is this a creek? does this look like a creek to you? sean, is this a quick? >> creek? >> i would suggest. >> why is that a creek? >> because of all a the typical definitions of creek i guess except for the fact that it is kind of man-made. >> the definition of a creek appear overdue than everyone think that a creek probably needs? >> water expert so it's got that. we all agre' that that's water down there. it's not an illusion. so we got water flowing. how deep is this water? >> probably a couple of inches. >> its flowing side to side. it's moving through. so we been thinking about looking and listening and smelling and feeling. material is that you see just right here to think about how this landscape is an attempt to manage natural processes. the attempt to manage water flowing. what are some things that you see. concrete? so you see concrete. all right, so we've got concrete water, some other things pretty quickly. so metal, right. so we can bang on that figure up. that's metal. what are some other things that you see. if you look off the edge here, what do you see?

is this a creek? does this look like a creek to you. so, sean, is this a creek? i say yes, it is a creek. why is it a creek? that's all the typical definition of a creek, i guess, except for the fact that it's kind of manmade. okay. so that's definitions of a creek. what would be the number one thing that a creek probably needs is so water, right? so it's got that. all right. we all agree that that's water down there. it's not a illusion. so. right. we've got water flowing. how deep is this water out there? and there's a couple of inches. it's flowing side to side. it's moving through. so we've been thinking about looking and listening and smelling and feeling. tell me, what are the material is that you see just right here to think about how this landscape is an attempt to manage natural processes. the attempt to manage water flowing. what are some things that you see. concrete? so you see concrete. all right, so we've got concrete water, some other things pretty quickly. so metal, right. so we can bang on that figure up. that's metal. what are some other things

>> rocky branch creek. >> rocky branch and it's called rocky branch creek, select rocky creek creek or rocky branch branch. i don't know why it has almost everything in it but the title today's lecture is same as it ever was. rocky branch creek as an american story so we're going to reference the talking heads song once in a lifetime and will be talking about how time is plastic and human beings asin pt of time disappear and water disappears. but at the core of it is that these drops of water roll gdownhill and they have been going downhill for centuries peer and more than likely unless there's an earthquake or total catastrophe they will continuehi to roll downhill from this point forward. the one idea that i want everybody to take away from today's class is, this is history outside, field school, finding america. how can we find america here? so one idea is to fate find a low spot and look up. find the low spot and looked up and look around. be lookinging to around, looking up and identifying things that are surrounding us. but first let's start off with is this a creek? if you look

creek. i don't know why it has all of those different names in it. the title of today's lecture same as it ever was rocky branch creek as an american story. we are going to reference the talking heads song once in a lifetime. we are going to talk about how time is a plastic and human beings as part of time disappear and water disappears. but at the core of it these drops of water, will roll down here they've been rolling downhill for centuries. more than likely listeners and earthquake or a total catastrophe they will continue to roll downhill from this point forward. the one idea that i want everybody to take away from today's class, this is historyd outside field school finding america. how can we find america here? one idea is to find the low spots and look up. find the low spot and look up and look around. we are going to be looking around. you're going to be looking up and identifying things that are surrounding us. but first, let's start off with is this a creek? if you look down this

the creek was definitely there.the creek which emptied into the potomac and channeled it started north of here and that was one place that burroughs and whitman would go. here we have a very fanciful -- it was just painted in 2000 night but i just came across it on the web site of the creek. i don't think it looked this beautiful. whatever. it's a lovely painting. whitman being whitman and being quite and visionary with writer ideas and was very happy to act as a father figure. and he encouraged burros to go beyond purely scientific observationyo and nature and to use poetic language. burroughs the course had to have some kindgu of talent and evidently was a major reasons his riding was so beautiful. and whitman believe that only a personal vision could do justice to natural history and this is in keeping with the times in the writers of that period. you inject yourself into the natural world in order to give the compelling portrait. he had a bit of an ambulance on whitman to according to scholars. burroughs again h

