i flew out to the orchards, i panicked after 9/11. i would never get this better. what was i going to do? like everyone in new york and america, we were so traumatized with 9/11. i said to my husband, i am going to go out to the orchards. >> this is before you knew he was sick? >> i knew. he was still going full speed and no one would have known he was sick. he wasn't really sick, he just had his medical condition. i said i am going to go surprise him. i spent 2 days. >> simply because the world is coming to an end? >> i felt compelled. it was the moment i knew i had to turn the page. you just know. there is something that happens to you, i am going to turn the page. i was panicked. i was surprising him, he would have said no, i am too busy, i don't want you here. i spent a day running all over new york city trying not to freak out about the sirens buying flannel clothes, the right things for the orchard. this is ridiculous, i wear what i always wear, black. >> you are wearing a black cashmere turtle neck to the orchard? you can't do that. on the airplane, i am try

more than 3 1/2 million dollars in income and thousands of jobs are geneted from these orchards, orchardsthat end up feeding the nation and world and will no doubt end up on a dinner table near you sometime soon. for "california country", i'm tracy sellers. and in case you're curious, almond, plum, citrus, and apple plants tend to have the white petals, while nectarine, peach, and apricot plants tend to have the pink petals. there you go. ha ha. coming up next, we're going to a one-of-a-kind spa. day of walking arod, it's nice to just relax a little bit. and, if i could speak for them, our four-legged friends would probably agree with me, right? well, as charlotte fadipe shows us, now horses have a place to relax and rehabilitate. >> looking at shor enjoying himself in this pen, it's hard toelieve that this 27-year-old cutting horse was once so ill, he waslmost crippled and his ownersere considering having him put down. but, after some tender loving care at a special rehalitation center in the tiny town of jamestown between sacramento and fresno, shorty is clearly back on his feet again.

the fruit he grew in his gorgeous orchards in washington state.he fruit came with the carl tax where you would get 25 telephone calls before the fruit came, such as, fruit is coming next week, are you going to be home? this is said in a texas accent. i would say i don't know. he said you have to be there because they are my pears and precious and have to put them in the refrigerator the minute you come in. i learned to say okay. then the fruit would come and it would be wrapped like a bomb or something, each fruit, each pear. these gorgeous asian pears had sty row foam socks wrapped around them. after the fruit came you'd get a series of phone calls, can i demand a refund from the ups man, are you sure, can you write down what time it came? >> you have been carrying around this story all your life, what happened, why turn it into a book? >> it was a huge decision. it came completely. so many of us carry around this sibling thing in the attic thing. it came to me because something happened in our life which transformed our relationship. it was huge

who made him a friend pretending guardian of the orchard. did those nice shrubs need fear to go begging for a garden and have humbaba in his treachery ilk. those plants and flowers were like books everyone could read, not cut and throw away. their different fantastic colors had formed our blood so our veins ran smoothly, our 7 wonders showed. then humbaba made a whirlwind of fire and snow. who crowned him king? who showed him our garden was but a jail? humbaba was great and scary, but not so very strong, though no one could ever conquer him as no one would ever try. time and again, when things grew old, humbaba alone believed himself eternal and young, still powerful, able to defeat all. humbaba didn't want to know one fact: that accumulation will lead to eruptive change. but, sadly, when suddenly he realized it after all, he chose to check its power on all, the tall. he crushed all the shrubs and plants leaving them creeping and broken all over. he damaged the flowers and colors, the flowers withered, their leaves all burned and soon they w

this was the scene an hour ago on little orchard. more than 200 homeless children men and women bundled up in the cold. we arrived as they were being lead back in. the people living here say they are grateful the fire didn't do more damage. >> very important. very important. to have a place to go to. >> reporter: what sit like to sleep outdoors on a night like this? >> terrible. real terrible. this is a place where we can all come to get a good night rest. >> we do have them inside the building right now out of the elements with facilities and power is back on. they have not been allowed back to the sleeping area yet. >> reporter: the fire department says the sprinkler system inside the building helped keep the fire down until crews arrived. evacwees are back inside but have not been able to go back to bed. this fire was under control in an hour and 15 minutes. right now i will check to see if those people have been allowed back in a room to sleep or ride it out until the morning when they will all have to leave. reporting live in sa

