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elizabeth cook has details from her memior. >> you do what you have to do to survive. >> this is the first time we are hearing the voice of jaycee dugard. she tells abc the birth of her first child when she was just 14. >> i felt like i wasn't alone anymore. >> she is now 31 years old, getting ready for her tell all book to go on sale next week. photos of her on people.com resemble the picture of her at 11. she describes how she was taken while walking to the school bus stop. the garrido's used a stun gun to paralyze her and bundled her into their car throwing a blanket over her. when they got to the house, she remembers being handcuffed and forced to take a shower with phillip garrido. the rape started a week later. phillip would get high on drugs. he even video taped it. she writes, she can't understand why another human being would do what he did. she says the moment she revealed to police her real name was like breaking an evil spell. >> in her grand jury testimony and in her book, dugard says one of the reasons she stayed with garrido was because she wanted to make sure her two
elizabeth cook has details from her memior. >> you do what you have to do to survive. >> this is the first time we are hearing the voice of jaycee dugard. she tells abc the birth of her first child when she was just 14. >> i felt like i wasn't alone anymore. >> she is now 31 years old, getting ready for her tell all book to go on sale next week. photos of her on people.com resemble the picture of her at 11. she describes how she was taken while walking to the school bus...
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elizabeth cook has early details from her moment war. >> you just do what you have to do to survive.> reporter: this is the first time we're hearing the voice of jaycee dugard. here she tells abc about the birth of her first child when she was just 14. >> i felt like i wasn't alone any more. >> she is now 31 years old, getting ready for her tell-all book to go on sale next week. photos of her on people.com resemble the picture of her at 11, the age when she was kidnapped from her south lake tahoe home. she describes how she was taken while walking to the school bus stop. the ga rios used a stun gun to paralyze her, then bundled her into her car throwing a blanket over her h. when she got to the house near antioch she remembers being handcuffed and forced to take a shower with phillip ga ride oh. she said phillip would get high on drugs before he would indulge in his fan that sees. he even video taped. she says she can't understand why another human being would do what she did. she said the moment she revealed to police her real name was like breaking an evil spell. in her grand jury
elizabeth cook has early details from her moment war. >> you just do what you have to do to survive.> reporter: this is the first time we're hearing the voice of jaycee dugard. here she tells abc about the birth of her first child when she was just 14. >> i felt like i wasn't alone any more. >> she is now 31 years old, getting ready for her tell-all book to go on sale next week. photos of her on people.com resemble the picture of her at 11, the age when she was kidnapped...
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elizabeth cook in san francisco. thank you. >>> well late today, oakland police announced an arrest of two men in connection with of a death of a mother whose bed was set on fire. the remains of monica discovered in the rock ridge neighborhood late last week. police say the suspects ran when its gang investigation's task force spotted them today on mcarthur boulevard. officers nabbed both men this afternoon. rotus leaves behind a two-year- old son. >>> tonight president obama and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are applauding a bipartisan proposal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. it cuts the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. it would include new tax revenues from closing corporate loopholes and trimming deductions from charitable giving and home mortgages. individual and corporate tax rates would be reduced. it also calls for cuts to medicare and medicaid. >> what i will be urging speaker boehner, nancy pelosi as well as leader reid and mitch mcconnell is that they, tomorrow, are prepared to start
elizabeth cook in san francisco. thank you. >>> well late today, oakland police announced an arrest of two men in connection with of a death of a mother whose bed was set on fire. the remains of monica discovered in the rock ridge neighborhood late last week. police say the suspects ran when its gang investigation's task force spotted them today on mcarthur boulevard. officers nabbed both men this afternoon. rotus leaves behind a two-year- old son. >>> tonight president obama...
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elizabeth cook on what that can mean for your health. >> it becomes a bit stale. >> they are talking about office air. >> a lot of insight over who controls a service. >> one person gets sick, it goes to everyone else. >> and they aren't imagining it. millions of officer workers suffer from building related symptoms. >> 20% report three symptoms. > mark mendel says most symptoms are minor, some are more serious. >> they could range from asthma attacks, allergic responses, respiratory infections. >> what's causing it all? >> there are hundreds, if not thousands of chemicals in offices. >> at the dependent's richmond lab, they are analyzing materials like particle to identify those chemicals. >> the one that is well understood is fur fermaldahide. >> lack of fresh air. most office windows don't open, so you're at the mercy of the building's ventilation system. the epa estimates that 50% of all office buildings don't provide enough fresh air. >> just increasing ventilation rates would have a huge impact according to a new report out of the lawrence, berkeley lab. >> we would produce ill
elizabeth cook on what that can mean for your health. >> it becomes a bit stale. >> they are talking about office air. >> a lot of insight over who controls a service. >> one person gets sick, it goes to everyone else. >> and they aren't imagining it. millions of officer workers suffer from building related symptoms. >> 20% report three symptoms. > mark mendel says most symptoms are minor, some are more serious. >> they could range from asthma...
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many gourmet food trucks, but now elizabeth cook shows us there is something new on three wheels. >>just taste better on the back of a bike. >> something that i crave. if i crave it, i think a lot of other people will. >> reporter: restauranteur dominguez is pedaling the food movement back with el taco bike. >> i wanted to bring something that was not following a trend. i wanted to, you know, stay original. this is something that i'm not reinventing, something i'm bringing over. >> it was delicious. thought i was in cancun. >> reporter: it's a kitchen on three wheels, retrofitted to meet health standards and it's the first of it's kind in the bay area. >> it has all the sink and all the things in a kitchen would have, but it's mobile, on a bike. >> i don't have to find parking, don't have to use gas. >> reporter: you can kind el taco bike on the streets of oakland about four nights a week outside popular clubs and artery glareals. in fact, we're going to the opening of a hot new boutique. >> everything i do, there's a lot of gourmet food trucks, which is great. i could do that as wel
many gourmet food trucks, but now elizabeth cook shows us there is something new on three wheels. >>just taste better on the back of a bike. >> something that i crave. if i crave it, i think a lot of other people will. >> reporter: restauranteur dominguez is pedaling the food movement back with el taco bike. >> i wanted to bring something that was not following a trend. i wanted to, you know, stay original. this is something that i'm not reinventing, something i'm...
