we provide programs to any la teen oh wanting to be a girl scout. we have daughters of farm workers program which is part of the outreach. we have two really big outreach programs in santa clara county. one is also at the detention center. daughters of farm workers. >> tell us about that. who would have thought. >> the daughters of farm workers program has been in operation the past 30 years. we serve 100 girls in the gilroy community, and we have been there for many years. we focus on developing girl leadership and providing environmental awareness programs, science and technology, family literacy. we also have family night, we do shared activities, games, and. >> they are daughters of farm workers. >> yes. i myself was a daughter. >> why was it important for girls club to branch out in this direction? >> well, i think part of our mission is to serve girls everywhere, so that is definitely an area that's underserved, underrepresented. so we go out there, just like all our outreach programs. we reach out to the communities. they have a special place

today he speaks at a la teen owe summit in washington. insiders say romney needs to win 40% of the hispanic vote and is way behind. hispanic vote folkous the economy. >> jobs and it is going to be -- keeping their homes and educating tear kids. >> reporter: our poll shows one in five voters feel negatively about mitt romney's work with bain capital and the vast majority have no opinion at all. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> volunteers will be out again in morgan hill today searching for sierra lamar. this all happening while sheriff's investigators building a murder case against a suspect now charged with killing her. 21-year-old garcia torres being held without bond accused of kidnapping and killing the teen. investigators say that they have been tracking garcia torres for weeks after dna evidence from lamar's clothes linked him to her disappearance. a former prosecutor says investigators probably hope the surveillance would lead them to lamar. >> if he just kidnapped her and kept her alive, he would visit her regularly, presuma

younger voters support gay marriage and african americans and la teen yoz oppose it. >> and time for a check of the forecast. there is a warm forecast. >> another warm one. >> we have more locations today in the low 90s, higher than their readings yesterday. some locations near the coast were cooler than yesterday, so this evening, we can expect clear skies, fog returns to the coast locally and push across the bay. so our range of temperatures into the evening hours will be a wide range from mid-50s near the coast to mid-70s into warmer areas. and there is some low temperatures from 48-54. afternoon, nice, sunny, breezy and mild. noticeably cooler at the coast. highs into upper 50s and we'll see mid-80s into warmer locations. and how long will the cool down last? the answer is coming up later. >> and still ahead at 4:00 some life long plob lems for students in asian nation autos yahoo responding to a resume, one board member taking a fall. >>> an epidemic in nearsightedness in children is sweeping through asian nations. researchers believe students spending too much time indoors stud

another challenge is getting la teen knows to vote. only seven in ten said they were exciting to vote this time around. >>> we're back with corey booker who criticized the president's attack ads on bain capital. some of the democratic party have increasingly relied on wall street for money and in short, he is a fisher in the democratic party between the rank and file and the moneyed elite. we have robert reich, and eugene robinson. gentleman, i want to talk about this. i'm not sure this is true, but i have been told it's true. i've been told robert reich there are republicans that are pro private equity. they think the democratic party is in kinship with those people and don't like this populist outrage. >> this is not a new rift by the way. i remember 20 years ago, 15 years ago in the clinton administration there was the same rift. many who came from wall street or big business, and then there were raipg and filers who didn't want anything to do with them and were more populist in their inclinations. i think it's wrong to take it to t

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that crash killed la teen. the friend behind the wheel survived and is serving time for that crash. night of partying for those teens. it makes homeowners liable for parties involving underage drinking even when the party does not cause any sort of disturbance. until now, homeowners could be fined but only if a disturbance was reported so it closes that loophole. i just spoke to a woman that has young kids at home. she supports the new law saying that parents need to be involved. >> whatever they can do to help notify parents. that's important. helps for accountability all around. >> reporter: another thing homeowners should keep in mind even if you are completely unaware of party -- party is happening at your home. you are still liable. other cities in the south bay have already passed this social host law, including santa clara and palo alto. san jose is now the biggest city in the region to adopt it. >> thank you very much. developing news now in richmond where firefighters are responding to an electrical fire and stumbled on to a huge marijuana grow near ohio avenue and 6th stre