. >> reporter: many people headed to stores such as orchard supply to get ready for the snow. although many people wanted to protect their plants, orchard says don't forget your pipes. >> we have had experiences here where the pipes have burst. it's incredibly inconvenient, it can be very dangerous if you have water spilling out and the water freezes, you fall and it hurts. >> reporter: people generally start to flock up mount hamilton road. state highway 130 to play in the snow. but starting tomorrow morning you're going to get a cold reception. >> for the first time we're going to have to start enforcing vehicle parking on mount hamilton. and actually vehicles will be cited. we don't want to have to do that but it's become a public safety issue. >> reporter: and that's a concern up in the santa cruz mountains as well. because when it has snowed here in the past, the crowds came in droves. live at the summit, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some people are crossing their fingers that snowfalls in san francisco. but snow and ice could create serious problems in the city

here is across the creek, an orchard of water -- [bell rings] supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker, please. we are unfortunately just able to give the allotted two minutes per individual. >> in a resident of view but county. i'm a fifth generation californian, and all my family before me have been farmers in yuba county. currently, i have three brothers and two nephews who are farmers there. the major source of income is agricultural. in order to be a successful farmer, you need clean water and good soil. we have both of these in yuba county, but our water table is rising. this is the offer where we, our water from. it is five to 10 feet below the level of the landfill. training san francisco garbageman sludge increases the pressure on the liner and increases the likelihood of leakage and poisoning our water. in the valley, we have wins, especially the north wind. when the sewage sludge drives, it can be windblown, and it will poison our domestic landscapes and gardens as well as our agricultural lands. training in san francisco garbage and sludge will destroy both our

on little orchard drive. kraig debro is there. what's happening? >> reporter: hundreds of homeless people jolted out of bed by a fire alarm. it started right behind me. you see that door right there it's propped open a little bit so people can get air in there. people are cleaning up what is remaining of the laundry room. now we video tape these pictures of the laundry room. it doesn't look like a total loss. the fire department says the sprinkler system kept down the flames until the crews arrived here six minutes before the 2:00 a.m. call. more than 215 people sleeping here tonight said the alarm was a jolt but there was an orderly evacuation. that evacuation took minutes according to the homeless person. hundreds of people had to wait outside in the cold any way. >> i was sleeping everything and then fire started up. and it woke everybody up. and had everybody come out. >> fire started in the laundry room. sprinkler head held the fire at bay. but our crews had to go in with lines to extinguish the remainder of the fire. >> reporter: this is a sc

many of these countries are taking of former orchards where they should be here. it is important that we show a message that we are supportive of communication. a good point was made about federal law. the good place to solve this is federally because there are very strong, non discriminatory laws. and of course, there are levels set for emissions. those are the overriding thing is. if there are people concerned, you should talk to the federal or state level. see if there is a way to get some sort of comprehensive planning done at that level. to do it locally will not have much effect. we think that is the overview on this. commissioner moore: i would support that we are asking the board of supervisors to help us in the discussion. i think it is something that we are all responsible for. i am not going to wait until somebody does that. but we would like to engage them together with us, all other commissions to be responsive to the citizens don't take it forward. >> have a motion on the floors for approval. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. comm

inhealing the frayingance of mangos that drifted in from the orchard. and bowed my head to the mercy of the flies. my last piece is about what it was like what it might feel like to be dead. i was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago. luckily i'm here but there were sleepless nights i thought, what would it be like to be dead. so -- >> the dead listened with her ice. their voices heavy with regret drop like grain on deaf pavements where children listen and trace their shadow. they dance memorize steps on wooden stairways. they sleep with their eyes open dreaming of half eaten cake. low hum of a car radio. the feel of water. the taste of skin. thank you. [applause]. closing out our evening of readers is ahn wa received msa of creative writing. and the ardela literary composition prize in creative nonfiction. her work has been published in several an tholologies including our cheers to muses. in addition to writing and performing she published and hand bound artist books and is a photographer and print maker. lives and creates in oakland. i would like

