been see-sawing back and forth a little bit, perhaps, but in talking to just a comparison, los angeles county they have had an excellent reduction in these types of events and they do a -- my understanding was they do about a 75 percent of the maximum penalty, which turns out in los angeles county to be about i think it's, like, 23 days or something like that. >> so their ordinance is a little bit different than ours. >> yes, they also can charge what the appellant was saying, to charge the equivalent of maybe monetary loss based on cigarette sales or whatever it is the administrative officer decides they are allowed. it's not in our ordinance. all we have is the suspension. >> did you check the amador county referenced by the appellant in his brief? he indicated they had a monetary fine. >> the list i have, october, 2012, i don't even have amador county as even having an ordinance. i'm not saying they don't, they may. the list i have of facilities, of klts and cities that have these retail tobacco permitting -- i'm not clear where that information was gathered. >> thank you. is there any pub

county jail system. >> los angeles county jail is unique in the fact that every gang in los angeles countyhere. it doesn't matter if they're a black gang, an asian gang, a hispanic gang, or a white gang. if they're active in los angeles county and they get arrested, they end up coming to the los angeles county jail system. >> the osj unit must rely on communication to help prevent gang violence. >> solving crime is all about getting the information from somebody. it's not physical evidence. >> we ain't with nobody. it's just mainly a money thing. mainly we just doing our thing. everybody's doing their individual thing. >> you have had a history of feuding with who? blacks or hispanics? throughout the years over there. >> it's been a history of whoever stepped on our toes. >> knowing which gangs are fighting each other helps the osj unit decide who to remove from general population and where to search for weapons. >> we have found them with hacksaw blades, anything that -- a metal rod. in our ovens you have the grills that you put in the oven to cook on. they'll break off the rods on that.

los angeles county homicide. decades later the order dedicated itself to saint teresa, the 15th century mystic who is torn between material and spiritual world. and battled with demons as she fled inward. during her journey she underwent a series of miracles that happened after -- in which she levitated and communicated with angels. the conference was a daily situated on 180th street east, and main drag in palmdale, where cell phone reception was good and was pointed wide open open space around it, save for the intimate creosote and rocks. not bad for take off and launching pad for helicopters. so that's where the los angeles the los angeles county swat team staged this manhunt, for a convent in the middle of the desert. i was quite struck by the fact that he was these two orders, nothing cops, people that we really, we civilians don't call unless there's an emergency. years they were coming together as an extreme situation. while the cops were there, the nuns were cooking for them and praying for them, and some

i have done extensive work with law enforcement, with the lapd and the los angeles county sheriff's. i am here 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 home

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 los angeles county s.w.a.t. department -- they had trained -- they were very well-trained in urban warfare but this stumped them. they had never really spent days tracking anybody in the desert, even though this is l.a. county, and they realized about day two or three they needed a place to land their chopper and couldn't find -- there was no place in the desert and no place to have no trespassing signs. it's not like you can knock -- a lot of heavily armed people there who not a want a police chopper landing in their front yard. so here's where they ended up staging -- with every hour that a criminal is on the loose, the chances of finding him diminish, by the morning of day two, thousand cops and deputies had joined the manhunt. some traversed the desert, walking every cubic centimeter. l.a. county was sparing no expense on the search, which had morphed into the type of monster that kueck feared, and overwhelming display of manpower, vehicle, food, aircraft, minuted civilians, dogs, weapons, ammo, ammo fuel, s

in the los angeles area, easily over 1.5 million in the orange county and los angeles county. added together, very soon it will be much more than 3 million. i think it is around 7 million people. >> perception, reality, or myth? there is a war against islam. >> all three are true at the same time. certain people in the west are trying to carry out a war against islamic religion. in the old days, when is mum was politically important, you had christian missionaries. they had money from rich people in the united states, they go to the islamic world, and they would preach against islam. they were waging a war, not with guns, but by opening up hospitals, schools, it injections, hoping that people would convert to christians. >> why did people feel they have to do that? >> this is a character of christianity. christ said to preach to the nations. many feel it is part of their christian duty. christianity is a very mission religion. it became the religion of about the civilization and it started to do emissions more substantially. in the modern period, when france was producing volt