las grandes instalaciones. >> yo fui uno que hizo el parque de disney world. >> después de universal, castillo de draculo, a teenreconocidos, por la crisis, esto decayo y ahora se enfoca en el transporte del combustible alternativo. >> nosotros los hispanos somos iguales que caulquier grupo. >> Álvaro villa, dice su frase favorita, yo soy el sueño americano. >> pero su mejor creacion es mi familia . >> el presidente de cuba, raúl castro, dio discurso de el día del trabajadro. >> en bolivia, marchas, consignas, y explociones, el gobierno prometio aumentar el salirio mínimo a nos 180 dólares . >> facebook quiere fomentar al donación de organos. >> y les recuerdo que les queda 19 días para empadronarse para las elecciones de noviembre . >> hola qué tal amigos?, a la vuelta le contamos la condiciones del tiempo este día 5 de mayo . >> . >> (♪ ♪) . >> a partir de hoy facebook permite ver que tus amigos, vean que si uno es donante para la donación de organos. >> en estados unidos hay más de cien mil personas que esperan transplantes. >> y los invitamos a la celebración de la batalla de puebla, en la feria aquí en la p

they're well on their way to losing la teen overs. if trent frank prevails, they may lose asian-americans, too. specifically note asian-american women in his concern that this selective gender abortions are happening. >> that's exactly it. at the end of the day, if these republicans continue at this rate they're going to lose women voters and asian voters and mitt romney needs all those coalitions to win or to beat the president. and i don't think he will have that. this bill is only totally totally repressive to women but this bill is also completely nonsensical. there are so many other things congress should focus on like maybe the buffett rule, maybe passing the violence against women's act. instead they want to focus on a select number of abortions that happen in this country. it shows what their priorities are. >> let me play a little of what went down on the house floor yesterday when this was being debated. let's play it, please. >> this is the ultimate war on women, mr. speaker. if we don't allow women to be born, we cannot ta

las leyes, cuando los mócratas no pueden? ¿qué crees que pensaría chávez? >> si seguimos luchando, y él se huese hecho marchas, manifestaciones, en washington dc, teen la importancia, ni ustedes en el sindicato. >>so no es ninguna sorpresa, es difícil para una mujer cuando trabaj ha 600 mil mujeres trabajando, sabemos bien muchas veces los contratistas, mayordomos, o los mismos rancheros igen favores sexuales para manten su trabajo, avanzar su trabajo. nosotroshemos luchado legalmen en contra de esos patrones, contatistas, hemos puesto muchas demandas, y por eso sabemosla mejor manera de protegerse es saber si hay organización donde trabajan, si hay representación donde trabajan. >> en los estados unidos hay un a de marthin luer king, ¿debería haber uno para césar chávez? >> necetamos un día festivo naonal para que podamos honrar no a césar chávez, sino la filosofía, y todo lo que hizo para beneficiar nuera comunid, y honrar las mujeres y hombres que siguen piscando los vegetales, es muy importante hacer eso. >> muas graciasor hablar con nosotros, mhas felicidades. estamos con esa filosofia muy combativa, gracias arto. >> muchisimas gracias jorge, sí se pue. >> la

. >>> many in the african-american and la teen acommunities are not thrilled with the president's kmintsupport him on many issues they do disagree with regard to same sex marriage. next hour i'll speak with tony evans a, pastor at the 9,000 member oklahoma cliff bible fellowship in dallas and we'll talk about this. >>> more news unfolding. rapid fire, roll it. some call him america's toughest sheriff. today he is being called a civil rights violator. the justice department announced a civil suit against arizona sheriff, nationally famous for his stance against illegal immigration and this suit claims he goes way too far. >> there is reasonable cause to believe that mcso and sheriff arpio engaged in a pattern or practice of discriminate ory policing of latinos. >> the moment everyone is waiting for in the john edwards trial not going to happen. prosecutors will not be calling rielle hunter to the stand before resting their case today. edwards is accused of using campaign donations to cover up his affair with hunter. we can tell you we are on verdict watch for the man accused of horrific c

understand that first of all, 50% of the list was la teen -- latino voters. understand they are sending you a letter saying you come prove to us that you are a citizen. you've been voting for 30 years, we don't care. prove it to us. they know there's a lot of people who get frustrated by this, and they'll say i'm not going to vote if you want to put barriers in the way, i'm not going to vote. they are counting on that. what we've got to do is we've got to tell people that it doesn't matter how high the barrier. this is too important. this is a right that we will not turn off back on. in florida, we know that we have got to continue this fight. i want to tell you about another thing that's going on. there's a group called true to vote. you need to know that. truethevote.org. they are going to train 1 million people to be poll watchers this year. they've been having conferences across the country. they start in houston, the tea party, okay? in houston. the king street patriots, and they sent poll watchers out in 2010, did a little pilot project and sent the tea