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elizabeth cook with a new report that shows that we here in the bay area are doing quite welcome pared rest of the country. why is that liz? >> reporter: well, it could be for a lot of reasons, but the daily beast and the cdc determined the top 20 cities that live the longest. three bay area cities made the cut and only 1 made it on top. it's where i'm standing right now, san jose, where the average life expectancy for men is 79.2 years, for women it's 82.9. san francisco came in sixth with men 75.9 years old, women 82.5. oakland came in 15th, men living to 76.4 years, women 81.2. it could be the weather. >> it's always temperate here, very nice. you know, even during the winter it's not that cold. >> reporter: or the location. >> being three hours from just about anything you can do, snowing -- sorry -- snowboarding, surfing, running. >> reporter: or maybe it's the lifestyle. >> a lot of families are very family-friendly: >> reporter: people in san francisco live longer, the daily beast and cdc study looked at years worth of life span data. the majority of the spots, california having
elizabeth cook with a new report that shows that we here in the bay area are doing quite welcome pared rest of the country. why is that liz? >> reporter: well, it could be for a lot of reasons, but the daily beast and the cdc determined the top 20 cities that live the longest. three bay area cities made the cut and only 1 made it on top. it's where i'm standing right now, san jose, where the average life expectancy for men is 79.2 years, for women it's 82.9. san francisco came in sixth...
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elizabeth cook is in oakland now. elizabeth. >> day nay,fire works are illegal in oakland, but you would know it if you were standing where i am right now. it's because of areas like this one that is dry, grassy, brush air next to homes, combined with fireworks that can make for a very degeneration combination. >> lieutenant jerome and the oakland fire department are in for a long time. >> i can see. there they are patrolling the neighborhood looking for illegal fireworks and there are a lot of them. >> although they rleal, the displays are nice. >> they don't make arrests if they spot someone with fireworks, but oftentimes when they arrive on scene, the damage has already been done. >> most of the events we go to are from a related wear, children may have some type of injury through their face or eyes. the number two would probably be fires. >> the fire department does their best to stop the light shows before the first fuse is lit. that doesn't always work. >> i respect us quite a bit. you may hear a couple pops, but
elizabeth cook is in oakland now. elizabeth. >> day nay,fire works are illegal in oakland, but you would know it if you were standing where i am right now. it's because of areas like this one that is dry, grassy, brush air next to homes, combined with fireworks that can make for a very degeneration combination. >> lieutenant jerome and the oakland fire department are in for a long time. >> i can see. there they are patrolling the neighborhood looking for illegal fireworks and...
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there just to cause trouble and maybe that was the case tonight. >> reporter: quite possibly. >> elizabeth cookfrancisco. thank you elizabeth. >>> well, we can finally report some progress in washington. democrat and republican leaders have come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling. it cuts the deficit by nearly $4 trillion over the next decade. it includes new tax revenues from closing corporate loopholes and trimming deductions for charitable giving and home gages. individual and corporate tax rates would be reduced. it also calls for cuts to medicare and medicaid. now they have to sell that plan to the rank and file lawmakers. >> what i will be urging speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, as well as leader reid and mitch mcconnell is that they, tomorrow, are prepared to start talking turkey. >> late today, the republican led house passed a tea party backed debt reduction plan that cuts $6 trillion in spending. but president obama has promised to veto that bill. >>> before we get to the grilling of rupert murdoch and his son today, the moment you have heard about all day long, wendy murdoch in t
there just to cause trouble and maybe that was the case tonight. >> reporter: quite possibly. >> elizabeth cookfrancisco. thank you elizabeth. >>> well, we can finally report some progress in washington. democrat and republican leaders have come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling. it cuts the deficit by nearly $4 trillion over the next decade. it includes new tax revenues from closing corporate loopholes and trimming deductions for charitable giving and home gages....
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elizabeth cook on the seaer for the basking shark and what it tells us about the health of the ocean.saw it and had to go check it out. >> reporter: it's a monster of the sea. >> it looks like, no it can't be real. >> huge. >> they look like a whale. >> reporter: with this fish comes a big mystery. >> you have this large fish that you can't find. >> what is that? >> reporter: cal state professor is looking for something that shouldn't be hard to find. >> talking about basking sharks, the second largest in the world. >> reporter: for as big as they are they have become very hard to find. >> 15, years or so since we have seen them in any numbers. >> reporter: something fishermen have noticed. >> we used to see them all the time but they haven't been around. >> reporter: the professor and his college colleagues have launch add search stretching from can do to mexico and with as few to 3 to 500 avenue the coast they have managed to tag three. >> the first satellite tag of the species on this coast. the information gets down load by satellite. we can track them. >> reporter: he won't have
elizabeth cook on the seaer for the basking shark and what it tells us about the health of the ocean.saw it and had to go check it out. >> reporter: it's a monster of the sea. >> it looks like, no it can't be real. >> huge. >> they look like a whale. >> reporter: with this fish comes a big mystery. >> you have this large fish that you can't find. >> what is that? >> reporter: cal state professor is looking for something that shouldn't be hard to...
