of hunger in los angeles county roughly just over a million people in los angeles county at some time during the year are at risk of hunger not knowing where their next meal's going to come from so los angeles regional food bank through a network of about nine hundred charitable agency sites we reach about six hundred seventy four thousand of those people so there are still you know over a third of those people that were not reaching so that's that's how big the problem is here even if we bankrupt our size and a thousand square foot facility distributing thirty four thirty five million pounds a year still not reaching the demand here in l.a. county it's a big problem here in america where you do have all that kind of food and resources available that you still have people tell me through the cracks and that should happen in this country we export billions of pounds of food to other countries to on top of what we g.p. are and we're still not making food available to everybody in america which is. a sad state of affairs in the. last entires of duty part of the solution. many of them alr

g@ cpx >>> back now to los angeles this, is a wildfire in mandeville canyon, close to brentwood. there is another one in los angeles county and now there is another one to be concerned with. you can see it's burning closer to homes nearby. >> and 7 on your side is here with us today answering your questions to facebook page. >> you think with how fast things move on the internet, getting a rebate would be easy? >> you would think. the question comes through facebook from lawrence cy does it sake so long to receive a rebate check after the information is submitted? there are two reasons, first, the fulfillment houses that mail out checks are paid for speed thachl means the companies don't pay them for speed so they take a long time. and the other thing is that studies show the longer between your purchase and when you receive a check, the less likely you are to actually cash that check. so, the company want to stretch that out as long as possible and that is another reason. we got legislation passed in 2004, 2005. that gives them 60 days max. it's hard to prove and there is 60 days to get check out is 60 days after aapprov

los angeles county is a land of sprawling development. with development comes hundreds of square miles of concrete, leaving no way for water to naturally soak into the ground. in areas of such widespread urbanization, flooding can be devastating. man: back in early 1930s, there was a flooding that took a lot of lives and property. as a result, the city of los angeles, in order to protect future flooding in the city, they decided to take the los angeles river and make it a flood control channel. they concreted the walls of the river in order for water to get to ocean much faster. narrator: cities throughout southern california converted natural rivers to these concrete channels, part of their storm drain systems. this allowed expanding development without the need for large flood plains. kharaghani: the los angeles river is approximately 51 miles. concrete reduces the size of the river that you need to carry the water because it speeds up the flow of water. if you'd like to remove all the concrete and to have natural system to carry the wa

the fire has burned more than 640 acres in northern los angeles county.t yesterday morning in mint canyon. so far it's 80% contained and crews hope to have the fire out this evening. the cause of the wildfire is still under investigation. >> all lanes are now re-opened at the u.s. mexico border crossing after a scaffolding collapsed four days ago. u.s.-bound traffic at thesen ysidro port of entry came to a stop after construction scaffolding fell on eight lanes, construction worker was seriously humplet ten other people, including a pregnant woman, were taken to hospitals with minor juries. a federal injures is underway into what caused the collapse. >> a shocking new tell-all book. the new accusations against the obama administration when we return. and warmer weather is on the way. >> mike: the raiders and the bills staged a shootout in buffalo, as did the 49ers and the cowboys at the stick. and for bay area football fans, not a good day in the >> alan: a strong earthquake shook nepal, killing five people and injuring dozen more than. the quake with a p

what else lapful serves after los angeles county about seventy eight cities and five point two million people landfill takes and has permit at about thirty thousand two hundred tons per day what dab accounts for is if you take a football field from post to post fill it up with waste about ten feet higher little over three meters that's how much waste is accepted here a death. in the united states in europe but least half the plastic we throw away is simply better and. thousands of bottles and bags end up in this type of tip every year. between them the two continents buried four to five million metric tons of plastic in two thousand and seven. in the face of this exponential consumption the infrastructures can't keep up. only five percent of the plastic used in the world is recycled and the west the main consumer does not even have the means to deal with. this is the port of chinari in india part of our recycled waste ends up here by the container full. hidden from european eyes already she is treated behind these doors which are usually kept curved. you see containers that then unload

