our tale of the rain forest brings us to nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california where scientists use all different techniques to understand our living, breathing, green earth. a recent study reveals tropical rain forests may be man's best friend. >> what our study shows is that the tropics really dominate the metabolism of our planet. they dominate the removal of fossil fuels from the atmosphere. they're really cleaning up the planet. >> their research-employed satellite mapping, forestry data, and good old fashioned jungle gum shoeing. trees like these are natural consumers of carbon monoxide which leads to global warming. their research suggests rain forests are absorbing far more co2 than previously reported. >> if they're not taking up carbon, the simple answer is there would be 25% more carbon in the atmosphere than there actually is and the rate of warming would be approximately 25% faster. they're helping to regulate our climate. >> despite an overall decline in the destruction of rain forests over the past decade, it's still a story of paradise lost. farming, c

hobby of california up through barstow san bernardino, and then into the foothills all the way to pasadena down through hollywood. america's main street was born. i think the best way to look at route 66 is to look at our time period. the road -- the layers of the road. it was a road that was born, if you well, when the nation was between wars and on the wagon the roaring 1920's. flagpole sitting, marathon dancing, the charleston, blue leg booze. -- bootleg booze. between the one-two punch of the great depression and the dustbowl west of us, that is when the road began paying its dues. that is when it learned the moniker that john steinbeck gave it in his immortal novel "the grapes of wrath" in 1939. "the mother road." a nurturing road. a ribbon of highway that took in these dustbowl migrants from western oklahoma, the texas panhandle, the southern plains, and in this part of the country took in tenant farmers, unemployed, and they got on the road and they headed west following the scent of orange blossoms and lemons, going to work in the fields in california where they were met with ridic

. >> reporter: our tale of the rain forest brings us to all places here, nasa laboratory in pasadena,ornia where scientists use techniques ranging from boots on the ground to satellites in the sky all to understand our living, breathing, green earth. ♪ the resent study by research scientists dave and josh says friend. >> what our study shows is the tropics really dominate the metabolism of our planet and from dominate the fossils from the atmosphere and really cleaning up the planet. >> reporter: research employed satellite mapping, forestry data and good old fashion jungle gum chewing and these trees are consumers of carbon dioxide one of the greenhouse gasses that contributes to global warming and their research suggests tropical rain forests may absorb reported. >> if forests were not taking up carbon than the simple answer is there would be 25% more carbon in the atmosphere than there actually is and the rate of warming would be approximately 25% faster. they are helping to regulate our climate. >> reporter: despite an overall decline in the destruction of rain forests over the pa

nasa is putting a flying saucer to the toast releasing this video of a spin test at the slab in pasadena7,000 pound saucer could be key when nasa sends humans to mars keeping an object pointed in one direction with the saucer slowing down so it could slow down the spacecraft enough to make a safe landing on the red planet. >> if you are planning to head to the golden gate bridge you may want to leave your car behind. a look at the golden gate bridge and it seems quiet now and that is the case this weekend with officials suspecting "unbearably long traffic." and are urging people to bus walk or bicycle the bridge rather than driving. parking around at the bridge will be very limited. >> why will there be long park? we will do some investigating. >> it could be the holiday? >> possibly the holiday weekend spring break and all that and the weather will be pleasant. >> saturday yes. sunday, we have big changes in the forecast compared to yesterday and also in lake tahoe we have a chance of showers here and up there and possibly lasting through monday and tuesday. until we get to that we will

roughly 1 in 10 households in pasadena california and cambridge massachusetts, home to computers. this is the digital divide. the internet is basically a great economic equalizer. it is a kind of superhighway that can carry almost anybody to a better life. knowing how to use it qualifies you to work in a professional setting like this but for those who can't get onto that superhighway they end up stuck in neutral. their chance to make money is simply less without broadband access at home. broadband is an income multiplier. a recent study by the consult be firm aksen accenture, the government doesn't probably the basic connectivity that makes that possible. internet access moatsly and sometimes exclusively -- mostly and sometimes exclusively relies on data companies, we're not talking about updating your facebook status, your economic status itself is often defined by whether you have access to the internet. today, nine in ten households with a bachelor degree or higher have some sort of internet access but only four in 10 households with a high school diploma can get online at hom

