faso is also reminding everyone that they will be featured in a christmas concerto held at the pasadenaivic auditorium december 6, 2009, in southern california. the event starts at 5:00 in the afternoon. faso will be joined by sopranos, and the filipino chamber singers of los angeles, the immaculate heart crier, the blessed sacrament children's crier, so please don't miss that event. and you can see the flyers around with the number to keal -- call. now, after a very successful show last sunday to perform one of their many award-winning dances, ladies and gentlemen, let's all welcome the paranal dancers. [bell ringing] [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. now, ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to thank you for coming. until next year, [speaking in foreign language] filipino community. until next year, please drive safe. we'll see you then. [applause] we do have pressurements -- refreshments, so please don't go with an empty stomach. >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very le

we've seen them from burbank, pasadena, glendale, manhattan beach. santa claire reeta. from all over the area well. appreciate this. and the water retardant, 7:47 helicopters and dropped. these guys are still professionals, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and be safe. hundreds of water guards throughout palmdale since this fire took off just yesterday. so firefighters are on it trying to protect as many as they can. rez dentsz are evacuating as they should. live in palmdale abc 7 news, back to you in the studio. sorry, folks i'm choked up. >> i understand. thank you. >> and thank you for information there. >> bp began scaling back clean up in the gulf today. the company laid off some 16,000 workers and that is about a third of the peak work force. officials say they're just isn't enough oil to clean up anymore. some of those workers did return to fishing jobs today. and the government reopened a large area east of mississippi declaring seafood there save to eat. there is a delay in the up yorts to permanently cap the ruptured well. crews found sediment forcing the

the experts say he likely brought them to a photography class he was teaching at pasadena and the rest is now history. >> i have a garage sale coming this sunday. i better look hard. >> isn't that amazing? you hear how often people h this happens. you would think people would check more closely. >>> "the nightly news" is coming up next. more local news coming your way at 6:00. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it? yea. ok. all right. who's next? make a deposit from anywhere, anytime-- with your iphone. to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪

he found 65 glass negatives by famed photographer ansel adams at a garage sale in pasadena. experts say they are worth at least $200 million. the man paid just $45 for them. he actually talked the owner down from 75. the negatives taken between $1,919 and 1930. the famous landscapes including san francisco, yosemite, 17 of the pictures taken between 1919 and 1930 will be put on display at fresno state in october and there is a documentary in the works about the sale of the pictures and their authenticity. i have heard these stories about these finds. you ever boy -- >> why can't i find anything like that? >> it's painting that dogs are playing poker? it's on velvet? think that's worth anything? >> not a dime. i wouldn't pay anything for it. [ laughter ] >> a sucker born every minute. >>> "cbs evening news with katie couric" is coming up next

he grew up in pasadena which means he would be inturned. things start to happen without you looking at it from the beginning when writing a story but as you develop the characters and the year and the situation and the stories a father would tell a daughter. all this came out the camps, what happened. what he hoped for. what he wished for. all the stories he tells the daughters. some of them would have to cover that interment time and a lot is what happened from my research. all that went in the book. does that answer your question? it's not that i purposely said, now i will advocate this. but if a story line covers a certain aspect of history that you tell it to the greatest truth you can. you know, you talk about the situation and if you inhabit the characters, hopefully, in the right way you try to feel hathey would feel. >> thank you. >> we started reading your book in my classroom a couple of weeks ago. >> he's lifting the book up. they are disapointed because we haven't gotten to the part you read yet, it's okay the story is not spoil

experts say adams was keeping them in pasadena and somehow ended up in a garage sale. >> wow, what a find. >> talk about a fortune. >> a jackson pollack was found years ago. >> and a rembrandt. we've got to start going to garage sales. >> thank you for choosing bay area news. don't forget to watch tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. >> we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye.