saturday, gave birth to twin girls last month at the hospital in a los angeles county town of lancaster. now, the feds knew she was there but they did not arrest her because there are no charges against her. she and the children are now back in mexico. el chapo controls the cocaine into the u.s. in a story that is graphic, he and his men taken brutality to a even lower low [ speaking in spanish ] >> reporter: in the narco wars in mexico. videos showing beheading using knives are the normal. this one has taken them to another level of fear and terror. the video was first posted on the blog border land beat. the man on the right is castro, the other man is his nephew, garcia. the blog says the two men are low-level employees working directly for guzman. the older man tells the camera if spanish quote if you decide to be a rat think about it carefully. these people do not play around. the chainsaw enters the frame and craft row's head is -- castro's head is cut off. his nephew's head taken off with a knife. >>> he says the use of a chainsaw is a sign they feel they are invincible. >> my sp

and you're seeing this sort of -- these spectators all along the coast here, in los angeles county, asell as orange county, and san diego county, and they're trying to get a glimpse of what is maybe a twice a year experience. and the lifeguards, interestingly, told me, frank, they have not even a third of the people out here yesterday but because of facebook and twitter and everybody e-mailing about it, those crowds have grown and continue to grow all weekend. >> you said it happens a couple times a year. i have never seen anything like it. and the crowds from san diego all the way up to monterey, i guess, right? >> reporter: right, exactly. i have not seen anything like it either. this is my first time out here experiencing one of these. but they say any time they get one of these, a tropical storm off the coast of new zealand, and any time they have a big tropical storm that comes with the southern waves once or twice a year, they get the big huge waves and it is quite a site to be seen and the surfers come from all over the area, specifically to the wedge and not only do they have t

it burned 640 acres in northern los angeles county. it broke out saturday morning in mince canyon. last word, the firefighters have the flames 95% contained. more than 400 firefighters were called in to battle this blaze. the cause is under investigation. >>> the television academy spread the wealth of emmy gold this year in a drama, mini series and variety categories. but as entertainment reporter george pinocchio tells us, it was all in the family. >> for the second year, abc "modern family" takes home emmy gold. lots of it. it earned trophy for writing and directing. >> welcome back to the "modern family" awards. >> but that's not all. julie bowen took home for emmy for comedy, supporting actress and actor. >> it's even greater credit to what julie does that is the straight person wins an emmy. i don't think it happens often. >> parsons was comedy's best actor for second year in a row. mike and molly was crowned best actress he offered advice to young hopefuls. >> if anybody tells you that the odds are slim or you can't do something, just keep walking. just do whatever the hell

the company says a hardware failure led to problems about 900 cellular towers in los angeles county.he issues started yesterday. services was restored this morning. it was the top trending topic on twitter. >>> the two cal graduates detained in iran for two years are back on american soil tonight. drew levinson with what they said. >> reporter: shane bauer and josh fattal stepped back in to the welcoming arms of a nation who watched their plight for two years. >> shane and i are now free men. >> they spent more than 780 days in an iranian prison convicted along with sarah shourd for spying and trespassing. shourd was released last year. >> many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten, and there was nothing we could do to help them. >> reporter: the three were hiking in northern iraq in 2009 and claim they mistakenly crossed the unmarked border into iran. they have called themselves hostages and political prisoners. >> this was never about crossing the unmarked border between iran and iraq. we were held because of our nat national. >> reporter: they