but he starts to find out the roots go far back and finds layman who is an elderly man living in pasadena and finds charles todd and hunts down the quaker players. this is ralph's notes to find out who went to school with who and who knew who and reverse engineering the monopoly story and winding back and trying to find the thread between the game and the patton. these are the quakers and shhome passed away but they did ultimately testify. charles todd tells the story i told you and he made a point he didn't live in atlantic city. carlos todd lived in philadelphia and his friend. in atlantic city the gardens and spelled en but on the board it is spelled in. and one thing people look at in copy cat chases when you try to prove plagiarism is when someone copies an error because what are the odds. so he spelled it with an in. the color groupings are something the court is interested in. in the early games you can see they are everywhere. ralph tried to find a copy of the board with the word monopoly on it. most people testified it was definitely called the monopoly game pre-parker brothers.

ramos had his go pro camera mounted on his helmet as he rode through the hills of pasadena.eone came into his lane. the two almost crashed head on. ramos swerved and missed him. he ended up crashing and the other rider took off. >>> a report released "today" shows it took the secret service more than a year to fix a broken security alarm at the texas home of former president george h.w. bush. secret service officers noticed the malfunctioning alarm in september of 2013 but did not install a new one until april of 2014. ross says the secret service used more patrols and security cameras to keep the property safe. >>> loretta lynch has just won confirmation to serve as the nation's attorney general five months after the president nominated her to the position. the vote was 56-43. lynch replaces eric holder and becomes the nation's first black female attorney general. lynch had to wait for longer than most attorney general nominees to be confirmed. republican leaders had decided to hold off on the note until an unrelated bill on human trafficking was completed. >> let's go over

[upbeat music] ♪ jacob maarse florists is a pasadena institution.or 52 years he was the go-to florist. the business made millions supplying flowers for presidential inaugurations, celebrity events, and the annual rose bowl parade. when jacob died in 2010, his son hank took over the business. it's been a very tough transition. hank has struggled to lead. >> there'll be some growing pains. um... so, well, first of all, i'm on the top, i'm the president, i'm the owner. >> just three years later, revenue is down and those profits have turned into losses. last year maarse generated $3.6 million in revenue but still showed a loss of $20,000. >> between the prices and the disappointing product, i don't know that i would keep coming back. >> to keep the business up and going, hank took a $200,000 loan from his mom and borrowed another $100,000 from the bank. >> i would agree we're not making money. >> right. >> hank hasn't made a profit in three years, and he's $300,000 in debt. that's not a good sign for the 30-plus employees who depend on this company to

. >> the search team of volume fears and family and friends is gathering as pasadena avenue and stevens creek in cupertino. chris? >>> yes, the community members have joined in the sent for the missing teenager. necessity made their way to a restaurant parking lot behind me here. the community members are setting up a command post by the cupertino citizen corps with dozens of volunteers going door to door to search for sullivan. 17-year-old connor sullivan went missing monday morning. we will look at his picture. he is approximately 5' 5" talking and weighs about 150 pounds. school staff tell us he was wearing a black shirt and a faded black sweatshirt and blue and black shoes. this is unlike him. he has her done anything like this before. that is according to the family the he was last seen at the high school after attending first period class. he fayed to show up at the remaining classes as well as track practice later that day. we have been told that the sheriff office is checking local parks. they have been distributing flyers but this specific door-to-door search effort is led by t