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rangers wouldn't talk about her injuries, only she was unconscious. >> elizabeth cook.ou. >>> well its being called one of the worst landlord tenant cases oaklandhas seen. inhumane conditions. tonight a reality check for the landlords. the neglect and how the gavel has fallen. >> rats and roaches and mold and mildew. >> reporter: neighborhood law attorney says it's one of the worst violations oakland has faced. >> locks on the doors, they are chained shut. >> reporter: there was a fire at 1733, seminary. >> none of the detectors worked so the smell woke them up. >> reporter: the city sued this woman and her husband calling them. > >> slumlords is the only appropriate word. >> reporter: saying they permitted bed bugs to feast on renters at four apartment buildings they own. we took the photographs straight to her at one of those buildings on 23rd. >> illusion . >> reporter: that's what you say this is in. >> yes. . >> reporter: this is not a bed bug bite. >> no. >> reporter: what is it? >> drugs. >> reporter: drugs? >> yes. she said tenants late on rent trumps up the cha
rangers wouldn't talk about her injuries, only she was unconscious. >> elizabeth cook.ou. >>> well its being called one of the worst landlord tenant cases oaklandhas seen. inhumane conditions. tonight a reality check for the landlords. the neglect and how the gavel has fallen. >> rats and roaches and mold and mildew. >> reporter: neighborhood law attorney says it's one of the worst violations oakland has faced. >> locks on the doors, they are chained shut....
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but it is nice when people acknowledge it. >> reporter: elizabeth cook, cbs5. >> okay. >> what can we>> when do i take the kids to the waterslides? >> by wednesday. cooler temperatures for the next few days then we will start to see warm ups very high temperatures wednesday into the end of the next workweek but for today we do have those clouds, fog and cooler temperatures. take a look outside. you can see we do have some low mid-level clouds working their way over the forecast region and that's plenty of moisture that we do have there as a low start ton. really just influencing us here. we can see here this is a really cool picture. it is showing us the reflection of the sunlight off of those clouds. we can see just how thick those clouds are. for this evening we will see patchy fog more much of the forecast region. drizzle. breezy conditions all around. just very typical of this low. but what we will see in addition is warmer temperatures overnight and that's because that blanket of clouds, really just keeping things very warm. for tomorrow, still finding below average. we have got
but it is nice when people acknowledge it. >> reporter: elizabeth cook, cbs5. >> okay. >> what can we>> when do i take the kids to the waterslides? >> by wednesday. cooler temperatures for the next few days then we will start to see warm ups very high temperatures wednesday into the end of the next workweek but for today we do have those clouds, fog and cooler temperatures. take a look outside. you can see we do have some low mid-level clouds working their way over...
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elizabeth cook picks the story up from here. >> that's as far as it will go. >> it's a look inside theof phillip garrido. >> automatically focuses. >> his perverted fantasies captured on a shaky camcorder. ♪ [ music ] >> here he is at a park directing his wife, nancy, to point the camera so it looks like she's filming him playing the guitar. listen as nancy tells her husband she is getting the shot he wants. >> got me real good? >> yes. i can see you really good. >> patrol agents continued to make multiple visits to the garrido home which is now completely boarded up. nancy filmed one of their visits. in this clip, phillip guides the officer through each room. >> want to turn the light on? >> sure. >> you can hear nancy nervously breathing. the officer leaves through front door while jaycee dugard is being held captive in their backyard. >> it was like oh wow, how could everyone miss this? how could this be overlooked? how could this go on for so long? >> tony powel is the mother of four children. she was there when news broke when the woman held captive for 18 years in their backyard
elizabeth cook picks the story up from here. >> that's as far as it will go. >> it's a look inside theof phillip garrido. >> automatically focuses. >> his perverted fantasies captured on a shaky camcorder. ♪ [ music ] >> here he is at a park directing his wife, nancy, to point the camera so it looks like she's filming him playing the guitar. listen as nancy tells her husband she is getting the shot he wants. >> got me real good? >> yes. i can see you...
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the meat, the tortilla, cilantro, lime, you cannot go wrong. >> elizabeth cook, cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, baseball... rchght the giants have won 23 games this season. 23 have been by one run which is by far the most in baseball. giants in downtown detroit for the final weekend of inner league, madison had nine strikeouts against one of the american league's best lineups and pitched into the 8th. for the second straight game, brian wilson blows the save. singled ties it at one. and then in the top of the 9th, the giants retake the league off tiger's closer. they tack on two more runs and lead 4-1. after a 33 minute wait, wilson went back out and once again struggled. he allows another exprun leaves with the bases loaded. apparently the water cooler. he wasn't finished there. he cams baubling with a bat and it was a good thing everyone got out of his way. book to the game. 4-3. brandon crawford steps on second for the double play and the giants hang on to win. making his first start with the a's since 2008. he only threw 77 pitches, but was very effective striking out six and allowing two
the meat, the tortilla, cilantro, lime, you cannot go wrong. >> elizabeth cook, cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, baseball... rchght the giants have won 23 games this season. 23 have been by one run which is by far the most in baseball. giants in downtown detroit for the final weekend of inner league, madison had nine strikeouts against one of the american league's best lineups and pitched into the 8th. for the second straight game, brian wilson blows the save. singled ties it at one. and then in...
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it's very impressive when you see a large one. >> elizabeth cook, cbs5. >> that's why it's open like that. >> are you considering that mouth to somebody. >>> take a look at this. this is the bankrolling over sucha tower at sun set tonight that's a bit of that sea breeze wrestling around the leaves here on the tree, but that is just magical. it also kept our temperatures out of the coast but what also happened, take a look at our satellite, when you see this circular counterclockwise rotation right here it's referred to as week, it's function it pulls back the low back and clouds from the coast, we did have some partial clearing before you saw just laid back over. now, meanwhile tomorrow morning we will wake up with more areas of low clouds and patchy fog all the way inland but it's going to become more compressed do -- high pressure building in and therefore will clear out earlier and we'll have more sunshine. for openers it's a great start from the beaches through the bay into our inland areas. the wind will be slight but will pick up later in the afternoon hours due to a couple of
it's very impressive when you see a large one. >> elizabeth cook, cbs5. >> that's why it's open like that. >> are you considering that mouth to somebody. >>> take a look at this. this is the bankrolling over sucha tower at sun set tonight that's a bit of that sea breeze wrestling around the leaves here on the tree, but that is just magical. it also kept our temperatures out of the coast but what also happened, take a look at our satellite, when you see this circular...