it broke out at a emergency housing facility on orchard street. 200 people had to be evacuated. wups the fire was out, everyone was allowed back in. that fire also still under investigation. >>> topping our business and tech headlines, a mixed picture on the job front. economists say uncertainty is slowing the recovery but there may be some problems on the horizon. the figures show that unemployment fell to 9% last month. that's the lowest lefl in two years, but only 36,000 new jobs were added. that's not nearly enough to get the economy moving again. >>> experts say the bad weather helped to keep the number down with construction hard hit, it lost 38,000 jobs. >>> the april shuttle mission is a go for mark kelly, the husband of gabby giffords. announced he will command the final flight. mark barger has more on the position. >> reporter: the decision was his to make and today, he confirmed he will lead the april mission of the space shuttle "endeavour." >> i feel i made the right decision not only for me, but for my family, crew members and wife. >> reporter: the shooting that l

. >> he keeps about 20,000 trees on a 20 hector orchard. he greenwood to grow apples. twenty years ago he took a trip to japan and saw shoppers were willing to pay high prices for these cherries. he thought by growing the cherries in australia where the seasons were reversed, he had a good business opportunity. >> people really looking for something like this for gift giving, to put on the christmas and new year table. >> he began with a single cherry sapling he gained from a cherry producer. here he also studied how to grow the cherries. the japanese impressed upon him the importance of covering his trees with netting to protect the fruit from birds and wind. the final product was even better than he had hoped for. as it happens tasmania's weather is perfect for growing large, sweet cherries. five years ago he began shipping his cherries to japan. he ships by air to get them there quickly. >> and they say that we are very close to the quality that comes from japanese producers. so that's very encouraging for me to hear people from japan telling that. we are already tr

farmers are running water to raise temperatures in their orchards. >>> a snowfall predicted to fall at level, failed to live up to its billing today, and most of it just didn't stick. the sheer novelty of anything white falling out of the sky was something to marvel out. here's lisa amin gulezian. >> snow at the coast. something we have never seen in our 12 years of being here. >> lisa: the images came flooding into abc-7 sey you report. >> now we got to start palm trees. >> lisa: from the coast the mountain tops, to mount tam to the north and uc santa cruz to the south there, was snow. small flakes found near this shell gas station on 19th in san francisco. the last time it snowed in the city was in 1976. and today, people wanted more. >> i was hoping it was going to snow, but since it's not raining, not really a chance of that. >> lisa: instead the sun came out but the air was crisp. >> have a shirt, the fleece, neck scarf, my big rain coat, and an umbrella,. >> reporter: is that enough? >> hopefully. his his temperatures are low so san jose opened ten major warming centers, this one

peered from the possible elements include creating more garden plots, creating community spaces, food orchard, or any other ideas. >> this slide shows just a partial list of the supporters for this proposal to develop a community garden on the site. and that completes my presentation. supervisor mirkarimi: through the chair, would you like to answer questions on behalf of the department about community gardens? >> i would be happy to. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for the presentation. it looks like something that many in the city would be delighted to see in terms of the prospect of community gardens, but the issue of community gardens is to supplant the usage of that area now of the hanc recycling center. i'm glad that in the frame it says the future phase will be vetted to public discussion, but what brought us here today is the fact that past phases were not, in my opinion, vetted to public discussion. related to that is the fact that in the rec and park code, section 1301, it requires the there be consultation of these types of programs to also be vetted, but that did not take place, s

when they arrived, they found a 31-year-old man dead under the old orchard apartment complex and trail of blood from the gas station across the street to the victim. they have not identified any suspects and not released the victim's name. >>> it's a historic victory in support of gays and lesbians in the lutheran church changing its policy ordaining gay and lesbian pastors. joining us from the st. francis church in san francisco, a church banned from the national organization. >> reporter: dianne, an historic day today, service held this afternoon inside the st. francis church behind me marked the official end from st. francis expulsion from the national luthren church. 20 years ago, along with the united luthren church bucked their national policy by ordaining non-celibate gay and lesbian pastors. the evangelical lutheran church put the church on trial and suspended them. but the two churches continue putting pressure on the national church. in 2009, they decided to welcome sexual minorities. this month, 141 member st. francis congregation voted to ratify a new constitution, completi

