coast guard celebrate the biggest haul of cocaine and haren in a single minute worth a billion dollars> reporter: at first glance the palates look like the many millions of others shipped legitimately in to the u.s. every year. take a closer look and this cargo is pure, uncut and illegal. 32-tons of cocaine and two-tons of haren for the u.s. coast guard it marks its greatest triumph on a single mission to crack down on drug smuggling. >> the wholesale value alone exceeds $1 billion. i am not in the market of selling this, but trust me on the street it would sell for much more. >> reporter: more because u.s. drug enforcement estimates the 32-tons of uncut cocaine alone could be convert ed in to around 33 million lines that drug users would snort. this special operation ran for four months and involved three coast guard ships among them the stratton on its maiden voyage. they were targeting drug smugglers like these operating off the pacific coast to smuggle the contraband up from south and central america and employing ever more sophisticated techniques to avoid detection. coast guard v

. >> marilyn started using drugs back in the late 1980s, haren, cocaine, whatever she could get her hands on. >> as time went on i wa i had to support my habit. >> she went to prison, and then she kicked the habit for good. she was ready to move on in her life and find work. >> i want to be self-sufficient, support my children. i tried so hard to apply and apply and apply at numerous places but i never got a chance to get a job. >> then a 32-year-old mother of four could never proof that it was the box she checked on job applications admitting to a criminal record that kept her out of work. >> hi baby. >> in the two decades since leaving prison she has never been able to find more than part time gigs. >> i only make enough to pay rent. barely. >> a lot of people don't realize that punishment does not end at the gates of our prison. when people leave prison they face punishment for a lifetime. >> studies found identifying as offender can reduce chances of employment by two-thirds. >> we're looking for people to not reoffend. >> 18 states more than 100 cities and counties and even private c

coast guard. 332-tons of cocaine and two-tons of haren seized during a month-month operation in the pacificthe record row cane haul would are produced 33 million lines for snorting. >>> you may be familiar with the phrase painting the town red think but in one mexican town there is a paint town painted ey color of the rainbow. >> reporter: it's the biggest knemural in mexico a rainbow-colored makeover for a poor barrio in the city. graffiti artists have spent more than a year planning and painting 200 houses. together with young locals like francisco, better known as monkey. inevitably he's the one climbing up the ladder. >> translator: i feel good. proud to be part of this. because in the future, my children are going to see this and how the neighborhood looks good now. >> reporter: the mexican government funded the scheme to turn around the neighborhood known for crime and violence. it's all about putting the youth for work and giving them a positive environment says enrique gomez, ex-gang member and now project leader. >> translator: art with social programs can change people's lives. em

rain in the north haren of the bay area. it's not a major deal. but still enough moisture with this system to produce a few scattered rain showers out there and also a big drop in temperatures. it the change today compared to yesterday on average temperatures down a good 15 to 20 degrees. in fact, livermore yesterday 102 today 83. mostly clear skies. patchy fog out here in the distance will gradually increase in coverage. fog will increase in coverage overnight. you can see the satellite has been nice. talk about the circulation, this area of low pressure and cold front, the main activity in the bay area late last night into early this morning and right now, we have more sunshine out there. coming up, we'll let you know if we have any more major warmups in the five-day forecast. temperatures tomorrow no change. we'll have the updated forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> a confirmed case of legionnaire's disease at san quentin prompted visits to be suspended today. at least one person a prisoner has been diagnosed with the illness. that's a sev

. >>> a new drug is bringing hope to curbing the haren epidemic called narcan. we visited the front line to get narcan out as as many people as possible. >> reporter: the united states is in the grip of a heroin and opiod epidemic. not only the illegal drug the prescriptions people are given for perfectly legitimate reasons. maybe if you take a little bit with a glass of wine and end up overdosing. here's what you need to understand. the reason you die of an overdose is not anything about the drug itself other than that it overwhelms the brain. the opiates binds to the brain and suffers off autonomic functions that the brain delivers to the body, like breathing. that's how it kills you. fortunately, we live in era where medical science has cured that. for the last several decades we have narcan available. it severs that connection, and it's incredibly unpleasant. you go into an automatic withdrawal if you're an addict, but it restores breathing. people are brought back to life. here in san francisco this mural explains the whole concept. it's right. someone does

." >> i am lore a har guess, my father william haren set out to build the world's tallest thermometer. >> it is big. >> it is the world's tallest thermometer. jamie: if someone figured this roadside attract would get you to stop, it worked on me. >> how are you, i am jamie. >> today, they run a gift shop in the shadow of the tower. they sell thermometer t-shirts, and hot sauce, and even thermometer, thermometers, this is really the world's tallest. it would be streufpblg enough to strange enough to inherit it in middle of desert. what is remarkable is the mission they took on after their father died in 2007. i tell her husband bill, i am ready for a challenge. >> i've been training to climb to the top, i'm going in. >> okay. jamie: why did you say it that way? >> i just bombed it this morning for the spiders. jamie: i am a girl of nature. >> they are little. >> >> reporter: block widow spiders. >> yep. >> you better close it up. >> i draw the line. >> the story of this strange in4e"strangeinheritance" beginsg man who falls in love with california desert, in early 1950s after service i