he feels in his hart as a dad and small town guy he feels conviction that the country is in crisis and he can fix it. can you fix it by cutting spend not raising revenuings. >> yes, you can and introduce growth and deregulation and sowner energy policy. look. the budget will be transmittal and the democrats will try the medicare. but the campaign will be advised to have a broader growth and agenda and reforming and reducing government is a key part. medicare cann't go on. you can say ryan want to change it. but medicare is going bankrupt it is a at that timus quo that endangers medicare. >> we talk about the district he's done well with blue collar workers and women. and mitt romney has a problem connecting with women and paul is great on the kitchen table issues that we are talking about. first tim

about this is because what would happen is you have this labeling in california all the sudden that would apply since it's the entire country we're not going to start segregating food just for california and not for the rest of the country and this will cost a lot of money possibly and there are studies that said you know i've seen that legislative office study here but basically earlier stages said if you tried to segregate organic conventional and genetically modified crops one from the other it would cost literally billions of dollars and that would of course go to the bottom line for consumers they would have to take more for this so the idea that and i think that this is the bad intent on the part of the people who are in favor of the proposition their intent is to scare consumers into voting against you in voting in favor of this kind of labeling so that ultimately what would happen is that large companies would say simply we can't take in each and every modified crops that would be bad for the environment and would be bad for farmers that we've had for consumers if that would succeed but you know perhaps that's the c

this is the home were people left when i came to this country, when they had to leave the fields of californiam farming. that applies to the filipinos and two others. they set foot in san francisco.

substantial evidence, and the substantial evidence standard is fairly strict in california and generally across the country. it does not very all of that much, but a president not liking and installation is not a basis under the federal telecommunications act for denial. the objections and concerns of mr. and mrs. cooper regarding this location, which is near their residence, the visual impact is minimal, which is what dpw and the planning department found. also, we have gotten two ceqa approvals for this location from both the california public utility commission and the city planning department, both which found that this installation does not have a significant effect on the environment, including the evaluation of the visual impact. if the denial goes through, the visual impact, but i would like to show you a new case, and in recognition of this type of installation that just came down from the court of appeals, in robinson versus the city of san francisco, this installation is three times larger than our installation, and the court of appeals recognized that, quote, the installation, like this one and

wait to find out if they can get help. >> to compare how long it takes to other parts of the country california watch has a interactive map. >> it's back to school for students in union city but kids and teachers started on the same day z teacher dz not get unusual two days to prepare by br students arrived. >> sharm yain says in 25 years she's never feltfelt so unprepared. cuts eliminated two prep days she's always had. >> i don't think kids noticed i was feeling guilty or nervous. they nil smile asked laughed. but... i knew it. >> and and they had to take six furlough days this, year up to nine and all are taking an additional 1% cut. teachers worried students are losing instruction time. the district has 175 school days this year and my afternoon classes are ap classes. we have to prepare for ap test. fewer days to pass the same test. >> and some students say losing prep days is harder on teachers than on them. >> it's he stressful. on teachers and staff. and i think we can get through. we're behind of behind. >> teachers less understanding about how years of budget cuts are taking tolls in

a major fire at a california oil refinery could be higher gas prices across the country. >>> plus, a store clerk strikes back against a would-be robber.

california. i think. ok. in ibm research, one of the things we talk about is our laboratories. i have been all over the world, live in different countries. i am a relatively recent transplant to california. i would like to let the governor know that i am happy to be here. it is a good space. recently, governor brown has spent a lot of time, focus, and effort making california a better place. focus on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, decreasing the budget deficit, and real focus that we appreciate in northern california on clean energy. for example, moving the state's goal to be 33% clean energy producing. it is my privilege to welcome governor brown to the panel. [applause] >> and to introduce our next panelist, i would like to welcome steve ballmer, senior bp -- vp. >> good morning and thank you. next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective parts. he became very successful in the brew pub business. he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and thi

people so often lose sight of is that this bill, 1506, is a small effort in the state of california and in the country of the united states to try to roll back the horrendous rates of incarceration that have happened in this country over the last 30 years. i mean, that's the context, right? the united states, i think most of you know these numbers now, but we're less than 5% of the world's population but almost 25% of the world's incarcerated population. we rank first in the world in the per capita incarceration of our fellow citizens. the russians are fading fast in second or third place together with the belarus people. the rates of the incarceration are five, six, seven, eight times than most in other societies, europe and elsewhere, though their rates of nonviolent crime and drug use are not that much different than ours. so if another country were to lock up its own people at the rate that we do, and if our rates of incarceration were more normative to the rest of the world, we would regard with that other country was doing as a massive violation of human rights. that's the way we would look at i