. >> we checked in with orchard supply hardware and their assistant manager. the cold air could cause problems for tropical plants not used to the chill. budding plants and citrus. many customers who came into this hardware store over the past couple of days say plants were even not highest priority, pipes were. >> we've had experience here in the store where it's basically the pipes have burst. it causes -- you have to turn the water off to fix it. you have to -- it's incredibly inconvenient and it can be dangerous. you've got water spilling out and the water freezes and you slip and it hurts. >> this woman says she watched the weather forecast this morning, and immediately contacted a friend out of town. she warned her about the temperatures about to descend on the bay area. >> looking like it will snow, and i asked did you want me to cover your plants while you're gone? she said, it's going to snow, not much you can do. they're going to be wet anyway. >> outdoor irrigation pipes also freeze. and independent contractor told me this morning he had his pipes f

closer to the population and not too distant past we had areas in berkley and citrus fruits and orchards and now they come from probably the lower central valley and the produce and that' been displaced by the housing and businesses and we have to get that from the central valley and further and you are all on the right track and i hope you communicate with your friends in the north bay and the south bay and east bay to have them have the same attitude and try to cut down on suburban sprawl and some of the worst land uses are in some of the areas that were previously very rich agricultural areas. a couple of years ago we had a report where two high-rises had about the same amount of square foot j and use 50 times as much lapped for -- land for bishop branch with the sprawl and no parking and public transit close and we have to redirect our entire thinking, then this is a beginning for sure. i do have a couple of concerns and the first was as far as the puc comment and always a big comment of puc and you kind of snuck this in, but the restriction on minor uses of foiage around one's house

the fire started on little orchard drive. the sprinkler system helped put out the flames but the fire alarms jolted 200 people out of a sound sleep. >> they were sleeping and everything, and the fire started up, and it woke everybody up. and everybody come out. >> fire started in the laundry room. sprinkler head held the fire at bay but our crews had to go in to extinguish the remainder of the fire. >>> arson investigators want to know how the fire started in the laundry room in the middle of the night when nobody was doing laundry. damage estimated at $5,000. >>> a campaign underway to clean up china town. as claudine wong reports a focus on illegal dumping could mean heavy fines for some. >> reporter: that sound filled the air this morning as san francisco's china town community celebrated the chinese new year with fire crackers. but that celebration leaves a bit of a mess. >> yeah,. >> you are going to clean it up? >> outreach crews from the department of public works made sure of that as part of a push underway to clean u

. >> reporter: julie, bay area orchards have been dwindling and now u.s. farmers are worried that will happen in other regions as farmers retire. >> kim was a third generation farmer. his family began working this farm in 1927 as part of a bustling agricultural community. >> there was younger people farming it at that time along with their family, with their father, grandfather, uncles. and you don't see that today. my own family. i have four children and they are all in the business world. >> the department of agriculture is concerned about that trend. officials say the average age of a farmer is 60 years old and about half will retire in the next decade. but fourth generation farmer, debra olsen also sites economics. making it difficult for one generation to pass on the farm to the next generation. >> taxes are a big factor here because trying to keep the land in the family has been one of the hardest parts to the equation. >> the santa clara farm bureau and other agencies are setting up workshops to help family farms with succession planning. >> they do

disability project to dive started there first i am not going to discuss no on one on a particular orchard because i am not so competent. on that and just leave it to i would say to a specialist who who knows how much. could close but we have a strong political will on. i would see on becoming one i would say soul or. on leaving. all manage supply thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that why a guest on the show today was foreign minister of the media pondering. this if enough for all of us here if you want to have your sales spotlight to have someone in mind so you think i should make the next time just drop the live album. are you and let's keep the show interactive. download the official t.m. placation on the phone the i pod touch from the choose ops to. munch on th life on the go. video on demand on ts mine comes and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com wealthy british. margetts why not.