[inaudible conversations] was sure there were streaks but the creek was there title creek flow down andemptied into the potomac and then channeled along the mall. it started up north of here. that was one place that burroughs and whitman could take their walks. here we have a very fanciful portrayal. this was just painted in 2009 i just came upon on the historical association's website. i don't think it looks to this beautiful. [laughter] whatever. it is a lovely, lovely painting. the hermits russia should not advance like this but i will. whitman of course being whitman being an accomplished and visionary writer had certain ideas about writing. i was very happy to act as a father figure with burroughs. he encouraged burroughs to go beyond purely scientific observation and is nature of writings and mixes with a poetic language. burroughs of course had to have some kind of talent to do this but evidently it was a major influence on him. one of the reasons is writing is so beautiful. whitman believed only a personal vision could do justice to natural history and his and very much in keepi

. >> we chose harris creek because it had the greatest likelihood of success. the water quality is good, we have good salinity here for oysters. there's not much runoff compared to other areas of the bay. it's a different approach than we've been taking in the past having these small scattered projects, have one very large project, and so we took all the production from the hatchery this year that was going to go to ecological restoration, and we put it all in harris creek to try and jump-start the population here. >> this past year, the partnership was able to produce 1.2 billion oyster spat, which i'm not aware of any oyster hatchery for this species of oyster that's ever been able to do that in a single season, so we're pretty proud of that. maryland dnr brings the shell here, it's aged for a year so that the organic matter can rot off of it. it's then washed and containerized by the oyster recovery partnership. it's put in our setting tanks, and we add hatchery produced larvae to them, and we let the spat set on those shells. >> these are some hatchery plan

the water that rushes out of those enormous outfalls close down into rock creek and scours out the creek even more, and contributes to sediment pollution. so it's an ongoing technical problem the district iss trying to deal with. however, my work, just as a footnote to this, is actually centered in piney branch i started this project in 2013, to actually improve the habitat and what was left of the stream valley which isre about 65 acre. we have been planting trees and we contract with casey trees we also do outreach to the community on migratory birds and have a lot of students coming down and watch what we're doing and even participating. thisis is a funny photograph because this is what one of the wetlands which are still existing next tods the parkway looked like before we begin the work. that foros the most part is cald porcelain barry peer it's an asian vine which just covers everything and destroys everything in its path there nothing can grow underneath it. we had to deal with that. we got a lot of volunteers. we had to work with, this is a picnic to particularly rightd which had

tana pottermore creek and by the way, the natives in the area call it the potomac creek. so but tana pottermore be if you're going to pronounce all of the syllables which a lot of people in virginia don't like to do anyway but was born in virginia. so i can say these things things. anyway, tana, potty mouth creek runs along. what leigh was able to do was to swing the army in northern virginia down and get it on the lower side of todd. a part of my creek facing the federals so todd of pottermore creek appa will end up operating like a moat that leigh is able to hold. leigh sends out in his cavalry which now commanded pretty much by hampton, not formally, but wade's the thing and they fight a battle with philip sheridan, the union cavalry commander at a place called horse shop, and are able to determine the exact location of the union forces and. basically lay that strong line along town upon him like creek there will be for the next two or three days what's known generally talked about is the battle of tyler pottermore creek. it's mainly a bunch little skirmishes. it's not

us right when the washington history magazine published an article by steve dryden titled the rock creekiny branch and within a very interesting article, was a section of began that the first street cordate explorer accounting branch was john burroughs and bingo, or maybe i thought, somebody who knew that about john burroughs, would also know a lot more and might just be willing to give a lecture or maybe might know somebody who would. so is only taken is almost 20 years to getet this lecture tonight in the old hospital, that john burroughs just might've seen when he was here in washington. [applause]e [applause] >> thank you nancy i think you for the opportunity to talk tonight and it is not on okay is not better. maybe i should just shout. it is on and i have to get really close yes. okay. how is that. it just so mike is better i will shout. will it is great to be back here and capitol hill and actually here we back onto the 20 years ago on third street in pennsylvania pocket of that i'm sure a few of you remember that prayed the house i was living in actually had to guess lamp in the

