you know, just -- let me just get a copy of these mailers. i certainly respect the right of any entity or any group and in this case of ibw to put out information about our program, but i also feel that in many respects, we are not doing enough in terms of really countering the misinformation here because whether intended or not, the message here is that somehow our program is unique in the sense that there is a purchase of energy from shell without really saying that pg and e itself is actually buying energy from shell as well, and that the difference between our program and ours is that we are buying energy from shell with the idea as eventually building an infrastructure that allows us to create our own energy, and in many respects, you know, the message to the consumer is that in fact if you want to get out of business, you know, get out of doing business with shell, that the only way we're going to do that is through community choice aggregation, so i think that when someone is providing misinformation about your program, we have to figu

. >> yes, commissioner, we're definitely aware of the mailers, and e-mail communications, in part because your lafco staff is helpful in making sure that folks at the puc see the information, if it hasn't landed on our doorsteps, we get it from jason which is good. you know, our objective is to inform, provide accurate information to our customers, our potential customers, so that's what our customer notification and education program is focused on. we don't want anyone being surprised by becoming our customers, we want them to understand what the service offering is that we're providing. i expect that in order to do that effectively, we will be answering people's questions that arise from receiving this mailer and then hearing from us about our program and saying, you know, how do you reconcile these two different messages and we'll have to be careful to make sure we get accurate information back to our perspective customer, not anl because we think that's the right thing to do, under the code of conduct law, we're required to do that, so we need to be careful to be giving accurate infor

you know, now this is a derogatory term, but the opponents call him a green mailer.omes in, demands you buy them out at a higher price as he moves the stock out so you get rid of him and his presence on the board. i have to point out that carl icahn has two board seats on herbal life. the notion of green mailing him, what he wants to do with the company, is clearly something, from what we understand, is on the minds of herbal life executives. i have to point it out, i'm not calling him a green mailer, but i'm saying that's the bad part of the reputation. remember, he was involved in major takeovers during and some of the lbos during the 1980s, big players, worth probably -- cheryl: still a big player. >> still a big player. when you open -- they needed a white knight, you know, quote-on quote, white knight. he's a conflicted knight when you look at the record. people in herbal life know that. they are worried about it. they are worried about the impression on, you know, they don't want to get the guy mad, which is why they issued the statement to fox business. it's a

mitchell haorbwho is black, off this description of the white e-mailers, he called them slave-holdingaby raping snagle toothed inbred folks. >> do they think before they talk? >> and he knows as a public official these have been read and have been read by other members of the body. >> and the fellow democrats condemned the rant, and legislature decided against any anything, but it's freedom of speech. >> every week they could put their foot in their mouths. the republicans laty, and democrats are guilty, too. i know they want to make a comeback. and stop being stupid, you have to start now if you want to make a comeback. >> and one commentator had to apologize on same-sex marriage. a prominent neuro surgeon speaking on fox news. th he said they have no right to try to redefine marriage. and carson offered this apologize. >> as a christian, we have a duty to love everyone, and love them as ourselves, and i love gay people and straight people, so this was really on my behalf somewhat insensitive, and i certainly apologize if i offended anybody, because i was not in any way comparing, yo

residents yesterday across highway 101 received a mailer from the environmental protection agency warning of the possibility of the vapor. people living near the intel building knew a toxic plume had contaminateed their ground water with a vapor that can cause cancer and birth defects. the epa has been monitoring the contamination since the 1980's but in november they found high levels of tce west of the border on google property. >> you could be exposeed and that is a concern if you live in the area. >> people who live in the area can call the epa and have the air tested. most of the time the contamination can be removed from an air filtering system. >> in vallejo now it is up to the banks to deal with redown possibilities they repossess to help relieve the crime and blight that has followed. now details. >> the city of vallejo says police have responded to this foreclosed home numerous times. diane lives across the street. >> you believe there was prostitution going on? >> it was obvious. >> no one answered the door but police have removed squatters at least five times. neighbors say fo