. >> reporter: they say you can drive for miles and see nothing but orchards and smell the wonderful perfume of the flowers. they called it the valley of hearts delight. the time when the fruits of san jose were used to feed the soldiers at the presidio of monterey. >> it was just gorgeous. >> reporter: jim reed is curator of orkifs at history san jose. he's ecstatic walter cottle lester donated the family farm so santa clara county can keep a part of its history. >> i'm always very pleased to see anyone trying to preserve relics of our history. so much of our history has been lost over the years. >> 287 acres of prime real estate in what is now the silicon valley. 150 years of history soon to become open space, a living agricultural history museum. >> he really just kissed about $500 million good-bye in favor of leaving a legacy to the public here in san jose. >> dave cortez knows the significance firsthand. his family has a 100-year farming history in the valley, and as a lawyer, he helped mr. lester with the red tape of donating the land. >> what he wanted to do is preserve someth

when they arrived, police say they found the 31-year-old man dead in front of the old orchard apartment complex. a trail of blood extended from a gas station across the street to the victim. police say at this point they have not identified any suspects and have not released the victim's name. >>> g mail users, if you're missing some of your e-mails you are apparently not alone. google says it's investigating a glitch in its e-mail service following complaints from some gmail users that all their messages had just disappeared. the mountain view-based company says only a small number of people were affected by the glitch, which completely reset accounts when users logged on. but some web blog says almost half a million people were affected. google says it expects all lost data to be recovered. >>> and if you happen to watch the oscars tonight, these are some moments you probably didn't see in the broadcast. palo alto's own james franco co-hosted the event and sent out this video of him getting made up in one of his tweets. he said, quote, that was his farther part. he also sent pictures

in the early fifties, and my dad, jim patton, really brought the--and kind of organized the whole orchards and got things going, and... why i like olives? olives are good for you. olives--we were just talking about olive extract. you can eat an olive, and it helps reduce cholesterol. there's a lot of good thin about olives. olive oil--that's a greathing. >> but tell m a little bit--these are your babies basically. >> well, yes, they are. yes. a lot of times you'll get years where there's just aolive here a@d an olive there. but the pollination was great this year, so we have olives pretty uniformly in the--throughout the canopy. so we sell--the majority of our olives go to bell-carter. um, they've been great for the industry, and they produce a great, great product. >> california's weather is perfect for olives, and some of these trees can grow for several hundred years. but you may be surprised to know that harvesting in california is largely done by hand. flash back more than 100 years to 1912. back then, olives were harvested the very same way, by hand. that's when two brothers, arthur

ignited in the of lunchroom on little orchard st.erre because this building's sprinkler system it was quickly contained white firefighters street no injuries reported. >> mayor jean quandt reported that the dispatch radios have been corrected. . yesterday's went there looking for burglary suspects in the red is acting up again. >> get ready for it and nice warmup. one of eight degrees this afternoon. six degrees warmer in oakland but seven degrees. everywhere with temperatures above average depth of a little bit of fog into the north bay. their hold on to temperatures that are quite chilly in december said. a few degrees above freezing. 35 degrees in napa. 37 degrees in livermore. ted degrees were in san francisco. instead rosa is up by 10 degrees. we're open to the low 60s. 64 degrees and downtown san princess gault. san jose is 65 degrees as well. along the coast we'll keep the temperatures in 262 degrees. plenty of sunshine clearing into the afternoon with mild weather expected for your sunday and temperatures into the upper 50s.

almond parch -- peach, plum farmers are running water to raise temperatures in the orchards. cars heading up the sierra found themselves stuck for hours. officials were requiring chains on all major mountain passes but today both interstate 80 and highway 50 are open without restrictions. as you can see from the caltrans camera at squaw valley a lot of snow but traffic is moving well. >>> some of you are sending in your pictures. this is from lizett. it was taken last night in san francisco. if you need more proof it snowed in san francisco, look at this shot by michael cox. he says he took this picture last night on 19th street. send us your photos or videos. >>> on to other news. the pilot of a small plane had to be rescued after crashing near the eastern end of the dumbarton bridge. the pilot of the cessna reported losing power after taking off from the palo alto airport. it flipped over andland on the mud flats. the menlo park fire protection district sent an air rescue boat tout rescue the pilot. >> landed in the mud and obviously did a good job doing that because he app