yahola and his followers initially hoping to remain neutral the creek leader disagreed with the creek council's decision to ally with the confederacy while other native nations were negotiating treaties of alliance with confederate officials. indians loyal to the american federal government were coalescing around of both lady ahola who we can see in this rendering here though. his wife was a slaveholder. he promised freedom for enslaved people and many in nearby indian nations ran away to join him. phoebe banks whose parents had been owned by the creek perryman and macintosh families recalled her family joining gage as a postlay. ohola was known our fan all our family join up with him, and there was lots of creek indians and slaves in the outfit when they made a break for the north the runaways was writing pony stolen from their masters. she says, moreover many free blacks also favored his units unionist stance and joined the loyal creek camps which were growing in size. some estimated that a closely ahola had as many as 9,000 followers though. only 2,000 would have been fighting men.

was definitely the creek which flowed down was a long here that started north of here so that was onehey could take their walks. your we have a plentiful portrayal. this was just painted in 2009, i came upon on the website in front of the white house. i don't think it looks this beautiful. [laughter] whatever. a lovely painting. whitman of course being whitman and a visionary writer had ideas about writing and was happy to act as a father figure with burroughs and he encouraged burroughs beyond observations his nature and mix it with a poetic language. burroughs of course had to have some kind of talent but evidently it was a major influence on him one reason why it is so beautiful and he believed in only personal vision could do justice to national history and was keeping up with those times and the writers of those periods to inject yourself into the world to give a compelling portrait and move the reader. burroughs has an influence on whitman t. burroughs with thist detail influenced and encouraged him to pay more attention to these details. these two guys were becoming omquite goo

walnut creek, southbound 680, off of 242 and down through concord, pleasant hill and toward walnut creekwe have a couple of incidents near treasure island. another crash that's been blocking one lane for quite some time. >> thank you very much. >>> happening now, san francisco attorneys are getting ready to ask the federal appeals court to overturn a recent injunction blocking the city from clearing homeless encampments. the injunction bars the city from enforcing specific laws against sitting and lodging on the sidewalk. homeless advocates sued last year arguing the city is violating federal precedent and takes unreasonable measures in disposing of people's property. ahead of the hearing, mayor breed plans to join merchants outside of the federal courthouse for a rally. homeless advocates are organizing an opposing protest at the same time. >>> a quick look at the top stories, including a response to crime in one popular east bay destination spot. the new action police are taking to bring peace of mind to businesses and visitors in downtown walnut creek. >>> first, here is what's happen

in downtown walnut creek.manda hari kron. 4 news. >> wildfires burning close to the california oregon border have frrced people living near the 6 rivers national forest out of their homes. crews are struggling to contain the smith river complex fire tonight. more than 40,000 acres have burned the smith river complex is not just one fire. it's composed of 27 separate fires. the flames are in extremely rugged terrain with limited access. and while we may have gotten a lot of rain around here this winter, that part of california actually have below average rainfall leaving the vegetation, drier than usual. the winds also not doing firefighters any favors. there's a red flag warning issued for the fire area with gusts potentially reaching 40 miles an hour. the fires are also set to hurt our air quality. on that. let's check in with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. >> yeah, kind thing. you know, yesterday we had some of that smoke around, but it was a little bit harder to see cloud cover today. skies cleared ou

a thief caught on camera stealing money from the register of a walnut creek coffee shop. this is just one of several small businesses in walnut creek that have recently fallen victim to burglars on first-and storm. hearing concerns from the coffee shop owner tonight and he joins us live in walnut creek with more. dan? >> yeah, i this a business owner of tell us here on north main street. i apologize for the light on top of my camera here they said after this latest burglary, they are now strongly considering the difficult decision of having to potentially go cashless, which may hurt their customers. walnut creek police have already investigated several burglaries that happened here downtown over the last month in these crimes are making small business owners feel a little uneasy. >> another burglary in downtown walnut creek. 2 people, including someone who appears to be pregnant, are caught on camera breaking into and then stealing cash from. tell us coffee. you know, it feels pretty violating. tell us is it is kind of like my second home. and so to be broken into just a