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in east oakland, elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> coming up, kept, cramped, supposedly for slaughter.ow more than a dozen mistreated rabbits were rescued, and how you can now help. >>> someone has been flying with mixed matched names and expired boarding passes. how he was finally caught. >>> the man who sparked an international debate after accusations that he assaulted a hotel maid may be getting a break. what is happening in dominique strauss-kahn's favor. >>> and for the cbs 5 weather center, we're going to put it all out on the line. that 4th of july forecast, as eyewitness news continues on cbs 5. in filthy, cramped conditions. now an oakland man is under investigation for how he was d what he >>> nearly two dozen rabbits were rescued after being found in filthy, cramped conditions. now an oakland man is under investigation for how he was raising them, and what he planned to do with them. a neighbor called the spca to report the animals. investigators found 21 malnourished rabbits crowded into two small cages at an apartment complex near lake merritt. some of them were deformed
in east oakland, elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> coming up, kept, cramped, supposedly for slaughter.ow more than a dozen mistreated rabbits were rescued, and how you can now help. >>> someone has been flying with mixed matched names and expired boarding passes. how he was finally caught. >>> the man who sparked an international debate after accusations that he assaulted a hotel maid may be getting a break. what is happening in dominique strauss-kahn's favor. >>>...
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now elizabeth cook shows us a pizza parlor is changing its colors. >> when you eat at a restaurant named pizza orgasmica, you can be confident subtlety isn't on the menu. >> it needs to be vibrant. it cannot have black and blue. >> the colors of the building are hotter than the pizzas and the customers like it that way. > it's really energetic and brings you in. >> yellow is one of the colors that people want to eat when they see. it's one of those -- >> it gives you appetite. >> not everyone thinks it's appetizing. since taylor mya opened pizza back in february, he battled the city and other businesses over the color scheme. they were even vandalizedded with graffiti. >> you can't please everybody. >> taylor is tired of fighting and changing the colors he chose to match his soccer jersey to a more mellow yellow. >> tone down some of the areas. really compromise. >> it isn't the only restaurant that is making a statement with color. just around the corner, it isn't exactly understated, but are they being asked to change? >> yes, in a letter to the restaurant framed on the outside, a cust
now elizabeth cook shows us a pizza parlor is changing its colors. >> when you eat at a restaurant named pizza orgasmica, you can be confident subtlety isn't on the menu. >> it needs to be vibrant. it cannot have black and blue. >> the colors of the building are hotter than the pizzas and the customers like it that way. > it's really energetic and brings you in. >> yellow is one of the colors that people want to eat when they see. it's one of those -- >> it...
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elizabeth cook on the long time dream that has finally come true. >> area used to be known as the killingof oakland. is now an urban oasis. tonight oakland city council president, larry reid, opened the doors to the east oakland sports center. a dream he has had for the past 0 years has become a reality. >> place for the residence of the city to go and enjoy a = of life they have not been able to enjoy. >> a lot of times people don't think cities like oakland can have facilities like this. i agree, we want our kids to have what kids in the suburbs have. >> it took ten years to get the money for the facility with the help of measures b, d, and ww, and redevelopment funds. >> all these years of working to put this together, you see what it means to so many people. >> and as an indoor swimming pool and slide, dance and fitness rooms and karate. >> that's only the beginning. in phase two, they want to build new tennis courts, a new pool, soccer fields, even a new baseball field. that's going to take more money. >> right now the facility is open seven days a week, but that might not last. >> l
elizabeth cook on the long time dream that has finally come true. >> area used to be known as the killingof oakland. is now an urban oasis. tonight oakland city council president, larry reid, opened the doors to the east oakland sports center. a dream he has had for the past 0 years has become a reality. >> place for the residence of the city to go and enjoy a = of life they have not been able to enjoy. >> a lot of times people don't think cities like oakland can have...
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night protest against that shooting and one demonstrator even attacked our crew while reporter elizabeth cook and photojournalist patrick sedillo were trying to get the protestors' side of the story. >>> reporter: it started with 100 or so people marching from dolores park to the castro to the mission district disrupting traffic and muni service. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protestors upset that san francisco police shot and killed 19-year-old kenneth harding, who was on parole for raping a juvenile in seattle. washington police also called him a person of interest in a fatal shooting last week in seattle. on saturday, harding was riding a muni bus in the bayview when officers entered the bus checking for proof of payment. police say harding ran off the bus and fired a gun at officers. officers then returned fire and killed him. the aftermath of the shooting caught on cell phone video. even though san francisco police have released evidence of what they say is proof harding fired at officers, these protestors say that doesn't matter. now, police say he fired on them first. isn't this a justifie
night protest against that shooting and one demonstrator even attacked our crew while reporter elizabeth cook and photojournalist patrick sedillo were trying to get the protestors' side of the story. >>> reporter: it started with 100 or so people marching from dolores park to the castro to the mission district disrupting traffic and muni service. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protestors upset that san francisco police shot and killed 19-year-old kenneth harding, who was on parole for...