i believe all year extend a great thanks to them for their great services to our country, to california, and to san francisco. i would like to complement our city for recognizing at them in this manner -- i would like to compliment our city for recognizing the - manner. thank you very much. [applause] that of mayor -- >> mayor lee, the time has come. join me and proceed to do the dedication of horseshoe drive, which has been dedicated by the opera house board in honor of george and charlotte schulz. mayor lee: it is my pleasure joining all of you to announce this dedication on behalf of our city, on behalf of the war memorial, dedicating this carriageway to be charlotte and george shultz way of san francisco. [applause] horseshoe drive. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary george shultz and chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, the honorees. [applause] >> thank you, distinguished guests, my fellow board members. nancy and i would call this a wow day, and it is a wonderful day. i was sitting here thinking that from my home town, mineola, texas, for willie, and board of texas,

and were not in theehospital.the swine flu has infected more than 200 people across the country. 3a californiattuce that may be tainted with e-coli bacteria.the producer says a shipment of romaine lettuce was sold as "tanimura and antle field freeh wrapped single head romaine."it may have a sell-by date of august 19th on its plastic bag.the lettuce was distributed to 19 states including here in maryland.so far there are no reports of illness. today general motors is recalling some 250-thousand of its g-m and isuzu vehicles... because of a potential fire hazard. the recall involves mid-size s- u-vs sold in 20 states and washington, d-c. the problem is related to fluid thaa can get inside the driver's door module and lead to a short in the circuit board. g-m says that could cause the power locks and windows to fail, and in very rare cases, it could cause a fire. 3sooe students at the university of maryland wantt phick-fil-a to close its campus location. pocation. they started an online petition to get it shutdown ... in response to comments about same-sex marriage by the company's president....

you're up country, my country, california. you're out with your friends. and you know friends there and someone opens up an old mine shaft, musty. someone says, "geez, i wonder how deep that is down there." dark, dank, you can hear the bats, straight down. someone says, "gee, i don't know. "if we had a rope we could lower the rope and find out when it hits the bottom." --the ladders all broken, i don't think-- there's no way to find out how far down that goes. and you say, "wait a minute, hand me that rock." your friend hands you the rock, you take the rock. [makes sound] five. five seconds it takes to hit the ground. disregarding the time it takes for the sound to come back up, it took five seconds to hit the ground, right? someone says, "well, how deep is it?" and you say 5 seconds, 5, 5, 25, 25 times 5, "it's about 125 meters deep." some say, "how did you know that?" and you say, "college." [laughter] do you see that? do you see you can tell how deep it is? all you got to know is the time it takes to drop. multiply that time by itself, and then multiply

solution to the jobs crisis in creating innovative ecosystem to create an economy not only in california but the countryagain and around the world. >> i want them to come out to silicon valley and see how this place it. half of the start ups here are founded like people like me, foreign born with weird accents and look different. diversity, it's this clash of cultures that makes this place what it is. then add to it the attitude of tolerance, of opens of acceptance of change, acceptance of failure is one of the most important ingredients in this soup. we accept things. we allow people to fail. we allow people to experiment and we allow people to be different. when you put these people together we rise above it all. in silicon valley the housing market is booming housing is rising and the rest of the nation is in a slump. you have new ideas new innovations happening over here. we try to say hey look at silicon valley. there was government funding here 80 years ago. then you had stanford and then you have venture capital. if we do the same, if we take the research at university and throw capital maybe we

i want to recognize all of the milestones the api has made in the state of california and in the entire countrye caucus has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in congress. one of their very first things we want to say is it was a young man who was the first member -- we want to make note of that. the reestablishment of the white house initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. president obama's cabinets has dr. steven chu. the very first asian-american -- as ambassador to the republic of china. we have a lot of accomplishments. it was not that accident, my friends. everyone of you know that you work hard. all these things are done on purpose. i want to let you know that we also can boast twice as many asian-americans on federal benches. those of us to understand the impact of the supreme court and what it can do or on june, we know that having asian-americans on the federal bench is a line up for appointments to the supreme court. thank you very much for this opportunity. i want to say that silicon valley is the birthplace of high-tech. silicon valley is the birthplace of

california, palin wrote quote, it is descending into financial ruin. it is exodus of middle classical calians leaving for other states. the image of america will make the rest of the countryifornia without the warm weather and scenery. >>> we have a group of talented young boys headed to the world series. the petaluma team will fly to pennsylvania at 3:00 this afternoon. >> back to it. and here comes the run. >> pet houma is the first team -- put lym ma is the first one to ddpet houma. and they will win in controversy when on appeal an umpire called a hawaiian player out for not touching third base on the way to home plate. >> we spoke to the petaluma manager who said the city and team are on cloud nine. >> the support and the phone calls and the contacts we have had. our town. and the county. and it has been incredible. we could deal it is important. >> long day. and they land in pennsylvania at midnight and take part in a parade later this week. >> last night it was an overflow crowd at the downtown petaluma bar and they watched the game and cheered on the team and many of the fans are friends with the children and their parents. >>> i have grown up and i lived here my

