of hunger in los angeles county roughly just over a million people 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 the 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 we're not reaching so that's that's how big the problem is here even if we bank of our size hundred 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 coming through the cracks and that should happen in this country we export billions of pounds of food to other countries too on top of what we keep here and we're still not making food available to everybody here in america which is. the sad state of affairs is that. these vast empires of food be part of the solution.

. >> so when we visited the los angeles county jail, it was no surprise that our cameras captured one of the many drills that test the readiness of those charged with maintaining order. >> okay. good job, guys. excellent. had a lockdown in about a minute and 30 seconds. that's a record. >> the state of readiness when they were doing at that drill was pretty intense. there was definitely tension in the air because a couple weeks prior, there was a significant riot that lasted about 45 minutes and no one was killed, but someone was put in a coma from a pretty bad beating. >> jail is completely different than what it was 30 years ago. for one thing, we have much more violence-prone inmates in our system. in the past, that was never a problem. we did not have major riots and the disturbances. we did not have the races fighting against one another in the jail system. >> l.a. county jail officials told us most of that violence stems from one source. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> almost half of our jail population is street gang members and they are probably responsible for 70 to 80% of the cri

i have done extensive work with law enforcement, with the lapd and the los angeles county sheriff's. e to tell you that crime has been driven down in los angeles because of their efforts, but not only because of their efforts. so what does the collaboration look like. i want you to keep some ideas in mind. there is no first among equals. what we learned in los angeles was that oppression alone was not the answer. it did not work. there were record highs in gang violence in 2005. i want to tell you what has happened between 2005 and 2012. number one, the grass roots -- the disorganize, fragmented, passionate grass roots must be part of this. the community members who go to county supervisors meetings, the members who pass out fliers, the youths who have been in the juvenile justice system that are now part of the coalition -- those individuals must have a seat at the table. no. 2. community-based organizations. that operate on a shoestring and often without any kind of coverage anywhere. they must be legitimized and made part of the conversation. i have witnessed this with homeboy indu

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

los angeles. when a highway patrol officer forced the rider to stop. no one was injured. >>> the los angeles county, the los angeles city council voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the nation's second largest city. the move could affect more than 1 million pot clubs. today's action eliminating store fronts but allows patients and care givers to grow marijuana for medical use. >>> san jose's move to shut down a homeless camp at kelly park solved one problem but it may have shifted some of the trouble to another neighborhood. >> reporter: a walk down trails and through brush brings you to a homeless incampment below k street. but many who did not get housing vouchers headed to key street. raul hernandez is worried how the city will react. >> they might just you know over all kick us out because there's too many people to handle here. >> reporter: hernandez says the influx of strangers is also causing tension. >> we had to just hope for the best that nobody comes in and destroys our place. >> reporter: but minutes later hernandez con fronted a man in his tent. >> hey, hey. you already look

a surgeon asked for a recount in ports of los angeles county. a recount starts today. a manual recount is scheduled wednesday. >>> president obama is bringing his reelection campaign to ohio. the president is set to highlights his bail out of the auto industry. he is holding a town hall event in cincinnati. he is expected to tell voters mitt romney's tax proposals would spur job growth in foreign countries. and mitt romney demanded the president back away from his business record. mitt romney said the president should spend time speaking about his own record. the obama campaign is arguing mitt romney's recordind case jobs were shipped over -- record indicates jobs were shipped over seas. >>> the republican party takes over the times forum in florida preparing for the republican nation convention. hundreds of workers will transform the forum into a place where mitt romney will accept the nominations. some improvements have already taken place. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton goes a long way to reach a break through. the visit happening right now. >> cooler weathe

million cast, a san francisco surgeon has petitioned the secretary of state to recount ballots in los angeles county. both presidential candidates hit hard as ragged clothes to november romney campaign targets president obama's plans for economic growth dru levenson explains the obama can and take swipes at romney's position at bain capital. >>> while mitt romney was at church president obama's advisers hammered mitt romney when he left bain capital romney clancy left bain capital in 1999 but the obama administration believes he was still in charge in 2000 killed when ban ship jobs overseas. >>> if you sign an sec document with your signature that you are owner of the company what world you live enjoy not in charge >>> the romney camp demands an apology that their candidate might be guilty of a felony. >>> it is troubling that a president would direct his campaign to label someone as a felon >>> run is advisers say the administration should be focused on the country then on personal attacks. >>> this president will say or do anything to keep highest office in the land even if it means to me the high

