it was planted here by john muir in the 1880s. in this 1885 paragraph, you see the tree protected by a wooden cage planted in a prominent spot for all to see. keith soon realized the only way to save this tree would be to clone it. that's notoriously difficult with giant sequoias. there may be one person in the world capable of doing it. good thing he agreed to try. he runs the ancient tree archive in michigan. he told us via skype that he jumped at the chance to work on a tree that muir himself had touched. in fact, he'd do it for free. much like he does with other park trees, keith climbed the sequoia with a saw and a pair of pruning sheers. he sought out the newest growth, clipped it and overnighted it to michigan. there it was treated not just with tlc, but with hormones to stimulate root growth. >> i take a great sense of pride in being able to at least start the project. maybe my daughter will someday come to the john muir site and see this tree that her dad helped plant. >> there are a couple of different ideas. some say pl

. >> i think john muir would be apalled what's happening today >> one reason why this resident spoke to the board of supervisors this morning. they lasted a letter about plans to manage the sometimes teeming masses. a large parking area is off the table. there is reservations plans in the works >> would you have come if you needed a reservation? >> probably not. >> the county will ask for a study that will look at how many people are too many people? >> one thing has to be taken into consideration is what's happening to those trees the park sfts is charged with protecting. >> locals would like to cap visits at 750,000 people per year but this is a money making venture. price of that, cars and buses cause collateral damage by clogging roads >> you can't raise in a tree. >> thomas is a volunteer and says yes, it gets busy but never crowded. >> i think anything we take away from the public doesn't help them. this is one treasure. we should make sure it's protected. >> and protection must be negotiated. apparently. from muir woods, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> we have late word of a u.s.

. >> i think john muir would be appalled at is happening at muir woods today. >> one reason why thisthe marin county board of supervisors as they drafted a letter to the national park service about plans to manage the sometimes teeming masses. a large parking area is off the table. there's now a reservation plan in the works. >> would you have come if you would have needed to make a reservation. >> probably not. >> now the county will ask for a scientific study. >> the study would look scientifically at the study how many people are too many people? when does the benefit of sharing this environment become harmful to it? >> one thing that has to be taken into consideration is what is happening to those trees that the park service is charged with protecting. >> locals would like to cap park visits at 750,000 people a year. but this is a money-making venture for the national park service. the price of that? cars and buses that cause collateral damage by clogging local roads. >> did you count rings in the tree? >> thomas works as a volunteer in the park. he says, yes, it does get busy on

. >> i think john muir would be appalled at is happening at muir woods today. >> one reason why this they drafted a letter to the national park service about plans to manage the sometimes teeming masses. a large parking area is off the table. there's now a reservation plan in the works. >> would you have come if you would have needed to make a reservation. >> probably not. >> now the county will ask for a scientific study. >> the study would look scientifically at the study how many people are too many people? when does the benefit of sharing this environment become harmful to it? >> one thing that has to be taken into consideration is what is happening to those trees that the park service is charged with protecting. >> locals would like to cap park visits at 750,000 people a year. but this is a money-making venture for the national park service. the price of that? cars and buses that cause collateral damage by clogging local roads. >> did you count rings in the tree? >> thomas works as a volunteer in the park. he says, yes, it does get busy on weekends, but it's never crowded. >> i

. >> i think john muir would be appalled what is happening at muir woods today. >> one reason why thisaft add letter to the national park service about plans to manage the sometimes teeming masses. a large parking area is off the table. there's now a reservation plan in the works. >> would you have come if you would have needed to make a reservation. >> probably not. >> now the county will ask for a scientific study. >> the study would look scientifically at the study how many people are too many people? when does the benefit of sharing this environment become harmful to it? >> one thing that has to be taken into consideration is what is happening to those trees that the park service is charged with protecting. >> locals would like to cap park visits at 750,000 people a year. but this is a money-making venture for the national park service. the price of that? cars and buses that cause collateral damage by clogging local roads. >> did you count rings in the tree? >> thomas works as a volunteer in the park. he says, yes, it does get busy on weekends, but it's never crowded. >> i think th

victim was taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek with serious injuries. >>> one person was injured and 2 people in custody tonight after a drive-by shooting. that happened in concord as well. happened around 4 this afternoon on grant street near knowles drive. video of the scene once again. witness say honda pulled up and fired 2 shots. police are investigating whether shooting is connected to an earlier fight at mount diablo high school. >> here is stunning tragic fact. fbi says the san francisco bay area is one of the nation's top 13 places for child sex trafficking. so today the u.s. attorney and san francisco city leaders launch a major awareness campaign on modern day slavery. vick lee. >>reporter: on wednesday hayward police arrested 2 men at the phoenix lodge and charged them with running a sex trafficking ring. they got a call from richmond police who said a 14-year-old girl told them she was kidnapped and forced into prostitution at this hayward motel. >> while we were at the hotel we discovered 2 more ladies at the hotel and we were able to interview them.so we ha

police said the pharmacist later found out that the prescription note had been stolen from the john muir behavior health clinic in concord. >> navorro bowman is believed to have suffered a torn acl and mcl in his left knee on his recovered fumble play in the 4th quarter of sunday's game bowman will be out for nine month and could miss the 2014 season linebackers coach leavitt says he's optimistic bowman will return next season but with acl's in really depends on the individual also lost was pro-bowl offensive guard mike iupati who broke his left ankle in the 2nd quarter as of now he doesn't know if he'll have surgery and will be reevaluated later on today. >> and now onto a big story that continues to get everyones attention. stanford graduate and seawhawks corner richard sherman. so sherman wasn't drunk during this postgame rant.but some think the seahawks player was beligerint in this interview. by now most people have seen this. but right after that outburst.a video started getting recirculated around the internet. this one shows sherman after a playoff game last year. >> that was aft