. >> coming up on "california country," find out why it's always a time to celebrate citrus in california and now more than ever, thanks to some pint-sized products. >> it's like a nice little snack that people have. it's--i don't know. i mean, they kind of-- they make me happy. >> then see why making wine is music to these men's ears. >> ♪ this is dedicated to the one i... ♪ >> now he's gonna sing. >> ♪ love >> well, sort of. heh. next, they're a salad staple, but not all greens are created equal. find out how to pick the best and what to do with them. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] for anybody who has tried a piece of fresh california citrus, it's not surprising it's been called the best in the west. and it's yet another of the products that made the golden state a leading force in the world of agriculture. california is the leading producer of fresh citrus fruits. but as the industry has gotten larger, the size of the fruit has actually gotten smaller. in fact, many think that this little guy may be a big part of the f

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stay tuned fgr it after the break. >> welcome back to "california country." you know, the great thing about living in california is it seems like just about anything can grow here. don't believe me? well, check out this next story as proof. so i've been working on this show for about 8 years now, and i am still amazed at all of the things that can grow here in california. including this guy. what the hech is this? any guesses? ok, here's a hint for you. it's crucial to jennifer bjorklund's job here at the dolphin bay resort in pismo beach. >> yes, people definitely comment on them. they like them. the fact that they're green, 'cause they're grown locally in nipomo, about 20 minutes away from here. >> so if you haven't guessed by now, we're talking about the luffa spgnge. believe it or not, but folks have been growing them for more than 10,000 years now. and today you can find a fresh batch of them ready for harvest at deanne coon's unique farm in nipomo. >> right now currently we have the 2 greenhouses going. and they're like raising little children, so you ne

institute --www.ncicap.org] >> coming up next on "california country," go behind the scenes of one ofthe 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. [c@ptioning 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 better place f

california is wine. the golden state is america's top wine producer, accounting for nearly 90% of the wine production in the country. today california actually has more than 2,000 wineries, but surprisingly, some of the biggest wines are now being produced by one of the smallest group of vintners, one of those being at vision cellars, owned and operated by mac mcdonald. the winery only produces about 2,000 cases of wine, mostly pinot noir, but what thei lack in size, they more than make up with in personality, thanks to the man in charge. >> ha ha ha ha ha! how you doin', man? >> i'm doin' great. >> are you havin' a great time >> havin' a great time. >> in the wine business, everyone is trying to get their bottle of wine noticed, but for mac mcdonald, being noticed in a crowd has never been a oblem. from his overalls to his straw hat, mac is about as an original character to the wine industry as it comes, but he's banking on exactly that fact as he tries to bridge the gap between his heritage and a new blend of wine drinkers. >> it's to promote wine to all nationalities, but with special interest on the african-ame

for "california country," i'm tracy sellers. >> brought to you by allied insurance, a member of the nationwide family of companies, which also includes nationwide insurance--on your side. from farm to feast--stay tuned for more of the tempting tastes of california. >> welcome back to "california country." >> joanne neft didn't start out a few years ago yearning to become a food rock star, but now, in placer county, her swirl of bright gray hair turns heads everywhere she goes. >> 20 years ago, i started the farmers' markets in placer county. and i thought to myself, what could we do that would help people understand that there's something wonderful to eat in placer county every day of the year? i had a friend, susan dupre, who came for lunch in december, and we had what i had picked up at the farmers' market on saturday. and so we finished our little lunch, and she pushed her chair back from the table, and she said, "why don't you just write a cookbook?" >> so along with professional chef laura kenny, joanne decided to show her friend and the rest of us just how it's done. >> so we started two