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but now elizabeth cook shows us, there's something new on three wheels. >> tacos just taste better on the back of a bike. >> i think a lot of people would. >> restaurant tour is pedaling the trendy mobile food movement back to its roots with el taco bike. >> i wanted to bring something that was not following a trend. i wanted to stay original and this is something i am not reinventing. >> it was delicious. i felt like i was in cancun. >> it's a kitchen on three wheels and the first of it kind in the bay area. >> it has all the things a regular kitchen would have. >> i don't have to find parking or use gas. >> you can find them on the streets of oakland four nights a week outside popular cubs and art salaries. tonight wore going to an opening. >> there's a lot of gourmet food trucks, which is great. i can do that as well, but it's nice to stick with original. >> the menu changes every night. the taco desure. >> i am serving a slow cooked pork for four hours and really simple. the meat, the tortilla, cilantro, lime, you can't go wrong. >> cbs 5. >>> rich was back on the mound for the fi
but now elizabeth cook shows us, there's something new on three wheels. >> tacos just taste better on the back of a bike. >> i think a lot of people would. >> restaurant tour is pedaling the trendy mobile food movement back to its roots with el taco bike. >> i wanted to bring something that was not following a trend. i wanted to stay original and this is something i am not reinventing. >> it was delicious. i felt like i was in cancun. >> it's a kitchen on...
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elizabeth cook is in oakland for us tonight. elizabeth. >> as you said, fireworks are illegal in oakland and you wouldn't know if you are standing where i am right now. believe it or not, you can't see as many as i have, but you can hear them. they are going off in the background right now and it's because of areas like this one that is dry brush, grassy area next to homes combined with fireworks that could make for a dangerous combination. the tenant in the oakland fire department are in for a long night. >> as you see it's getting started. >> they are patrolling the neighborhoods looking for illegal fireworks and there are a lot of them. >> if i could charge admission, i would. displays are quite nice sometimes. >> they don't make arrests if they spot someone with fireworks, but the damage has already been done oftentimes. >> most of the events we go to are trauma related, where children may blow their hands off or have some type of injury to their face or eyes. the number two would probably be fires. >> fire department does th
elizabeth cook is in oakland for us tonight. elizabeth. >> as you said, fireworks are illegal in oakland and you wouldn't know if you are standing where i am right now. believe it or not, you can't see as many as i have, but you can hear them. they are going off in the background right now and it's because of areas like this one that is dry brush, grassy area next to homes combined with fireworks that could make for a dangerous combination. the tenant in the oakland fire department are in...
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elizabeth cook sat down with a who says we can expect to see more of the same. >> i would not expectto have anything about what is killing the workers and anybody else that gets near where the grog areas are going on. >> she teaches a class on the drug trade between the u.s. and latin american countries. it's a recent trend for the mexican drug cartels to grow marijuana directly in california. >> the transportation of drugs across the border have become harder, so it makes it easier for them to set up shop inside the country. >> northern california is one of the most popular spots for these drug cartels to operate. >> the soil conditions and the environment is really favorable for growing very high quality marijuana. it is apparently the best in the world and it has one of the largest consumer bases as well. >> despite the recent drug raids in six northern california counties, santiago says that kind of enforcement doesn't work and she fears for the communities near these types of pot groves. >> they are growing in moraga, which is in our backyard. it can get risky because you know,
elizabeth cook sat down with a who says we can expect to see more of the same. >> i would not expectto have anything about what is killing the workers and anybody else that gets near where the grog areas are going on. >> she teaches a class on the drug trade between the u.s. and latin american countries. it's a recent trend for the mexican drug cartels to grow marijuana directly in california. >> the transportation of drugs across the border have become harder, so it makes it...
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elizabeth cook sat down with a woman who says we can expect to see more of the same. >> i would not expect them to have anything -- >> killing the workers and anybody else that gets near the -- where the growing areas are going on. >> she teaches a class on the drug trade between the u.s. and latin american countries at st. mary's college. it's a recent trend for the mexican drug cartels to grow marijuana directly in california. >> the transportation of drugs across the border has become harder, so it makes it easier for them to set up shop already inside the country. >> she says northern california is one of the most popular spots for these drug cartels to operate. >> soil conditions and the environment is really favorable for growing very high quality marijuana. it is apparently the best in the world and it has one of the largest consumer bases as well. >> despite the recent drug raids in six northern california counties, santiago says that kind of enforcement doesn't work and she fears for communities near these types of pot groves. >> growing in moraga, which is in our backyard. it can
elizabeth cook sat down with a woman who says we can expect to see more of the same. >> i would not expect them to have anything -- >> killing the workers and anybody else that gets near the -- where the growing areas are going on. >> she teaches a class on the drug trade between the u.s. and latin american countries at st. mary's college. it's a recent trend for the mexican drug cartels to grow marijuana directly in california. >> the transportation of drugs across the...
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elizabeth cook. you it very much.ome people at the meeting at what was a violent march and protest last night were not from the bayview, we have a snap shot of just who caused the trouble. out of 43 arrested, police say that only 17 of them were from san francisco. just one was from the bayview. we don't know if those people arrested belong to any one organization, but to learn more about what critics call professional protesters i spoke to a representative of woman, and i asked her what the name stands for. >> reporter: bam stands for the coalition to defend -- >> reporter: my any means necessary. does that include violence? >> that means we want to build a mass militant movement where people are able to unite together and stand in self- defense against police but tail. >> reporter: are you willing to let the process move forward and see what the outcome of an investigation is before acting? >> we have no faith or confidence in an investigation of the police by themselves. we have learned to hard and to many times, e
elizabeth cook. you it very much.ome people at the meeting at what was a violent march and protest last night were not from the bayview, we have a snap shot of just who caused the trouble. out of 43 arrested, police say that only 17 of them were from san francisco. just one was from the bayview. we don't know if those people arrested belong to any one organization, but to learn more about what critics call professional protesters i spoke to a representative of woman, and i asked her what the...