several small businesses in walnut creek of recently fallen victim to burglars. one of the latest happening at a coffee shop downtown kron four's dan thorn is hearing concerns from that business owner tonight. he joins us live in walnut creek with more i can understand why the concern. >> jagr the owner of tell us coffee here on north main street says after this latest burglary, she is considering the difficult decision of going cashless, which may hurt her customers. walnut creek police have already investigated several burglaries here downtown over the last month. but these crimes are making business owners feel a little uneasy. >> another burglary in downtown walnut creek, 2 people, including someone who appears to be pregnant, are caught on camera breaking into and then stealing cash from. tell us coffee not feels pretty violating. tell us is it is kind of like my second home. and so to be broken into just a good feeling. it kind of puts me my entire staff on edge shop owner janay mccullough says the burglar stole $450 in cash on the night of august 7 tell us

in july, battles took place at cabin creek and honey springs. you can see the choctaw nation map up here and some of the enlistments took place. if we go to the battle, hear we go. you can see the battle at cabin creek and honey springs. this also effected the numbers. cabin creek l was located along the supply route removing supplies from kansas to indian territory. the battle consisted of a series of families that attempted to capture supplies. they failed and blamed the defeat on famine. more remarkable is the diversity of forces present. troopsis wisconsin and kansas. confederate indian troops. texas partisans, and the first volunteershe clashed on the battlefield. private christopher kendle of the calvary described the forces attempting the crossing. they assumed command that consisted of the indians. the men of the second colorado and captain charles steward company. majorap foreman of the third indian advanced. together they preserved the country. in fact, historian suggests the triracial army could have been a model foror future race rel

we're out live in walnut creek with michael thomas.ll get out there and hear from him in a few minutes. but first, a little weather center because, john, you've been following it since it happened. stock about more about the magnitude where it was centered. yeah, 07:44am. this morning. a lot of us were just getting ready to go and then maybe you have

a similar alert was issued for the santa rosa creek, where levels there were supposedly 77ft high. in both cases, the information was wrong, according to a spokesman. the system in question transmit data from sensors at the valley water site to a satellite, and then it's transferred into a government server in maryland, a carryover glitch occurred causing a multiplier effect which caused the numbers to be exaggerated. staff didn't notice the problem until a pop up alert on their computers signaled water levels were apparently above flood stage. the national weather service saw it. they're used to this. they say it's not uncommon for faulty sensors or things like that all across california. so they gave us a call just to let us know that there was obviously some missing data points. they looked at the data and was clearly, you know, inaccurate. valley water spokesman matt keller says the problem was caused as his agency was recalibrating flood sensors along the los gatos creek near lark avenue water level reporting times are typically adjusted when it's not raining to better predict

in downtown walnut creek. amanda hari kron. 4 news oakland police are investigating a 4th homicide there in just 2 days. the most recent one was on jensen street near the >> high street bridge alameda. police responded to the scene just before 5 o'clock last night. late afternoon, really when they found a man from newer could been shot. he died at the scene. no suspects have been arrested or identified according to oakland's most recent crime report. there have now been 69 homicides in the city this year. >> oakland police are also trying to track down the suspects involved in an armed robbery. a woman was pistol whipped before being dragged on the ground. the whole thing caught on camera. our kron four's gayle ong has reaction from the neighborhood. we do want to warn you that some people may find this video disturbing. >> surveillance video captured an armed robbery in oakland. you can see the 2 armed individuals approached a woman hit her in the face with a gun and then dragged her as she holds on to her it

walnut creek is seeing more burglaries downtown. the police department addressed that issue head-on during a community town hall. police are asking businesses to take preventative measures as they move forward. >> reporter: a town hall took place in walnut creek to discuss an increase in burglaries to businesses in the last month. it didn't stop in july, when one coffee shop owner told me her business was robbed a few weeks ago. janae is the owner of this coffee shop. and she said burglars broke into her store and stole hundreds of dollars. it's a moment that's left her shaken weeks after the incident. >> still very violating. shaky. i'm nervous about who is coming into the business. >> reporter: joining fellow downtown business owners to express concerns to walnut creek police, during a town hall at the city's library. police reported an uptick in robberies to several downtown businesses in july, connected to one suspect who was arrested on august 11th. the robberies took place after hours. and police say some businesses need to do

