thank you, supervisors for taking the time to look at the task force i'm david i have family in humboldt for a hundred years and here in town have some restaurants and i've got entertainment venues all of which are greatly impacted by the 2016 that is imminent if it passes that looking looks like it will it is a far more complicated issue i think that this typically given the time and press cannabis is a pretty complicated plant and the genetics they're changing and evolving constantly should find attention should be helping to track those genetic changes i've actually started a business working on exactly that and you know, i think we also need to figure out if a restaurant is going to be allowed to prepare foods that recreational cannabis in them how is that described what kind of genetic tracking is necessary and you know there's even the off change people might want to use recreational cannabis at the concert we want the rules. >> thank you very much is there anyone whose name i called not spoken yet please come up if i've called our name - if you filed out a card please come up and

first time i got invited by terrance allen to get more involved to see what is happening to go to humboldt to do a tour it was shocking we live here in san francisco and live in a bubble and get outside and start to talk to stakeholders and growers and sellers and distributors and transport oversees there's life people in the industry even though prop 215 passed years ago we have not passed one bill regretting this industry i want to give kudos to the industry for setting up the framework that local government has stepped up to the plate in with the state not passing legislation where we're talking about legalization at least two ballot initiatives it's been powell well, the initiative drafters are serious about making sure we learn from what what happened in colorado and washington to make sure whatever is on the ballot in california is doable that you know going to generate the revenues it promises and in the meantime set a framework you're talking about here today, we're all working together to make sure we all are working the lyft hand is working with the right hand and versus as super

in berlin, he is inspecting the building side of the humboldt for a museum. his love for art again with the salvador dali painting at the age of nine. he has been making waves as director of the british museum since 2002. and now macgregor has been awarded germany's national prize for his exhibition last year "germany -- memories of a nation." >> inspiration was that most brits only know 12 years of german history. the doctors. the time preceding that is relatively alex lord. many also are not aware of what happened after the war. >> soon macgregor will call germany home. he is the founding director of berlin's future humboldt for him in the rebuilt city palace. the ambitious project will combine art, culture, and science for global audience. it will be unveiled in 2019. 2019 is still a couple of years to go. brian: that's all we have time for. thanks for joining us. >> see you again at the top of the hour. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] accuses russia up

for the pbs newshour, i'm spencer michels in humboldt county, california. >> wooduff: online spencerhas more from marijuana growers who want better regulation of water. read his blog on our home page pbs.org/newshour. >> wooduff: high school seniors are graduating across the country this month. federal officials laud the fact that graduation rates have climbed steadily through the last decade. but new reporting calls into question whether those numbers are rising for all the right reasons. william brangham brings us the details. >> brangham: high school graduation rates are at an all- time high federal data show 81% of students finish, and finish on time. but a new investigation by n.p.r. finds reasons to question that number. their reporting found that the value of a high school diploma can vary widely between, and even within, states. in just nine states and the district of columbia, students must complete required classes to be considered "college-ready" and to earn a diploma. twenty-three states allow students to opt in, or out, of a more rigorous path to graduation. that leaves

helicopters from humboldt county and los angeles will handle search rescue along the coast for the time being because of what happened at sfo today. >> the about 9,000 employee if his santa clara county are mobile mobilizing to strike tomorrow if contract negotiations fail overnight. they are the workers who hospital jail other county resource operate day-to-day. katie is in san jose with the story. fight half of saent santa clara county employee preparing for a strike. that's some 9,000 seiu local union members. >> it will come down to an eyelash. that close. >>reporter: union negotiators and county leaders bargain over new 4 year contract. >> every percentage point means a lot of money. one way or the other and so a lot at stake. >> so much is at stake the yawn has already authorized the strike with 6:00 a.m. deadline looming. people at santa clara valley medical center standing by the effort. >> what i have heard from most of the nurses is that the one of us agreeing to in the do extra shift. not pick up extra work that outside of this does. >>reporter: 4 75 seiu members have been or

helicopters from humboldt county and los angeles will handle search rescue along the coast for the time being because of what happened at sfo today. >> the about 9,000 employee if his santa clara county are mobile mobilizing to strike tomorrow if contract negotiations fail overnight. they are the workers who hospital jail other county resource operate day-to-day. katie is in san jose with the story. fight half of saent santa clara county employee preparing for a strike. that's some 9,000 seiu local union members. >> it will come down to an eyelash. that close. >>reporter: union negotiators and county leaders bargain over new 4 year contract. >> every percentage point means a lot of money. one way or the other and so a lot at stake. >> so much is at stake the yawn has already authorized the strike with 6:00 a.m. deadline looming. people at santa clara valley medical center standing by the effort. >> what i have heard from most of the nurses is that the one of us agreeing to in the do extra shift. not pick up extra work that outside of this does. >>reporter: 4 75 seiu members have been or