danielle nottingham, cbs news, pasadena, california. >> the company plans to make its revenue from paidscriptions from premium e- mail features. >>> trending now, the fast-food chain chipotle will only be serving food that does not have genetically modified ingredients. and today marks the first time any major restaurant chain has made such a move. for example, soybean oil is being swapped out for gmo free soil and rice bran oil. >>> google wants to be your personal stylist. the company released the first- ever fashion trends report based on google searches. google plans to work with the fashion brands and retailers to help them capitalize on trends, so you ask what is in this? >> i do. >> and google predicts americans will be wearing jogger pants and toulle skirts. >> tell me what they are and i might wear them. >>> taking a look at this fire burning in southern california, grenada hills, the wind-driven brush fire is dangerously lose to some homes, started around 11:00 this morning, and so 15 acres scorched. no evacuations but they are trying to keep it under control. >> that's what w

he finds an overly man living in pasadena and he holds a finance board.ot of them passed away after he was putting together chase. and so he makes this point that he did not live in atlantic city. charles todd lived in philadelphia. and one thing they are trying to look at when you're trying to prove something like plagiarism is what are the odds are the same person needs to stay there twice. and ralph in his case tried to find a copy of the board that has a word notley in it, most people had testified that they called it the monopoly game that that is definitely what it's called through parker brothers. then i got this from a reader who said oh, we have one in the attic. and there is actually a surviving one and so the story is starting to get a lot of tracked on the anti-monopoly case as well as ralph telling people that this game existed before and there is this atlantic city monopoly tournament that they are sponsoring and giving out this thing called the cup. i now he has ripped apart this inventor. so he decides is going to set up a truth about mono

newsroom of the search command post that's been set up in cupertino at stevens creek boulevard and pasadena avenue. the family says connor attended his first period class at monta vista high school in cupertino but missed the rest of his classes and has not been seen since. he's 5'5", weighs about 150 pound. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's department. >> police in santa rosa are trying to figure out if three attacks on women in the past nine months are connected. the most recent happened monday afternoon when a woman was assaulted on a walking trail along round barn boulevard and fountain grove. last july, another woman was sexually assaulted on a creek path near railroad square. and then in february, a woman had just started her job at spring lake when a man grabbed her. police have released a sketch of the man who the victims describe white in his 30s. they say he appeared stunned when they tried to febd him him -- fend him off. >> i work in the nonprofit field and i know we have a pervasive issue in sonoma county. it makes me sad to know he's without resources but

nasa tested one by spinning it on a table in its lab in pasadena.e, they're going to try to fly it over hawaii. it's designed to one day carry large payloads, maybe to mars. it was back to the future today when google maps teamed up with a classic video game. yes, that is pac-man swallowing up blinking dots. just in time for april fool's day, google figured out a way to have the game play out on the streets of just about any address you type in. next, we'll meet a retiree who's never worked harder. she manufactures smiles. zÑ♪ hi, tom. how's the college visit? does it make the short list? yeah, i'm afraid so. it's okay. this is what we've been planning for. knowing our clients personally is why edward jones is the big company that doesn't act that way. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly... you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone so you can breathe and sleep shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. do you have nutritional gaps i

he he finds dan layman, now an elderly man living in pasadena. he finds charles todd. he has done the quicker players. i know i know this looks like organic chemistry notes but it is actually trying to find these photos of monopoly players to find out who went to school with who who knew who who was married to him and reverse engineering a monopoly story and trying to find the thread between the 1935 game of the 1904 patent. these these are some of the quakers. a lot of them passed away. they did ultimately testify. so charles todd tells them the story that i just told you. he makes this.that he didn't live in atlantic city. he learned the game for a friend who did. charles todd lived in philadelphia. if you go to atlantic city and spoke with spell with an en. on the todd board he makes a mistake. he spells it with an eye and because he is not from atlantic city. he doesn't think much of it. one thing people look at and copycat cases is if somebody copies in error. what are what are the same person make the same error twice. he spells it with an iron. he jokes is the m