. >> fire crews are battling a 600-acre brush fire in northern los angeles county. it broke out in the mint canyon area. it's in a rugged and remote area. so firefighters are relying on more than a dozen aircraft. nobody has been injured and there are no buildings threatened right now. the fire is 50% contained. >>> california republicans take a vote. find out who came out ahead in today's straw poll. >> they role up their leavesed into in a charity car wash. >> he gives up the chance to show you the progress made on one of the biggest construction projects in the bay area ( grunting ) >>> california republican delegates gathered voting in a straw poll for the person they think should challenge president obama. as we report, it wasn't one of the big named front runners that came out on top. it was by far the loudest and biggest rally yet at the republican convention in los angeles and it was all in support of ron paul. >> i'm running on peace and prosperity and personal liberty, the u.s. constitution and american tradition. thank you very much. >> paul was cheered o

this blaze broke out this afternoon in the town of august washington in los angeles county.homes and farms are threatened. it's 70% contained. much larger fire burning in texas where at least 500 homes have burned. at least 5000 people have been forced from their homes east of austin. firefighters have been unable to contain the flames which stretch about 16 miles. forest service says it destroyed about 25,000 acres so far. >> one person is in the hospital tonight after shooting at san francisco aquatic park. happened at the north end of van ness avenue where many tourist park near the ball courts. victim is expected to survive. park police are leading the investigation. witness heard 4 to 5 shots fired. scene closed until tomorrow morning that means some people who parked in the area can not get to their cars tonight. >>> sheriff's deputy have spted the man suspected of murdering 2 men including a fort brag city councilman but slipped away before thebingtd catch him. 35-year-old aaron abbas vanished in the woods near his mother home yesterday. a sheriff dog joined the hunt

narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the sanitary sewer system, so if you dump something in the storm drain, it goes right to the ocean untreated. alamillo: we haven't had a major rainstorm in the last year or so yet there's a lot of water in this creek here. i would

recording that is not only shocking to his family and fans, who packed the courthouse today, but los angeles county prosecutors say, more importantly, it should have shocked dr. conrad murray into taking michael jackson off any drugs he was on. >> and what does he do with that knowledge? he orders another shipment of propofol, just two days after that recording was made. >> reporter: the prosecution says dr. murray ordered 255 bottles of propofol for his one and only client, over a two month period. enough to fill four gallon buckets. in this tape-recorded police interview two days after michael jackson died, dr. murray can be heard telling police propofol was a daily treatment. >> 30 days a month. roughly. every day. >> reporter: but conrad murray, who was visibly shaken by what he heard today, says it was not him who killed michael jackson, but the singer himself. and for the first time today, dr. murray's version was revealed. michael is awake at 4:30 in the morning. >> then he complained, "i got to sleep, dr. conrad." i have these rehearsals to perform." >> reporter: so, murray says he administ

los angeles county is a land of sprawling development. with development comes hundreds of square miles of concrete, leaving no way for water to naturally soak into the ground. in areas of such widespread urbanization, flooding can be devastating. man: back in early 1930s, there was a flooding that took a lot of lives and property. as a result, the city of los angeles, in order to protect future flooding in the city, they decided to take the los angeles river and make it a flood control channel.

admission about who is to blame and who should be held accountable for the nation's economic to los angeles county paramedics responded to the 911 call from michael jackson's home. paramedics told prosecutors in preliminary hearings that what dr. conrad murray told them about jackson " didn't add up " in early hearings paramedics richard senneff and martin blou nt testified that conrad murray said jackson had just lost consciousness and had no medical problems other than dehydration. murray told them that jackson was on the medication at all. they also said murray removed vials and and i the bag before heading to the hospital. they're expected to expand on that testimony prosecutors allege that dr. conrad murray was trying to remove evidence. >>the appeal on the murder conviction for american amanda knox is winding down in italy. prosecutors began their rebuttals. defending the police investigation that led to the convictions of amanda knox and her former boyfriend raffaele sollecito. those two will give final statements monday and then the jury gets the case. in 2009 the two were convicted of mur