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elizabeth cook, thank you for that live report. >>> it's contagious. all i got to say. up, for some it is safer behind bars and out on the streets. why african american men survived longer in prison. >> and as the u.s. suffers a big cyber attack, tonight an exclassive look inside a special spy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> new studies suggest that being in prison cuts the risk of death in half for black men. researchers at the university of north carolina chapel hill looked at the records of 100,000 men held at some point in north carolina prisons over a decade. being in prison seemed to reduce blackman's risk of drug or alcohol related deaths. fatalities related to cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, suicide, and murder were also lower. white men on the other hand were more likely to die in prison, but there was no difference in the death rate for black and white men behind bars. >>> some of the nation's most sensitive military secrets pillford by spies who broke into government computers. secret information about american satellites, plans for new military fighter jet
elizabeth cook, thank you for that live report. >>> it's contagious. all i got to say. up, for some it is safer behind bars and out on the streets. why african american men survived longer in prison. >> and as the u.s. suffers a big cyber attack, tonight an exclassive look inside a special spy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> new studies suggest that being in prison cuts the risk of death in half for black men. researchers at the university of north carolina chapel hill looked at...
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>> in antioch, elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> playing hooky could be costly. another bay area city wants to fine kids who are caught cutting class, but this law would take it a step further. robert lyles explained. >> countless cities have nighttime curfews, but less than a dozen bay area cities have a daytime curfew and that score card just changed when the city of concord voted to legalize a daytime curfew and this particular legalization hits both kids and their parents in the pocketbook. >> there was another series of residential burglaries in january of 2011. >> concord's cops say with a spike in break ins, particularly downtown, this city needs to extend its nighttime curfew into the daylight. they want to sight any kid walking the streets between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. when they should be in school. >> with this curfew, i need papers to walk my dog after school. >> 79 out of every 100 olympic high school students were true want. truant. we asked the teens. >> the conditions were bad. kids would leave whenever they wanted to. >> they put up fences aroun
>> in antioch, elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> playing hooky could be costly. another bay area city wants to fine kids who are caught cutting class, but this law would take it a step further. robert lyles explained. >> countless cities have nighttime curfews, but less than a dozen bay area cities have a daytime curfew and that score card just changed when the city of concord voted to legalize a daytime curfew and this particular legalization hits both kids and their parents in...
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elizabeth cook in san francisco. thank you. >>> now, members of the group bam attended yesterday's protest and tonight's meeting. even though many are not from the bayview. to learn more about what critics call professional protestors i spoke with a representative of b.a. m. and i asked her what the name stands for. >> it stands for the coalition for affirmative and fighting for equality by any means necessary. >> by any means necessary. does that include violence? >> what that means is we want to build a mass militant integrative movement where people are able to unite together and stand inself defense against police brutality and racism. >> is your organization willing to let the process move forward and see what the outcome of an investigation is before acting? >> reporter: we have no space or confidence in an investigation by the police of themselves. we have learned too hard and too many times especially from the murder of oscar grant that the police will cover up and the d.a. will help them. >> i'm wondering if
elizabeth cook in san francisco. thank you. >>> now, members of the group bam attended yesterday's protest and tonight's meeting. even though many are not from the bayview. to learn more about what critics call professional protestors i spoke with a representative of b.a. m. and i asked her what the name stands for. >> it stands for the coalition for affirmative and fighting for equality by any means necessary. >> by any means necessary. does that include violence? >>...
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elizabeth cook, thank you for that live report. >>> it's contagious. all i got to say.coming up, for some it is safer behind bars and out on the streets. why african american men survived longer in prison. >> and as the u.s. suffers a big cyber attack, tonight an exclassive look inside a special spy fighting chamber where no camera has ever gone. i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, seems like we're headin' down to the lake. we're pullin' a boat or somethin'. i don't know why. i just do. it's not a problem. i don't mind as long as we always stop at chevron and get that techron stuff. my ears flop around too. check it out. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. it's hard work; i need a nap. >>> new studies suggest that being in prison cuts the risk of death in half for black men. researchers at the university of north carolina chapel hill look
elizabeth cook, thank you for that live report. >>> it's contagious. all i got to say.coming up, for some it is safer behind bars and out on the streets. why african american men survived longer in prison. >> and as the u.s. suffers a big cyber attack, tonight an exclassive look inside a special spy fighting chamber where no camera has ever gone. i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood,...
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now elizabeth cook shows us a pizza parlor is changing its colors. >> when you eat at a restaurant namedsmica, you can be confident subtlety is not on the menu. >> it needs to be vibrant. it cannot have pizza in black and blue. >> the colors of the building are hotter than the pizzas and the customers like it that way. >> it's really energetic and pulls you in. >> yellow is one of the colors that people want to eat when they see. it's one of those -- >> it gives you appetite. >> not everyone thinks it's appetizing. since taylor mya opened pizza in san rafael back in february, he battled the city and other businesses. they were even vandalized with graffiti. >> you cannot please everybody. >> taylor is tired of fighting everybody and changing the colors to a more mellow yellow. >> we are going to tone down some of the areas. we did compromise. >> it isn't the only restaurant that is making a statement with color. just around the corner, isn't exactly under stated, but are they being asked to change? >> yes, in a letter to the restaurant framed on the outside, a customer said the color was
now elizabeth cook shows us a pizza parlor is changing its colors. >> when you eat at a restaurant namedsmica, you can be confident subtlety is not on the menu. >> it needs to be vibrant. it cannot have pizza in black and blue. >> the colors of the building are hotter than the pizzas and the customers like it that way. >> it's really energetic and pulls you in. >> yellow is one of the colors that people want to eat when they see. it's one of those -- >> it...