educating mailers on how to grow your mail and how to use the u.s. postal service to help you mail better. >> reporter: outside the conference, postal workers protested the proposed service cuts, including ending saturday deliveries. but one worker's son says he hopes the conference will help reinvent the postal service. >> a lot of people are losing their jobs. people are being relocated outside the state. >> reporter: the usps says they are watching their cost by sending 160 fewer employees to the conference this year. and they are paying $155 for each hotel room, a 40% discount. sharon chin kpix 5. >> the conference runs through wednesday. the workshops include more efficient mail packaging and extreme weather. >>> like many public officials caught up in a scandal, this man insisted that the allegations against him were a distraction and a political lynching. but tonight a jail sentence looms for the tomorrower law make -- for the former lawmaker. we were in the courtroom for the guilty plea. >> reporter: the former supervisor agreed to the -- sup

today residents who live right here got this mailer from the epa warning them about the possibility of vapor intrusion. >> a lot of folks knew because of the commercial buildings. >> a lot of people packed city hall for a special meeting to find out more about what is in the air they are breathing in parts of mountain view. >> there are thank you discoveries. contamination has shown up in unexpected areas. >> for decades people living near the old intel building and fair child semiconductor factory knew a toxic plume had contaminated some of their ground water with tce. tce can cause cancer and birth defects. the epa has been monitoring and remediating the contaminant. but in november, random testing found high levels of tce just west of the plumes designated border. it is on google property and avondale avenue. >> if it moves, that's a concern. >> reporter: he lives in a new development on avondale, and he wants his home tested for tce. >> they say it is cars gnaw -- carcinogenic. that's a concern. >> we should not have to get cancer to have clean indoor air. >> reporter: jane horton

today residents who live right here got this mailer from the epa warning them about the possibility of vapor intrusion. >> a lot of folks knew because of the commercial buildings. >> a lot of people packed city hall for a special meeting to find out more about what is in the air they are breathing in parts of mountain view. >> there are thank you discoveries. contamination has shown up in unexpected areas. >> for decades people living near the old intel building and fair child semiconductor factory knew a toxic plume had contaminated some of their ground water with tce. tce can cause cancer and birth defects. the epa has been monitoring and remediating the contaminant. but in november, random testing found high levels of tce j west of the plumes designated border. it is on google property and avondale avenue. >> if it moves, that's a concern. >> reporter: he lives in a new development on avondale, and he wants his home tested for tce. >> they say it is cars gnaw -- carcinogenic. that's a concern. >> we should not have to get cancer to have clean indoor air. >> reporter: jane horton has

. >> if they just stayed in washington they would not get the feel of what the mailers want out of the industry because the men say it should not be happening. >> they are cutting services including saturday mail delivery. >>> you are watching the roads? >> yes, 08 westbound coming in from vacaville fairfield all the way from he berkeley to oakland and that looks good, of course we watch, it affect is the entire eastbound commute. it starts off right through downtown and getting up into the silicone valley. >>> well, i am mostly clear and it is on the way for tuesday and wednesday morning and afternoon and one system is in and out and we can't get everything established as far as a witnesser pattern. everything has been locked in for the longest time. highs today 60s and 70s and inland temperatures will be mild to warm. we will have more on the way to increasing clouds and holding into wednesday morning. this is our forecast and by tuesday afternoon it starts to move. a quarter of an inch is starting to move and there is not much rain. 40s and 50s, novato had rain last time and some of

. >> if they just stayed in washington they would not get the feel of what the mailers want out of thestry because the men say it should not be happening. >> they are cutting services including saturday mail delivery. >>> you are watching the roads? >> yes, 08 westbound coming in from vacaville fairfield all the way from he berkeley to oakland and that looks good, of course we watch, it affect is the entire eastbound commute. it starts off right through downtown and getting up into the silicone valley. >>> well, i am mostly clear and it is on the way for tuesday and wednesday morning and afternoon and one system is in and out and we can't get everything established as far as a witnesser pattern. everything has been locked in for the longest time. highs today 60s and 70s and inland temperatures will be mild to warm. we will have more on the way to increasing clouds and holding into wednesday morning. this is our forecast and by tuesday afternoon it starts to move. a quarter of an inch is starting to move and there is not much rain. 40s and 50s, novato had rain last time and some of thes

