and as len ramirez shows us, she is actually transforming her formerly crime ridden neighborhood without any government funding at all. >> reporter: you have to move fast to keep up with sister christina of redwood city's north fair oaks neighborhood. that's because this 67-year-old dominican nun runs a private elementary and middle school. >> i love you too. >> reporter: a food pantry. a used clothing shop. >> whatever type of clothing they need. >> reporter: an afterschool youth center. >> 180 kids after school. >> reporter: and 17 houses and apartment buildings. >> this was one of our first,. >> reporter: all clustered and her saint francis community center and low income families in her neighborhood. >> we really strongly believe that low income housing does not equal sub standard housing. >> reporter: and as if all that wasn't enough, she is just starting her biggest project yet. building a 40-unit $20 million modular prefab apartment building from scratch. >> prefab because it is faster. it is more efficient. and it is cheaper and those things are all attractive to us because faste

len ramirez reports an extra amount of drift wood piled up and that eativetur e artist in the monterey. >> reporter: surf 2 to 3 feet. the tide is going out. for duncan murray the wild winter storms brought a unique silver lining to his craft. it's here on the beaches of monterey county scattered and piled and waiting to be discovered. >> so, here is an example of close but no cigar. >> reporter: duncan is a drift wood artist. he is not just looking for any bump on a log. he seems out the most colorful, twisted fragments of trees to carve into one of a kind works of art. >> this is a beast but i think we will give it a shot. >> reporter: after minutes on caramel river state beach he finds something. was probably part of the big sur fire. >> reporter: this redwood log is one of tens of thousands of drift wood pieces on the sand. to his trained eyes it has possibilities. >> you can see how it is get this off the beach. duncan says he has the verbal okay from local rangers to do this and state law espoundsor less w what this weighs give or take. >> i get satisfaction out of having some tr

here is len ramirez. >> do you want to meet my kids? >> reporter: you have to move fast to keep up with sister christina of fair oaks neighborhood. that is because this 67-year-old dominican nun runs a private elementary and middle school. >> i love you too. >> reporter: a food pantry, a used clothing shop. >> whatever type of clothing they need. >> reporter: an afterschool youth center. >> 180 kids after school. >> reporter: 17 houses and apartment buildings . >> this is one of our first. >> reporter: clustered around her community center and all for low income families in her neighborhood . >> we really strongly believe that low income housing does not equal substandard housing. it cannot . that's not what we are about. >> reporter: as if that was all not enough, she is just starting her biggest project yet, building a 40 unit, $20 million modular prefab apartment building from scratch . >> prefab because it is faster, more efficient, and it's cheaper. and those things are attractive to us because faster , the need is now. it's not 10

len ramirez spoke with businesses happy to have more workers coming to santa clara. >> reporter: there's still no word on when texas instruments would occupy these the park, t is majovalley and it could have a big impact on neighboring businesses. >> reporter: michael agnel welcomed the news his indian cuisine restaurant called jack's was about to get some new neighbors, texas instrument workers moving into these buildings nearby. >> if they occupy, that will give a good lunch traffic. >> reporter: agnel says it's been a struggle. the santa clara restaurant was going to open in 2020 but couldn't. it's been open now just three months. >> we are just out of the pandemic. it's just the third year and still most of the companies are still working on a remote basis. so by having this one will be pretty interesting. >> reporter: texas instruments did not respond to a request for comment, but the company reportedly leased more than 200,000 square feet of office space in two buildings on great america parkway. the deal would be a big addition to the dallas-based semiconductor company's footprint

let's go to len ramirez who is in the south bay in hollister right now. you found some damage in that area. >> reporter: we did find a little bit of damage. we have been talking to more people here in downtown hollister. we will show you some of the older buildings that have been here since the 1870s and the early part of the 20th century. those were buildings that sustained heavy damage in the 1989 quake, and they have all been retrofitted. there is no damage to a lot of these buildings. but i want to take you across the street to the baylor. you see the wall of windows that were shaking, and some of the waitstaff inside were afraid they would shatter. but they held up throughout this. we will take you inside and show you fresh video that was just shot a few minutes ago showing a lot of the glassware that was on the shelves that came down, came crashing down and breaking inside the restaurant as the waitstaff was preparing for tonight's dinner. >> all the windows were shaking a bunch. i haven't felt that in a while. a few minutes later i am going to get