for "california country," i'm tracy sellers. >> today, we're going to make a mushroom quiche, one of my favorites. so, let's get started. let's start over here. so, we get the quiche. just use a regular pie dough. and don't be afraid of your dough. get it rolled out. i'm using a mac daddy rolling pin. it's serrated, but it rolls and doesn't get the dough sticky. so, from here... you get it rolled out to the size you want. and it's pretty fast if you work quickly with a nice, cold dough. and from--i think at this point, you have a nice shape. put this in the refrigerator and chill it down just as it is, and you can fold it. it's really tough. so, what you want to achieve iq, i would get here a nice fluted pan. pie dgh is inside. just spray the inside and press this in and chill this for another 20 minutes. so, we get started with that. i'm going to slice up some of these shallots. and you can be messy with them, 'cause you want to taste them. you don't want them too fine. you don't know what they are. so, just a few on the bottom

(applause) >> coming up on "california country": think this sweet treat just cab't get any better? think again. >> oh, my! it's ready. >> it's ready? >> it's ready. >> then find out why this meal was 52 weeks in the making. >> i would like you to know that this morning at the farmers' market, we purchased everything that you're gonna have for dinner tonight. >> next, learn the hidden ranching roots behind hearst castle. and they're a summertime favorite--see what you can do with some of the season's best frtit. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> ♪ la la la la la la da da da da... ♪ >> here at birk's restaurant in santa clara, they're known for being a south bay institution. since 1989, plate after heaping plate has been served up to a pretty discriminating crowd. and no matter how full they are, most leave room for dessert, desses that are almost too pretty to eat--almost. >> here we have the orange- creamsicle-flavored ice cream. it sits on a carved-out half of a navel orange. so here is our desserts for our v.i.p.

author and labor historian barry mcwilliams, the author of factories in the field of southern california country in island on the land and a long-time editor of the nation magazine describes fred roth as, "an unsung hero" and called him a man of exasperating modesty, the kind that never sleeps, that never steps forward to claim his fair share of credit for any enterprise in which he is involved. i just wanted to ask, colleagues, if you'll join me with the many community based groups in labor in supporting fred roth in your -- for this medal and distinction, the presidential medal of freedom. and as we vote on this later, i urge your support. and now i'd like to introduce you to fred roth, jr., who has tremendous history himself in our movement. fred roth, jr. (applause) >> thank you. i want to first thank the members of the supervisors for once again continuing the proud tradition and legacy of san francisco of being first. in my lifetime i've been doing this myself for 40 years, as a proud second generation organizer, influenced both by my father and my mother francis, who was a trail blazer in

. >> reporter: his home district is california's famed wine country, napa valley. >> congressman, nobodyhinks about this part of california in terms of hunting and shooting. this is wine country. i mean, it's celebrated in films and even mocked a little bit. but when you were a boy, it was prime hunting country. >> right here, used to hunt ducks on this river. there's farm ponds all over. we used to jump shoot ducks there. >> reporter: and napa still is gun country. at a january town hall, emotions were white-hot. >> the second amendment clearly states the right to bear arms. not for you to tell me what i can own or not. >> reporter: but an hour away, in san francisco, a different view. >> losing one human being to gun violence is losing one too many. >> i think we have to look at not only what's possible, but what will do the most good. we have to prioritize those things. and magazine capacity is certainly one of them. and how anyone can argue against background checks is beyond me. >> a friend of mine in montana says it's no longer about guns, it's about government now. >> yeah. that l

it's been a huge problem in the bay area and throughout california and the country this year. >> you'retinuing to build. >> we are continuing to build. the loss of redevelopment agencies is going to have a significant impact on the capacity of all of us in california who build affordable housing and building new housing. >> some municipalities, morgan hill, if a developer goes into a community, a certain percentage has to be affordable housing. some areas do that. >> that's an ordinance called inclusionary housing ordinance, a number have them including san jose passed an ordinance. east bay has one, san francisco has one, they require a certain percentage of the housing to be affordable. right now that's the only affordable housing we'll be building in redevelopment agencies. we're working in the city of mountain view on a new development where the funding comes from that ordinance to help us pay for that new housing development? >> again, how many on the waiting list? >> 9,000. >> where are they at now? like you said, probably doubling, tripling up? >> your guess is as good as mine. f