los angeles. it broke out this afternoon near brentwood. cruise made a fire break to keep the flames from spreading. there is also another fire threatening homes in los angeles county. one person has been injured, 250 acres have been burned. we are working to get more information on that as well live pictures -- as well as live pictures. >>> let's check in on our labor day with rosemary. >> our fire danger will be increasing and for the state as well as we heat up and dry out. giving you a look at the winds. winds over san francisco and parts of san jose helped to push the marine layer. sunny skies. little bit of cloud cover long the coast in some sections. the strong breeze over sfo at this time. 64 degrees right now san francisco. mid-60s oakland. 74 san jose. warm one inland. 80 for areas around livermore. concord 81. 73 napa. upper 70s in santa rosa. gorgeous day. nice, warm, not bad at all. at your satellite radar. we watch the moisture pull in from the south. over los angeles that possibilities of thunderstorms there. we will remain dry. into the weekend we could see that change. short term, high pressure building in. squash the marine layer tomorrow morning,

los angeles has the largest county jail system in the country holding roughly 15,000 inmates. >>> nurses blame the lockout, the hospital calls it an error. an oakland family wants to know how a medical mistake caused the death of their loved one during a strike. >> reporter: the california nurse's association the union representing nurses at here and other hospitals has been playing cat and mouse with the hospital, work slowdowns and walkouts and now a lockout that ended in a tragedy. here's the story. >> i felt if i was there i could have prevented this in occurring. >> reporter: that was the reaction of alicia torres who worked at the unit the alta bates summit in oakland where 66-year-old cancer patient judith ming died friday night as a result of medical error by a temporary nurse brought in during the ongoing strike and lockout at the hospital. >> you had to get replacement workers in. it's the largest medical center in the east bay. we had to get over 500 replacements workers. >> reporter: a labor expert says it could be a turning point for both sides. >> a tragedy of somebody dyin

it's over in los angeles county tonight.t for now but by the week we'll be pulling that. the forecast high shows you tomorrow morning when we break up it is going to be just patchy out there and that's going to be eat. by 10:00 11:00 it's off the coastline. patchy dense fog a possibility as well. temperatures in the overnight hours early tomorrow morning sitting in the 50s. 60degrees expected mountain view, 54 degrees in san francisco. afternoon highs going to be a warm one. we mentioned it earlier by five, 10 degrees warm ethan er than we saw it today. 70s for the east bay. seven san leandro. 95degrees pleasanton. 96 for livermore. nine # morgan hillful so a $10 difference. 70-degree in the city and widespread 50s nearing 80 degrees tomorrow for santa cruz. the heat will be on tomorrow as well as wednesday. and then thursday into friday notice just a slight cooling that will take us all the way into the weekend. by the week weekend, mid- and upper 90s expected. >>> a unique bike race converges on downtown san francisco. how

lots of thunderstorms there and there are scattered around portions of los angeles county as well. and widely scattered thunderstorms activity, active weather this is because of a low that is still playing a major role in weather across the state. especially into southern part of the state now. and into sierra. there is change on the way. there is a cool air mass that will bring us here in the bay area cooler weather tomorrow through friday. overnight, low temperatures into mid to upper 50s another mild today. and south bay highs will be into mid to upper 70s. 76 san jose. on the peninsula, upper 60s to low 70s. there is upper 50s on the coast. and 59 in sunset district. up into north bay, looking for highs from 73 in san rafael to 77 in son gnomea. near east bay, we'll see skies mainly upper 60s to low 70s, 73 castro valley. and there are throw mid-80s, monterey bay, highs into 60s near the bay. low 80s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is temperatures dropping off thursday through saturday. upper 60s around the bay. mid-50s on the coast. almost like a winter he'd r

it's over in los angeles county tonight.ot seeing it for now but by the week we'll be pulling that. the forecast high shows you tomorrow morning when we break up it is going to be just patchy out there and that's going to be eat. by 10:00 11:00 it's off the coastline. patchy dense fog a possibility as well. temperatures in the overnight hours early tomorrow morning sitting in the 50s. 60degrees expected mountain view, 54 degrees in san francisco. afternoon highs going to be a warm one. we mentioned it earlier by five, 10 degrees warm ethan er than we saw it today. 70s for the east bay. seven san leandro. 95degrees pleasanton. 96 for livermore. nine # morgan hillful so a $10 difference. 70-degree in the city and widespread 50s nearing 80 degrees tomorrow for santa cruz. the heat will be on tomorrow as well as wednesday. and then thursday into friday notice just a slight cooling that will take us all the way into the weekend. by the week weekend, mid- and [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else? why did you

