marin county is now paying $345,000 for two beds at napa state, which if they had laura's law intact and implemented, the county could be canceled. we also have a $500,000 a year county with a chance for the mentally ill offenders out of the jail to get treatment at a psychiatric facility in santa clara. that is $500,000 right there. you have the money together that could be saved, and these people could have their lives back. i plead with you to implement laura's law. it is a win-win situation all the way around. thank you. >> i had been at these meetings since 2003 when it was first brought to the board, and in the head of the advocacy committee. i want to give you some statistics that come from the treatment advocacy center. i think this is from last year, that the ratio of the incarcerated mentally ill in new york, per person in a hospital or care bed, is 1.2 to 1. the ratio in california is 3.8 to 1, and i imagine in the -- in san francisco, that number in jail compared to in a hospital or residential treatment facility is 3.8 to 1 and in san francisco might be higher. i want to

he was sentenced to napa state hospital. he was very responsive to treatment once he finally received treatment after killing three people. now he has to live every day of his life knowing what he did. he has to live with that. clearly, there has to be a better way for his family and for our family and our communities. thank you. thank you for introducing this. >> i am randall hager, director of government affairs for the california system. maybe i can answer some questions more specifically. the procedures and laura's law are civil procedures. they do not take place in a criminal court or before, judge. they are in a civil setting. it is the design of the law to be able to intervene when people are deteriorating and have a history that determines that they are going to have a predictable result of either committing a crime, going back to the hospital, or something else. the ability of anybody to petition for this is pretty much as you spoke. the behavior of help department refers the matter for investigation and a petition

napa. san jose state, 57. web camera showing overcast conditions over san jose proper. 79 palm springs. that's not too bad. 50s and 6s up and down the coast. look at the low spinning right there. that little guy has to come through. low clouds, fog, sunny, breezy. if you are well away from the coast, lake county, then you will be in the 80s or low 90s. everyone el, 60s, 70s and 80s, at best. a little warmer in the interior over the weekend. tori? >>> this morning, firefighters are battling an out-of-control wildfire south of tehachapi. it's destroyed dozens of homes. more are threatened. reporter bob decastro joins us with an update. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we've been watching this fire it's progressing and moving quickly. the good news, we're not seeing much in the way perhaps the efforts of setting the backfires last night to stop the fuel is working. this is just a fast-moving and ferocious fire. some 30 to 40 structures have burned. and this burning firefighters are doing inventory to find out how many structures are actually homes. we do know several hom

state. sonoma has 55, napa has 37, san mateo, 31, san francisco has 19 cases reported of whooping cough.napa and solano have three. and kate thompson reports the santa clara is urging new moms and newborns to get vaccinated. >> this year, there have been 97 courses of whooping cough and santa clara county. more than one half have been reported in the last couple of weeks the county health departments us this historical late spring/summer is the one these of bricks are the worst. this year isn't specially spike. -- outbreaks. >> -this year is especially bad. babies are the most vulnerable because of vaccination is that two months, four months, six months. and infants are not protected. people that handle children must get a boosters of they do not in fact infants and toddlers. >> if family members get sick and in fact a young baby? >> people that do not have insurance but need a vaccine can come to the public immunization center in san jose. $15 thinking that the vaccine. reporting and jose, kron 4 news. ♪ >> with fog hogging the coastline, and bear wide are up. temperatures are in the 50

napa. cloudy conditions around monterey bay, low to mid 50s but mid-70s around gilroy. we're looking at around the state was dropped yesterday. we still have a threat of thunderstorms up in tahoe and yosemite but not as great as yesterday. fresno, chico in the 90s sacramento in the mid-80s. >> 7:15 first pitch at at that time, dropping to 58. here is a look at the forecast. keep the same on wednesday. start to modify it on thursday with a four degree jump and couple more degrees on friday. look for warmest weather starting next week low 90s and 80 around the bay and low 60s at the coast. have a great day. here is frances. >> good morning. san mateo bridge, you need to know about major road work going on through hayward. here is a live shot. no problems across the span. let's go to the map. there is a traffic shift that starts today. this could cause some delays if you are heading southbound 880. an extra lane at wynton and then highway 92 you need to be in the two right lanes, if you are holding eastbound 29, jackson, you are going to go an extra mile and then be able to get on jackson. you notice a lit

state. alameda 737, san mateo 31 cases. napafive cases, kay thompson reports that a clear is urging people who are round young children to get vaccinated. >> this year there have been 97 cases of whooping cough in santa clara more than half have been reported in the past few weeks. c,gv)+@1the county health depat says his starkly late spring and summer is when whooping cough is the worst. this year it is >> a big spike> total cases this year up four times what we sell all of last year so we're definitely seeing a lot of cases >> babies are the most abominable because it is given and three shots so until they are all complete impotence are not protected. >> if family members get sick and in fact a young baby. it's at high risk. >> people don't have insurance can come here in san jose for $15 or less than get the vaccine. san jose state thompson kron 4 news. >> the time is 426 nil keep it for more affirmation on hoping golf. we have a programming change tonight nbc will air the giants game we will carry nbc programming. they line