. >> if they just sit in their offices in washington they wouldn't get the feel of what the mailers want and need out of the industry. the industry is changing. technology is changing. the postal service is changing with it. >> that was claudia cowen reporting. they plan to take a closer look at the end of the conference and wait for travel by the public agency. >> they could pick up the phone, you know. >> the time is 25 after the top of the hour. copping coming up she may be young but she is a hero. >> i just opened the door and i cannot see. it was all blurry because of the smoke. >> this little girl right there she saved her entire family. we will tell you how. a graphic lesson are bombings an english class for 8-year-old children. is it too much for this age? we report you decide. >> on this date in 1995 the space shuttle endeavor landed in california after 6 and a half days in space. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. our financial advice is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families.

. >> if they just sat in their offices of washington, they wouldn't get the feel of what the mailersnt wand out of the industry. you know, because the industry is changing. >> reporter: and the conference itself is drawing criticism because it costs at least $2 million to put on. the postal service is millions in the red. supporters say this helps it generate new business. we hope to talk with someone from the postal service as well as a protester coming up in the next hour. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there is a new report out that says diversity is a big issue for silicon valley tech companies. ktvu's janine de la vega is in san jose. she's been out there since 4:30 this morning to tell us how the companies are responding. janine? >> reporter: dave, we are getting a lot of opinions on twitter as well as here at the deardon station. nobody is surprised to hear lack of diversity is happening. but industrial analysts say not a lot of people are talking about it and if if it is a problem -- if it is a problem. cnn started the investigation to ask for diversity data on the em

. >> if they just sat in their offices of washington, they wouldn't get the feel of what the mailersand out of the industry. you know, because the industry is changing. >> reporter: and the conference itself is drawing criticism because it costs at least $2 million to put on. the postal service is millions in the red. supporters say this helps it generate new business. we hope to talk with someone from the postal service as well as a protester coming up in the next hour. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there is a new report out that says diversity is a big issue for silicon valley tech companies. ktvu's janine de la vega is in san jose. she's been out there since 4:30 this morning to tell us how the companies are responding. janine? >> reporter: dave, we are getting a lot of opinions on twitter as well as here at the deardon station. nobody is surprised to hear lack of diversity is happening. but industrial analysts say not a lot of people are talking about it and if if it is a problem -- if it is a problem. cnn started the investigation to ask for diversity data on the employ

if they just stand in their office in washington they wouldn't get the feel of what the mailers want need in the industry because the industry's changing. technology is changing and the postal service is changing with it. >> reporter: again, the u.s. postal service spending more than 2 million dollars on exhibit space and travel expenses. that may not sound like a lot, but as one government watch dog group told me, the way you end up 16 billion dollars in debt you don't worry about a 2 million dollar expenditure. over time, harris, it all adds up. >> harris: indeed it does. thank you. and republican lawmakers stepping up calls to hear from the the survivors of the benghazi terror attacks, six months after that assault there are questions whether somebody is trying to keep them quiet. where we started tonight. and former u.n. ambassador to the united nations john bolton joins us with his take. plus, a major break in the case of an american tourist murdered abroad. turkish police believe they've turkish police believe they've nabbed the man who k k k what's droid-smart ? with google no

. >> this story is from an anonymous e-mailer who is selectively pushing out these tips. you and your producer got one of these e-mails. >> we got a cryptic e-mail. from a p. williams. we were able to take the i.p. address and tracted it down to santa domingo. we would like to find you. we would like to see what evidence you have that can back up any of these claims. that is what brought us to the dominican republic. >> and the story from there you were searching for the mystery man. >> who really did turn out to be a mystery man. we didn't want to put any of these allegations, of course, on the air until we found this guy. so we wound up going to all of these cryptic spots, the prostitution house, the attorney's house and the various spots where we were supposedly going to find the information or perhaps even find p. williams. the mystery man turned out to be a mystery man who has remained anonymous and charges and allegations don't add up. >> when you look over these affidavits, do you have any clue who the mastermind is behind the effort to smear the senator with the p

