. >>> the kind of violence that brought president obama's former minister, jeremiah wright, to the east bay today to help launch a new movement. here's lisa amin gulezian. >> it's important for us to wrap our minds around who we are as a people. >> lisa: on this new year's day the peoples of the baptist minimum stirs union are committed to change. they say what's happening in many east bay african-american communities right now isn't ideal. >> as a community we're not who we should be. his. >> lisa: for some, their spirit is broken, especially after the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in richmond and the shooting of an unarmed barber by police. >> we're trying to get a new suspect of life. >> lisa: it encourages education, health and wellness. >> we need to return, so this year we made it a point of emphasis to reach out to brothers, reach out to pastors to women who are -- anyone who is serving our community and say, at least do these things. >> lisa: richmond city councilman elect needs the initiative to work. richmond's crime rate was 14th 14th high nest the country in 2009. >> for u

put things in focus. >> lisa: movement organizers hope having the support of reverend doctors jeremiah wright will help. they invited him to speak today. he start similar plan in chicago and encouraged churchgoers here to start similar action. wright refused to speak with the media. >> john: napa county residents woke occupy a white new year. several vehicles got stuck on highway 29, the main north-south roadway between napa and lake counties. a tour bus and six other vehicles had to be hauled out out of the snow. >> take a look at this. also snowed overnight not n lake county. these photos are from a deck in hidden lake. if you have photos and video, upload them to ureport at abcnews.com. >>> abc-7's frances dinglasan is watching the storm. she joins us now. >> frances: we're going to see more snow as well. more pictures coming in because snows expected in lake county where the winter weather advisory in effect until 8:00 tomorrow. so the snow level 2500 feet, and up to eight inches of snow expected above 8,000 feet. there's also winter weather advisory in tahoe so if you're driving to and f

jeremiah wright will help. they invited president obama's former pastor and controversial religious leader to speak today. wright started a similar plan in chicago and encouraged churchgoers here to take action. but wright refused to speak with the media. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> napa county residents woke up to a white new year, about 3 or 4 inches of snow fell saturday morning. several vehicles got stuck on highway 29 over mount saint helena, the main north/south roadway over lake counties. tour buses and six other cars had to be hauled out of the snow. the chp put out calls to the napa county roads department and caltran asking for help. it snowed early in lake county. these photos were from their deck in hidden valley lake to youreport powered by youtube.com. if you have photos and video you'd like to share, upload them or e-mail them to: >>> new laws are now in effect in california covering a wide range of issues from marijuana to baked goods to traffic tickets. possession of an ounce or less of p

. >> president obama's controversial former minister, jeremiah wright, is in the east bay today to launch a movement in the african-american community. faith leaders have put together a plan for positive social change. lisa amin gulezian is live in berk live -- berk live we the service. >> we were denied access to pastor wright, but churches did commit to being part of the emancipation movement initiative. change will come to african-american communities in the bay area. >> this is important for us to wrap our minds around who we are as a people. >> the people of the baptist minister's union, or bmu, are committed to change. they say what's happening in many east bay african-american communities right now isn't ideal. >> as a community, we're not who we should be. >> for some, their spirit is also broken, especially after crimes like the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in richmond, and the shooting death of an unarmed barber in oakland by police. >> the emancipation movement initiative encouraging economic development, education, and health and wellness, and it will be the churches' job t

jeremiah wright will help. they invited president obama's former pastor to speak. wright started a plan in chicago and encouraged churchgoers here to take action but he refused to speak with the media. >>> new laws are now in effect in california covering a wide ranges of issues from marijuana to traffic tickets. possession of an ounce are less of marijuana is now only an infraction similar to a traffic ticket. it is still a $100 fine but there is no jail time and it won't go on your record. california is requiring all baked goods made in the state to be free of transfats. all traffic tickets carry an extra $4 fee to pay for air ambulances and the state has made changes in the law to makes i recall easier for parents to get health insurance for children with preexisting medical conditions. >>> arnold schwarzenegger who swept into office after a recall election seven years ago has just one more full day of governor. 63-year-old republican actor and former bodybuilder he says out of the office he'll hit the speech circuit and maybe write a book. he says he may get int

responsibility to put things in focus. >> movement organizers hope having the support of reverend jeremiah wrightill help. they provided president obama's former pastor and religious leader to speak today. wright started a similar plan in chicago and encouraged churchgoers here to take action. but wright refused to speak with the media. in berkeley, lisa amin gulezian abc 7 news. >> napa county residents woke up to a white new year. about 3 or 4 inches of snow fell early yesterday morning. several vehicles got stuck over mount saint helena. that's the roadway between napa and lake counties. a tour bus and up to six other vehicles had to be hauled out of the snow. the chp put out calls to the napa county roads department and caltran for help. it also snowed early saturday in lake county. these photos were sent to us by january and rich himm from their deck in hitten valley lake from youreport powered by youtube.com. if you have video you'd like to share upload them or you can e-mail them to: >>> new laws are now in effect in california covering a wide range of issues from marijuana to baked goods

debacle with reverend jeremiah wright because not all of america necessarily needs to say that not all of america is christian but there is we do you think that. there can be a candidate who let's say comes in and says that he's devoted to jesus and that he's a christian but that he's also in support of gay marriage that he's in support of abortion and it can he then get the christian community behind him no absolutely not and what i want because most pressing issues well is because religion in america is personal and and is but it's also the holy writ that we make. everybody has to abide by even though it's a personal matter for someone like yourself whereas it's a personal matter for me why does someone else's religion have to inflict upon the laws that i live by well it's largely because we want to know how you're going to respond to the poor we don't want to hire going to respond to pretty much everybody and rather not you going to have compassion. fundamentally we again we fought president bush at the one hand he said that he was a great christian but the amount of on last killing