another one is the sand creek massacre in 1864 in colorado. most people have heard of that, you know, and there's some some historical literature on that as well. but there are many many other moments of violence in this particular period in the civil war years particularly in california under what was what's known as the california genocide which was going on for a decade or two before the civil war and continued after but was a particularly bloody time during the civil war. so for example a lot of these are lesser known there, there was the the bear river massacre in idaho of where the us army massacred 280 shoshone men women and children. there was another massacre around the same period in california where settlers it wasn't even the military this time. it was local settlers rose up and murdered probably about 300 jana indians in california, and these are just a name a couple, you know of you know, the more extreme ones but so many of these massacres and these kind of violence was going on in the west during the civil war years and many of

the build is just now starting in walnut creek.lly trip the sensors where the camera is, 242 we're seeing slowing. it's built over the last 20 minutes westbound highway 4 coming in through pittsburg and bay point out of antioch and toward concord. a smooth drive through pleasant hill, but expect more traffic there. north 680 moves smoothly. there may be a disabled vehicle south through hayward in the south bay. nothing dramatic. just your second burst starting. >> thanks, mike. >>> 6:22 right now. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> you've reserved your hotel. you've reserved your flight. but have you reserved your spot in the tsa line? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. in some places, you can, and save tons of time. we'll sh >>> 6:25 right now. if you're flying for labor day weekend, you might find a huge time and stress saver at your destination. >> outside the bay area, some airports like lax are trying out a system that lets passengers pre-reserve a spot in the security line, for free. consumer investiga

good morning, walnut creek.rologist kari hall. >> it looks great today, but warm. and if you've been wanting some weather where you want to go swimming or some of those water activities, you're going to get that for this afternoon. also, more sunshine in san francisco, but unfortunately, because of some fires burning up around oregon, we're going to see some hazy skies and some drifts of smoke. moderate air quality for us for today. as we take a look at santa rosa, a nice, cool start, temperatures in the upper 50s and a clear sky. as we go into the rest of the day it does stay sunny as we reach into the upper 70s by 8:00. we'll get a look at our microclimates coming up. >>> mike, you've got a few spots with slowing. >> most of them are the usual suspects. highway 4, we saw the early construction or the late construction, maybe, they picked up by 5:00, but there's been slowing ever since. highway 37 just shows up on the grid and also some slowing toward the carquinez bridge. bay bridge, no metering lights yet, bu

anyway, there are some historicalhi work on things like sand creek and u.s.-dakota war but other moments of violence, have gone under studied or not studied. we might know the names of them that is about it. thatt. is one issue, we really need a lot morely work of people to dig into these study these. these particular events that werear going on in the civil war period. but another issue is we also need more work that takes these t events as a whole gives broader understanding of why and how these things happen. how they relate to the civil war. in that particular period. and before the talk i had lunch with a great scholar jeffrey osler, in audience, he had a book come out. deriving genocide that gives that broad overview. we're awaiting his second volume that brings that so a later date. that is one example of the important work done, but there needs to be more work. not only small scale stuff of figuring out what happened but broad scale to get more into the meanings of this. of o how these episodes relate to creation of the united states and coming out of

but when it comes down to it there is relatively little of that particularly on the nations of the creek and nations have more but there's always a kind of fear of intermarriage and interracial sex is going to create people who are viewed as black and not as native you see that a lot of legislation and all of these tribes are bidding interracial sex, interracial marriage, citizenship for interracial children and the book talks about how it was difficult to have an interracial marriage or interracial sexual relationship that produces children and how those mixed-race children were treated differently depending on how the nation was thinking that citizenship and think about kinship and maligning at that time. >> thank you. those two books are greater i recommend them for anybody who's interested inin this topic learning more. this is a question that again ties to the discussion that everybody is having right now, not everybody but lots of people having within society right now. thank you for your insightful discussion but my question is about reparation. discussion of reparations are gaini

