like humboldt stumbling upon it. some of it was urban trade at cause people to think about fertilizer as a commercial commodity. some of it was liebig and is reductive chemistry. said, wegly, people know we need nitrogen, where can we find it? under the humus theory, this approach might not have made quite as much sense. does that answer the question? good question. ok. so, in the u.s. south, they did not use a tremendous number of these chilean nitrates. they actually ended up, here are a couple of other ads, european. they ended up shifting to a different source of fertilizer. and this is a fish called the menhaden. and it is like an anchovy, a very small fish. it is a plankton feeder. it exists in huge schools in the atlantic ocean. today, is mostly -- does anyone know what it is harvested for today, it is controversial? there is a company called omega that harvested these for fish oil, or supplements for human ingestion. but early on, menhaden came to the late 19th century to replace , as whales were increasingly

alexander von humboldt, brought it back. they are light and easy to transport. so unlike manure or nightsoil, it comes in a -- a light, easy to transport package. another part of the story that toimportant to understand, mine these guano deposits would be incredibly awful work. have any of you ever cleaned out a chicken coop? magnify that about 100 annual get an idea. acriduano was incredibly and dusty and get into people's lungs and make them sick. anyone wanted to do. not surprisingly, the earliest juan o farmers were slaves -- guano farmers were slaves. peru outlawed slavery in the 1850's, and it was increasingly fed by a trade in chinese labor. some of it coming from the coast. about 100,000 laborers from labor wasi-free brought to peru. many of them ended in the chincha islands where they had to work off the cost of their transport, mining guano. it was awful work, they got paid very little. fertilityeated the revolution in the developed world. it is also a story about the decline of slavery and the rise of other types of global labor and migration. also a

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its mother was sadly fatally hit by a car in humboldt county.awn was born on the side of the road. the highway patrol fund it, a caltrans equipment crew was able to take it to a local vet. the fawn is expected to be okay. >>> some foods that you heard were healthy may not be, as the food and drug administration begins reviews standards set in the 1990s. the fda's revisions come as new information comes out about nutrition and overall health. right now companies can market food as healthy if products meet certain standards for levels of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, salt and sugar. >>> an historic rescue boat recently made famous by hollywood is in san francisco today. the ship is "motor life boat 36542," the first standard motor propelled self riding life boat adopted by the coast guard for life saving. in "the finest hours" crewmen were shown rescuing sailors. >> this is a boat that revolutionized life saving in the water. a piece of history. there's many, many lives that have been saved that owe their lives to this boat. >> the lifeboat is

there's even a half million allocated to a resort community improvement district in humboldt county,tanks. >> here's some cash to help pay for something that you probably should and could do on your own. >> these type of projects, money going to organizations, utility and agencies that could pay for it themselves is just what the bond money should not be funding. >> we need to make sure we're spending the dollars well. >> the san francisco bay's public policy institute. >> i would rather see in the future, more of the state bond monies going to things that are hard to fund locally. and that means less emphasis on funds going to water supply, and wastewater agencies. and more emphasis on the kinds of things they don't fund with their rate pair base. >> we found several examples of those projects. things such as $3 million for a new booster pump station in napa county. $15 million to fill a pipeline. and $30 million to chevron oil company to build a pipeline and improve their recycled water reliability. >> couldn't chevron spend that money on its own. >> they wanted to, but they wouldn

there's even $500,000 for an improvement district in humboldt county. >> here's some cash to help pay for something that you probably should and could do on your own. >> reporter: money going to organizations and utilities and agencies that can pay for it themselves are just what ellen suggested the bond money should not be funded. >> to make sure that we're spending the water dollars well. >> serving at the san francisco based public policy institute. >> i would rather see in the future more of the state bond moneys going to things that are going to fund locally and that means less emphasis on water supply and waste water agencies and more emphasis on the kinds of things that they don't fund with the ratepayer base. >> we found several examples of those projects in the fine print, things such as $3 million for a new booster pump station and $15 million to build a pipeline to serve vineyards, a pasture and increase the water recycle liability at the refinery. >> couldn't chevron spend that money on its own? >> it wouldn't be able to get recycled water without it. >> shouldn't this mon

we are up and down spending a lot of hours on the highway corridor in humboldt, sure ka, ka -- eureka, trinity. >> and smart train, were you a fan or supporter of the smart train? >> i think we have to look at all sides of growth and growth can be looked at in a way that is sustainable and inclues si. there are many different options but it's important to have those discussions in a trans parent -- transparent way. >> you encouraged safe sex. anything that you as a 25-year- old want to tweet about and say, oh, no, that might come back to the voters in some way. >> well, i'm open. i think that's refreshing. i'm actually willing to answer questions posed to someone running for public office. yeah, i'm taking on the issues because i believe that's what our constituents deserve. >> thanks for coming to join us. >> thanks for joining us here. >> now that we have extended the invitation to the candidates running against erin to join us here. we are working to confirm incouple gent jerry hoffman. and the dale mansing will join us may 32 but, again, think for erin schroede for joining us on t