. >> our len ramirez checks in with a family that is not taking water for granted. >>> we have seen thefalcons hatching on the cal campus, but how do we protect the species as they grow up? we will introduce you to a master falconer. >>> all right, jules, it happens again at 6: 45! giants at dodgers for game two. the game one route for the giants is just a memory. in the dodgers lineup, patrolling the outfield is james outman. the rookie tripled last night! his hustle made him impossible to ignore. numbers don't lie. altman is hitting 300 so far this season. it is always good last night. i remember my grandpa taking me to games. we sat right behind here. >> did you have giants swag? >> yeah. i had a sweatshirt. yeah. >>> shout out to the sharks' eric carlson. with two goals at winnipeg, he became the sixth defenseman and first in 31 years to reach 100 points in a season. 25 goals, 75 assists. back at home, his wife melinda tweeted a picture of their daughter watching the game with a sign that read, you did it, dad! 100! >>> golf. the masters might be over but the warm hangover of august

as len ramirez reports, it's all to support the cherokee nation in its two century struggle for representationnd in the halls of congress. >> so without further adieu, same moon, same stars. >> reporter: cherokee tribal leader, kimberly tihi is a long way from her home in oklahoma. but here she is, a nearly 200-year-old treaty made with her ancestors. a treaty that would seat tihi as the cherokee nation's first ever delegate to congress. >> a lot of the travel histories of tribes all across the country and the treatment of tribes by the united states is a history that's not often shared in school curriculum. so when these students took an interest and they took into account project and made it something i couldn't have possibly ever imagined back then, i was so impressed by them. >> reporter: the unusual alliance began when these students learned in a u.s. history class about the 1835 treaty, which forced the relocation of the cherokee from their homeland in the southeast to indian territory in oklahoma. the removal led to the trail of tears in which thousands died of disease and starvation al

len ramirez will join us live with a report at 6:00. >>> plus, check this out.bay area police department offering the biggest bonus we have seen yet. $75,000 to lure officers to the force . we asked members of the community if they think it is money well spent. the news at 6:00 is coming up in 10 minutes. let's head over to vern for sports! >>> all right, jules! this is a big one today. and bam the warriors. three regular season games left. tonight, the final home game of the season. oklahoma city will be in the house. the warriors control their own destiny. if they win out, they are hanging by a thread in the playoffs p six by a half-game. but it was great to see this! andrew wiggins! you are looking at a final video of him. i can tell you that he just returned to the team moments ago. he had missed the last 22 games dealing with a family matter. wiggins declined to speak to the media. details of the leave, but said the situation was in a good enough place where he felt he could return. there was no timetable for when he does this on the court, but wiggins beli

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len ramirez was near the action and has reaction as well. he is needed epicenter. did you feel it when you were in in hollister? >> reporter: i did feel it just like you described. that way the feeling. but i am joining you now from the historic downtown hollister district. this area was heavily damaged during the 1989 loma prieta earthquake, but no damage like that at all that we can see so far here in downtown hollister. we are about five miles from the epicenter, and we happened to find some people who were here in hollister and others who were closer to the epicenter in the ridge mark community. they felt a very strong shaking with very consistent reports from people who were closest to the epicenter. >> i was sitting at my computer and i started feeling the roof shaking in some of the photos fell off the wall. it was pretty intense for about 15, 20 seconds. >> reporter: a lot of us started. we were further away from the epicenter so we had that gentle rolling feel. those who were a lot closer to the epicenter, as you just heard, felt a lot stronger shaking. it

. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, our len ramirez introduces us to one family supporting a special needs child. that counts on the local food banks to help support them. >>> and still ahead here at 5:00, disturbing new videos emerging from today's mass shooting at a kentucky bank. what we're now learning about the gunman. >>> a 13-year-old now in serious trouble after leading northern california police on a chase in a stolen car. we have all the details on the pursuit that ended in a deadly crash. >>> and on the heels of our wet winter, super blooms are starting to pop up all across california. where you can find these spectacular scenes right here in the bay area. >>> a typical april look as we look west to the salesforce tower. it's been a while since we've seen this much fog and it will spread to the inland valleys. we'll track it and talk about the pretty low rain chances coming up in the first alert forecast. for back pain, i've always been a take two and call in the morning guy. but my new doctor recommended salonpas. without another pill upsetting my stomach, i get powerful, effec

let's go to len ramirez who is in the south bay in hollister right now.tle bit of damage. we have been talking to more people here in downtown hollister. we will show you some of the older buildings that have been here since the 1870s and the early part of the 20th century. those were buildings that sustained heavy damage in the 1989 quake, and they have all been retrofitted. there is no damage to a lot of these buildings. but i want to

as len ramirez reports. >> reporter: despite having overflowing reservoirs and normal groundwater supplies for the first time in years, the water district board was concerned about messaging and the potential of undoing years of conservation education and actions. >> we pretty much tore out the lawn. >> reporter: drought or no drought, lea made water conservation a way of life. the past couple of years she replaced the grass at her home with landscape rocks and drough tolerant plants. it's not just in the front for the neighbors to see but it's all around the house. that's the way it will stay. >> the water isn't infinite. i think that we still need to pla for drought conditions in the future. >> reporter: that was what valley water district director said. >> you can set your clock every five, 10 years we will have a drought. >> reporter: the near rains of 2023 gave them a lot to consider. reservoirs are filled to the brim and underground water topped to normal levels. that's why district directors voted to end a drought emergenc in santa clara county. >> this is a significant vote. it sig