helicopters from humboldt county and los angeles will handle search rescue along the coast for the time being because of what happened at sfo today. >> the about 9,000 employee if his santa clara county are mobile mobilizing to strike tomorrow if contract negotiations fail overnight. they are the workers who hospital jail other county resource operate day-to-day. katie is in san jose with the story. fight half of saent santa clara county employee preparing for a strike. that's some 9,000 seiu local union members. >> it will come down to an eyelash. that close. >>reporter: union negotiators and county leaders bargain over new 4 year contract. >> every percentage point means a lot of money. one way or the other and so a lot at stake. >> so much is at stake the yawn has already authorized the strike with 6:00 a.m. deadline looming. people at santa clara valley medical center standing by the effort. >> what i have heard from most of the nurses is that the one of us agreeing to in the do extra shift. not pick up extra work that outside of this does. >>reporter: 4 75 seiu members have been or

and peru is like that because it has got a very arid coast with a very rich offshore current, the humboldtcurrent, then you've got the andes mountains with lots of deep valleys up to snow-capped mountains, and then you go down into the amazon rain forest. and that creates a whole lot of microclimates and ecosystems with a huge diversity of animals and plants in them. >> the manÚ national park is located in southeastern peru, in the amazon basin. most of the park is rain forest. rob williams of the zoological society of frankfurt, germany, heads a project that seeks to help preserve this ecosystem. a dozen species of reptiles live here. caimans can grow to six meters in length. countless species of mammals also live in manÚ, among them capybaras -- one of the world's largest rodents. the extensive, dense forest has not been fully explored. it no doubt still holds many secrets. people also live within the national park -- indigenous groups such as the machiguenga. rob williams and his team visit them regularly. today they are talking to the children about how important it is to take care of

. >>> search and rescue helicopter coverage in the area is being temporarily provided by humboldt bay and los angeles. >>> negotiations down to the wire for santa clara county and thousands of its workers who are threatening to walk off the job tomorrow. kpix 5's mark sayre reports a judge has now stepped in saying some of them will have to show up for work. >> that's right. at this hour negotiations are continuing between santa clara and its largest employee union. a judge late this afternoon ordered at least 475 essentially workers remain on the job. >> reporter: the service employees international union represents 9,000 workers in santa clara county and last week employees at valley medical center held a rally after the strike was authorized. >> we don't want to go out on strike but we're at a point where our members have spoken and they're willing to do that because they just can't take it anymore. >> reporter: even as the negotiations continue, the county went to superior court in case they break down. it is requiring workers ranging from respiratory care therapists at valley car

this one in humboldt county. the sheriff's office says the estimated street value of the plants about $7 million. agents also found piles of debris and discovered several environmental operations. >>> now to the june rain storm. pretty unusual for this time of year. it also comes two years after 100-degree heat. triple digit temperatures on monday. wind on tuesday. now rain today. ktvu's ken wayne is going to show us how the rain complicated everything from the evening commute to graduation plans, but we start with our chief meteorologist bill martin. bill, this is amazing. we had more rain today than in the entire month of january. >> take it into consideration. january the dryest monday on san francisco in record. these are some record rainfalls from today. you can see here you got .17 in san rafael. you've got .26 in sfo. these are records. we've got more of them around here. most people got about a quarter of an inch. there's livermore, coming up .35, or .3 of an inch of rain. the showers lasted right through

helicopters from humboldt county in los angeles will handle rescues for the time being. >>> new mountainsightings. the first one at 10:15 p.m. friday night from bellevue avenue and clark drive. it was spotted walking through a gate at park elementary school. the lion appeared to be calm and didn't act aggressively. the san mateo hills have long seen big cats but relatively uncommon. in the flat lands. last month, the police spotted this one near downtown before tranquilizing it and releasing it near the crystal springs reservoir. one theory, the drought is drawing the animals down to seek food and water. >>> happening today, consumer advocates will call for an investigation into why california gas prices are so high. the group consumer watchdog, the largest refiners of manipulating their prices. they're asking the attorney general to look into it. today's announcement will be in berkeley before a meeting of the california attorney general and an energy commission committee. >> a former night manager of a south bay science camp for children accused of child molestation will appear in san