anywayre there is historical wok on sand creek and the u.s. dakota were for some of the other moments of violence, extreme violence, the massacres have gone under study or in some places not studied at all, we might know the names of them and that's about it. that is one issue, we really need a lot more work of people to dig intoud these studies and these particular events that were going on in the civil war. another issue, we need more work that takes these events as a whole and gives them broader interpretation andnt understandg of why and how these things happen and how they relate to the civil war and what was going on in a particular period. and just before h this talk i hd lunch with a great feller jeffrey ostler who's in the audience today. he just had a recent r book, surviving genocide which gives the broad overview but up until 1860 inon waiting the second volume which unfortunately says we might be waiting a little while which brings that into a later date, that is one example of the important work being done but there needs to be a

not a problem through walnut creek.d easy drive here, and we will show you the bigger view of that coming up. >>> once again, there's worry the government may not be able to keep itself funded. >> scott mcgrew joins us for the talk of the government shutdown. >> if the government cannot get its financial act together that's the reason financial rating services are downgrading our country's credit rating. let's start with the good news. the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, and the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, have been talking and they say they can continue on the cr, they will kick the can down the road. the bad news, everybody is angry at mccarthy. the republicans to his right, they say he should not have made a deal with president biden, that's why they are angry, and democrats to the left are angry because mccarthy violated the deal over the funding levels. speaker of the house is a powerful position, but he has a lot of forces working against him and by extension working against the future

that's not something that can be done along a creek channel. and so, you know, we have to think outside of the box. valley water officials say it's a daily battle to keep trash gathering and homeless encampments from hurting the environment. the biggest complaint with these encampments is blight. where are they going to take their stuff if they wanted to clean it out, where can they take their stuff? so it piles up. in the coming weeks, the agency will implement its clean camps, clean creeks program, nine waterways that are home to unhoused encampments are targeted. staffers will go out, explain the importance of keeping a tidy living area, help with trash removal, and offer gift cards for compliance. staff would basically, you know, be out there daily communicating with the unhoused residents, letting them know that if their camps are tidy or if they bag their own trash, that they would be able to get this gift card reward deputy operating officer jennifer kodiyan says from june 20th, 22 to june 20th, 23, valley water removed. 2.7 million poun

still ahead on the kron 4 morning news police are promising to keep businesses in walnut creek safe for more thefts. we'll tell you what they say owners can do to protect themselves as well. to be gq advocates are condemning the killing of a woman who was shot and killed simply because she was an ally of the community. why they say this shows that lgbtq. members are their crimes against them are happening more often than not. and after the break, a gop presidential candidates are getting ready to face off on the debate stage tonight. we're going to tell you what we can expect in the first debate of the 2024 campaign debate of the 2024 campaign season. try killing bugs the worry-free way. not the other way. zevo traps use light to attract and trap flying insects with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. listen, your deodorant just has to work. i use secret aluminum free. just swipe and it lasts all day. secret helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. and hours later, i still smell fresh. secret works! ohhh yesss. ♪

yeah, it posted a flood warning for a portion of los gatos creek showing water levels in the creek went from a foot to 1800 feet or ocean level depths. similar alert was issued for the santa rosa creek national weather service spokesperson said there was a glitch in the system that detected those water levels. the national weather service saw it. they're used to this. they say it's not uncommon for faulty sensors or things like that, you know, all across california. so they gave us a call just to let us know that there was obviously some missing data points. they looked at the data and was clearly, you know, in accurate valley water officials say the alert was only posted to the national weather service website and did not go out as a warning to individual neighborhoods. they say because of this, not many people were believed to have been aware of the mix up. and that's a good thing. oh, my goodness. yeah, right. 1800 feets. a lot of water. yeah all right. time is 738. we're going to sal. sal is on the road right now. you're seeing traffic firsthand. where are you? yeah, we're approachi

