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

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employee pensions which range from a low in stanislaus county of over $24,000 a year to a high in los angeles county of $46,000. retired public safety employees, police and firefighters goat more. with a low of $48,000 in fresno county, to a high of $90,000 in san jose. steven levi with the for continuing study of california economy many pension plans are based on unrealistic assumptions. >> because there was the recession and investment losses, you have to put more in the pot to meet the current obligations because the investments didn't make a high rate o return. >> reporter: good news is that the improving stock market will have a positive impact on pension fujdz but he says not enough. >> you have people saying there is really not a problem. by any interpretation, even the best scenarios possible, there is a big problem. >> reporter: and the pension funding gap is sparking debated up and down this state. many local governments are warning employee groups to pitch in more to the pension fund and in the long term are looking to raise the retirement age and reduce benefits for new employees. karina

while the retriever could not be saved, grace, which is the dog's name, is now in the care of a los angeles county animal control. >> ama: her owners haven't come forward so he will likely be put up for adoption. >> alan: very interesting. the two dogs were friend. >> ama: i know. that does it for us. >> alan: thanks for joini

. >>> a back bear with a hankering for meat balls was found lounging around los angeles county. they tagged it and put it to sleep in order to move it to a rural area. they think it's the same bear forraging for food in the area and breaking into a garage and eating meet balls out of a refrigerator. the animal seems to make an appearance on tuesdays which is trash collection day in the area that, is good eating if you're a bear. >> he knows where food is. >> the $3.2 billion contract for a new fleet of bart trains will be awarded in may. one congressman is urging bart to buy american. three companies are competing for the contract. one from dma da, one, from france and one from south korea. officials say there is no american company that can build their train. congressman garamendi warns bart the bay area does not need another bay bridge fiasco. >> to make the span behind me is chinese steel. we don't want to have that happen again. plain and simple we're going to make knit america if america is going to make it. >> now, under law, 60% of the train's total value must be produced

. >> a giant black bear in his home after finding hays way to a los angeles county neighborhood.we showed you the picture live on mornings on 2 2 as he jump from backyard to backyard in glendale. fish and game officials sedated the bear and returned him safely to the national forest. >>> they are often a surprising sight in san francisco but coyotev have a long history in the city. tonight we are hearing dog owner who say the wild animals getting more aggressive and dangerous even in familiar places, david stevenson is in the city and says city officials plan to do something tomorrow to prevent the clashes between coyotes and dogs work would that be? >> reporter: we have learned that starting tomorrow dogs will be off limit in certain parts of the park for months after some clashes with coyotes right here. san francisco vet, mike shot this cell phone video last wednesday morning. >> park. >> reporter: he said it shows a running coyotee moments attacking a pedestrian and dog. he said it ended without violence. dog owners say it's a series of recent confrontations near the park res

. >> axelrod: los angeles county sheriff lee baca said this week he may close at least part of the l.a men's central jail, the country's largest jail, in the face of allegations of abuse. ben tracy has the details and we caution you, some of the images may be difficult to watch. >> i'm gasping for air, telling them to stop. i can't breathe. >> reporter: gabriel carrillo was not an inmate. he was visiting his brother at the los angeles men's central jail. even so, he says deputies took him into an interrogation room because he had a cell phone, a violation of visitor rules. he alleges deputies handcuffed him and beat him. >> i was in tremendous pain and i blacked out to the point where i was awoke tone more punches to my head, where my head was bouncing off the floor. >> reporter: he looked so bad even his girlfriend can not recognize him. >> they passed right in front of me, didn't stop. >> reporter: his attorney, ron kaye, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. >> there is no jail in the united states that has this pattern of misconduct, of abuse and essentially sadism that the l.a

in a foot of hot batt water.the los angeles county coroner also says heart disease and cocaine were contribbtingon ingested cocaine just before her drowning. investigators say they found a spoon with a white crysttl like substance in it and a rolled up piece of white paper. remnants of a white &ppowdery substaace wwre found on the bathroom counter. houston died in her everly hills hotel room on the day before the grammy awards. sugarlanddis preparing to answer some toughhquestions next week... hen theyyre put under oath.a judge will questton them about circumstances surrounding the august 13th stage collappe at the indiana state fair. 7-people died... and more than 40 thers injured... when a storm toppled scaffolding just moments before the band was to perform. federal health officiils are now working to figure out if there's a link between sushi... and a recent sick in 19 states..... e thaa including here in maryland... and the district of columbia. several people ended up in the disease control believes the cases may be linked to picy tuna roll ushi.investigators are ffcusing on six clusters o

