it's been a mere 10 hours since this larkspur left the farm in pescadero. it n@w heads out the door to brighten someone's day. california-grown goodness at its best. i'm dennis newhall for "california country." >> that concludes today's tour of the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

--se trata de "james laurel", de 44 aÑos y originario de "larkspur" quien, anoche, salio con una acompaÑantecorte madera creek" a bordo de una lancha.--poco despues, el bote fallo y cuando la victima trato de resolver el problema, cayo al agua sin chaleco salvavidas. --para su mala suerte, la pequeÑa embarcacion volco y se hundio. --ellos permancieron en el agua por tiempo indefinido hasta que un custodio los descubrio en las proximidades de la prision.--el hombre murio en el hospital; la mujer ya fue dada de alta. ---si usted vive o trabaja cerca de una tuberia de gas natural, muy pronto recibira una carta de "pg&e".---la compaÑia de gas y electricidad comenzo a enviarle boletines informativos a las personas que viven o trabajan en mas de 2-millones-y-medio de viviendas y negocios ubicados a 2-mil pies de distancia de un gasoducto.---la carta explica lo que deben hacer los residentes, las autoridades y los trabajadores de emergencia en caso de que haya un accidente... asimismo, la misiva incluye mapas con la ubicacion exacta de los gasoductos para que las personas eviten hacer trabajos de c

---los usuarios del servicio de ferry hacia "larkspur" veran aumentos anuales del 5 porciento a partir azota a Éxico, el departamento de estado impuso nuevas restricciones a sus empleados en ocho estados de aquel pais. --con ellas, los trabajadores de la cancilleria estadounidense no podÁn viajar a ciertos poblados y utilizar algunas carreteras de jalisco. si lo hacen tendra que ser por aire y solo durante el Ía.--tampoco tendran permitido visitar ciertas comunidades de "san luis potoÍ" donde hace unos meses, fue asesinado el agente de inmigracion "jaime zapata". --la medida surge en respuesta a la ola de crimenes desatados por los carteles de la droga. ---las inundaciones y derrumbes devastaron a Útica", un poblado de unos 5-mil habitantes en colombia.---la crecida de una quebrada derrumbó algunas paredes e inundó al menos 300 casas, dejando a igual número de familias damnificadas, que serán ubicadas temporalmente en tiendas de campaña... dos personas perdieron la vida en Útica".---de enero a abril han muerto 80 personas en distintos incidentes relacionados con las lluvias en colombia

it turns out the people had been in a small boat, they're thinking possibly coming from the larkspur area when somehow it capsized. they were in the water for at least 90 minutes, very cold water. they got them out and called for help from san rafael firefighters and paramedics. they had to perform cpr on the man, we're told, and he may have suffered from cardiac arrest. they were taken to marin general where they are still at this hour. the whole thing we're told lasted about an hour and guards telling me that when this whole thing was over, they had to do an emergency bedcheck on all the thousands of inmates here just to make sure that nothing unusual happened inside the prison while this was going on outside. so quite an unusual story coming out of san quentin this morning. reporting live, near san quentin, kristi smith. >>> also smock and disbelief in the east bay as a family struggles to understand why someone would shoot and kill a 33-year-old mother. flowers and balloons mark the spot where beatrice burton was killed on union street in west oakland. her family says the bullets

larkspur ferry service would rise by 50 cents at first, then a quarter every year afterwards. >>> today is a double holiday. today is not only "good friday" but it's also earth day. >> april 22nd set aside each year to inspire awareness of the earth's natural environment and find ways to preserve it. it began in 1970 as a nation wise environmental teach-in and here's a look at some events in the bay area. in oakland, tours of a biodiesel production facility this morning. san jose, the bright green day event features tours of the nation's first clean energy showcase. that will run today and tomorrow at city hall plaza. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and here in san francisco, gordon lau elementary school opens up its new gardens, called a living library, all beginning at 11 a.m. this morning. >>> her favorite story, starbucks is celebrating earth day by giving out free coffee. you can get a free cup of coffee or tea just one, by bringing in your own mug. if you don't have one, you can request one of the store's [ indiscernible ] mugs. >> i'm usually a traveler in and out. >> they don't usually have s

larkspur ferry rides increased by 5% each year. proposed fare increases july 1st if they are approved in a vote. >> today, top u.c., cal state university and community college students will meet in sacramento with lawmakers to argue against deeper cuts to education. they will be joined by thousands of college students from around the state who will rally at the state capital to preserve funding. it has forced public colleges to slash programs and raise fees. lawmakers are threatening to balance the budget entirely with cuts which would result in tens of millions of dollars more from higher education. >> eric: time is 5:08. >> we'll see a couple of 70s out there. yesterday we saw the numbers climb to the 70s, not today. we've got onshore flow to curb that. we'll also be looking at a cold front headed our way. 55 this morning. 47 in napa. 46 santa rosa and 45 at the coast. our cooling trend begins today. much cooler weather at our coast upper 50s there. showers arriving tomorrow night on the heels of another system. here is the satel