same thing with concord and walnut creek. the south bay, the early slowing that started to get more focused in san jose looks like it's kind of calming down, but we'll track it. >>> a tragic crash in san francisco leaves an important reminder this morning, which happens to be the first day back to school for san francisco unified. last night a 4-year-old girl in a stroller and her father were hit by an suv at a crosswalk near oracle park. sadly, that little girl died. >> "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco. ginger, this is really a sad reminder to people that we need to slow down and pay attention. >> reporter: that's right, kris and laura. especially on a day like today when tens of thousands of children will be crossing the streets just a few hours from now, making their way back into the classroom, because as you mentioned, it is the first day back to school for san francisco unified. going back to last night's story, we do not have an update on the dad's condition this morning. he was brough

a thief is caught on camera stealing money from the register of walnut creek coffee shop. this is just one of several small businesses in the city that have recently fallen victim to burglars kron four's. dan thorn with the story. >> another burglary in downtown walnut creek. 2 people, including someone who appears to be pregnant, are caught on camera breaking into and then stealing cash from. tell us coffee. you know, feels pretty violating. tell us is it is kind of like my second home. and so to be broken into just a good feeling. it kind of puts me and my entire staff on edge shop owner janay mccullough says the burglar stole $450 in cash on the night of august 7 tell us is one of more than 7 downtown businesses that have been burglarized over the last month. mccullough says she has noticed an uptick in crime. same day that tell us robs. i saw with my own eyes norstrÖm getting robbed my next door neighbor about broken into justin 7 or 8 other businesses that have been broken it's it's really kind of getting out of control at this point. >> to show results, walnut creek

well, the creek. >> is doing well.ty is thriving and we are going to attract unfortunately, people that are looking to not too good here. former greek police and local leaders speaking directly and candidly with downtown business owners. >> they say while residential and auto burglaries are down commercial burglaries and shoplifting are increasing. russell holston, the loss prevention manager at the walnut creek ace hardware says he thinks this is to sticks are skewed. tell climb the statistics and not anywhere what's really going but if you do call the don't have a statistic. >> pretty much stopped calling the police. and that's we have really actionable intelligence. in fact, he says they're shoplifting at his store every day in a few cases where we've been lucky like we can see that they used rewards card somehow we know what that name we reached out and we can reach out to them. we and we build them for the thing they and 100% of the time they paid and then they didn't come back. that's the most important part. tel

this one walnut creek's 2 people were caught on camera breaking into tell uy coffee. this happened earlier this month. the shop owner says the burglar still $450 in cash. tell us coffee is one of more than 7 downtown businesses that have been burglarized over the last month. >> same day that tell us robs. i saw with my own eyes norstrÖm getting robbed my next door neighbor about broken into justin 7 or 8 other businesses that have been broken it's it's really kind of getting out of control at this point. >> walnut creek police did announce a recent arrest in connection with several break-ins in july and walnut creek city spokesperson says the police department is working on preventing more burglaries from happening there. now have a new five-member detail working in the downtown area. dramatic video here shows a fast-moving and out of control fire on the canary islands. this is off the coast of northwestern africa and south western southwest of mainland spain, the spanish air and space army is doing water drops to battle the flames. evacuations in lockdown measures ar

. >> all right from san jose to walnut creek. business owners there in walnut creek say they are fed up with the recent string of burglaries. at a town hall last night merchants expressed their frustration to police including the owner of one coffee shop. surveillance images show the suspect who she says stole hundreds of dollars soon after police say they made an arrest in connection to some of the recent burglaries. police also say during the first half of this year walnut creek property owner and the crime there has gone down 24%. >>> happening now the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals hosting a hearing on whether to uphold a court order barring san francisco from clearing homeless encampments. people on both sides of the issue are rallying outside the courthouse this morning. city attorneys are asking judges to overturn an injunction barring the city from enforcing specific laws against camping out and logging on sidewalks. the other side are homeless advocates including some who sued last year arguing the city isility vooi