chernof also served as director and chief medical officer for the los angeles county department of health services. we thank you all for being here. and before we go to your testimony, we'll hear from the distinguished ranking member of this committee, senator corker. >> mr. chairman, thank you. and i had a conflict. i came at the perfect time. i don't give opening comments much. i thank you for calling the hearing and i look forward to hearing the witnesses. so thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. all right. mr. o'brien? >> chairman, ranking member corker, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to testify today on long-term care insurance. the office of personnel management oversees numerous benefit programs, including long-term care insurance for federal employees, annuityans and family members. long-term care is provided to people who need help with activities of daily living or need supervision due to severe cognitive impairment. it can be provided at home, an adult day-care center, assisted living facility or nursing home. most health insurance programs,

she serves as senior policy adviser on gangs and youth violence for the los angeles county sheriff, lee baka, a strong supporter of the youth promise act and works with california wellness foundation, the california endowment and the advancement project. she is author of a new book, jumped in, what gangs taught me about violence, drugs, love and redemption. and we have a copy of that book. then we'll hear from bobby kemper who is a former police officer in newport news, virginia, founder of the national center for the prevention of community violence and best-selling author of no colors, 100 ways to stop gangs from talking -- from taking away our communities. he is also a consultant for universities in our area and for the virginia department of justice. and last, certainry not least, we'll hear from frankie kyrylo, a student at loyola marrymount university in california. after 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, he has been exonerated and is now dedicated himself to promoting juvenile and criminal justice reform. before we hear from our speaker we're going to hear from

grace is in the care of los angeles county animal control is up for adoption. >> alan: avoigd sticker shock. what you need to do before you go over you're cell phone's limit. >> ama: best buy stores on the chopping block. >> alan: good evening. >> ama: in tonight's headlines. coast guard video of one of the people rescued after a fatal yacht crash on the farallon island. one person is dead. the yacht was part of a race around the island. >> alan: police are calling a fatal shooting in san jose a murder-suicide. a man shot a young woman in at the parking lot of a strip mall and then turned the gun on himself. >> ama: investigators say the man who shot two men on an attempted eviction was armed to the teeth. the 45-year-old was wearing a bulletproof vest and was surrounds be weapons. >> alan: forecasters are issue ago warning force life-threatening injury in the midwest. a series of tornadoes have touched town in iowa. >> ama: millionses of americans are spending part of their week wreck scrambling to finish their taxes. and pressure from president obama on mitt romney to release his ta

grace is in the care of los angeles county animal control is up for adoption. >> alan: avoigd stickerat you need to do before you go over you're cell phone's limit. >> ama: best buy stores on the chopping block. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >> alan: good evening. >> ama: in tonight's headlines. coast guard video of one of the people rescued after a fatal yacht crash on the farallon island. one person is dead. the yacht was part of a race around the island. >> alan: police are calling a fatal shooting in san jose a murder-suicide. a man shot a young woman in at the parking lot of a strip mall and then turned the gun on himself. >> ama: investigators say the man who shot two men on an attemp

. >> officials at the los angeles county jail told us racially segregated gangs are responsible for most of the violence including riots, like this one captured on surveillance tape. but we met one inmate who blames the problem on the system. >> i never wanted to get involved in racial problems. when i went to prison, i didn't hate blacks. i didn't hate mexicans. i didn't hate indians. i didn't hate anybody like that. but when you go to these prisons and by the time you do ten years like me, if you're even halfway sane, it's a miracle. >> vanjlis garafolo was awaiting trial for the attempted murder of five police officers while on parole for an earlier conviction of voluntary manslaughter. >> the date i met vanjlis garafolo it was like meeting hannibal lecter with shackles. i saw his feet first and i kind of looked up i saw all the tattoos. this guy was huge, 6'3", probably about 235. i mean he was built like an nfl linebacker. he looked like a stone cold killer. what's even more fascinating is what came out of his mouth. >> the california department of corrections is solely responsible

los angeles county sheriff's officials confirmed they're looking into the lead of the of the claim comingo weeks after a judge to go hat off supervised probation. did we did maybe the most popular movie in america but some parents and schools don't want the library to have its books for the second straight year the hundred games novels are among america's top five challenged books the formal complaints were questioning the book's violence and content for younger readers the author acknowledges each elegy is not for everyone. >>> relatives and passenger's the titanic were among more than 1300 people on a memorial cruise ship and left seven men yesterday to relive memories of the titanic on the 100th anniversary of the meat of wage 100 years ago next sunday in the great ship went down after sideswiping will commemorate sent into the spot where she sank now rests more than 2 mi. on. 626 cannot changes ahead for the stanford shopping center and two men arrested after a deadly shooting spree the face of coast that may have fueled the rampage. >>> was 18 driver texting run drugs the accident th

