record in medieval times, two periods of extremely dry climate in at least, the california and nevada region - fit occurred today would totally reset the way we all sort of think about,hydrology, i think. [inaudible] no. your not listening to what the models are telling us. they are telling us there still is the range of natural variability in precipitation eventhough temperature is changing remarkably. evidently that did not get through. but that's what happens. the characterization of precipitation is not unlike today. not rain verses snow, but the total water volume is still looking a lot like the modern climate. >> let me take a crack at this. it's a great question. its the barrier that a lot of water managers face. on the,pa leo climate, side the the past will help me deal with floods and droughts properly deal with them. if we had a better since of this from tree rings in the 1920s we would probably make different assumptions on the colorado rivers. maybe we would not but it was information we did not have about climate that would have changed potentially a decision that water manager'

nevada. >> this is the newest park, the 520-acre dublin hills regional park.t's an effort to link more than 20 miles of the trails from danville to free month. >> it will go underneath 580, connect up to please antawn ridge. hit vargas -- and -- they say this land was part of the old shafer ranch property which has been closed to the public for over 100 years. >> we still have some old time ranchers who are still grazing around us. >> but now it belongs to you and to the wildlife. >> you can see deer, coyotes. you may see a golden eagle or two. i need your good questions, send them to me. >> the only park a's fan cared about tonight was in oakland. the giants' surprising power surge continues but was it enough. up in a minute, next >>> this is where it gets critical, after the all-star game. you have to start winning. >> you just notice the sports minute are sponsored now? >> i think its helping. >> it's sponsored by -- >> okay. union 76 sports minute, the giants would likely be in first place if it wasn't for teams in their own division. they are 9-20 against

nevada. >> reporter: this is the newest park the 520-acre dublin hills regional park the latest piece of landred by the east bay regional park direct in an effort to link more than 20 miles of the east bay's ridge land trails from danville to fremont. >> that trail will run through dublin hills, under 580 connect up to pleasanton ridge and across niles canyon hit vargas plateau which is another 100- acre park and eventually hit mission people in fremont. >> reporter: the park district says this land was parts of the old schaefer ranch property which has been closed to the public for over 100 years. >> we still have some old time ranchers still grazing around them and their families grazed before them so many generations. >> reporter: but now, it belongs to you. and to the wildlife. >> you could see a golden eagle or two. >> reporter: i need your good questions. send them to me at cbs5.com. >> weather is always a challenge. >> especially this time of the year. fog is difficult to forecast. i'm feeling confident, though, tonight. i think everybody is going to get a good dose of fog. >> across t

according to the bureau of labor statistics western united states reported the highest regional jobless rate in may, 10.9%. nevada reported the highest unemployment rate among all 50 states, 14 percent in may. this administration promised a stimulus package would keep unemployment below 8%. the stimulus package expanded the size of government, but failed to deliver the promised jobs. families and businesses throughout the western struggling to make ends meet. of this administration's anti business anti multiple use agenda threatens western communities. is killing jobs and is undermining states and local budgets. washington is two either help or get out of the way. i'm delighted to have the different members of the panel here to testify as well as to ask questions and the summer you are in a tight timeline so i'd like to turn this over right now if i could to congressman bishop. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity being here as well as guests on the panels will talk to us. as we are talking about jobs. in the west we have a situation in which our and primaries are higher, joblessness rates are higher than a

going into the downturn, you're more likely to live in regions that were hit hard by the housing burst and housing bubble states such as nevada, arizona, florida, california. what has happened to construction employment in the first half of 2010? is it experiencing job gains at the same rate as some of the other sectors? >> no, we have been losing about 20,000 jobs a month in construction still. >> d.c. any evidence that this will expand in the near future and will reach the levels seen before the housing market collapsed? >> no, i think that obviously, the thing you want to see first is a pickup in new-home construction. we haven't yet seen a big pickup in that. hysterically, it takes a while once the housing starts start to pick up. there are not good signs on that yet. >> with the latino community, we felt we need to provide looking at policies, not only with skills, but with the ability to move to areas where the economy is better, particularly in the construction trade. we have been working on trying to improve that. my time has expired. >> i hate being outnumbered on this committee. it makes for a tough friday morning.

going into the downturn, you're more likely to live in regions that were hit hard by the housing burst and housing bubble states such as nevada, arizona, florida, california. what has happened to construction employment in the first half of 2010? is it experiencing job gains at the same rate as some of the other sectors? >> no, we have been losing about 20,000 jobs a month in construction still. >> d.c. any evidce that this will expand in the near future and will reach the levels seen before the housing market collapsed? >> no, i think that obviously, the thing y want to see first is a pickup new-home construction. we haven't yet seen a big pickup in that. hysterically, it takes a while once t housing starts start to pick up. there are not good signs on that yet. >> with the latino community, we felt we need to provide looking at policies, not only with skills, but with the ability to mo to areas where the economy is better, particularly in the construction trade. we have been working on trying to improve that. my time has expired. >> i hate being outnumbered on this committee. it makes for a tough friday morning. i do think

going into the downturn, you're more likely to live in regions that were hit hard by the housing burst and housing bubble states such as nevada, arizona, florida, california. what has happened to construction employment in the first half of 2010? is it experiencing job gains at the same rate as some of the other sectors? >> no, we have been losing about 20,000 jobs a month in construction still. >> d.c. any evidence that this will expand in the near future and will reach the levels seen before the housing market collapsed? >> no, i think that obviously, the thing you want to see first is a pickup in new-home construction. we haven't yet seen a big pickup in that. hysterically, it takes a while once the housing starts start to pick up. there are not good signs on that yet. >> with the latino community, we felt we need to provide looking at policies, not only with skills, but with the ability to move to areas where the economy is better, particularly in the construction trade. we have been working on trying to improve that. my time has expired. >> i hate being outnumbered on this committee. it makes for a tough friday morning.

went into the downturn and you were more likely to live in regions that were hit hard by the housing burst and the housing bill in states like nevada, arizona, florida and california. do you see that the construction will improve in the near future? >> no, the thing that you would want to see a first is the pickup in new-home construction. we have not seen a big pickup in that. it takes a while, once the housing starts to pick up for the employment level to pick up. there are not good signs on that, yet. >> with the latino community, we felt that we needed to provide -- to focus on policies to provide these workers with skills and the ability to be mobile to move where the economy is better in the construction trades. we have been looking to try and improve that. my time has expired. my colleague, mr. brady. >> i hate being outnumbered on this committee. i do think that president bush should apologize for the united states losing its soccer game the other day. chicago not winning the olympics, did. and democrats not passing unemployment benefits for those who are out of work. if let's talk about debt. it has an impact on our econom