state. alameda county had the lowest rate among the nine counties with 14% without coverage. napa county had the highest in the bay area with 19% of residents uninsured. >>> president obama will sign into law this weekend a plan to make passengers safer when they fly. >>> and, take a look at this, a high speed street race caught on camera. and the chp says a northern california sports sports star was behind the wheel. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >>> the california highway patrol today released this visit yes taken from one of it spotter planes two years ago. the chp says it's shows tyreek evans driving his purple mercedes more than 100-miles-an- hour. evans appeared to be raising another car but they lost sight of that second vehicle. he was arrested for reckless driving. last week he pled not guilty. police suspended his license for 30 days. >>> president obama today touted the success of last year's auto bail out. some republicans are preparing a constitutional amendment that would keep it from happening again. the pr

napa right now 61. and livermore at last check in the lower 70s at 71 degrees. this cool air mass has really been cooling off over a good portion of the state. it's going to gradually scoot to the left. we're going to warm up two to three degrees and that will translate to a few upper 80s inland. we're going to be able to warm things up a little bit more in the next few weeks. more sunshine inland but still patchy coastal fog. at 3:00, partly to mostly sunny at 4:00 and partly and sunny conditions favoring the beaches with those temperatures struggling to make it to the 80 degrees mark. san jose mostly sunny skies, 79 and morgan hill 84 degrees. here is a look ahead. you'll notice temperatures up a few degrees into sunday. then into monday and tuesday we're going to warm up those numbers with patchy fog in the morning. heather i know you're a fan of the warmer temperatures. august might be shaping up to be warmer and that's what you would expect across the bay area. >> my mom was visiting to texas and she was not looking forward to that sweltering head. >> she embraced the fog. >> yes, she did. >>> the event is sort of like a mini bike to w

in dublin, livermore and antioch and brentwood. 70s in napa and sonoma. 57 in petaluma. 74 san rafael. 62 san francisco. other parts of the state at that. 58 in eureka, 91 in ukiah. 63 in monterey. 92347 redding, 92 in sacramento. just shy of 100 degrees in fresno. 82 degrees in lake tahoe. >> plenty of sunshine well through the weekend. we'll warm up closer to more seasonal highs sunday, monday and tuesday. more sunshine next week. temperatures closer to typical. next week we are moving into the beginning of august. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> wall street reacting to this morning's report on the economy. >> growth slowed more than expected in the 2nd quarter. here now jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >> it's not encouraging to see the economy slowing down the growth pace. it's not contracting, though. at 2.4% in the 2nd quarter it's less than estimated. it came off a 1st quarter where growth was 3.7% a much healthier clip and frankly need to to see growth of around 4% to noticeably put a dent in the unemployment rate which is a drag on the economy. wall street isn't happy altho

the month of july, 52 degrees sooner as a, 54 napa, 55 crocker, 54 livermore, 59 months to pick his opponent 64 redwood city. pass on this is the streets. state as it. been in the north bay 72 degrees and san francisco, 64 and vallejo. 80 and fairfield 78 concord. mid-low 700 rask the bay area 73 in redwood city 72 in mind you. warmer the further inland to go. the further south you had obviously it's had a war as well. who upper '70's in san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. around the bay you're looking at temperatures and low-mid-80s 87 degrees and so on average as the head towards the weekend around the bay low seventies upper 60s along the coast for much low 60s as we make your way to the next seven days holding them mild pattern as we head into next week. things are looking pretty good here weather will be on your side nice and comfortable. traffic situation we have really light traffic karen westbound 80 nothing slowing you down the volume is so like you're making your way across the bay ridge 70 issue of fact is only nine minutes from one end to the other. highway 92 is moving well you have some company of their banal

state. we should burn off in time to see a little bit of sunshine out there that will help warm. in the afternoon gabe is there for seven days. eason sonoma, napa the warmer places. a big difference from the really cool into the 80s, 63 degrees. 7 is also redwood city temperatures drumming up into the upper 60s. a little bit of a warming. and do this in long valley temperatures on the low 80s. and yet, pittsburgh, livermore topping out in the upper 80s. upper 70's and the media's out there here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a gradual warming trend is to head toward the weekend. getting back into the 90s and some the warmus in unsponsored. '60s for the coast because they wanted to show you tropical depression a third run in the inland that this season it is headed towards the gulf. there is concern about the oil spill out there this-they could expect their direction of the oil goes. george. thank you >>, we're going to start off with a look to the nimitz freeway before i jump there now me just say we had some concern about reports of a roll over here's a look of the ride for the seventh round commute in this film jammed up. the souther