and jerry bonds, sr., was none too happy about it. >> i was upset at first.d i even threatened him to not even bring his kids up here. >> the last time we were on camera, we couldn't talk to him other than through a piece of glass. we couldn't touch him. so being able to come to a ceremony like this, it makes it all worthwhile. >> he's owning up to his responsibility. we all make mistakes. i mean, i have. >> i have a job. i work with a counselor. i'm her clerk. i've been doing that for the past maybe six months. i've been staying out of trouble, staying clean. not getting into any altercations. and i've grown up a lot. >> i think he's learned his lesson. >> but trouble might be in store for billy groves, who is still under investigation for contraband. his girlfriend, brandy graves, attempted to smuggle a pillow stuffed with cell phones and tobacco into the prison. >> you have problems. you can sit here and say what you want to but you have problems. you know we're putting you into long-term seg? >> why are you going to do that to me? >> your safety and secur

though it was nearly a three-hour drive to get here, jerry bonds' sr.t is worth it. >> when a person is down you really have to be there for them. so what we try to, relay back to jerry is that we hope he will get out of here sometime soon. and then when he do get out, you know, to pick up where he left off. and show these kids they're not just coming up here for nothing at all. >> i mean -- i'm anxious, man. i want to see them so bad. i wish i could touch them and hug them. i guess it's better than nothing. >> finally, the waiting is over. >> what's that? how y'all doing? look at you. >> see him and smile him. >> how are you doing in school? >> good. >> what grade are you going into, eddie? >> the hardest part is like seeing him behind the glass. and when he's in here and stuff. so i really want him to get out. >> when his kids can't hug him like i told him he is hurting his kids. you know i can stand the hurt. sometimes the kids can't. >> what's happening, dad. how you doing? >> staying strong? >> yes, sir. >> thank you for bringing them up for me, da

we told you about governor jerry brown's plan, the governor pledged $687 million in bond money to helpof the money goes to water conservation and recycling efforts. ktvu's allie rasmus is live with more. >> we asked the largest water agencies whether they plan to impose mandatory water restrictions and so far the only one is the marin water district. they sent out a flier warning customers if their water levels drop below 40,000 feet they will enact a 25% mandatory reduction for customers. we talked to other utilities. san francisco says they set no set date for mandatory restrictions yet but they are real responsibility in the future. by april 2 they will have a better idea of whether they need to impose mandatory restrictions. representatives from contra costa county they said it could be on the table but the earliest they would go in effect eis may and -- is may and east bay will have a better idea when they get their report on april 8. >> we need to see how much water our customers will conserve these next couple months, how much is in the reservoirs, how much snow and rain we may

jerry brown's top project. newsom says he supports taking nine- billion-dollars in voter-approved bonds from the rail project andre pressing infrastructure needs." brown has continued to back the bullet train even as questions grow about how the state will pay for it. >> a plan to protect the river that runs through yosemite national park is now limiting the number of park visitors. park officials say the number of visitors to yosemite valley will be limited to a little over 18- thousand-seven-hundred. details were released by the national park service after receiving thousands of comments from the public who want to preserve access. while tourists can still bike and raft, the rental facilities will be moved farther away from the merced river. the park also plans to ease congestion by adding shuttle buses and improving traffic flow. >> the napa unified school district is offering a reward to find the people who vandalized and burglarized a napa school. police say laptops and other items were stolen from a classroom at the river school in napa. it happened sometime last weekend. the district reward is 500- dollar

jerry brown and top democrats say ey expect in just two weeks of hundreds of millions of dollars will flow to drought stricken communities. the bulk of the $687 million, about 549 million comes from unspent bonds. period $46 million is earmarked for food and housing for people affected by the drought. 15 million will provide emergency water supplies in places where supplies are low. and $14 million will help communities with groundwater contamination made worse by the drought. >> how soon depends on which water utility you talk to. we spoke to several bay area water agencies to find out their timeline for imposing mandatory water restrictions. the river was raging after storms swept through the bay area earlier this month. but that downpour was not enough to stave off the states drought fears. >> we would need i would say five good storms like we had last week. >> today the governor and other state leaders announced a proposal for $687 million in drought emergency funding. >> it is things like this drought that we will be facing regularly and intensifying over the next years and decades. >> part of the money will go towards water conservation efforts. and most bay area water agencies already h

2 governor jerry brown is pushing for emergency legislation to help the state cope with the drought, governorrer brown and legislative leaders want to use 6 evmillion dollars of unspent bond money to speed up drought relief efforts, that money would be used on projects like re-capturing storm run off, paying for local water conservation measures and expanding the use and distribution of recycled water. >> this is a time to pull together as californians first to rise above a lot of divisions that pull us apart because we don't know how long this thing is going to last. >> now most of the money for the drought relief would come from bonds already approved by voters. lawmakers say they can have a bill ready in a couple of weeks. >> google's ultra high speed internet service could be coming to silicon valley, palo alto, mountain view, sunnyvale, santa clara and san jose have all been invited to join the project known as google fiber, they said it is 100 times faster than existing broadband services and right now it is only available in austin texas and provo, utah and those places but google has asked 30 other citys to submit information to make installation possible. >>> we