all of these details are coming from the final autopsy report from the los angeles county coroner and most surprising new information was this, the water in the hotel bathtub where houston drowned was very, very hot. i am talking in excess of 93 degrees. the singer was found facedown and was under water for as long as an hour before her assistant came into the bathroom and found her. i want to bring in a doctor, a forensic pathologist, that performed 17,000 autopsies and, doctor, the coroner ruled that whitney houston's death was an accidental drowning caused by the effects of heart disease and cocaine use and we all thought that she was, you know, in the bathtub, taking a bath, and perhaps had some kind of event like a seizure and you read this entire lengthy whole autopsy report. do you buy that? >> no, i do not. i do not know of anybody who takes a bath in a bathtub face down. she was facedown in as you pointed out very hot water, keep in mind that the temperature of that water would have been a couple or more degrees hotter when this happened than it was when she was found. she ha

>> from shark to 600 pound black bear with a hankering for meat ball found lounging around los angeles countycaused quite a commotion in this neighborhood and probably the glendale area last week as wel well. miss phillips has the story many. >> massive black bear boldly walked through the streets kept authorities busy and resident locked up in the home this morning. animal weighing in at over 400 pounds is lump beard through yards and climbed over fences and breaking one at one point. >> flood control channel close by that he probably came down and found his way to the area of the community. so they have their way of getting around. >>reporter: sheriff deputy police and department of fish and game spent hours trying to corral the large black bear and he proved to be sneaky. slipping between parked cars and squeezing between homes. l. >> really scared. >>reporter: some resident watch nervously from afar. others got too close at items. >> come down the stairs and the bear was right here when we step. he saw me and the bear start come up the stairs. i turn back and ran for my life. went back. s

. >>> honda is asking the los angeles county court to throw out a small claim july. now 17 other hybrid civic owners are following peters leave. >>> time now 5:52. did she drink herself to death? what one woman loved to drink all day every day and how it may have cost her her life. >> plus after 100 years in san francisco, why a corky and colorful san francisco restaurant is saying goodbye. ; on average 5,000 people a day switch from cascade to finish - over two million so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean, sparkling dishes without rinsing first. see for yourself why millions have switched. join the finish revolution. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 5:55. today is your last chance to eat at a san francisco institution. sam woe is closing at 3:00. the three-story restaurant on washington street has been serving customers for more than 100 years. the owner says everything in the restaurant is too old and decided to close after meeting with the san francisco public health and fire department. >> we weren't prepared for this so we wil

cnn's entertainment reporter, kareen wynter, is at the los angeles county coroner's office. what are we learning about the sequence of events that led to whitney houston's death? >> well, gloria, i can tell you we know a whole lot more about what happened that day back in february the day before the grammy's when whitney houston was found dead in her hotel room in beverly hills. not just that but the detailed toxicology report just released. it is about 45 pages in length, quite extensive. we are still going through it. it outlines everything from whitney houston's autopsy to the medical examiner's findings through the different drug levels, mainly the cocaine levels. she died. that's one of the contributeding factors in her death. accidental drowning is what it was ruled. what i have been able it decipher so far, the timeline. what happened on that saturday. according to this report, whitney houston's assistant was with her in her hotel room on that saturday, february 11th. she was complaining of a sore throat. she had had it for a couple of days. the assistant said, go ahe

. ♪ >>> the los angeles county coroner has released the final autopsy report on whauft's death.rom the preliminary report, we already knew the singer's death was ruled an accidental death with cocaine cited as a contributing factor. the final report says she drowned in a tub of hot water about 12 inches deep. it also describes a white substance on the counter with a spoon. dr. drew, this report is a pretty grim accounting of the final hours of her life. you've gone through it. how serious of a report is this? >> wolf, the shocking thing about this report, and i want to assure you that i have a completely different interpretation from the preliminary report that was put out that somehow the cocaine had precipitated a cardiac event or that significant heart disease had contributed to her demise. the fact is this autopsy report showed that she had nominal heart disease, almost none, not sufficient to explain what happened to her. you also mentioned she was found face down in water. how would you have heart attack or take too much medication and slip into the water and drown and end

we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail. >> stand up, spread your feet. shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot, wiggle your toes. >> l.a. county, which is probably one of the largest jail systems in the world, is a completely different experience. >> drop them, turn around. >> and the inmate reception center is gigantic. you know, they get 400 guys a day. 2,000 a week. hands up. hands over in place. reach back. no talking. no laughing. just reach back and pull them apart. spread them wide. >> while intake can be a traumatic experience for new inmates, settling into the day-to-day routine of prison life provides a very different challenge. >> the time isn't hard if you keep yourself busy. you know, it's a point of managing it. you know, you can either manage it, or it can manage you. >> waddell harper and his cellmate, sakha ren, have created ways to break the monotony with the few sparse items they are allowed in their cramped cell. >> the dice are made from toilet paper. >> roll them up. draw on them. that's basicall