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elizabeth cook tells us that it hasn't turned up anything so far anyway. liz?reporter: that's right allan, law enforcement crews from multiple agencies called off their search just about an hour ago the maraga area in rancho laguna park. they were looking at multiple gunmen who they say fired on a park ranger. early this evening law enforcement got a call that a park ranger was being shot at by high-powered rifles. he was not injured but a special response team had to go into the wilderness and rescue him. hours after, they continued to search the vast remote area looking for other victims and the gunmen. they believe the suspects may be affiliated with some marijuana grows in the area. officers told people who live in the neighborhood to stay in their homes until the search was over. >> it's scary because the only way these police guys can go is come back here in the town or they can run towards the hills but they are definitely scary. >> now officers did say they believed the gunmen will probably stay in the wilderness at not come into the nearby area. office
elizabeth cook tells us that it hasn't turned up anything so far anyway. liz?reporter: that's right allan, law enforcement crews from multiple agencies called off their search just about an hour ago the maraga area in rancho laguna park. they were looking at multiple gunmen who they say fired on a park ranger. early this evening law enforcement got a call that a park ranger was being shot at by high-powered rifles. he was not injured but a special response team had to go into the wilderness and...
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our elizabeth cook has more on their operation plus a parole agent visit all caught on tape. >> that's as far as -- >> no. >> as it will go. does it say record? >> reporter: it's a look into the twisted mind of phillip garrido. >> automatically focuses. you don't have to worry. >> reporter: his perverted fantasies captured on a shaky camcorder. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: here he is at a park directing his wife nancy to point the camera so it looks like she is filming him play the guitar. but she is really filming little children. listen as nancy tells her husband she is getting the shot he wants. >> got me real good? >> yes. ♪ [ music ] >> i can see you really good! >> reporter: parole agents continue to make multiple visits to the garrido home, which is now completely boarded up. nancy even filmed one of their visits. in this clip, phillip guides the officer through each room. >> want to turn the light on? >> sure. >> reporter: you can hear nancy nervously breathing. the officer leads to the front door while jaycee dugard is being held captive in their backyard. >> i'm doing everything
our elizabeth cook has more on their operation plus a parole agent visit all caught on tape. >> that's as far as -- >> no. >> as it will go. does it say record? >> reporter: it's a look into the twisted mind of phillip garrido. >> automatically focuses. you don't have to worry. >> reporter: his perverted fantasies captured on a shaky camcorder. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: here he is at a park directing his wife nancy to point the camera so it looks like...
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one demonstrator even attacked our crew while reporter elizabeth cook and feet tow journalist patrick sedillo will -- photojournalist patrick sedillo were trying to get the story. >> reporter: it started with people marching to mission district disrupting traffic and muni service. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protestors upset that san francisco police shot and killed 19-year-old kenneth wayne harding. harding was on parole for raping a juvenile in seattle. washington police also called him a person of interest in a fatal shooting last week in seattle. on saturday, harding was riding a muni bus in the bayview when officers entered the bus checking for proof of payment, police say harding ran off the bus and fired a gun at officers. officers then returned fire and killed him. the aftermath of the shooting caught on cell phone video. [ yelling ] >> reporter: even though san francisco police have released evidence of what they say is proof harding fired at officers, these protestors say that doesn't matter. now, police say he fired on them first. isn't this a justified police shooting? >> no
one demonstrator even attacked our crew while reporter elizabeth cook and feet tow journalist patrick sedillo will -- photojournalist patrick sedillo were trying to get the story. >> reporter: it started with people marching to mission district disrupting traffic and muni service. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protestors upset that san francisco police shot and killed 19-year-old kenneth wayne harding. harding was on parole for raping a juvenile in seattle. washington police also called...
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elizabeth cook with a look into the study. >> reporter: it could be the weather. >> it's always temperatevery nice. even during the winter, it's not that cold. >> reporter: or the location. >> being three hours from just about anything you can do, snowboarding, surfing, running. >> reporter: or maybe it's the lifestyle. >> a lot of families, very family-friendly. >> reporter: people in san jose live longer. >> maybe that's because we work out. >> reporter: the daily beast and cdc study looked at decades' worth of life-span data. the west coast had the majority of the spots on the list of 20 cities. california having the most out of all the states. >> this is california. we have the beach. everybody wants to look decent. so we are healthier than others maybe. >> reporter: even tourists like matt from ireland are basking in san jose's youthful glow. >> i'm not surprised people live longer because it's laid back, relaxed, looks good, place looks clean. >> actually moved to oregon and arizona and we both came back because we love it as well. >> reporter: elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >> all right. e
elizabeth cook with a look into the study. >> reporter: it could be the weather. >> it's always temperatevery nice. even during the winter, it's not that cold. >> reporter: or the location. >> being three hours from just about anything you can do, snowboarding, surfing, running. >> reporter: or maybe it's the lifestyle. >> a lot of families, very family-friendly. >> reporter: people in san jose live longer. >> maybe that's because we work out....
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. >> elizabeth cook reports. coming up next. ,,,,,, ♪ i may be mud, but i have standards. mops? some of them have bacteria. ♪ and they try to pick me up? ew. i'm really hard to get. uh! ♪ what about love?! [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can grow bacteria. swiffer wetjet's antibacterial solution eliminates 99.9% of bacteria that mops can spread around. i like your pad! [ male announcer ] swiffer cleans better than a mop or your money back. discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. lady, betty ford has died. lady, betty ford has died. she was 93. the widow of president gerald >>> we continue to follow breaking news this hour. former first lady betty ford has died. she was 93. the widow of president gerald ford died this afternoon in her home in southern california. she was surrounded by family. sandra hughes takes a look back at betty ford's life, which was filled with plenty of highs and lows. >> reporter: betty blumer ford never ex
. >> elizabeth cook reports. coming up next. ,,,,,, ♪ i may be mud, but i have standards. mops? some of them have bacteria. ♪ and they try to pick me up? ew. i'm really hard to get. uh! ♪ what about love?! [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can grow bacteria. swiffer wetjet's antibacterial solution eliminates 99.9% of bacteria that mops can spread around. i like your pad! [ male announcer ] swiffer cleans better than a mop or your money back. discover customersl are...