one in 10 households in pasadena and cambridge massachusetts, home to harvard and m.i.t. don't have computers. this is the digital divide. >> the internet is basically a great economic equalizer, a super highway that carries anybody to a better life. knowing how to use it qualifies you to work in a professional setting. for those that cannot get on to the superhighway they are struck in neutral. nine out of 10 high ways have internet access. even when you do have access. no matter where you live in the u.s., your internet is slower than in any other development in the planet. despite paying more for internet access, the united states ranks 30th in national broadband speeds. lagging behind countries like iceland. romania, russia. >> in finland, broadband access is a legal right. >> it's not about how fast a cat video loads on your phone, and how much you pay for the access. what is at issue is americans ability to qualify for jobs like this and our national potential in a global economy where competition is more stiff every day. at this point roughly half of low income fam

it was mounted to his helmet as he rode north of pasadena.r guy in a motorcycle coming straight at him in his lane. they almost collide head-on. the other biker looked back but didn't stop. ramos ended up injuring his ankle, knee and back but he's expected to be okay. >> okay. if you are like most you had your name misspelled when getting a drink at starbucks at some point. >> now there's an online name generator designed to have fun with it. it's called what's my starbucks name? you type in your name. i'll finish it here. >> a coffee cup appears with a totally different name. you type in eric. what did you get? evan? >> that's my son's name. >> that's good. i'll type in kristen. let's see what we get here. all right. every time is different. this time i got carson. >> isn't that what you got last time? >> no. what's my starbucks name.com. >>> new at 6:00 a creative path to a dream career. how a san francisco transplant left other applicants in the dust to land an interview. >>> delivery to your doorstep. not easy enough. technology amazon is

daniel nottingham, cbs news, pasadena, california. >> the company plans to make its revenue from paidrom premium e- mail features. we're told users can sign up on the company's website for an invitation to test the service. >>> coming up on 6:29. good morning. welcome back to wusa9. you can can see from these pictures a state of emergency still exists in baltimore. overnight thousands of armed national guard members have taken up positions across the city. what began as peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray escalated into a night of violence and riots. >> some protesters have said years of mistreatment and abuse at the hands of baltimore police have led to outpouring of violent emotion across the city. others say this is just a small group of thugs threatening to destroy a city too many have spent generations building up. a number of residents have even come together to patrol their own streets in an attempt to stop the violence and rioting. >>> welcome back. i'm nick giovanni. our coverage continues in baltimore. in just a bit delia goncalves live on the scene calling it a

the checks were stolen from a mailbox in the pasadena area. if you have any information about this case you're asked to call police. leon: new report predicts a big jump in demand for water in virginia. the state department of environmental quality says the need for water will increase by 32% in the next 25 years. "the richmond times dispatch" reports about $6.1 billion in improvements are going to be required to reduce that influx. that includes building some new reservoirs as well. alison: come take a look at this. a wild catch caught on camera down in florida. leon: the reporter talked with a man who took this photo of a bobcat snagging a small shark right out of the water. >> really surprised. reporter: caught on camera. a bobcat catching a shark and john bailey just stumbled on to it. >> initially, pretty quick. it looked like it spotted it it grabbed it. it snatched it and pulled it up. the shark floundered for a while. reporter: from fort pierce bailey tells the story. how he was walking, saw the bobcat and saw it watching the shark. >>

earl mitchell of pasadena was injured in that crash. few days ago, a judge ordered dwyer to pay mitchell's medical bills along with $60,000 for pain and suffering. >>> well, it's a beautiful, brand-new fire station, but it needs some firefighters. >> and the city of alexandria says that's going to take time and money. so a ribbon cutting ceremony this weekend has now been put on hold. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live with the story. julie? >> reporter: well this is fire station 210. we're near the van dorn metro along eisenhower avenue. it is badly need nded in this rapidly growing section of the city. but residents are upset to learn it could be a year and a half before it's fully staffed. a brand-new fire station, but it's dark inside except for a paramedic crew and its vehicles it's empty. the city does not have enough firefighters to staff it and may not until 2016. uneasy city council members are glad the weekend ribbon cutting was called off. >> what we realized is that this is probably not an appropriate time as