and what makes this country great is that we can have differences of ideas and thoughts, but we bring them together. we put that out to the people of the state of florida or californiahe country and they get to make a decision. >> i remember there was a little bit of a controversy about the ryan budget. and you had said you didn't vote on it the second time and there was one report that said you didn't vote on it. you didn't think it went far enough. there was another. there was this idea, were you against the second ryan budget or not? >> what i said was if i was there, i would have voted against it. what i'm looking for is -- >> and why? >> a lot of reforms that ryan has put out are good reforms. we need to balance our budget and we need to do it not in 28 years but in under ten years. and we can do t i think about my son, who is 9 years old. and if we have a plan that doesn't balance for 28 years, he is going to go to high school, go to college, graduate, get married, have a job, start planning for the future of his kids before we balance the budget. we can do better than that. >> congresswoman mack, what do you make of this -- you voted for the ryan budget both

it's what can we do to try to tell the rest of the country, don't make the same mistakes the democrats have been making the last years here in californiauntry. >> does the california delegation, does it really have any impact other than putting the message out. here is what you should not be doing? >> well, the impact we have, we've got a lot of intellectual people and kevin mccarthy, for example, a majority whip from bakersfield, california and putting a strong message out there, you know what, california congressmen can actually increase the republican gains in california, the state we've got about 12 races going to be impacted here and we think we can pick up a couple of seats because the tide is finally turning, i think. and the year of the golden state, you know as well as anybody stuart, we're at the bottom of every single leading economic indicators and businesses fleeing the state and hemorrhaging tax revenues and democrats want to be the power brokers that double down on higher taxes and failed check and regulatory policies and continue to put this, this state on the edge of collapse. and if that goes into collapse, you know,

currently there are 35 large on contain fires across the country, 13 in california alone. cal fire says that we are entering the peak fire season. >> investigators in the meantime are trying to determine what caused a fire that gutted a house in the oakland hills this morning. crews first got the call around 1:30 a.m. and arrive at michigan avenue and sun-kissed drive to see the house fully engulfed in flames. no one had been living inside of the household was viewed to be abandoned. one firefighter was injured. the head of u.s. chemical safety board is visiting the chevron refinery in richmond. the board is leading the investigation into the fire at the refinery two weeks ago, crews worked through the weekend to make the site of the ignition safe enough for investigators to be able to go in. the contra costa times has found a over a 10 year time span chevron has had a better than average record of employee safety. here's the good news, the coast guard has found a man who disappeared overnight near bethel island. shares deputies say the 29 year- old man was found on nearby

it is expected to send gas prices sky rockets, not just in california, folks, across the country. >> and ed is joining us live from dallas, texas. we have a couple of things going on here. obviously health concerns over the people in richmond, california, near that refinery fire plus the financial hit we're all going to take if gas prices spike make above $4 a gallon. >> it has been going on for several weeks now. you blinked and it seems like you missed it. over the course of the last month or so gas prices have gone up about 30 cents, the national average now $3.66 a gallon, up about 30 cents and in the last month. the fire in richmond is just one of the problems. obviously there is a great deal of global issues and concerns that go into gas prices but what we have seen over the last few months is a disruption in service and flow of gas at refineries across the country from the midwest down to oklahoma where we have seen problems with pipelines and other issues and the infrastructure and this fire in california this week highlighted even bigger problem where now because of this fire

wells fargo is the largest in dollar amount by the country and in california, and bay area. we are trying to do our part. we are easy to work with. i have been doing this for four years now. i am pretty good where i can look of something and realize if we can help you out. if we cannot, i look for the micro guys to help me out with the smaller loans. it is a collateral loan that we cannot do, i do what i can. we are here to lend. >> thank you. hopefully, people have their question cards. i am going to open it up to the audience. if you have written a question down, please give it to us so we can start compiling them. if i see a repeat questions, it will help to expedite the process, answering those questions that people want answered. we have some of the best and brightest minds here. don't be shy. if you could do us a favor and use the microphone so that everyone can hear your question. >> you had mentioned about assistance in public contracting. for small companies, one of the issues is bonding. what do you do on that? >> for all public contracts, public agencies need to s

>> it's slowing down, and what's interesting here, i'm from orange country, california.re seeing millionaires and boat loads of cash coming in, they're buying 40 or 50 houses at a time. that's good, but that's 50 houses off the market for american homeowners, and it's part of this idea that now we owe 3 trillion in this country, and we look at this as a big picture and there are good things but we have to look at our own balance sheet. >> i want to look at our own balance sheet, but also the idea of rich people getting jailed. ever since we read that story about the wife who killed the british businessman. in russia we hear about them going to jail, but in china you don't hear about them. >> you go back to the original resolution and it was the academics and the wealthy put on the camps. and china is a very elaborate system there who have a few criminals. these people are coming here and they do not want to send those kids to colleges in china. they're comes to places like uc irvine. what does that say about the two competing systems. >> fascinating. >> it continues to e