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elizabeth cook has more. >> reporter: law enforcement has concluded their search tonight in the park. they were looking for multipet suspects who they say opened fire on a park ranger. the ranger was not injured but the response team had to go in and rescue him. they think the suspects may be affiluated with marijuana groves in that area. cruise searched for multiple victims. they can't confirm if they were but they were just searching the area because there were multiple gun shots. police are telling people who live in the area stay in their homes till the search is over. they have concluded tonight but they will continue tomorrow. they have told people in the area and our cruise today they don't think the gunman will enter the neighborhood. >> you mentioned marijuana farms. are there farms now or this is in the past? >> reporter: in the past they found the pot farms and in that area there are marijuana groves and they believe the suspects may be affiliated with the marijuana groves. >> thank you. >>> the family of a washington state man who died during a gun battle with san francisc
elizabeth cook has more. >> reporter: law enforcement has concluded their search tonight in the park. they were looking for multipet suspects who they say opened fire on a park ranger. the ranger was not injured but the response team had to go in and rescue him. they think the suspects may be affiluated with marijuana groves in that area. cruise searched for multiple victims. they can't confirm if they were but they were just searching the area because there were multiple gun shots....
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elizabeth cook has video of the rescue operation as it unfolded. >> reporter: coast guard and lifeguards joseed a teenage girl, a rescuer gave the sign to go up. they flew her to the hospital in walnut creek. emergency crews found three other victims on the sand. they treatment -- treated them there before taking them to safety. >> i haven't seen anything like that. >> reporter: lewis saw the whole thing happen. he said the group had been hanging out on the beach. they didn't realize the tide was coming in. >> when they tried to walk back, the wave came in and just swept them out. >> reporter: now, two of the victims were taken to marin general. they are reportedly in stable condition. the third victim, a teenage girl was taken to another hospital. she is in critical condition. they wouldn't elaborate on her injuries thus far, only that she was found unconscious before she was air lifted to the hospital. >> thank you, elizabeth. >>> some backlash in san jose tonight about two federal agents from immigrations and customs enforcement who are now working side by side with the police. more t
elizabeth cook has video of the rescue operation as it unfolded. >> reporter: coast guard and lifeguards joseed a teenage girl, a rescuer gave the sign to go up. they flew her to the hospital in walnut creek. emergency crews found three other victims on the sand. they treatment -- treated them there before taking them to safety. >> i haven't seen anything like that. >> reporter: lewis saw the whole thing happen. he said the group had been hanging out on the beach. they didn't...
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elizabeth cook on what that can mean for your health. >> becomes a bit steal. >> reporter: they are talkingabout office air. >> there is a lot of infighting about who controls the thermostat. >> reporter: how it can make you sick. >> once one person gets sick, everyone else does. >> reporter: and they are not imagining it. millions of office workers suffer from building-related symptoms. >> 41% report at least one symptom that's related to their building and 20% report at least 3 symptoms. >> reporter: mark mandel with the state department of health says even though most symptoms are minor like headaches, coughs and sniffles, some are more serious. >> they could range from asthma attacks, allergic responses, respiratory infections. >> reporter: what's causing it all? >> there's hundreds if not thousands of chemicals in offices. >> reporter: at the department's richmond lab, they are analyzing materials like particle board and fiber board that a lot of furniture is made from to identify those chemicals. >> the one that's most well understood is formaldehyde. and that's known to cause irritat
elizabeth cook on what that can mean for your health. >> becomes a bit steal. >> reporter: they are talkingabout office air. >> there is a lot of infighting about who controls the thermostat. >> reporter: how it can make you sick. >> once one person gets sick, everyone else does. >> reporter: and they are not imagining it. millions of office workers suffer from building-related symptoms. >> 41% report at least one symptom that's related to their...
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but elizabeth cook shows us, the city has a secret weapon in its fight. >>> i want to get him and ifget him, i'll think about it, sometimes they will pop their head out and you feel like they are teasing you, like come on, come and get me. i'm sheila bradford a gardener at harding park golf course. for the past 2.5 years, i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden gate to crocker amazon park, she logged more than 5 years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then she found her calling. >> i have a peta card so it's not like i enjoy killing the gophers. but i don't like them in the lawns. they do so much damage. having the mounds and tripping hazards. >> reporter: she was working here alta plaza park and her turf was overrun a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke a leg so shield a strategy and went to war. >> so this is the trap. i ordered them on ebay and i started catching more. >> reporter: enough to reclaim alta plaza and launch a gopher count for the record books. >> see wh
but elizabeth cook shows us, the city has a secret weapon in its fight. >>> i want to get him and ifget him, i'll think about it, sometimes they will pop their head out and you feel like they are teasing you, like come on, come and get me. i'm sheila bradford a gardener at harding park golf course. for the past 2.5 years, i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden gate to crocker amazon park, she logged more than 5 years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san...
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elizabeth cook introduces us to the city's secret weapon. >> i want to get him and if i can't get him, i'll think about it. sometimes they will pop their head out so you feel like they are teasing you. come and get me. i'm sheila, i'm a gardener at the golf course. for the past 2 1/2 years, i've been catching a lot of gophers. >> from golden gate to crocker amazon park, she logged more than five years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then, she found her calling. >> i have a card, it's not like i enjoy killing the gophers, but i don't like them in the lawns since they do so much damage. having the mounds and so many tripping hazards. >> bradford was working here and her turf was over run. a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke its leg. so she developed a strategy and went to war. >> this is the gopher trap. i just ordered them on ebay and started catching more. >> a lot more. enough to reclaim alta plaza and launch a gopher count for the record book. >> when i started my tally sheet, the total i
elizabeth cook introduces us to the city's secret weapon. >> i want to get him and if i can't get him, i'll think about it. sometimes they will pop their head out so you feel like they are teasing you. come and get me. i'm sheila, i'm a gardener at the golf course. for the past 2 1/2 years, i've been catching a lot of gophers. >> from golden gate to crocker amazon park, she logged more than five years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then, she...