>> proposition 36 was drafted by prosecutors of the biggest counties, los angeles and santa clara tomon sense reform to three strikes law. people that have committed non-serious, nonviolent third strike crimes. we will change the permit you get a big sentence, punishment. but life sentences is what we are currently doing in california, i don't think it was intended when they passed the three strikes law in 1994 and it's not effective in reducing crime in california. it's overcrowding our prisons. u.s. supreme court has already ruled that our prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded. >> cheryl: you have a button on your shoulder. marc klaas i remember your case. >> polly klaas was kidnapped and individual that was did it was violent offender had been out of prison for six months that prompted the three strikes law which was in fact a law before the people voted upon it eight months later. to say the intent was not known or unintended is i think is present possible preposterous. >> three strikes works. it works very well. you have 50%, you have half the chance to be a victim of viole

. >>> a person fell from a water slide in los angeles county. it happened at a six flags hurricane harbor. he passed other people in line and went down the slide head first on his stomach breaking park rules. he fell off the slide and landed on the pavement. fortunately he has no broken bones and no internal injuries. >>> the notorious love birds bonnie and clyde are still linked to big money after their deaths. >>> two of the guns sold at auction bringing about a half million dollars, and they brought in another $36,000 and even an empty aspirin continue sold for $11,000. >>> former governor arnold schwarzenegger is speaking out about his multiple affairs. he talks about his new tell all book. >>> plus cracking down, the law could get even stricter. @p@po' . >>> arnold schwarzenegger's tell off book is out and he admitted to several affairs. >> so it is a recurring issue with you? >> i am not perfect. >> now, arnold schwarzenegger writes about fathering a son and also confesses to having an affair in is 985 -- 1985. it happened wild he was with

police say darnell escaped with the help of his wife, police believe he wounded a los angeles county sheriff's deputy with a shotgun. king's county prosecutor says a sawed off shotgun and several shells were found in the car when arrested the burning question is what could have led the suspects to the home? do we know how these people ended up crossing paths? i can't discuss that at this time. >> i want to know why they picked this house. this court. why did they kill her? why couldn't you have tied her up? took the car? >> answers may come out as detectives begin to pool their information. they're investigating if the pair car jacked and robbed others traveling from southern california to northern california. in hercules, abc 7 news. >> fire investigators say an early morning fire does not appear sus spishus but was damaging. the fire started at 4:40 inside of the squat and gobble cafe. it spread to two businesses and adjoining building. two firefighters suffered injuries. it took crews four hours to contain flames. >> there is a deep building they thought they found the fire. they p

he got into a is out out in los angeles county. the suspect shot and wounded a deputy and then they carjacked a vehicle and got away. they now face charges here in southern california and in seattle. live, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a explosion and fire at a home sent one woman to the hospital today. this is cell phone video by neighbors. 40 firefighters attacked the fire. four people were at home at the time of the explosion. one woman was taken to the hospital with burns. the other three residents escaped. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the explosion. >>> embattled san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is back on the job tonight after a fight against ethic charges. ktvu's david stevenson is live where his return could be tricky. >> reporter: mayor ed lee had harsh words today as the sheriff moved to transition back into his job. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi said he was ready to reconcile with the city departments. >> it is a new day. we want to move forward, mend fences. >> reporter: mayor ed lee

crime and los angeles county is down more than it is throughout the state. the idea that this is some sort of soft on crime measure i think is belied by the experience in los angeles. i do want to say that judge ladoris cordell is being too modest. really, when she stepped down from the bench, she took on herself to really be the clearing call about what is going on with three strikers. they're not high-profile crimes. they are petty thieves and pickpockets and drug users. >> can you talk about dell gains? prexy is one of my clients but he was sentenced to life for possession of stolen property. he is mentally retarded and severely mentally ill. he was homeless and drug addicted part of being sentenced to life in prison. he has never hurt anybody in his life. he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial, but still his public defender wave to that issue, went to trial, put on absolutely no evidence in his defense. these are relatively small cases, not being handled by experienced attorneys. it is the most overworked prosecutors and public defenders. >> an

