watching. xx >> "california's gold" is produced in association with kcet los angeles and is seen statewide on california public television. this series is endorsed by the california teachers association, the california school boards association, and the california library association. [ music ] ♪ when we reach ♪ the verdant valley ♪ and the winding ♪ mountain stream ♪ see great cliffs ♪ and waterfalls ♪ pass in review ♪ find the skies by day ♪ all sunny ♪ and at night ♪ bedecked with stars ♪ then we know that we ♪ are in yosemite

huell: california's gold is produced in association with kcet los angeles and is seen statewide on california public television. this series is endorsed by the california teachers association, the california school boards association and the california library association. huell: it was a historic day: january 31, 1971, the launch of apollo 14 on what was to be america's third trip to the lunar surface. three astronauts made the trip. alan shephard and edgar mitchell actually walked on the moon, while stuart roosa orbited above in the command module. and here's where the story gets

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california schools for 14 years and knows a lot about this subject and was honored by the california teacher association and received the highest award about the growing number of homeless students in the school system. she is a san francisco native and was in the peace corps and tout in west africa and please welcome jill tucker. [applause] >> thank you. she just dated me with that 9090 peace corps thing. okay. i want to say how great it is to be here. i have been looking at everyone's name tags and awed by the wide variety of people and i want you to in rolodex. email me. there are great stories i have been hearing today. we have amazing and large panel and it is an honor to moderate for them. real quickly you will have to take my word. i have read their full bios which are three pages here. i'm not going to read all of that but you have to my word these are award winning policy makers and leaders in our community. we will start with jeff rosen. [applause] he's the district attorney of santa clara county and the recognized leader in criminal justice reform. he oversees the largest prosecutor's office

california association of realtors reports the price was around $947,000 around here. realtors say you can attribute that for low inventory. the median home price state wide jumped to $417,000. >> california teachers began began training to see how well their teachers are learning. the new standards will measure students on ability to solve problems. >> there is less mem saigs and more searching for the understanding. there is less regurj taigs of the facts and more explaining about the process. >> to be able to do you notice they do understand this concept. >> the new budget includes one and a quarter billion dollars. 45 states and washington, d.c. all plan to use common core standards. >>> a local kman fighting a bill. representative lee has been spending $4.50 on food per day part of the snap challenge. snap sounds for supplemental nutrition assistance program. she spoke at the community food bank today and said she credits the program for helping her to get where she is today. >> it was hard this, is a bridge over troubled waters i had to raise two little boys as a single mother. i am thankful for the taxpayers of the country forgive meeg that opportunity. i never would have been here had it n