he traveled to las vegas with mayor gray and council members for a convention. >>> a 16-year-old charged with shooting another teenlle metro station told police he was angry because the victim threatened to rob him. kevin winn and 17-year-old tavares harris are being held without bond. both are charged with attempted first-degree murder. prosecutors believe winn hired -- fired four shots inside the station last friday. hair sis accused of supplying the gun. one victim was shot in the lelg. an innocent bystander was also grazed. both are expected to be okay. >>> 4:49. this morning a new york man still facing charges after police mistakenly arrest him. we have video showing d.c. police arresting 42-year-old craig wilson. this happened saturday at the capitol hill hyatt regency hotel. wilson was in town for a national people's action conference. police thought that he matched the description of a murder suspect, but it turns out they arrested the wrong man. wilson tells news4 he was roughed up. >> you can look at me and see that there was excessive force used at minimum. and there was misconduct at minimum. it should

la hood says the extra flights will create competition for d.c. flights, hopefully leading to lower fares. >>> a new study suggests many teens ignore the dangers ofexting and driving. a "consumer reports" survey paid for by at&t shows nearly 30% of teen drivers texted behind the wheel in the past month. many teens surveyed thought reading a message wasn't as dangerous as sending one. every year about 3,000 people nationwide die because of distracted driving due to texting. serious concern there. >> yeah. the risk just isn't worth whatever the message is. it's not worth the risk. it really isn't. >> that's right. >>> stay with us, "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. >>> 4:59 the time now. 65 degrees. downpours as we

performances we will expect in tonight's result show including a tribute to the la >> reporter: it was a battle between the california teenoice ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: and the jam bam rocker from georgia. now the waiting game ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> we went out there, had a blast. >> i agree. like, i guess, we are the top two in the end and we just went out there and sang our hearts out. >> reporter: sanchez and phillips, both belting out three songs each, one of the selections, destined to the it be first single released by the season 11 winner randy jackson says it is all about the songs for him calling phillips tune genius while not crazy about jessicas. >> she sang it well because she has that big old voice. it was a weird night for us the two of them are so different. >> reporter: super star music producer, jimmy who worked with both contestants says it will be a tough joyce for millions of idol fans. >> jessica's first two songs scored higher than phil lips. >> idol judge and aerosmith front man steven tyler was also torn. >> reporter: you can expect another tribute to robin gibbs of the bee gees, allison. >> that and m

las vegas, and honolulu. >>> coming up at 6:00, missing for days, family and friends of a fairfield teen are asking for yourp. in two minutes, what they're doing tonight to help bring attention to their search. >>> plus, new criticism tonight against san francisco's central subway project, why one group is calling the project a waste of time and money. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] baron's best. taste the legend. see marvel's the avengers. in theatres may 4th. . >>> i'm just trusting that god is going to bring her home. >> a mother's plea for help. what has family and friends and police concerned about a teenager who has been missing for four days. >>> and clearing out, san francisco police in riot gear, reclaim a building taken over by occupied protesters, the fallout from all of those may day protests. >>> complete bay area news conference. starts right now. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 6:00. >>> good evening everybody, i'm frank somerville. >>> and i'm julie haener, family and friends of a missing 16-year-old girl from fairfield are getting ready to hold a candlelight vigil. new at 6:0

la or frankenstein. >> reporter: he was always watching the '60s soap opera "dark shadows," low budget tv series attracted a teen "dark shadows" fan, jonathan frid fan. i had the poster, the ring. it was circling here and there. tim and i kind of casually talking about, you know, making a vampire movie together. >> reporter: tim is director tim burton, depp's collaborator in ten other films. their movies have grossed more than $2 billion, by tapping into a charming weirdness movie goers have embraced. >> most families if you devil into this under the surface seem really strange. i think i have a few aunts that were witches and a couple zombie uncles, you know. >> i worshipped you. >> reporter: on the set, they've reunited their own dysfunctional family of cast and crew regulars, who admit director and star have a sure hand no one else understands. >> it's like more than a collaboration. it's a partnership almost. >> such an honor, when you get the call from tim. you know, i still feel the same all the way back to "edward scissorhands" 20-some years ago. i still feel jazzed up. >> it's always some new character,

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