around monterey and king city some are developing around santa barbara, up towards santa maria even oxnard.a. and more showers around san diego. the farther north you go, look at how quiet it is as high pressure comes back in taking await clouds as we speak. they hung around napa, a little longer still 43 there upper 40s novato and oakland. monterey bay clouds retreating to the ocean even inland low to mid 50s. first highlight the poor air quality. we are going to have a real bright afternoon. the clear air that is coming in the drier air means cooler conditions tonight watch out for patchy fog and frost. breezy at our highest elevations. dry easy travel but dry all the way through probably the middle of next week. spare the air until midnight no burning of wood poorest air quality even though confined to the north bay all of us have to heed the warning or pay a lot of money. mid to upper 50s in the east bay valleys today as you head to the east bay shore mid to upper 50s here we may may touch 60 in the south bay around los gatos. mid 50s all along the coast into south san francisco downto

around monterey and king city some are developing around santa barbara, up towards santa maria even oxnard.a. and more showers around san diego. the farther north you go, look at how quiet it is as high pressure comes back in taking await clouds as we speak. they hung around napa, a little longer still 43 there upper 40s novato and oakland. monterey bay clouds retreating to the ocean even inland low to mid 50s. first highlight the poor air quality. we are going to have a real bright afternoon. the clear air that is coming in the drier air means cooler conditions tonight watch out for patchy fog and frost. breezy at our highest elevations. dry easy travel but dry all the way through probably the middle of next week. spare the air until midnight no burning of wood poorest air quality even though confined to the north bay all of us have to heed the warning or pay a lot of money. mid to upper 50s in the east bay valleys today as you head to the east bay shore mid to upper 50s here we may may touch 60 in the south bay around los gatos. mid 50s all along the coast into south san francisco downto

i say it has made a significant difference in this community of objection -- oxnard. we have seen a steady decline in homicide rate and this year we are in october and have not had a single gang related homicide. [applause] >> we are not a large city but it was not that long ago our homicide numbers were in the 20's and half were gang related. so i'm here to and i would like to introduce our county supervisor from ventura. we are one of those areas that enjoyed the relation between city and county and that is imperative to be successful. i'm here to say we thoroughly support the call. i say the call occurred a number of years ago and we are now seeing the benefit of that but we cannot do it land. we have to continue to -- awe should receive preference in financing and grants of support as we go further and we are making a difference and i look forward to the weekend. thank you very much. [applause] >> you were one of the early ones that stood up 4 1/2 years ago and said look at the muscle in this recommend. we ha -- room. we have to focus on policy and the past two ye

and then the fruit is driven here to mission produce in nearby oxnard. >> well, these pere just harvested today. they're, uh, brought by the growers right down the street here, so it's probably the first lot in today. it's one of probably 80--75 or 80 lots that'll come in. a lot could be anywhere from, oh, 10 to 100 bins depending on the size of the grower. >> here they are processing upwards of 650,000 pounds of fruit a day and shipping it across the country and the world as well. in fact, these avocados most likely will end up in grocery stores, club stores, and restaurants near you, perfectly ripe, just a few days after harvest. >> so what this is, this is what we call a ripening room. it can hold about 20 palettes, which is a truckload. and we'll put food in here that's at about 40 degrees. we'll rase the temperature to the low 60s. we'll add some heat. >> and steve said they've steadily seen an increase in avocado consumption. on average, each american now consumes about 3 avocados per year, but steve thinks that will increase to 5 or 6 avocados within the next couple of years. so wh

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ventura county, oxnard through l.a. ocean side, san diego, palm springs. you're getting the whipping wind of 60 miles per hour-plus, in some locations today. a little bit of sunshine to start our day to day. a little breezy periodically today and into tomorrow. now.0's right 5 in the district and winchester is at 46 degrees. we are on our way to the upper with areas of rain locally this afternoon. nothing too heavy or widespread. >> oh, that brutal december weather. atlanta hits a record 70 degrees today. robin? george? >> they're loving it. sam, thank you. >>> now, to a possible break in the case of the so-called geezer bandit, the masked robber breaking into banks on the west coast. police tracking an important lead in tracking the elusive suspect. abc's david wright has the story. >> reporter: they call him the geezer bandit. over the past 2 years, he's believed to have robbed 16 banks in southern and central california. surveillance photos suggest he's an older, white male, in his late 60s or 70s. a geriatric john dillinger. and something of a folk her

host: oxnard, california, will is on the democrats' line. caller: president obama and the democratic national committee are going to have to do a better job of explaining to the people the things that have occurred over the last 30 years that have brought the economy to where it is. they have to tell the truth. they have to do something about the republican governors and states. they have to make people aware of what is going on they have to get out there and work. they cannot look what happened in the 2010 elections happen again. they were so laid back. obama was so conciliatory to reach a compromise with the republicans. you have got to get the progressives. you have to convert them into independents. they should reach out to the occupy wall street people to get them on his side. they have to reach out and explain to the public what is really happening. remind them. find the news clips. the information is out there. obama has been too laid back. host: in 2008, just over 6 million turned out to vote. guest: i think the turnout is not going