and before they knew it, they had developed a thriving avocado orchard along the way. they now have 8,500 avocado trees--trees that have come to mean more to the couple than they ever could have imagined. >> we like to think that we have 8,500 employees working for us here at the facility on our area. and we like to think of every tree as really an individual with its own personality. >> my husband calls them our employees, but they're kind of like my babies, and anytime anything happens to them, you feel horrible. and you see where a tree is stressed, and you have to take care of it. and if any of them die, you feel bad. you feel really bad. so you want to take of them as best you can. >> and those 8,500 employees continue to rk hard for linda and mark, who continue to dote on them. they hope to harvest about 15,000 pounds of fruit per acre this season alone. each avocado is hand picked, making sure the stem is trimmed off so it doesn't scrape or bruise other avocados when it is packed. and then the fruit is driven here to mission produce in nearby oxnard. >> well, th

hundreds of people had to evacuate at complex on orchard street. >> (no audio) more than 200 homes where affected with this fire. fire crews came in finished the job by 3:00 p.m.. >> smoke got into the building and we had to evacuate the entire facility which is 215 people. there were supervisors on scene to evacuate everyone. there was a roster. we checked ever on as they came out. them that they had stood out in the cold for more than one hour. there were allowed back in later. the cause of the fire is said to be determined. but might fortunately nobody it was injured. them at 7:05 a.m.. a look at the weather and we are just waiting for the ascent to rise. --4 the assigned to rise. the no we're starting off with patchy it fought--fog. temperatures are warming to the weekend appeared we start you off showing q. how warm temperatures are expected to get in inland. we can't warm up to 70 degrees keeping 70's into next week. by that date stay in to mid-60s. by sunday warming up to 70 degrees. up to about 68 degrees by sunday. started up this morning with chilly temperatures into the 30's-

police say a body was found in front of the old orchard apartments yesterday morning. a trail of blood extended from the nearby gas station to the victim. police are not releasing a cause of debtor any suspects at this point. >> san carlos city leaders are getting numbers that appear the cost cutting decision to eliminate the police force and have the sheriff take over. they say the figures show 50 felony arrests by sheriff's deputies compared to 26 by police during the same period last year. the sheriff's office says the increase comes because they are focusing on parolees and they didn't have the manpower to track down before. the numbers show that felony arrests are up, the number of traffic stops are down slightly. >> this morning operators of about hundred marijuana clinics will go to city hall for a briefing on a new pot tax they will forced to start paying tomorrow. 7% tax was approved by voters but the club they will be taxed even though they are illegal. >>> an early morning jog ser being credited for discovering an injured man who spent a long, cold night str

on little orchard drive. investigators say the sprinkler system helped put out the flames. we hear reports it started in the laundry room. investigators are still looking for the cause though. damage is estimated at $5,000. >>> china town is really busy this morning. crews are out there cleaning up for the chinese new year. today they are taking on the problem of illegal dumping. ktvu claudine wong is out there now with the latest with what is happening. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we have talked about illegal dumping. what happens once they celebrate, this is the mess that can be left behind. this is from the fire crackers that have been set off. this is set off in a lot of businesses and homes to scare off the evil spirits. it's a good thing but it leaves a mess behind. we have been following the department of public works crews all morning to see what the cleanup effort is like. we have seen a lot of different things all morning. >> can you have jerry come up? we have an illegal put out. >> reporter: in that alley within the last hour or so we saw a lo

police say the body of a 31- year-old was found around 7:25 this morning in front of the old orchard apartments. police haven't said how the man died but only that they have treating it as a homicide. anyone with information on the case is asked to call the police. >> a memorial service was held this afternoon for one of the two teens who drowned in a rafting accident last weekend. friends and family gathered at a walnut creek church to remember the 16-year-old matthew miller. he and his friend gavin powell were honored at a favorite hiking spot for them. they went rafting a week ago saturday in a rain swollen canal. their bodies were found the next day. >>> the new bay bridge will be a step closer to boeing done this week. tomorrow morning crews scheduled to lift the 4th set of suspension towers into place. the structure will stand at 480 feet, just short of it's final height 525 feet. they will work around the clock to lift it into placet. will be done in 2013. >> the governors at a yearly event in washington dc. why isn't governor brown there? what his office is saying. >> could b