melissa chan is covering from napa. she joins us with more. obviously melissa napa has a huge cleanup job ahead of it. where do things stand right now? >> let me explain how things were rite after the quake. 75,000 households at one point did not have power. there were water mains with issues, gas elaboration that were reported, dozens of gas leaks that were reported and take a look at what the city spokesperson told us this morning. >> i believe that all the electric power has been restored. i'm not aware of any existing power outages right now. last night at 8:00 there were about 7,000 that were without service and i think they're restored now. all of the gas mains have been inspected by pg&e, there are no leaks right now. water mains have been repaired as far as utilities now. >> you have to keep in mind this has all happened within 24 hours, little bit more, that he managed to bring power up for just about everyone. that's truly incredible. >> when you think of napa you think of napa valley, home of some of the best wines in the world, for

we'll look at the ongoing drought problem in california. >> i'm melissa chan in california. our team has been covering the state's drought ever since the governor declared a state of emergency. we looked a at the impact on farmers. farmers with orchards have less flexibilities when it comes to cutting back on water. they have to keep their trees hydrated. those who grow seasonal crops have the option to leave their land fallow. many ranchers have had to face the tough decision to sell their cattle. migrant farm workers many from mexico and central america have fewer jobs this year. no crops, no harvest, no work. as the drought deepened this summer those in the central shall has started drilling wells, deep wells that are longer than the empire state building. they have produced dramatic before and after pictures. the worst drought in the center cost the west 63 trillion gallons of lost water. we won't see much impact on fruit and vegetable prices this year but if the drought continues price also go up i in 2015. melissa chan, al jazeera, san francisco. >> al jazeera america

melissa chan is in napa with more. what are the financial implications of this earthquake? >> well, just take a look at the building behind me and what we found out this morning is from the city they tell us that just 6% of people have earthquake insurance. earthquake insurance is very expensive. but now with with damag damages will have to pay out of pocket. we know there are 800 vineyards and it's difficult to get a sense of how bad the situation is. we know when there was no power a lot of vineyards could have struggled. this is the bottling season. this is when they move the wine into special vats. temperature-controlled vats where you need electricity and we know more than a few vineyards are dragging in generators to keep things going. >> what about the possibility of aftershocks. obviously, that's something that commonly occurs after earthquakes of this magnitude. what are the business owners doing in preparation for that possibility? >> that's an acciden excellent question. seismologists say there is an accident chance of 5.0 after shocks. that's pretty strong. this

melissa chan live in california, thank you. 6.9 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in perrure, at tom bow, 3,000 miles south-west of lima. there's no reports of injure yours it was felt in liam -- injuries, it was felt in lima. >> in about two hours a funeral will begin for michael brown, the unarmed teen shot and killed by a police officer. hundreds of mourners were expected to pack a church. robert ray joins us from the spot where michael brown was shot. protests have gone on for two weeks. is there an assistance of change in the mood in that area this morning? >> good morning. there is. it's very calm and peaceful here this morning. expecting a hot day. you can just feel it out here. and you can feel it over the weekend. the fact that people are starting to calm down their attitudes, and take a real good look, a hard look at what happened two weeks ago, right there at that spot when 18-year-old michael brown was shot six times, unarmed. >> today moun's -- michael brown's parents say goodbye to their son. hundreds are ex

first melissa chan in california. >> i'm melissa chan in california. our team has been following the drought. we looked at the impact on farmers. those farmers with orchards have less flexibility. they have to keep the trees hydrated. those that grow seasonal crops have the option to leave the land fallow. the drought has hit ranchers. the cost of hay has gone up. many had to face the tough decision to tell their cattle. migrant farm workers. many from mexico and central america has fewer jobs - no problems, harvest or work. as the drought deepened. those in the valley started to drill wells, wells longer than the empire state building. dry conditions produced dramatic before and after pictures. the worst has cost the west 63 trillions of lost water. >> we will not see much knock on fruit and vegetable prices. farmers warn us if the drought continues, prices will go up in 2015. >>> time to take a deeper look at the n.f.l. and how it's been tackling domestic violence issues. less that a week before the start the commissioner made a major announcement. >

al jazeera's melissa chan explains. >> reporter: >> reporter: home on the range.he skies are not cloudy all day. a few hundred people living the old-fashioned way living in ranch valley. some 300 miles away from the bright lights and casinos on las vegas on breaker ranch where three generations of the family work 12,000 acres of land. >> northern nevada is very different from las vegas. we farm and ranch here on the high desert and race alfalfa, corn, barley, wheat, oats. heard. >> tom baker calls farming a zero profit. you do it for love and definitely not for money. the bakers and others like them say they prefert life out here but the tranquility of snake valley has been disrupted by forces from the south. the southern nevada water authority is solely providing drinking water for all of the residents in southern nevada, approximately 2 million people that depend upon our organization to make sure that every time they turn on the tap, water comes out. >> that's a responsibility that we do not take lightly. a city in the desert, often labeled a city of excess has