for example downstream from that restoration work in mill creek in the heart of jedediah redwoods state park visitors have been wandered off trails looking at the legendary -- visitors eager for the inspiration of nature were trampling on the understory and clamoring over over ripped in what h v has been hidden from vw until just a few years ago. after years of the stay on the trail signs fail to protect the forest floor we installed a raised walkway that allows for that action without impacting the ferns and losses for the roots of these most massive trees in the world and here in this primeval wilderness where more by a grant -- aboveground biomass than anywhere else inha the world signage was designed by the descendents of the original stewards of the land. the story of this place is flora and fauna history and culture in importance is told in the language of their cultural leaders but today visitors come from around the world to visit this extraordinary cancer the power of nature to identify the olmsted 100 years ago and those visitors are welcome and guided by the voice and languag

some sank to the bottom of the creek bed that day. other granules floated, suspended in the current as we release the ashes to the water. i thought of my mother's spirit floating down willow mine. a creek to the yamhill river, then to the willamette river, and then into the wide columbia. i like to believe that some of those tiny motes reached the pacific ocean that evening. my sister and i sat at the smooth kitchen table our mother had built from ashwood. we divided up our mother's jewelry. this was our physical inheritance. the objects are mother once more, once wore that we would now wear close to our skin. staff who wore a simple silver wedding band chose our mother's diamond wedding ring. i picked out my mother's gold gingko shaped earrings and an old fashioned gold brooch inlaid with pearls. i had worn the brooch to my eighth grade graduation, pinned to the lace, dropped waist. jessica mcclintock dressed my mother bought me at the outlet store in san francisco. the brooch had belonged to her grandmother, anna. my mother once tol

prairie creek in the core of the ancestral territory.hey are restoring the landscape, reintroducing then the end of the stream and the winter channels for the salmon rearing and that is the place where there is going to be in at a gateway into the national park. together with the village site and with cultural access for ceremony and traditional use. and in addition to protecting andd restoring, olmstead would likely have lots to say about how today's parks should curate the unprecedented volume of the visiting public. for example, downstream from the restoration work upward in millcreek in the heart of jedediah smith redwood state park, visitors have been wandering off trail to find the legendary grove of treesia publicized on social media. visitors eager for the inspiration of nature were trampling on beyond her story and clambering over roots and what had been hidden from the view for years until just a few years ago. after years of the stay on the trail signs failed to protect the forest floor, we installed a walkway that allows for

the bottom of the creek. but now you can see with all the mud, it's right up to the pipe. >> the mud just piled up. trees, branches and boulders the size of dang wheelbarrows. you know, coming through. >> on top of that, there's a ruptured water pipe and problems with fresh water. >> he had never seen it like burst open and spray out like it was doing yesterday. >> and because of that, you have to boil your water. >> yes. >> for firefighters and others, it is a hard day of cleaning out mud for the people in this home were trapped. neighbors came by working in four feet of mud to help get the area clear. >> i was horrified. i just thought they're alive. they were they were scared that they weren't going to make it through the night. forest falls was also hard hit from the air. >> you can see the damage valley of the falls drive is one of the mountain roads that is still impassable after being covered with mud and debris. and in seven oaks, we're seeing for the first time the washed out roads. about 30 resident

walnut creek. police say they need your help to find this missing man. mikhail. late later, kerr was last seen in the lark park area of walnut creek police say was not wearing a shirt. he's considered at risk. anyone who has information on his whereabouts is asked to call walnut creek police. >> san jose man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills. the high school students. one of them overdosed in a bathroom on campus. 23 year-old simon armen. doris was charged with selling a counterfeit percussive pill. many of them laced with fentanyl to a group of los gatos high school students. the santa clara da's office says the dealing was going on for quite some time before that 15 year-old girl overdosed and doris would deliver the pills to school before first period at a nearby parking lot given to students there or sell them. he will be formally sentenced in december. take a live look outside bay area. officials are extending an air quality advisory through tomorrow. >> due to smoke from several wildfires burning near the oregon borde