the fbi and the humboldt county d.a. are investigating a possible bob durst connection, too.e chief advises caution. >> the evidence, the circumstantial evidence, is just not there at this point. >> reporter: that old composite sketch, for example, could this be robert durst? the chief isn't quite sure it's particularly accurate. >> looks very similar. >> were you impressed by the similarities? >> i'm impressed by the similarities, but my questions are being able to recognize somebody in a very small space and window, and then being able to recount that in a description that's -- that's pretty precise. >> reporter: that sketch? ridiculous, said durst's attorney, dick deguerin. >> i know bob pretty well. that doesn't look anything like him. it looks like mr. potato head. >> reporter: so who was that witness of 18 years ago? would he still remember? the cops hadn't spoken to him recently, so we found him riding his tractor in the green hills above eureka. his name is randy gomes, an army vet and a local carpenter. did he remember? >> i looked right in because i was yelling at h

. >> next week the helicopter crews will concentrate on mendocino and humboldt counties. >>> it is firen. we'll talk about a rain chance coming up in a couple of minutes but let's talk about how warm we got today using our friends the kpix 5 weather watchers. backyards right here to channel 5 to your backyard. dave napa 82 degrees with sunshine. it is sunny and warm in wine country today. but markedly cooler close to the water 65 degrees in san leandro with sunshine, keith rodriguez. it's amazing how you get sunshine but just proximity to water can drop you 20 degrees even though it's still sunny with the same sun angle. 75 right now robert sullivan reports in from redwood city. so we have 60s, 70s and 80s depending where you are. we also have that at our airport locations. santa rosa 80. san francisco 62. san bruno 62. livermore in the low 70s. low to mid-50s overnight tonight. sunrise about as early as we get is about 11 minutes before 6:00. that will be when the sun comes up tomorrow early risers get the worm and they will get the sunshine, too. the average high temperature in june w

. >>> authorities also discovered a large illegal pot grow in humboldt county. deputies found 19 greenhouses with almost 5,000 marijuana plants. the sheriff's office estimates the value $7 million. deputies also found piles of debris and search environmental violations. no one was there at the property when the police moved in. >>> it is 7:08 now. the nba finals and a crucial game for the warriors who find themselves down two games to one in the series. the warriors finally got into a groove in the fourth quarter of game three tuesday night, but couldn't overcome their mistakes in the end. it is reminscent of the semi-finals when the warriors lost games two and three to memphis, but then came back to win the series. but now they are dealing with that man. lebron james who has scored more points in three games than anybody in nbas finals history. >> similar situation. obviously, a different team. so you got to adjust accordingly. but the mission is we got to win game four. go home with an even series and take it from there. >> i am not saying, hey, we are going t

that's trinity, mendocino, and humboldt counties.reams that flowed to the eel river. it's estimated that the plants were sucking up about half a million gallons of water every day. >> the amount of gallons of water and the large tanks that were out there was unreal. >> four people were arrested during this operation, but investigators do say more arrests are likely in the future. >>> according to the "san francisco chronicle," google is offering $5 million in matching grants to help build a bike system in silicon valley. it calls on cities in the valley to come up with ways to boost bike friendliness. the company's goal to build a bike friendly community similar to copenhagen. >>> 9:25. pride weekend in the bay area. of course, people all across the country and the bay area celebrating the supreme court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage. coming up, we will talk live to a couple who has been on the forefront of this fight for more than ten years. >>> and a warning for swimmers along the santa cruz county coast. the reason the b

it happens in humboldt county where all the marijuana growers are which, of course, is still illegallegal ways to consume this water. marijuana takes a lot of water. everybody focuses on almonds, and they make the almond growers theville rains -- villains, but marijuana's almost as bad. stuart: we didn't know that. that's not been high on the radar screen. i want to ask you about how californians in general are taking to these water restrictions was the rationing is -- because the rations is pretty drastic. >> that's right. they've turned everyone into mrs. kravitz where everyone's looking over their backyard fence and seeing if you're watering your lawn neighbors are ratting on neighbors. it's kind of nasty. i had a friend who was drought-shamed for eating almonds at work because they require so much work. stuart: you've got to be kidding me on this one. >> yes. and he should have been shamed because they were the unsalted ones which is not acceptable under any circumstances. stuart: what's the attitude towards governor brown? he's imposed this rationing. he doesn't say that he's go