. >> 93 square miles of the hacienda heights area of los angeles county right now under quarantine.uits will be allowed in or out of the zone for the next two years. >> hopefully they get a handle on that. >>> 5:52,5:52, coming up fighti foreclosure, how you could get a helping hand dealing with your mortgage lender. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till we find a cure. (woman) and it has to end, but it starts with us. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. it is the most rewarding experience i have ever had in my

hospital in los angeles county. we found much greater satisfaction with the type of care the patient received, both from the patient's point-of-view and their significant other's point-of-view. we thought we would see differences in pain management because hospice has this very... futuristic outlook that you manage the pain in any way you can, whatever drugs are required. but what we found was that the levels of pain and the pain experience of the hospice patients was really not too different from that for the other patients in the hospital. because of that, we went back to research how pain management had changed at this v.a. hospital over time, because what we suspected and what we were able to prove was that having a hospice in the hospital changed the way pain was managed by other units in the hospital. hospice care can be provided in the home or in specialized care settings. typically what'll happen is we help them set up hospice in the home, which allows a number of services to take effect so that they have mo

that she went missing last week and los angeles county animal control says the dog seems to respond tountil they confirm ownership. this isn't the first time that we've seen a dog risk its life in traffic for another dog. the most famous example was when a dog was struck and killed on a freeway in santiago, chile four years ago. a second dog ran up and dragged the first one to the median strip. the would-be rescuer was apparently a stray that then ran away. grace would have approved. >> take a load off. >> reporter: and then there was chile in the bronx. a dog named chile was hit and injured. chile's son wouldn't leave his mother alone and tried to protect her from the police. they finally managed to carry away the mother. she suffered a broken leg. her son ran off the expressway with police in not so hot pursuit. he even managed to pause for a pit stop before heading home where mother and son were reunited. the latest dog to make a splash was a mother trying to rescue her floundering pup in a pool when she couldn't shove the pup out, she used the stairs and grabbed the wet behind the

los angeles county coroner confirming the blogger andrew breitbart died of heart failure.ood california home march 1st. at 43. another powerful earthquake striking while you were sleeping, the 6.6 earthquake centered off the coast of indonesia and sent panicked people running through the streets fortunately no one was hurt and there is no tsunami watch at this time. clayton? >>clayton: and doing business in america with all the regulations, two companies decided to stay here in the united states, and they are successful. and we have the owner of "net return," and this is paul crowley, and ernie with "hand trucks." nice to see you both. the decision to stay in the united states, paul, to continue to do and grow your business how difficult was it? >>guest: well, officially when we began the company in 2008 there was a lot of talk we should take the product overseas to get manufactured. when we looked at cost of doing that and how important we felt to have this product manufactured in the united states and produced jobs in the country, it breakdown and made a lot of sense fro

got a tip that at this benefit wednesday night at los angeles county museum of art angelina was wearingworked with a jeweler before on a collection. and he confirmed it. and then brad's manager confirmed it. so, there we are. >> and everyone was okay. it's interesting brad is the one who designed this ring. >> yes, over a year. he was working with robert for a year on this ring. and it's very much in the -- it's a tablet cut, which is robert's signature cut and featured heavily in the collection he did with angelina jolie. >> something interesting, talking about the kids you know, and that it was the pressure from the kids. i mean they're in school and other parents are married and they're saying why aren't your parents married? >> yeah, they're wondering. they're old enough to notice what's going on. they know that their friends' parents are married. and they probably don't really understand the stance that angelina jolie and brad pitt have taken, that they're not going to get married until everyone can get married. >> is this going to be a big wedding? >> i doubt it. i mean, they're a

los angeles county sheriff's captain in order to try to lower his handicap, they believe that he sprung who also happens to be an expert golfer. from jail in order to get some free tips on his swing. jeff donahue is the name of the sheriff's deputy, allegedly took the prisoner to a course on catalina island, the yellow prison jump suit and wristband removed. >> spoils the mojo on the course. >> they put him into civilian clothes, polo shirt, dockers. >> took the leg irons off, convenient. >> i don't think he was wearing leg irons. one of the other deputies blew the whistle on the outing. donahue apparently said it was cleared by his boss, the l.a. county sheriff, and said u.nh-u wasn't me. >> tim rob bibins did the warde taxes in "shawshank." >> if somebody approved a prisoner outing they'll get to the bottom of who said this was okay. >> the guy served two years for stealing cash and jewelry from people at golf courses. >> he's got a remarkable familiarity with golf courses. >> not only skill on the golf course. >> reintegrate him back into society, take him to the scene of the crime.