tonight1c in san jose.j% we were overhead shortlye% after the accident on+ like avenue at west: humboldtreet. how it lookedói from the ground. right there you can see the live wires on the car. rescue crew waited until pg&e turn you have had a the power out. she was a i believe to walk away from the7t crash you see there. >> well from san jose tonight justification and new twist in the fatal shootings of a police officer and suspect in march of last year. new report from the district attorney's office has declared the shooting3u of the suspect justified. happened on march 24th. san jose police officers responded. reports of intoxicated man with a rifle on the balcony of his san jose condominium. now before it ended officer johnson was dead after being shot by 57-year-old scott dunham who in turn died after being shot by san jose police. report says that dunham had wanted officers to shoot him and totals take as many of their lives as he possibly could. further the investigation revealed that dunham had been obsessed with isis and had;ó threatened to decapitate his wife. had a history of

from san mateo through the city, marin, up to humboldt county. away from the water, 80s.o 90s tomorrow. we'll be warm but temperatures will be markedly cooler, if you hang out near the beach. so a warm weekend for most the warmest day of the three will be monday memorial day. we'll see some low 90s away from the water. widespread mid-70s near the bay and much cooler if you are heading to the beach. so many activities this weekend, the biggest one or one of the biggest saturday and sunday will be bottlerock! napa valley, weather will be perfect. sunshine and warm with temperatures in the mid-80s and next week has the potential to be even warmer so i think more so than a warm holiday weekend is the fact that once we get warm tomorrow, we are going to stay that way for a week or longer. so no big cooldowns. we'll be summer-like. >> all right. thank you. >>> paul mentioned it. bottlerock, wine country getting ready to rock this weekend. betty, i know, it's rocking. you're there! >> reporter: that's right. thousands are taking off memorial day weekend with the finest food and

as we widen the view you notice the system pushing into humboldt county, the pacific northwest and that say louse for patchy drizzle along the coast. bringing a cooler and breezier afternoon. 56 in hayward. numbers in the narrow range from 49 to 56. we go through the next few hours and you will notice we see some coast am drizzle in the morning hours and we will get set for a sunnier sunday. chris. >> breaking news out of oakland. one man is dead after a three-car crash a on southbound 880. it happened near expert change just after 1:30 this morning. the chp said a stalled vehicle was hit the by at least two other cars. two have been hospitalized with unknown injuries. all southbound lanes were initially shut down but have since reopened he had.. >>> some east bay high-schoolers are playing a game involving sex, and explosives. it's a scavenger hunt and police are warning people not to play because of the danger involved. >> there's a a scavenger hunt going on. >> school students heard about it, so about the officials. they warned people on four campuses. >> we heard it could involve dr

clam beach in humboldt. shoreline park beach in san diego. the only f in the bay area is candlestick point beach. out flow from a light flow than like a beach so not many beach- goers here. to check the status, there's an app for that called sf beaches you. >> open it up and you can see all the locations around the perimeter of san francisco where we test for beach water quality. >> hold it where i can see it. >> reporter: beach weather is upon us and here on baker beach, the davis boys found something. >> was nasty. >> dead fish. >> yeah. >> reporter: the nearly quarter mile wide ocean beach also received high marks. as does crissy field beach. where i found these fantastic sandcastles. no one knows who built them. they are just there. until the tide comes in. in san francisco, don ford, kpix 5. >> what did you say, liz? that was an impressive castle ? >> mine just looked like a pyramid. >> there are pros. >> and then there are others. [ laughter ] >> that's more than just a toy. go build a castle. >> that took time. >> what a great weekend

he says mendocino, humboldt and trinity counties make up what's known as the emerald triangle and those areas of them will bring in $12 billion in wholesale revenue, 12 times as much as newsom says the entire state of california made for medical and rick -- recreational use last year. >> i don't care. everyone's personal decision. what they want to do. and how they want to spend their time and money. >> reporter: not everyone is on board with the measure. the police chiefs association is one of the groups leading the opposition. the lieutenant governor says he feels that the initiative will pass. many we spoke with say they are indifferent about the proposed law. >> is possible adults, i don't see any issue with it. it's no different to me than drinking alcohol. >> more strongly in support of decriminalization because i think incarceration for marijuana use is sort of unnecessary i guess. >> reporter: law enforcement want people to remember for now, recreational usage is still against the law. >> at this point, it's still an infection. it's still illegal and if you are engaging in this

to the west, humboldt, mendocino county looking at the some showers.front could drag a few areas of drizzle our way. then we get into partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon. this is santa cruz where 60s will be realized later on today with a few peaks of sub. 49 morgan hill. namely everyone from mid-to upper 50s. 54 san jose, 58 -- or 56 in san francisco and mountain view. so from our exploratorium camera, all the cloud cover here. mid-high level clouds and that's a switch from the usual low clouds. no problems at sfo right now. 54 santa rosa, napa, fairfield and livermore. 55 in novato and concord. our forecast highlights and a view of the golden gate bridge. you see the cloud cover with the patchy drizzle possible, main any along the coast. otherwise cooler than normal today and tomorrow behind the system. we will get the into a cooler pocket of air. then high pressure builds for a warmer monday. the warmest days of the week will be tuesday and wednesday certainly inland where temperatures will be in the 80s. as we go through the next few hours