. >>> my name is jeff ray, president of the boards for the adobe books cooperative. i heard that last week that jack spade representative said that andrew had retired, the owner of adobe books and gave his blessing to jack spade. there is nothing more from the truth. andrew and a group of us worked on creating a worker owned cooperative. we had tut put together a business model. we thought we could be successful. we that had backing of my other business rainbow grocery, we had the backing of the communicate. -- community. the community wanted us to stay. with jack spade coming along, we could not compete with a chain. obviously they share the same office in new york. baby gap, regular gap. and to compare, there is kate spade and say that the mission is very important to us and to have a park avenue store plop down where andrew and adobe books were there for 25 years is a desecration. it's horrible. i don't understand why there is any support from local businesses. the local businesses could have a cooperative there. we had ideas for having pop uks who would have some

. >> reporter: jeff ray became the president of the cooperative that was formed and now runs the business1,000 independent bookstores folded from 2000 to 2007 but numbers are starting to come back. the closing of borders books helped. the competition from amazon and other technology is still causing drama. i'm part of the problem. i bought an ebook. i love bookstores, but this is just so darn easy. you get two buttons and you have a novel and it's cheaper and you don't have to deal with all the used books later. >> it's funny because i'm actually known amongst my friends as being cynical about this kind of kickstarter stuff but this is something they have given back for so many years, they are not like a regular business. >> reporter: enough people thought so that adobe books is turning the page on a new chapter. in san francisco, mike sugerman kpix 5. >> i so love bookstores. so far the storefront where the old bookstore was is still empty. >>> now the man who is writing the book on microclimates. >> every day it's something different. >> it is. >> and sometimes we have so many different

jeff, pythons, alligators, sting rays.ow we're going to end the show with one of the biggest toads in captivity. >> absolutely. he's ready for his own jenny craig moment. he's ready to step on the scale. when you think of toads, here in the northeast, we have the little american toad. but sometimes you get toads like this. >> oh, my gosh. he's huge. >> he's gigantic. this is the marine toad from south america. it's an amphibian. but around the word we're losing our amphibians. we will likely lose half of them halfway through the century. these are animals that have been on our planet for 350 million years. there is a chance this could be extinct some day. >> this constant thing with what do you call it, gut? >> that's his chin. he's actually pumping that back and forth and drawing air in through his nostrils and he's got a very wet vascular membrane. they also bring through their skin. the reason why they're in trouble today is because as they breathe through their skin, they can take toxins in their skip and be killed by

jeff, pythons, alligators, sting rays.ng to end the show with one of the biggest toads in captivity. >> absolutely. he's ready for his own jenny craig moment. he's ready to step on the scale. when you think of toads, here in the northeast, we have the little american toad. but sometimes you get toads like this. >> oh, my gosh. he's huge. >> he's gigantic. this is the marine toad from south america. it's an amphibian. but around the word we're losing our amphibians. we will likely lose half of them halfway through the century. these are animals that have been on our planet for 350 million years. there is a chance this could be extinct some day. >> this constant thing with what do you call it, gut? >> that's his chin. he's actually pumping that back and forth and drawing air in through his nostrils and he's got a very wet vascular th membrane. they also bring through their skin. the reason why they're in trouble today is because as they breathe through their skin, they can take toxins in their skip and be killed by this dead

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jeff. >> brown: next, a story about the increase in police seizures of personal property, in the name of fighting crime.now crime. ray suarez. >> it's the forfeiture. the seizures have long been a tool in the fight of illegal drugs and the program is an enormous money maker for local police departments. new yorker staff writer sarah wrote a lengthy and revealing report for the magazine and joins me now. sarah, let's start at the beginning. -what is civil forfeiture, how does it work. >> enough people are familiar forfeiture. if you're profiting from crime, let's say you're a big drug king pin and you got your malibu mansion and your gulf stream jet with the proceeds of your crime then those things will be taken away from you. that make a lot of sense again to people but many folks are unfamiliar with the idea of civil forfeiture which is actually a case brought against directly against the piece of be proven guilty of a crime to be taken away. and many of the conventional protections that you have under the criminal process are not afforded to the in the civil forfeiture case. no requirement to provide evidence to pr

jeff. >>> a new weapon against cancer that was created right here in the bay area. we'll show you how it works. >>> a machine that is changing the way we fight cancer is in high demand. >> accu-ray had a 30% increase in orders for its robot. the ceo says that patients start to expect medical devices in hospitals. the robot can zero in on the area that needs care and zap it as opposed to getting chemotherapy in a larger area. >> that translates into better clinical benefit for the patient. they can be treated more rapidly with less side effects. >> the stock value of the company jumped by 9% today. >>> is it san jose or ban jose? san jose city councilman introduced a proposal to ban sodas, certain kinds of juices, sports drinks and whole milk at city properties and events. but a committee ruled no action which killed the bill. the councilman said it was a move to promote healthier diets in san jose. >>> up next, henry wofford. stay with us. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. we start with news on the green and gold, the a's have reinstated pitcher brett anderson. he has had a stress fracture in his right foot. he played today against the tigers. a's out in motown, oakland up 3-1 i

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