california base country has a sign out that base country says, like we say in the army, if it doesn't if it didn't move, tax it. >> we asked how he would feel if the california democratic governor tried luring business to iowa. >> he is welcome to come any tame he wants to. last time saw him here he came here in december to the farm bureau convention and most people said this guy, he doesn't have a clue. he was running for president of the united states at that time. this is jerry brown, you know. >> just last week republican governor perry bought radio ads and visited california hoping to lure companies to texas. a campaign governor jerry brown dismissed. as for the iowa governor's visit, brown spokesman said they were expecting up to 10 inches of snow in iowa on thursday. if i was their governor i'd plan a trip to california too. he said california is leading the nation with 257,000 private sector jobs in the last 12 months. what they don't realize is that you can't poach your way there. >> reporter: he also said poaching has not worked. even studies show california has only a small

as a two-term mayor of san francisco, but california, as you know, is bigger than so many countries. you are the lieutenant governor. what are you learning about how convoluted this process is, given that you are the number two guy in california? >> if you do not like the way the world looks when you stand up, stand on your head and go local. i am for the people, the people party. we need to engage people again. engaging intends to have a disproportionate to the local level. most people are local optimists. a larger it gets, the more pessimistic we get. proximity confers some legitimacy, to some extent. cities are the laboratories of innovation. laboratories of democracy. but local government, it is the city councils. it is the neighborhoods with and there is. it is the blocked that connect people. that is what i talk about digitizing the town square, using the technology to make sure it is available to everyone. this gives me some optimism. the inability to connect day in and day out with the local government, that is a benefit. >> across the board, in terms of its engagement, one of

california. we are a country of immigrants. in san francisco in particular, we have so many first generation americans. my husband is just became an american citizen a couple of months ago. i have friendlieds who are first generation from vietnam. palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of these stories being told? we need to collect these stories. i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't collect these stories immediatel

country. california's acknowledge is up more at 37 cents to $3.95 gallon.rs pay more than the bay area at $4.10 a gallon. the cheapest gas in the state is found in sacramento at $3.82. >> you may want to walk. it would be cheaper. >> and good exercise. >> now, we will final out if it is walking weather. we will have a good day. you can see how much quiet iter is, with small nuggets of rain if the high desert in the southern california area and headed away from those areas. we will look at what is happening headed in the afternoon, we will have temperatures mostly in the low-to-mid 60's throughout the central valley and 50's along the coast and 39 in tahoe and 44 in yosemite and upper 50's to mid-60's in san diego and palm springs and los angeles. highway is the commute? >> good morning, mike, we have good news, in hayward, nobody, 880, an accident in the two right lanes, c.h.p. informing us that it is all clear with the all clear signal and the tow truck has cars out of lanes now, so traffic should be flowing nicely to the colisieum and beyond from the hayw

discipline of individuals and bringing up the restorative justice model earlier and in california and the country and vast disparities from people suspended and expelled from schools and african-american base and a teenos and often expelled or suspended for things that would typically not merit that type of reaction from administration and authorities at the very least, so in the last panel and this panel i was thinking about social and emotional learning and i see that as a double entand ra. i think it's also a negative thing and this is why. there is a lot of social and emotional learning going on in these schools and especially around the group of individuals suspended and expelled at alarming rates and things of lesser things and goes back to messaging. what type of messaging situations are we imparting on these kids that get suspended for a couple of days and feel guilty or don't have the opportunity to express themselves and for the social emotional training they didn't receive up to that point? and don't know how to deal with it and get in trouble for reacting the way the culture decides i