the fire started near victorville in los angeles county and is rapidly burning into the san san bernardinontains. interstate15 is a key route between los angeles and las vegas. >>> a spare the air alert is in effect today in the bay area. we want to show you live pictures here of the berkeley hills. pretty foggy there in the berkeley hills. can't even really tell from these pictures. today's warmer temperatures and light winds led to today's alert. so far air quality officials have not declared a spare the air day till tomorrow. we go now to chief meteorologist bill martin who is monitoring our coverage. >> and that is some bad air quality. not good at all. that is fog coming in. that's what's happening right now. it got so hot inland the fog is being sucked through the gate. i can show you on storm tracker 2. you see that fog shooting in, there's yerba buena island. the fog did come out at the beaches but then the fog came rushing back. nearly 100 degrees today in livermore. 99degrees, it's going to be very warm to hot again tomorrow. this way, you get along the coast and it's going to be

los angeles north to monterey and into parts of san benito. firefighters battling one grass fire in lancaster in the northeast part of los angeles county.he fire started after a thunderstorm moved through the area and quickly spread across 20 acres. forecasters issued the warning because of the chance of lightning strikes. it expires at 11. >> backers of the same sex marriage ban asked a judge to hold off on the release of video from last year's proposition eight trial. the judge ruled on monday that the public does have the right to see the recordings and he said he could release them at the end of the month. lawyers supporting the proposition want a court to review the decision but they are worried the release could happen before the appeals court actually gets a chance to issue a ruling. >>> the widow of a man shot and killed by police has filed a ten million dollar civil rights lawsuit against the city. the 37-year-old derek jones was shot last november when he reached for his waistband. officers thought he was reaching for a gun. it was actually a small silver colored scale. police admit he was unarmed but say he did have marijuana

los angeles north to monterey and into parts of san benito. firefighters battling one grass fire in lancaster in the northeast part of los angeles county. the fire started after a thunderstorm moved through the area and quickly spread across 20 acres. forecasters issued the warning because of the chance of lightning strikes. it expires at 11. >> backers of the same sex marriage ban asked a judge to hold off on the release of video from last year's proposition eight trial. the judge ruled on monday that the public does have the right to see the recordings and he said he could release them at the end of the month. lawyers supporting the proposition want a court to review the decision but they are worried the release could happen before the appeals court actually gets a chance to issue a ruling. >>> the widow of a man shot and killed by police has filed a ten million dollar civil rights lawsuit against the city. the 37-year-old derek jones was shot last november when he reached for his waistband. officers thought he was reaching for a gun. it was actually a small silver colored scale. police admit he was unarmed but say he did have marijua

this blaze broke out yesterday afternoon in northern los angeles county.t damaged several trailers and threatened several homes and farms. >> another wildfire broke out yesterday in mandiville canyon. it burned about 50 acres near bellaire church and reservoir. airplanes and helicopters made water drops to help contain the blaze. you can only hope the weather will help them out today. >> santa ana is going to particular krb kick in, but they will be enough to help spread the flames and push the heat up to around 90s in l.a. today and even some of those inland fires are going to have trouble with that dry breeze coming off the desert. for us, we have our own heat but don't have the real fast winds to go with it. fire danger will stay relatively low today. look back to mount diablo and haze developing in the east bay valleys and some of the fog trying to push through but it's so shallow this morning it's having a hard time doing that. if you are worried about the haze, it's not a spare-the-air day and not expecting one today but is on bli tomorrow. keeping a