he tells me flights from los angeles and orange county have been grounded because of the lightning, rain and wind. these are flights to sfo and oakland. sf-44, the lightning striking a flight in the last few hours. the plane landed safely. no one was hurt. one of our anchors landed at sfo. i'm going to bring her in here. she's going to talk about her experiences. here's diane. >> thank you, george. i happened to be on a flight coming from frankfurt. my understanding was ours was the last to land here at sfo. we were hit by lightning twice. we were watching it from the air. and it was spooky. i have to say. and, bam, we got hit once. and the whole plane shook. and about a minute and a half later, bam, it hit again pip talked to a flight attendant. the plane will be grounded. they'll check it out for electrical problems. there was a quick blackout in the cockpit is my understanding. we landed safely, everyone on the plane. i have to give united kudos. they kept their calm. and we sat on the tarmac for about two hours. i learned when the lightning hits, the ground crews can't come out. they

director of toxicology at the usc, los angeles county emergency department, saying a safer option to the house is that foam sanitizer, adding injecting any hand sanitizer will pose a risk of alcohol poisoning. yuen jen i think baffling sums it up. arthel, thank you very much. >> of course. rick: news corporation, of course, the parent of fox news channel, and the chrman, rupert murdoch, testifying in front of an inquiry on media ethics in london today, saying he never asked for any favors from any public figures in the u. -- u.k. and strongly condemns the acts of eavesdropping by any journalist. greg palkot has the latest, live from our london bureau. >> reporter: we were listening to it all and it was farley tough questioning for rupert murder o. head of newscorp. the estimation here is that he gave as good as he got. questioning went on for about five hours, talked about his newspaper, other media entities, his commercial interests and most importantly, his and his company's relations with and influence on politicians here. while admit thank they like to meet, and he denied ever re

have, i don't believe you're going to have a show at the metropolitan museum of art or the los angeles countyious artist. and he simply disagreed. >> well, extraordinary. and of course that bet has fallen by the wayside. nonetheless, susan, very interesting speaking with you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> we're following developing news right now. the navy has just given an update on that f/a-18 fighter jet crash in virginia beach. officials are praising the residents with tales of heroism. we're live at the scene next here on "weekends with alex witt." [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. ♪ the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wow! that feels really good. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. now, sleep number redefines memory fo

you can see if grew by 88,000 followed by los angeles county. maricopa, phoenix. dallas, orange county, san diego and tarrant county. this article in "usa today." george mcgovern hospitalized in florida. he has been hospitalized in florida. his daughter said. host: that is in "usa today." in "financial times" u.s. jobs figures to signal resilience in recovery. the u.s. is expected to show a another solid month of jobs growth. host: that is a report in "financial times." susan on our democrats' line. good morning. what are your thoughts? caller: i have plenty of them. the republicans always talk about individual freedoms, but then everything they come up with, they want to take over every aspect of our lives and direct a we think and do. the supreme court, by their own actions the last few years, have set themselves up as part of the republican party. the equal pay for women and men , the strip searches, the citizens united case where corporations are people. it is set up in corporate papers about the issue of people so that stockholders and owners could not be sued

over one quarter of california is the asian population live in los angeles county alone. asian-americans in other counties are growing at much faster rates. among the 10 counties with a large iced asian american population, asian-americans are growing fastest in places like sacramento, kostka, san diego county parents about asian-american counties los angeles and from cisco continue to grow, those peripheral for urban center is grow a much faster rate. >> historically growth in this means that disproportionate numbers of asian-americans are the only group whose populations are majority by comparison 39% of latinos and 20% of pacific islanders were born outside the united states. in concept, only 10% of native americans, 9% and 6% of african-americans were foreign-born. okay, asian-americans are ethnically diverse. so while americans together make up roughly half of all asian-americans living in california or the asian-american has a multitude of ethnic groups with dozens of languages. while the rates of growth are high with nearly every ethnic group, with indian pakistanis