a surgeon has petitioned the secretary of state to recount the ballots in los angeles county. more than 1 million people live with hiv/aids the epidemic fades away from the headlines at today's walk in san francisco it is not just about money john reynolds tells us the goal is awareness. >>> it is important we bring people's memory along >>> a small fragment of the aids memorial quilt overlooks sharon meadow a reminder of the 20,000 who joined the aids walk why they are here those two great the panel's need no reminding. >>> how things were and scary it was in the early days. that is hard to translate into today's people >>> many of you we're not around 30 years ago to do here to learn and participate >>> in the eighties aged considered an instant death sentence but advancements have transformed to a manageable disease that has fallen off the headlines and that may have an undesired effect on younger generations. >>> people my age are nonchalant about >>> not everyone i think some people say it as a joke that don't realize how serious it is. >>> the a's what raise $2.7 million

san francisco surgeon has petitioned secretary of state to re-count balance in precincts in los angeles county. campaign 2012 a pair a fund- raising event set for next week in the bay area and will attract protesters president obama announced three stops in the east bay a week from tomorrow demonstrators are planning a protest at the fox theater in oakland, he'll hold a $35,000 person dinner and tech discussion. romney is in the bay area and a day earlier he has three advance next sunday meg whitman may among the guests expected to attend a luncheon in woodside romney will have aligned and event at the fairmont hotel and then wraps up the trip with a $50,000 a plate dinner in pacific heights. the rivalry heats up, the romney campaign targets president obama's plan for unemployment and growth dru levenson explains the campaign is taking swipes at romney's position at bain capital. >>> president obama's says his campaign will not apologize that romney outsourced jobs while running bain capital in an interview the president said mr. romney claims he's mr. fix it for the economy because of his bus

. >> every gang in los angeles county ends up coming here. and we just don't have enough places to segregate everybody and keep them from assaulting each other. and if you get one group that has superior numbers over the other and something sparks off a fight, it's going to be on. >> 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 sha

>> many of you in this room probably know him best as the betty ford clinic and los angeles county jailcome robert down di jr. >> unkind, that wasn't a room for the wounded soldiers. that was room full of the richest most privileged people world. i said sometime i don't like their film? really. >> butts of the jokes on the ricky gervais show. carl is now traveling around the world as the hideous abroad. >> with warrick daifts, star of life's too short, tale of a dwarf. >> called cycling round with war wick in a basket. i first pitched this to carl, he didn't say that's a ridiculous idea. he said [ bleep ]. >> and this is derek, a pilot that just aired on british tv about an odd ball who works in a retirement home. not everyone thinks it's funny. defensive to the mentally challenged. >> does it find father of an autistic boy to call worse than racism, worse than home phobia and vile. >> no, it doesn't bother me at all because i don't agree with him. he's a fictional character. if i say he's not meant to be disabled, that's the end of it. with extras, there was a guy with down syndrome, i

a dedication ceremony was held yesterday in los angeles county. over 600 former uss iowa crew members were on hand. the battleship left the bay area on may 26. it opens on saturday. the mom is expected to a-- the museum is expected to attract 500,000 visitors a year. >>> right now service in the muni metro subway has been disrupted due to an over head wire problem. bus shuttles are in place. subway service is still operating. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the next time news breaks and be sure to join us again at 5:00. thank you for watching.

according to a los angeles county sheriff's spokesman, a battery report was taken after the incident. see from the video at least what we're able to see, it didn't seem to get too physical looking at it here. the slifsheriff's department is identifying who is involved. this investigation is still ongoing. a source with firsthand knowledge of the incident says that janet, jermaine, and randy jackson were all on the scene. katherine was not there. los angeles county sheriff's detectives, of course, just closed a mtiissing person's cas who was found with her daughter in arizona. the lawyer says the sheriff's deputies tried to talk to her in arizona on monday and were blocked from seeing her. the attorney is asking for the fbi to investigated. carol, this really could just be the start of an even bigger family feud. we're following up on reports of a new fight now between the executors of michael jackson's estate and the adult members of the jackson family. this is obviously a very, very tangled web. >> so this all boils down to michael jackson's money. >> it seems that it would. we can't

i have worked in los angeles county and orange county and our traffic is not as bad as theirs. when my engineering team works 24 hours a day to keep a very outdated infrastructure at st. luke's st. luke' -- at st. luke's together, i cannot tell you what my team has gone through, both at st. luke's and california campuses. i encourage you, i implore you to reject the appeal, except the eir. if you choose not to do that, decide to keep the dialogue open and continue this for tubing weeks. >> my name is rick stevens, recently hired as the new chief administrative officer for st. luke's. one attraction was the rebuild of an aging building not seismically safe. being part of the construction team, i can tell you we are building a better st. luke's. it will aid in the healing process of patients and families. the new facility is being built to support current services provided such as an er which will be state of the art. x-ray, pharmacy, and intensive care units, infectious disease, appellative care, and more. i see that the hospital needs to be rebuilt for the citizens south of mar