residents received a mailer from the epa yesterday warning them of the possibility of a toxic plume theeen monitoring in the area sin the 1980's. >> five, the giants' opening day could be away but fans can enjoy a party at home. the season opener against the dodgers is shown on the big screen at at&t park for free. the defending world champs opened the season april 1 at dodgers stadium. >> when you say "giants" and "free" i am good with that. >> it will be quite a game. >> the dense fog at eighth of a mile in oakland and quarter-mile visibility in concord and half moon bay and three quarters in hayward and dense fog advisory for the east bay valley and the coast until 9:00 so dangerous travel until then. in the afternoon we will transition the hazy sunshine and warmer-than-average temperatures but the coast will be partly sunny and mid-50's to around 60 degrees. our warmest temperature is inhand, mid-70's to near 80 and the bay is not too bad, upper 60's to mid-70's. enjoy the spring warmth but watch out if you have allergies. >> sue? >> as you mentioned, mine, here is the fog, metering

did you really call him a green-mailer? >> used to be. >> used to kind of, but remember in the movie "wall street," they call somebody a greenmailer. lawrence wildman, or i think wildman calls him a greenmailer. >> my question is, all this has been good for carl icahn. is it ultimately good for the market and for shareholders? >> i think it has been. >> has he been a force for good? >> he's made his share -- if you own the stock carl's been buying, you're making a lot of money. there's the carl icahn pop now. you look at how much money he's made, he's made $2 billion in cbr, about $1 billion in chesapeake, and that's public holding. he's making money. if you're a holder in chesapeake, you're making money with him. he hasn't really blown anything up. >> i remember blockbuster. >> you're a two green pilot -- >> i looked it up because we have young guys here. >> the reed hastings. >> remember that, you're a two-bit pirate and a greenmailer. >> from "wall street"? >> yeah, larry wildman talking to gordon gekko in his house, i t

corruption and record-breaking campaign spending with more than $19 million spent on ads, campaign mailers and consultants, the top two candidates are tied. councilman eric garcetti picked up 27%. wendy gruel was at 25%. third, radio host kevin james, the only true republican in race. along with scandal, this race also has a celebrity, because you know, it's l.a. >> eric was always the idea guy. when we were 8 years old, he had a crazy idea to start a break dancing crew and to dance battle other dancing cruise around town. what we lived together later became the basis the hit move, break in two, electric bugaloo. >> there's a measure that's on the ballot that would raise the sales tax to 9.5% to bring in $1 billion over the next five years to help close the city's shortfall. but it's unpopular. all the candidates for mayor came to oppose that ballot measure. they've spent money of their own, swapping accusations, the most bizarre being this video from the loan republican kevin james. >> as mayor of los angeles, i get not only showing where we can find the money and showing where the bodies

i give the guy credit just because for a green mailer, he gets basically treated like he's some sortman of finance. he attaches himself on to these dealing and, you know, someone else does the heavy lifting, app he gets a pop out of it. by the way, he's a gazillionaire because of it. liz: i'm gaining twitter followers ahead of you. >> no, you're not. know where i'm at now? 29. liz: i could still beat you. >> you lost ground. you lost ground. liz: okay, guys, serious now. >> you lost ground. liz: let's do a bet. >> it's not -- liz: end of next quarter, if i overtake you, you do one arm pushups, do 51 of them. >> it's not going to happen. liz: will you do that? >> yes, no, i can't, but it's not going to happen. liz: if i lose, i'll do 50 pushups. >> i'm not saying you can't -- liz: can't now, but end of next quarter if i work hard enough. >> you have a greater -- carl icahn has a greater chance of taking over dell than you have overtaking -- liz: benny, remove him from the set! here comes ben. >> i'm not going nowhere. get security. liz: all right, okay, he's talking smack, definitely.

amounted to boys who repeatedly cried wolf couldn't get the crash going today that so many of my e-mailersd to justify their negative positions and their actual short positions. what can i say? i have an idea. they should go to pick the baskets of the tourists in jellystone national park and the pickings aren't like the hideously executed cyprus bailout and it would have let me have a nice, quiet sunday afternoon to fill out my brackets and the possibility, you heard it first, of a louisville victory in the big dance. alan in new york. alan? >> what's shaking jim? boo-yah from nyc. >> you're right across the river! i can see you. what's going on? >> as you probably know citigroup has upgraded verizon to a buy, and my question is verizon is trying to acquire the 45% of vodafone and vodafone pays a better dividend of 5.53%, versus verizon with the 4.29% how would you play the acquisition? >> just be clear. citigroup in that piece and i was chatting with the deal guys because the deal and the street merged. everyone says this deal will happen. my friend david faber says there's a lot of chatt