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of his evidence and to think so many of them were never documented before and found their way to pasadena just doesn't sound right either, but this may be the smoking gun. a photograph provided to him by an oakland woman who says it was taken close to a hundred years ago by her unclearily brooks. it is remarkably similar to one of the ansel adams negatives. >> but the shadows are virtually identical. >> reporter: so today they're examining in brooks photo. during the first half of last century, many people took pictures like ansel adams, just not as well. still, he thinks any numb were of them could be good enough to fool anyone less than a real expert. >> and another thing coming into question is that $200 million price tag. interestingly in this case these are negatives but people say the real value, the magic happened in the dark room. so this is only part of the process. the analogy is like discovery a song written by john lennon, that's different than a song written and sung by john lennon. >> is it a matter of someone pulls a fast one or a mistake. >> it could be a mistake. they did

>>> a beverly hills man went to a garage sale in pasadena and found 65 negatives. >> not just any negativeshese negatives were by famed photographer ansel adams. they were at this garage sale. he said oh, $75? he got the guy down to $45. and they are worth at least $200 million! that's a nice return on investment. >> they were taken between 1919 and 1930, and they show landscapes, including san francisco and yosemite. apparently, 17 of these are going to be on display at fresno state in october. >> can you imagine? >> i don't know which -- >> but you feel for the family and the people who had it at the garage sale. >> i tell you, take that box of negatives. >> he had no idea. if he is bargaining down, if you knew what they were, you would have said take your $75, i'm out of here. >> did anyone interview the family? whatever happened to them? >> i feel for them. >>> we have the largest gallstone in history. oh, i'm sorry. it's a hailstone. [ laughter ] >> look at that. >> wow. that's impressive. >> look at that. they had a storm last friday. >> imagine getting hit with that on the head! >> i

pasadena, maryland, a democrat, laura. caller: i never know if i should call on the independent what democrat line because i voted for nader, and i took his november 5 pledge to watch the senate like a hawk. host: keep going. caller: it is really scary. i think we have an absolutely dysfunctional senate. as nader said, we need to vote in 2010, get congress back on track. host: vote for what offer home? caller: vote for a better congress. host: what would make a better congress and who would be there? caller: people who were not lying about being democrat. republicans who were a little bit more -- not quite so much libertarian. i am sorry, i can hear you when i turn my tv down. host: go ahead and finish up, laura. caller: as far as obama, i think congress is blocking him. his promise to close down get mauled, then congress decided no detainees can be released in the u.s. -- his promise to close down gtmo. he is one-third of the government. i would like to point that out. host: time for one last call. edward, republican from

raisa ell, 100 years old, from pasadena, california. worked at a veterans' hospital for years.? and margaret delawter from catonesville, maryland. 100 years old, served as a nurse during many wars and adopted a daughter in her 60s. how about that? joe guggino of tampa, florida. 100 years old. nicknamed "old joe" and play it is clarinet for a community program. finally, sweet lillian payne, from greenville, south carolina. 101, retired teacher and attends beautiful basketball games. that's all. now back to new york. >> all right, willard. thank you very much. when we come back, some answers to your most embarrassing >>> this morning on today's health, answers to all the questions you're too embarrassed to ask your doctor. today we tackle common health taboos from the new book "what the yuck." good morning. >> good morning. >> funny title, but the book is serious. you're trying to demystify topics people are embarrassed to talk about. >> we all have questions about our bodies that we're shy to talk about. we may not feel comfortable talking to fleriends so where d we get the info

. >> a great couple visiting from pasadena, california.g celebrities have appeared on "dancing with the stars" -- >> buzz aldron. >> you are right, baby. >> you got it. >> i knew you spent the last weekend watching all reality tv, buzz aldron is the correct answer in this one. >> you have to wonder what the first meeting of all of these stars were on the show. kate gosselin. buzz aldron. i went to the moon, that's what i did. >> i was fun on the show, i thought. >> he was fun. >> let's go across the street to kathie. >> one of the biggest reality tv shows to hit the airwaves, let's watch the following clip. ♪ ♪ ♪ like a bridge overed troubled waters ♪ >> true or false, clay aiken was the winner of the second season of "american idol." >> false. >> they know! that's too bad you didn't win my cd. >> yeah, that's a shame. >> so clay aiken actually came in second. >> he came in second and that worked out really well for him. in the lift of the top ten earners from "american idol," five of them weren't winners. five of them didn't win in the to