. >>> police in englewood in los angeles county are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a family inside their home early this morning. authorities say a father shielding his four-year-old son was fatally shot. the boys also died a short time later. two other children and their mother were taken to the hospital for gunshot winds. police say the gunmen shot -- set the home on fire. there is no word on a motive. >>> a bus driver was killed and dozens of passengers hurt after a crash in arizona. the bus crashed near kingman, arizona not far from the hoover dam. authorities say the driver had a seizure or a heart attack which caused him to lose control of the bus. forty-eight passengers were injured and sick for phone to loss at -- las vegas with serious injuries. most were tourists. >> homicide investigators in vallejo a1 was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting. it happened on our construct -- arkansas street. police say they found two men with gunshot winds. authorities say 20-year-old mauricio dominguez died from his injuries. the other man is listed in critical condi

i think that los angeles county they spent $9,000 per student in public school system. the average cost of private school $6,000. i support the voucher system that allow the parents to put the children in charter schools, private schools, what we cannot escape is that the school system is broken, again, let's ask the senator, why did the senator support, why did the senator oppose legislation that one of his fellow democrats proposed that would remove dangerous teachers that were convicted of crimes from the classroom and from the public roles? i would like to know the answer to that. >> thank you. mr. leno. >> the 47 out of 50 states figure that miss dillan used is not in educational out comes it is in per pupil. we rank 47th. >> as a result we rank 50 as the number of counselors and the number of nurses in our schools and the number of libranias in. you get what you pay for. >> our state has been starved for cash for the past ten years as a result of tax cuts the state could not afford that the prior governor put on the credit cards. we need to provide significantly m

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he's also accused of shooting at a los angeles county deputy. >>> six were hurt in an overnight in san francisco. this morning they are in stable condition. the crash happened shortly before 10:00 last night on 18th and pennsylvania in the city's potrero hill neighborhood. the vehicle rolled over and ended up on 280. it closed one southbound lane of 280 and the mariposa off-ramp for a time but has cleared. >>> occupy oakland protesters plan to march on to frank ogawa plaza it was a year ago today police tore down their encampment, prompting violent clashes. 100 were arrested. today occupiers will does in all black and take over the plaza at noon followed by a march tonight at 7:00. police will let them go as long as it stays peaceful. >> criminal acts are not protected under the first amendment. our goal is to have a peaceful, successful event. >> what has happened in the past, obviously we all regret. but we are moving forward. >> city leaders say the plaza is the centerpiece of the downtown reviolate the mayor says they plan to move forward with 30 new business. >>> troublesome poll

. >> why they are called the modern day bonnie and clyde of los angeles county.le announer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> now at 6:00 p.m. the developing story terisa estacio.. we are live in front of this crime scene is still a very active crime scene. the officer recognized >> we are digging up dirt on the suspect that she was speaking of. a man and a woman were rested in washington today. they are connected to a stolen vehicle and hercules. where a woman was murdered. these are the pictures of the suspect they have been wantin wanted--from the other law enforcement. the wife helped him escape from prison and in september she shooting in los angeles county deputy. the deputy however did survive the shooting but they are wanted for attempted murder of an officer. this married couple left that scene and allegedly carjacked more in the process. today there are rusted in another stolen car. this was a longing to the recent murder a woman and hercules. today however, these two were arrested... >> let us check-in with hail and even th