. >> drew, this whole story is from an anonymously e-mailer. you got one of these e-mails, right? >> we got a cryptic e-mail from a p. williams. but what we were able to do is take that ip address and tracked it down to santa domingo. we said, hey, we would like to find you. we'd like to see what evidence you have that could back up any of these claims. and that's what brought us to santa domingo in the dominican republic. >> and the story you ended up doing from there, that's what you did, searching for this mystery man. >> who really did turn out to be a mystery man. we didn't want to put any of these allegations, of course, on the air until we found this guy. and so we wound up going to all these cryptic hinted spots, the prostitution house, the attorney's house, the various spots where we were supposedly going to find this information. or perhaps even find p. williams. but the mystery man turned out in the end to be just that, a mystery man who's remained anonymous and whose charges and allegations don't seem to add up at all. >> when you look over the affidavits, do you have

residents received a mailer from the epa yesterday about the possibility of a plume that the epa haster on the freeway to take care of this accident. we will follow this again, the accident is eastbound 80, a motorcycle is down and we have a problem on the parkway, westbound 580, another motorcycle is down. kristen? >> thank you, still a lost fog >> thank you, still a lost fog and well talk tys of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful (woman) why walk 60 miles in the boldest breast cancer event in history? because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing breast cancer every year. visit the3day.org to register or to request more information today. it was 3 days of pure joy. ♪ and it's beautiful >> still tracking low clouds with visibility less than a 16th of a mile, and a mile in san jose. we have dense fog advisory until 9:00 and bay water against against until noon, ♪ we are never ever getting back together ♪ >> we all know that song now. boyfr

if they just sat in their offices in washington they wouldn't get the feel of what the mailers want and industry is changing. technology is changing and the postal service is changing with it. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service spending more than $2 million on exhibit space, travel expenses, other incidentals. now, that may not sound like a lot but as one government watch dog group put it to me, the way you end up $16 billion in debt is you don't worry about a $2 million expenditure. over time, shannon, it all adds up. >> shannon: certainly does. as we find out here in washington and there in california as well. thank you, claudia. >> shannon: coming up, should lawmakers switch focus from spending money to treat illnesses instead to working on finding cures? we will have the discussion. >>> plus, it is one of the hottest on the planet and alicia acuna is there. , diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. prego?! but i've been buying r

but in line with just out of mailers question, in the d.c.court of appeals court of appeals, the dissenting judge they are the israelis say if this case were about mississippi, louisiana and alabama, the state has the worst record in application six and i.t. that might be okay. >> justice ginsburg, judge williams said that as he assessed various measures on the record, he thought those states might be distinguished. he didn't reach the question whether those states should be subject to preclearance. in other words, an absolute basis of sufficient record to subject them. >> at the state your rep resenting is about a quarter black, but alabama has no statewide elected officials. if congress were to write a formula that the to the number of successful section to soothe per million residents, alabama would be rash. unpublished section two suits,Àa if he is section five enforcement actions, alabama would be the number two state on the list. i mean, you are objecting to a formula. under any formula congress could devise, it would capture alabama. >

the sony asserted mailer argument. >> guest: the two families i focused on, the mom and daughter in each case had different opinions, so in jackson's case, she had this horrible experience in the 70s out to this white working class, fairly high poverty neighborhood. kids spitting at her, throwing snowballs with rocks in it, awful still really nervous about sending kids and they had to be passed eventually. she kind of saw is important. my kids about opportunities they would not have had a fake onto the school across the street, which is still a struggling school. so when we talked about it, she really said these opportunities for important. they have these networks and experiences. they wouldn't have gone camping. i wouldn't have been able to do that for them. that said, jamaica her daughter feels totally differently. she ended up going to school near my neighborhood. we switched places at different times. she had good experiences, but also felt racial quotas were inherently wrong and it didn't matter. she too should have this experiences down the street from our house. >> host: both pol