melissa chan joins us from san francisco. can this much money solve california's drought problem? >> this money can solve california's drought problems in the future. but it's a lot of money. we are talking about infrastructure. it is not going to be built in a few weeks or the next months. it is good water policy. certainly not for the nd perspective. we talk about water infrastructure. our report looks at water. >> reporter: california is running out of water. yet the state is grappling with a problem over the most basic tool to monitor water use, water meters. this is a neighbourhood where there's no water meters. we are in the state capital, in a worst drought and there are areas where no one is keeping track of water being used. changing that is a multi-person, multi-machine operation, all this man power to install one meter to measure consumes in one house. there's 66,000 to go. it's a project that has taken 10 years and expected to take another 10. >> if you have a water meter you can track your usage and adjust your usage. >> sacramento has an outdated city charter decreei

when it comes to diversity, we get more from melissa chan. >> it's the middle of summer but these high school students have chosen to stay in class in order to learn to code. >> these classes, it's something i'm good at and i'm interested in and i actually enjoy doing. >> the students have taken classes for two summers, learned basic coding and over the past two weeks have created a video game. jessica is going oshow us how it works. >> in class we have learned a game named mole mash. >> women and certain minority groups aren't landing very many jobs. this group tries to change the calculus. take google, by the company's own admission only 2% are african american, 3% hispanic and women make up only 30% of its workforce, twitter is also predominantly white and male. with 3% hispanics, 1% african americans and a gender divide where 30% of its workforce are women. now tech companies defend themselves by pointing out the problem starts years before they get a job. the board says of the 30,000 students who took computer science test less than 20% were female, 8% hispanic and 3% were african

melissa chan is in napa, california this morning. melissa, the downtown area in napa and vallejo. what's the biggest concern locals are facing? >> reporter: well, the biggest concern and, in fact, they have done a pretty good job of it. for example, they brought power back to most people in the napa area. it's infrastructure. right? this is an area that sees a lot of tourism. 3 million people visit napa every year. this is high season. this is when grapes are being harvested, when wine is being bottled. sot officials, everyone here wants to fix infrastructure. it is critical for the economy. >> at the pace napa is working, traces of the earthquake even in the city's worst hit section will soon disappear. the faster downtown opens for business, the faster tourists will return. and they need customers badly. the owner of this antique shop says it probably has $25,000 in damage. >> it's kind of sad because a lot of it, you can't replace. there are things in here that are 100 years old or more. >> for some, reopening isn't even an option. city workers decided one of michael holcomb's

. >> melissa chan joining us in san francisco. joining us now, a columnist who has reported on diversity or the lack there of in tech companies. i have a headline on this topic from a few months ago and it read google has an embarrassing diversity problem. can we say, if i go too far, let me know, that silicon valley doesn't care about diversity if you're anything but a white male or asian male you need not apply. >> i think they've been embarrassed by the headlines that have come out over the past few weeks. i think it is a problem that they're agreeing to take on. but the bigger problem is silicon valley is an old boy's club. they hire who they know. they hire from elite colleges. they want to hire the smartest people with the biggest degrees. i won't say smartest, but people who go to the ivy league colleges who get those big degrees tend to be white. they don't go outside of their circle of stanford university and columbia university and mit. that's their focus and that's where they've been getting people from. >> if that's th

chan is live downtown. a lot of people in napa obviously won't be headed to work or school, melissa, from your vantage pointhat is happening downtown. >> well, this, is the worst most badly impacted intersection. i wanted to show you this badly damaged building. if you take a closer look at the door there is a red certificate. that means that the building inspectors have looked at it and decided it is not structurally sound. we're told there are 40 teams that will be going around the city, around the area to look around the buildings. they've made progress considering the fact that this earthquake happened 24 hours ago. >> the biggest earthquake the area has felt since 1989. there have been a few injuries, but mostly things falling apart. by morning the flames were out, and the residents all accounted for. barbara hornsby tells us despite her damaged home she feels blessed not devastated. >> happy to be alive because if that bookcase had come over just a tiny bit differently i could have had a broken neck. instead i just had a little blood. either one th the interior doorway or outer door. >> she has a plac