darnell washington is accused of shooting a los angeles county sheriff's deputy on september 2. hercules police say they don't know how the couple acquired ko's car. still neighbors are on edge. >> we will be careful anyway. it is sad to happen in any community. i encourage anybody to become closer neighbors. it is a big difference. >> reporter: the family did release a statement saying that the discovery of the car does provide some comfort. they said they would like to thank the community, the hercules police department and the fbi for all their hard work. meanwhile the investigation in this case continues. reporting live in hercules i'm cheryl, nbc bay area news. >>> the doping evidence against lance armstrong is out in the open tonight. why it may not be all bad news for the cyclist. >>> a football brawl and it is the coaches that sparked it. find out what parents are saying about it. >>> the boy scouts kicked him out. now ellen sits down with a gay teenager. you'll hear how his life has changed since coming out. >>> a political fire storm on capitol hill today over a killin

now, this pair is accused of a crime spree that includes a jail break, the shooting of a los angeles county deputy, two carjackings. the chase near seattle and now these pending murder charges. >>> a shocking charge against two law students. they are both 24 and they were arrested in las vegas for beheading an exotic bird. the two chased a 14-year-old bird into the trees at the flamingo hotel's wildlife habitat. they came out with the body and the severed head. the bird was a helmeted guinea fowl. they were charged with malicious killing of wildlife. >>> san jose emergency response personnel found that the longer respops times due to the lack of police officers is putting people's lives in danger. this is a story you will see only on abc7. earlier this month, police responded to an officer involved shooting at a cal trans station. hours later they were called to an altercation at a check cashing business where someone was injured. no police units were available. paramedics were there, but they had to wait for police to arrive to secure the scene. in the meantime, the victim goes on. >> we t

now, this pair is accused of a crime spree that includes a jail break, the shooting of a los angeles county deputy, two carjackings. the chase near seattle and now these pending murder charges. >>> a shocking charge against two law students. they are both 24 and they were arrested in las vegas for beheading an exotic bird. the two chased a 14-year-old bird into the trees at the flamingo hotel's wildlife habitat. they came out with the body and the severed head. the bird was a helmeted guinea fowl. they were charged with killing f wildlife. >>> san jose emergency response personnel found that the longer respops times due to the lack of police officers is putting people's lives in danger. this is a story you will see only on abc7. earlier this month, police responded to an officer involved shooting at a cal trans station. hours later they were called to an altercation at a check cashing business where someone was injured. no police units were available. paramedics were there, but they had to wait for police to arrive to secure the scene. in the meantime, the victim goes on. >> we train to sav

a mother whose son attends the los angeles county high school for the arts says students were given homework requiring them to ask their family and friends for donations. she says students were given a script of what to say and had to provide proof that they sent out at least ten requests. >> there has to be something illegal about grading a student based on how much money they can bring in or even proof that they are out soliciting donation. this is a public school. >> the school is tuition free and receives state funding. the district says the fund- raising effort was supposed to be part of the walk for the arts, organized by a volunteer group of parents. and it is looking into the matter. >>> whether you are looking for a new restaurant to try or a hotel to stay in, lots of people use yelp. but it turns out many online reviews that look real are quite fake. cbs 5 reporter julie watts shows us how yelp is going undercover to keep companies from gaming the system. >> how often do you use online reviews? >> every day, all the time. >> do you trust those online reviews? >> um... um... >> repo

. >> the los angeles county sheriff's department teaches staff the best way to use social media to solve crime. >> you can go back to those writing classes with the understanding that you've got potential civil, criminal consequences for what you write. >> they warn writers not to use racially charged language. they must never post rumors. the instructor also teaches the importance of good relations with the citizens. >> you have to speak to them when there's not an emergency in order to build a following. so when the crisis happens, that you're there and you're able to help them and they know where to find you. >> through social media police gain the potential help of thousands of citizens, and as relations between police and the public improve, criminals have less room to maneuver. nhk world, los angeles. >> social media proving to be a helpful crime fighting tool there. >>> let's now get a check on weather conditions around the world. we've been keeping an eye on two storms in the west pacific. yesterday one storm was affecting people in the southern islands of japan. rachel ferguson