they can purchase tickets at larkspur and san francisco terminals along with the sausalito ferry landing pay cash or credit cards. it's part of plans to go all electronic tolling by the fall of 2012. >> looks like we hit a gray phase out there. >> kristen: i think so. >> it should be coming up in ten minutes. few clouds out there and few patches of fog but it will quickly dissipate. high pressure is moving in in between yesterday's cold front and tomorrow's cold front. it looks like we're starting off cooler because the lack of clouds during most of overnight hours. 1-8 degrees cooler in inland valleys. 2-5 degrees cooler around the bay shore. yesterday it was cooler and everybody was warmer. today is cooler but out at the coast it's slightly warmer. partly cloudy conditions this morning and temperatures holding from 39 in fairfield to low to mid 40s for the rest of us. as we jump into the new hour, most sunny conditions and mid to upper 50s and most of us will hit the low to mid-50s by around 2:00, 2:30 and drop back to the low 60s by 4:00 and even upper 50s around san rafael and san fr

larkspur could increase 5% each year. proposed fare increases begin july 1st if they get approved. >> eric: jury goes back to work in barry bonds perjury trial. today prosecutors will try to introduce a long missing tape into evidence, initially they thought it might be enough to turn the tide did but is it really? terry mcsweeney is live at the federal courthouse. >> the mystery tape will be check this morning at a lab. even if they succeed, someone that heard that tape says it's not that big of a deal and person that heard sit judge in the case. barry bonds on trial right how for four counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice. his former friend, steve hoskins said he discussed with bonds' personal physician dozens of times. dr. ting took the witness stand and said it didn't happen and mr. cost tins is one of the star witnesses perhaps not telling the truth. hoskins said he recorded a conversation back in 2003. looked for eight years and couldn't find the tape until now. >> i guess we'll hav

larkspur ferry service would rise by 50 cents and then a quarter every year after that. the fare hikes would take effect in july. >>> job on the house? how to get a free cup of coffee at starbucks this morning by just going inside. >> it's like a smart phone. a toilet. wow. the special features that will set you back $6,000. luxury lavatory. >> yeah. ,,,,,,,, i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief. >>> good morning. not so bad on the roads right now. in fact, we are friday light. just some slight delays along 101. later on, though, you're going to see busy conditions on 280 extension and along embarcadero for the giants game as they take on the braves. more traffic coming up. >> okay, gianna. thank you. 5:23 your time. >>> an incentive to go green because today's is earth day april 22 set aside each year to inspire awareness of the earth's natural environment and find ways to keep it here, preserve it. it began in 1970 as a nationwide environ

there will be six at the san francisco ferry terminal, four at the larkspur terminal two at the sausalitopected to save more than $6 million over the next 10 years. >>> thinking about a new cell phone? a big policy change one major carrier about to make. >>> emergency landings, holes in planes and now this the scary moment for passengers right before take-off. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a nice day on tap in the bay area although chilly, 30s in some inland spots. fog throughout the bay area as well, although it will burn off later on this afternoon. the rest of our temperatures right now sitting in the 40s. by the time we hit this afternoon we'll see some of that sunshine, mostly sunny skies, breezy conditions along the bay shores and at the coast and that's where we may see some of that lingering fog into the afternoon. elsewhere a nice day. the reason for that is we are between two systems right now not too much cloud cover as you can see. we have seen that one system push east, the second system over the pacific and that won't be in our forecast until tomorrow. we can see what's going on, on

larkspur ferry service would rise by 50 cents a year and then 25 cents every year afterwards. >>> more concerns for iphone and android users. kcbs radio's matt bigler is in san jose with more on the widening trade in personal data. he has more. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday, news broke that apple's iphones are apparently tracking users' locations. wherever they go, the iphone records the cell phone tower that their using and possibly the wi-fi access points. and then basically keeping a file of that location on the phone. now we are hearing today that pretty much the same thing is happening with google's android devices. both devices according to the "wall street journal" are tracking users' locations and then sending that data back to the companies so that they can keep this massive database on user locations that they are planning to use to market location-based services. that's about a $3 billion market. now, a lot of privacy advocates are concerned about it. they say that users need to be informed that this is going on and more importantly, give the company's permission to h

. >>> the smartline was originally scheduled to run from cloverdale to larkspur. but because of the budgets, it will only run between santa rosa and san rafael. other idea are shortening the bike and walk pathway. >>> if you commute on samtrans you may notice fare boxes. samtrans will start to test this on five of their buses today. they accept cash, coins and paper tickets. they will be on stalled on the entire fleet of three more buses by the 1st of june. >>> we want to check in with sal to see how things are moving. >> all right, tori and dave. right now, traffic is going to be busy in many areas. we'll start off with a pretty busy toll plaza. as i look at the traffic on the bridge, it's not -- once you get on the bridge, it's okay. in san francisco, northbound 101 looks good. there are no major problems, no problems on the lower deck either. the morning commute on the peninsula has been busy because of an earlier problem in mountain view. that's long gone. traffic is go that be slower. as we move it down to the south here, northbound 101 from mc kee to sunnyva

rail line and halfway between coverdale and larkspur. finally, the oakland city council will have a special meeting tomorrow to consider jean quan proposal to have a mill in ballot election. it is a parcel tax them measures the tax measure that would raise $11 million a year for the next five years it would pay for variety services police, fire, the island's prevention and technology. >> james: san francisco, the fighter to whether church and out-of-towners' to enter the gardening golden gate park will be decided by the board of supervisors as $7 fee was expected to generate over six and $2,000 but instead it is more like half that. the committee will decide whether to kill the feet or extended. >> justine: i was thinking with the pending shutdown of the trucks, some to close have met with pan am. coming up, some of san francisco is most neglected neighborhoods are getting fixed. >> james: one could be the organizers of the birmingham festival moving to st. a disco. we will tell you how that will play a part. the quick check from our roo

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