country. >>> california came a long way to dig out of debt. stand and poors raised its assessment of more than $80 billion worth of state bonds from a minus to an a. it's the first increase since standard & poor's dropped its rating on our debt in 2006. an s&p analyst says it reflects california's improved fiscal condition due to spending cuts and voter-approved tax hike. >>> checking bay area headlines tonight, the owner of sunnyvale motor cars is facing six counts of grand theft. he disappeared last year along with a high-end bmws, cadillacs and other vehicles that he had taken on consignment. the 50-year-old man also went by the name andy paul. his bail is set at half million dollars. >>> a deadly fire in a sunnyvale mobile home appears to have been accidental. the body of a woman was found inside the home at the plaza del rey complex this morning. a neighbor helped two other tenants get out. the fire investigators say the cause does not appear suspicious. >>> and nasa taking to the skies to find out what's in the skies. several aircraft in

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countries. >> in california, the hunt for the former police officer who declared war on his former colleagues and their families. christopher dorner is accused of killing three people this month. one of them is the daughter of the officer who represented him at a disciplinary hearing. residents of the northeastern us are preparing for a blizzard that could dump up to 60 centimeters of snow in some places. it is expected to be heaviest in the corridor from new york to boston. schools across new england have closed. more than 1700 flights have been canceled. airports are warning passengers to expect more. china's move to crackdown on tibetan protesters -- it has detained seven -- 70 people. nearly 100 people have burned themselves since 2009 in protest against the government in beijing. we have more from hong kong. >> of the 70 people who have been detained, 12 have been formally arrested and are likely to be charged with intentional murder. that crime, under chinese law, usually merits ascendance of 3 and 10 years in prison. last week, two people were convicted of such a crime. one of them got

california . look at those numbers. look at what's going on with the congressional office, and i would warn the people of this country, youw, you get what you vote for. here in california when they voted to raise our taxes, they also voted to give us a two-thirds majority in the state senate and the state assembly. and so the people who voted to increase our taxes year and voted for the two-thirds majority by the democrats are going to rue the day they did that because all the people who give to the state of california, the people who create the jobs are ing to be leaving, and it's going to leave them holding the bag. gerri: yes, and that means taxes go higher and higher because you have your people supporting the texas. and that could happen to this entire country, frankly. there is no rule that says people have to live in this country. >> no. look at the ounder of facebook. where did he go? he gave up his citizenship and left the united states of america. that's what he did. and that was a democrat, not a republican, in fact. again, look at the sports figures. look what happened to, about a week ago, nicholson, he says

because california has some of the highest state taxes in the country. also, hawaii, alaska, new york, the motorists there are going to have a hard time at the pump when they realize that their state taxes are pretty high versus the national average. the national average is trending for about 49-cent as gallon. some of these places, jenna in california you'll see 60 sents a gallon in state and local taxes. you certainly see that in areas of new york city and parts of new jersey and connecticut. what we are seeing is a third of the population right now in the united states is within driving distance of $4 a gallon for gas. so we are going to be watching this issue, jenna as states across the country move to raise their state taxes on gasoline. we are hearing that story playing out in new hampshire, wyoming and washington state. we know that sthaeut and federal taxes have hardly bulged over the last year or so, certainly federal taxes have stayed the same since the 90s. as they struggle with fiscal problems they may turn to raising taxes on gas jeno case,

i wasment born in the united statesment i came to this country, to california, when i was a 10-year-old with a single mother and two small brothers living in a motel. my first experience at public school, i must have had a kick me sign on my back because being difficult, as you would understand, made me a target and that imprint stayed with me for many years and guided me in a very dysfunctional angry self-loathing kind of way as many children do. today, 160,000 kids are not in public school because they are afraid of what someone might say or do to them. so that lives in me and like some of you and your own stories, i was fortunate enough to use it to become a teacher, a principal, and assistant superintendent of public schools and now a nonprofit director whose single mission is to do what we're doing to make sure kids go to school where they feel safe and included. one of my personal stories of value, it helps to connect us because, i don't want to speak in cliche, but it's harder it -- to hate somebody when you know their story. common ground doesn't necessarily make us best friends

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