i also worked for five years at the los angeles county metropolitan transportation authority in the board office where metro r which is their third sales tax that provides transportation revenue for transit projects and they're looking to accelerate those projects currently with a new bond measure this upcoming year. i worked with a lot of the directors that compiled a lot of those different projects. and my first transportation job was actually as a high cooler at muni in the service planning department. so, i have a lot of transportation expertise. i work with student government on city college of san francisco and i also just have an immense desire to see a lot more transportation improvements in the balboa park corridor. i have a great relationship with john avalos, supervisor avalos and i continue to work with trustee issues. that is the bulk of where a lot of riders are. we need a light rail [speaker not understood]. the second highest transportation [inaudible] outside of downtown. so, that's why i submit my application for seats 1, 2, 3 or 4. i think i'm eligible for all four of t

on the september 2 he is accused of shooting a los angeles county sheriff's deputy after they exchanged gunfire in el monte. the injured deputy tried to stop the pair in a car he described as suspicious. the same man and woman are suspected possibly in the stabbing death of ko at her home friday night something investigators are looking into to. detectives in hercules in southern california are going to be talking to figure out if the pair is also accused in a robbery and carjacking, as well. live in hercules, sharon chin, cbs 5. >>> breaking news out of the east bay. west oakland specifically. police are chasing that man, that suspect on an atv, a four wheeler. this apparently started west of the coliseum. we don't know why police are trying to chase him down. but again, police are not far behind him. this is in west oakland. we have chopper 5 over it as you saw. we'll get our picture back and get you updates as soon as we get them. >>> well, a little good news. california gas prices leveled out. but there's new information that could keep the volatility going for months. it's coming s

. >> reporter: the los angeles county sheriff's department teaches staff the best way to use social media to solve crime. >> you can go back to those creative writing classes with the understanding that you have potential civil and criminal consequences for what you write. >> reporter: they warned writers not to use racially charged language and must never post rumors. the instructor teaches the good relations with the citizens. >> you have to speak to them when there is not an emergency in order to buildi a following o when the crisis happens, that you're there and you're able to help them, and they know where to find you. >> reporter: through social media, police gain the potential help of thousands of citizens, and as relgtss between the police and public improve, criminals have less room to maneuver. mayumi maruyama, nhk world, los angeles. >>> japan's nuclear regulation authority is considering investigating potentially active faults near nuclear plant under construction in northern japan. chairman tanaka said any doubts about false nuclear plans must be cleared up. he said the autho

none of the police departments within los angeles could talk to each other on their communications gear. they had a different piece of equipment in the los angeles county sheriff's department than the police department or the compton police or the watts police or whoever. we ended up, we were providing radios so they could talk to each other. and i said that that should never happen again. we should have interoperatable communications. there's some that say we aren't any better off today than we were in 1992. we don't know, but we had an exercise, part of this fleet week preparation exercise, put on by the department of emergency management and it involved a lot of various agencies and we looked at the command of control situation and the command of control situation was an important one because you realized in 1992 the situation got so grim that the governor of the state then asked dod to take it over. so our chain of command went from my headquarters at the 7th infrapb tridivision headquarters right back to the pentagon. we said that should never happen again. so we looked at command of control relationships in this exercise. so we're going to bring

now, this pair is accused of a crime spree that includes a jail break, the shooting of a los angeles county these pending murder charges. >>> a shocking charge against two law students. they are both 24 and they were arrested in las vegas for beheading an exotic bird. the two chased a 14-year-old bird into the trees at the flamingo hotel's wildlife habitat. they came out with the body and the severed head. the bird was a helmeted guinea fowl. they were charged with malicious killing of wildlife. >>> san jose emergency response personnel found that the longer respops times due to the lack of police officers is putting people's lives in danger. this is a story you will see only on abc7. earlier this month, police responded to an officer involved shooting at a cal trans station. hours later they were called to an altercation at a check cashing business where someone was injured. no police units were available. paramedics were there, but they had to wait for police to arrive to secure the scene. in the meantime, the victim goes on. >> we train to save lives and to not sit there with idle hands.