so, the state has erected a few quintessentially chinatown gates.their relatives. >> for more than 35 years, john lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> i lied about my age and traveled around africa when i was 13. i told people i was 26. >> in the early 1990s while researching a biography, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. you lived here during the special period which was not so special. that was the bad times. >> that was the bad times. >> russians had pulled out, soviets all done. >> the economy went like this. >> completely tanked. >> 90%. it just tanked. >> cuba lost 80% of its import goods, which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nosedive for the already difficult quality of life on the island. >> there was one place where we could buy food, which was a soviet-style place with food that was flown in. >> wow. >> quite bad food. under fidel's rule, that's the way it was. ♪ >> it's like a cargo cult version of chinese food here.

chinatown. he's accused of murder, money laundering, and drug trafficking. >>> time now is 4:08. you'll notice big changes today if you commute over the golden gate bridge. lanes will be reconfigured during the evening hours. there are four northbound lanes and two southbound lanes. it reduced traffic for the northbound drivers and made things worse in the other direction. and now there'll be three lanes in each direction. >>> and we have an update this morning about the elephant seal that caused a traffic backup for drivers on highway 37 last week. she has given birth to a healthy pup. these photos were posted over the weekend on facebook. she gained national attention when she tried to cross highway 37 last week. eventually, wildlife officials were able to move her to the marin county coast. >>> a major development in the death of a software engineer from palo alto. what officers say about the arrests of two people in las vegas. >>> devastation and destruction in india this morning. we'll have a look at the damage from a major earthquake and the frantic search for survivors. >>> good morning, the east bay commute is off to a nice start and it's a littl

gate of the park. this was around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. one passenger did suffer minor injuries but to one else was hurt. >>> a jury is now deliberating the fate of accused chinatown gang leader raymond k-cao, and closing argues in the nearly two month trial finished yesterday. prosecutors say cao ordered the deaths of two people and operated his organization as a racketeering enterprise, trafficking drugs and stolen liquor. he remains his innocence. his attorney says the prosecution did not prove the case and based on testimony from untrustworthy informants. >>> a shooting in downtown oakland, a police officer driving near 13th and broadway, says he saw two men get into an argument, on the sidewalk, one of the men pulled out a gun and started shooting. a woman was hit by one of the bullets. police say both the men ran from the scene. a gun that may have been used by the shooter was found about a block away. >>> time is 4:35. and we have learned a woman shot and wounded while driving in richmond is an elementary schoolteacher in berkeley. and 52-year-old clare dougan was hit by gunfire while driving on cunning boulevard on saturday night. police say she was not th

chinatown. he's accused of being involved in two murders, money laundering, and drug trafficking. the charges stem from an undercover investigation involving leyland ye and a dozen other people. >>> lanes on the golden gate bridge will be reconfigured during the evening commute hours. the current configuration has four northbound lanes and two southbound lanes. it made things worse for people heading to san francisco. now it will be even with three lanes in both directions. >>> a study of coastal fog finds that it can carry with it pollution from power plants and other sources. the san francisco chronicle reports that bay area researchers took samples from fog condensation along the coast. they found mercury likely from burning coal. acid in the fog causes a chemical reaction in the mercury particles before they are deposited on the land. they say the low level of mercury does not pose a health risk. >>> we have an update about that 900-pound elephant seal that caused a traffic jam on highway 37 last week when it tried to cross that road. the seal gave birth to a healthy pup. officials at the seashore posted these photos on facebook over the weekend. tulay made national news when she tried to cross and w