. >> reporter: the scientists at this week's seismological society conference in pasadena there's nothquake along the san andreas fault is overdue. new research by professor james dolan suggests that shaking from the big one could trigger large earthquakes along nearby faults. >> every fault, every earthquake on every fault, it communicates with other earthquakes and helps influence the future occurrence of other earthquakes on other faults. the stresses don't go away. they just get redistributed to all the other faults. >> reporter: dolan says the upon the of his study was to get a deeper -- the point of his study was to get a deeper understanding of the quakes. >> what the study is showing is the pace of earthquake occurrence is extremely inconsistent. it's not regular. it's not bang, bang, bang, bang. what it's showing is we can have long periods of quiet. >> reporter: they focused on southern california's second largest faults for the story the garlock fault in the mojave desert. data collected there showed how earthquake faults can stop moving for thousands of years and then go

. >> i rented the studio in pasadena that was a block from law wine bar and another block from a cafeso i go to the cafe at 6:30 in the morning. i was the first customer and i worked for a few hours and i would go back home in the afternoon and have a glass of wine and call it a day and in this office i am doing -- i had some rocks from the san jose mine, they were rocks of the war that had the copper and gold in it and it was a beautiful stone. i had pictures of the miners with their ages. had a map of she l.a. and boxes and boxes of my notes which were incredibly disorganized so i spent some time organizing them and had on a computer with digitized files of all the interviews and transcripts. the movie people transcribed all my interviews. that will never happen to me again. it was great. oh yes, the guy was talking about the beer i would find the files that have -- tea is the one that said that. i was very fortunate. >> i would like to thank you all for coming today. [applause] >> what the signing area 1, >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversatio

mojave of california, up through barstow san bernardino, and then into the foothills all the way to pasadenalywood. america's main street was born. i think the best way to look at route 66 is to look at our time period. the layers of the road. it was a road that was born, if you will, when the nation was between wars and on the wagon, the roaring 1920's. flagpole sitting, marathon dancing, the charleston, blue -- bootleg booze. between the one-two punch of the great depression and the dustbowl west of us, that is when the road began paying its dues. that is when it learned the moniker that john steinbeck gave it in his immortal novel "the grapes of wrath" in 1939. "the mother road." a nurturing road. a ribbon of highway that took in these dustbowl migrants from western oklahoma, the texas panhandle, the southern plains and in this part of the country, took in tenant farmers unemployed, and they got on the road and they headed west following the scent of orange blossoms and lemons, going to work in the fields in california where they were met with ridicule and clobbered with billy clubs and s

. >>> in pasadena this starts with a drought notice and request to save water. >> can i still take a shower? >> you can still take a shower. >> very glad to hear that. >>> even asking for watt when dining. susan will ard handles p.r. >> you guys are almost a crash course in water conservation for them. >> absolutely. >> reporter: vacationers are coming face-to-face with what californians are learning. saving water isn't easy. that's why long-term residenting install a monitor to track their water usage and a state board member told us she's proud of not washing her car. take your car to a place that uses recycled water and do it when it's so dirty it's gross to touch the handle. >> we'll see day where we go from highly treated sewage to a treatment plant directly to your faucet. >> reporter: ucla's mark gold teaches water management and is keenly aware of what can happen as the population grows. >> california goes from 37 million today all the way to 50 million in 2050. >> can we sustain the water use we're using now? >> we can't really sustained notice. >> reporter: without rain far

. >> i rented the studio in pasadena that was a block from law wine bar and another block from a cafeso i go to the cafe at 6:30 in the morning. i was the first customer and i worked for a few hours and i would go back home in the afternoon and have a glass of wine and call it a day and in this office i am doing -- i had some rocks from the san jose mine, they were rocks of the war that had the copper and gold in it and it was a beautiful stone. i had pictures of the miners with their ages. had a map of she l.a. and boxes and boxes of my notes which were incredibly disorganized so i spent some time organizing them and had on a computer with digitized files of all the interviews and transcripts. the movie people transcribed all my interviews. that will never happen to me again. it was great. oh yes, the guy was talking about the beer i would find the files that have -- tea is the one that said that. i was very fortunate. >> i would like to thank you all for coming today. [applause] >> what the signing area 1, >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversatio