one is located at pelican bay. >> many of them are in here indeterminately.ll never leave shu until a committee decides they are not a part of a gang anybody. >> this officer works at the shu. he told us a simple lapse on his part could result in gang warfare. >> if i were to pop two doors at the same time and they were, the same time and they were, say, a mexican-american from los angeles and a mexican-american from sacramento, the odds are very, very good they would immediately commence to fight because that is expected of them in prison. that's the rules of the game. if word got out that they had an opportunity and didn't go after someone, they would have some explaining to do. that's just life in prison. >> they are restricted to their cell for 23 1/2 hours a day. they only get a half hour outside and then they're right back into their cells. >> despite the restrictive conditions in the shu, gang members still find ways to make weapons, sometimes carving them right out of their own cells. >> this was made by an arian brotherhood unit in the security housi

. >>> something is happening to the pelicans in monterey bay.s proving deadly, and people may be the problem. >> we're at the park slated to close, due to budget cuts, what could save it? well, a local business says it has a plan. >>> a pelican problem is hitting the california coast with a record number of the birds needing to be rescued. live in monterey, where they say people are to blame. >> reporter: frank, i'm at the wharf here, and people fish here, sometimes they leave the tools of the trade lying around, discarded hooks and fishing lines, proving dangerous to the pelicans here. >> well, right over there, all wrapped up around his wings, so -- the people just -- you know they get excited about fishing and start going like this. and pretty soon you don't look at the bird, there it is, it is caught. >> reporter: so far this month, the spca for monterey county has rescued 61 hurt brown pelicans. 22 of them with hook injuries or a fishing line wrapped around their wings or legs. many died or had to be put down, all of the birds are less than

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says it's admitted more than 220 brown pelicans to its san francisco bay wildlife center since june 1st. all have had life threatening injuries from fishing lines and tackling equipment. most of the birds are from the monterey area. >>> a somber milestone is reached in the war in in [ bailiff ] fee court is now in session.

that's what they're doing right now. >> why didn't they invite the media to pelican bay? what was the reason that you could go and see what was hap n happening? were people demanding, we want to -- >> the department was not allowing the media in during the hunger strike. this was to address that. i think they did want to show some of these inmates are very dangerous. some of these gang members. >> belva: thank you, michael, for following up on this story. you've been covering it for your organization as well as this program. so thank you. the most severe drought in six decades has led to famine in the horn of africa, an area that includes somalia, ethiopia and kenya. the scale of the crisis has reached epic proportions and 12 million people at risk of starvation. hundreds of thousands have left their homes in search of food. recently i spoke with chloe stull-lane, a mercy corp aide worker from livermore, for a firsthand account of the situation. welcome, chloe. >> thank you. >> belva: explain to me what it's like to be there for the hundreds of thousands of people who con

east francisco is closed between pelican way and grange avenue.front of the extented stay hotel. they are allowing people who work in the area to get to work this morning. be forewarned of that. kearner is closed between pelican and grange, according to the san rafael p.d. 580 westbound at grant line, we have an accident cleared to the shoulder. a bit of slow traffic to the livermore commute. walnut creek, an accident on the shoulder southbound 680 at the transition ramp. to 24. out of lanes but the traffic is heavy behind that. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. traffic backed up to west grand overcrossing. >> thank you very much. >>> 6:39. >> trading is underway on wall street now. we have a live report to the new york stock exchange straight ahead. let's give you a quick look at the big board with the dow tumbling at the open. down 312 in the first nine minutes. >> plus, it thinks more than a brain than computer. breakthrough from big blue. >>> is it revenge? the new federal investigation in the company at the center of america's cr

what they want from iran pretty much already michael maloof we appreciate your thoughts from the pelican officer on the line from washington tonight thank you meantime egyptian troops have clashed with protesters who are camping out in the center of cairo hundreds of demonstrators were cleared away from tahrir square where they've been gathering for weeks to demand faster reforms out of revolution michaelmas professor of modern history oxford university said egyptians are ready for another uprising because they see too much of the old regime in the new one. the secular opposition . aren't happy with the changes since the barak. military government in practice is a continuation of the old regime and also they want to turn knocking down was essential to exist when we can see this attempt to clear the square may well but more protests more violence the beginning of ramadan on the other hand it's also maybe a sign the government wants to use grama to calm the situation before we are supposed to have elections. in eight weeks time now back of course hope more protests will come to see at the

they released these pictures of pelicans caught in fishing lines or empaled with hooks.e is another picture. this month they rescued 53 pelicans like this one with a hook in its leg. >> high school students in joplin, missouri began the school year in a big box store three months after their school because destroyed in a tornado. the community rushed to complete work on the new high school in time for the start of classes. middle and elementary school children are attending in other converted buildings. 160 people were killed by that tornado. it is the deadliest tornado in 60 years. >>> here in the bay area, we have been working our way to a peak in temperatures. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> some places warmer today, some places cooler. steady as she goes. i mentioned it, it has been a steady, mild weather forecast. the forecast for the coast right now, the fog. stenson beach. this is why it's one of those beaches that work well. when you get a northwest wind, you see how it clears the coast, you get clear skies. one of those beaches that faces sou

more than 221 brown pelicans since just the beginning of june, most are from the monterey area. the wildlife center says almost all of them have life threatening fishing line and tackle injuries. they are urging fishermen to dispose of their lines and hooks properly. >>> drivers in daily city had to hit the breaks to make way for some most unusual pedestrians early this morning. our cameras were rolling as the animals from ringling brothers made their way off the trains and on to their trailers. >> as you can see outside right now we have fog making its way through the gate. if we come in a bit closer, out toward south golden gate bridge that fog is coming in. these were the fogs recorded. high temperatures tomorrow just about the same. maybe a little cooler. a couple of degrees cooler in the antioch. 83 instead of 85 but you get the picture. just a mild weather pattern. no surprises. it's just what we've been dealing with the last few months. actually. here's how the fog looks right now out on the avenues or here is how it looked tonight. up toward golden gate park up toward th

and in nepal, a great white pelican grooms its feathers at a zoo. wow, nice picture.ictures coming in from around the world. >>> a singing sensation in an unlikely location! here's cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: what does a new york city construction worker have in common with frank sinatra? ♪ little town ♪ this little town blues >> reporter: nothing blue about this guy, except partially his eyes. >> i think they're bluish-green. >> reporter: but unlike old blue eyes gary russo's stage isn't carnegie hall, it's a construction site on new york's second avenue where a subway line is being built. and these aren't backup singers. ♪ in old mexico >> reporter: they're actual sand hogs, the guys who dig the tunnel while other guys eat during their lunch break, gary decided to drag out a mike and sound system and sing. ♪ when the moon hits your eye >> reporter: how did his buddies react? >> you are going to sing at lunch? >> i was, like, yeah. >> i want to be just like you growing up. i'm not going to lie to you. this guy's a real class act. ♪ how can i move when i hold you

still ahead at 6:00 -- wildlife workers ask for help after finding dozens of injured pelicans in monterey. >> a picture may be worth a thousand words. a soundscape is worth a thousand pictures. >> shh. >> this is what we are doing here, listening to nature. our doug mcconnell shows us what experts are learning from the so-called "symphonies of animals." fascinating. we are bake ck in a moment. >>> wildlife authorities want the public to look out for fishing line, ending up where it shouldn't in the beaks and wings of brown pelicans. experts tell the monterey herald they have untangled 32 birds in the past week alone. in fairness some times the bird's own doing. a fisherman gets the bite. the bird swoops in to steal the prize and gets the hook with the fish. fishermen, you are kindly reap quested to carefully and safely dispose of your gear. >> good idea. here is a factoid. the bay area has more parks and protected land than any other major urban area on earth. more than a million acres right in our own backyard. >> man of y like to go to open spaces to see nature. are you listening. we lo

the center admitted 221 brown pelicans since june 1. and the toll on the nonprofit is straining both human and financial resources. tonight they're asking for your help. collecting lines and hooks from the shoreline. that's what they need. fishermen are encouraged to switch to barbless hooks, dispose of line and avoid casting when sea birds are in the area. >> santa rosa making it easier for residents to go green. dropping regulations for residential solar panels many said were too expensive. in january the city decided to require homeowners to get a review of solar installations by fire inspectors and city bidd g building officials. santa rosa leaders decided to streamline the process. now homeowners just have to get plans reviewed once by a city inspector. >>> just in time for football season. most popular football video game of all time is here. scott budman has been playing with it all day long. haven't you, scott? >> don't i wish. tell you it is here. back three days ahead of the launch the bay area, got a copy of madden 12. top se

more than 50 pelicans have been rescued over the past couple of weeks. look at this picture. now, fish lines tangled around one of the bird's legs right there. people are being urged to safely dispose of fish hooks and lines so things like that don't happen again. >>> a ban on threatened sea otters in the waters of southern california may soon be lifted. that ban was imposed 24 years ago in an effort to protect the threatened species from things like oil spills. sea oters were relocated to make a separate colony, but most of the otters left. the u.s. fish and wildlife service now says their effort just didn't work. a public hearing on the proposal to lift the ban is set for october in santa cruz. >>> let's check in with sal. it's 5:17 on this thursday morning. how's it looking right now, sal? >> reporter: it's pretty good, heather and dave, good morning. we are off to a nice start. if you are driving anytime soon, you should see the roadways doing pretty well right now. westbound highway 4 certainly looks good if you're driving from antioch through pittsburgh and bay point. p

however, there will be problems on the surface streets down here at francisco near pelican. live in san rafael, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thank you. the standoff caused countless traffic headaches in the north bay and even beyond last night. cars inched along for hours after the c.h.p. closed more than a mile of 580. and began diverting westbound traffic off the bridge at sir francis drake boulevard. it was a frustrating day for the people stranded in the congestion. >> friends were stuck. they were trying to get to san rafael. they had only gone one mile in an hour so we forgot classes. getting home took me two hours. >> i understand the situation. >> they were sitting on the roadway so long they ran out of gas. officials say there was at least one incident of road rage. now 580 reopened but surface streets around the standoff scene in san rafael remain closed. let's get the effect now. sue hall is in the traffic center. >> thank you very much, eric. so far, so good in the san rafael area. big thing is that the 580 freeway is open now in both directions between the are

a bit was improve with the oil slick gore dying pelicans and a sea otter. we like the sea otters we like the beaches. it is in our nature to desire a cleaner and fresher and happier more for a grand world with sea otters. but we can achieve the world of getting the economy back to good dark ages. there is a mentality in the green movement to save the city we must destroy it. i think that theory is wrong and self-destructive and not borne out to and 51 to discover more you could ask me interesting questions and read my book because it is good and it is funny. thank you. [applause] >> we will open two questions tata. please wait for the microphone state your name and affiliation and leave it to a question not a diatribe why he is right or wrong. >> no violence are a tax anybody trying to rip off my clothes to have sex with me. >> ien with the tax foundation i have read the book the rational optimistic and it is very similar but global warming would be beneficial to you think he is right or wrong? >> if this easy to answer because nobody knows. some consider t

this was called pelican island. i think every parish in louisiana has a pelican island.there is politics. political boom, we put miles, not feet, not yards, miles and miles and miles of boom out for political reasons. if i had that all to do over again that is probably one thing i would have to to stand my ground firmest on we wouldn't do political boom. we got point laughing putting one of murals on back of 18-wheeler showed guys unloadedding boom. they have realistic-looking things they cover your vehicle with. wherever the governor was going tomorrow we was going to move that 40 foot trailer with the picture guy moving that boom on there. i mean, it was something. so, political boom. you got to be aware of snake oil salesmen. i believe you called it innovative technology or some fancy word. i call it snake oil. because i can. this is grand isle, sand wash operation. these snake oil salesmen come in, you didn't sell this to us, none of you vendors sold this snake oil to us, did you? they set up, idea scoop up of sand off grand isle, one of the only habitable islands in

spca says in two days its rescued five california brown pelicans and say they're painful and life threatening. birds and sea mammals can get tangled in fishing line. and the threat of swal yesing fish hooks poses serious risks for others. >> and lovely, nice, warm day. >> take a look at mark matthews. >> yes. >> and there is a tahoe looking good. two days in a row, nice mild to warm weather. and there is fog returning. this evening, fog moving inland. and there is some tomorrow morning, starting to clear early. temperatures early morning ranging from 52 to 62 inland z we'll look at mild to warm weather. and there is high temperatures from mid-60s at the coast to low 90s inland tomorrow z there is a look further into the forecast future a little bit later. >> thank you. >> and just head we've heard exercise can lengthen the life span. scientists measured by how much. >> could a cup of coffee help protect from you skin cancer? >> car makers coming up with new safety options but which is make a difference? michael finney takes a look. >> our first check of traffic at 4:13 on a tuesday afternoon.

. >>> international bird rescue says it's admitted more than 220 brown pelicans to its san francisco bay wildlife center since june 1st. all have had life threatening injuries from fishing lines and tackling equipment. most of the birds are from the monterey area. >>> a somber milestone is reached in the war in in [ bailiff ] fee court is now in session. come on out, guys. the jury has reached its decision. now, you guys found the other airline guilty of charging a 150-dollar change fee. you bet! southwest would never do that. and that was after she changed her flight and paid the difference in airfare. that other airline treated her wrong. she was understandably upset. well, who can afford a 150-dollar change fee? he was surprised with the verdict. you got that right. [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a fare difference. fly southwest, the only major airline that never charges change fees. >>> it's been nearly 10 years since the beginning of the war in afghanistan and for u.s. forces this month has proved to be the deadliest yet. the u.s. has already lost 66 service

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francisco boulevard is now closed between pelican way and grange avenue. so watch out for that. major freeways once again re-opened. caused a mess for the evening commute home yesterday. also just hearing word of this in walnut creek. southbound 680 right before north main, there was an accident cleared to the right shoulder but it's still causing some slow traffic. kcbs airborne just flew over the scene and we are seeing brake lights to about treat boulevard. once you get past north main past the 24 interchange, then things improve. milpitas westbound 237 looks great for silicon valley commuters. 7 minutes westbound between 880 and 101. east bay, 880 the nimitz, as you pass the coliseum, nice and light this morning between hayward and downtown oakland. that's your traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> another awful start to the morning on wall street. the dow, nasdaq and s&p all opened with huge drops. >> jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com reports. what's going on? >> reporter: i have lots of bad news for you. hope you have plenty of time. first let's lo

what happened here was that those photographs, particularly of the brown pelican soaked in oil, the state bird of louisiana captured people. captured our hearts and minds. those pictures are to go away and what most people assumed was that the pictures were going away because of oilbirds are going away. that is not what happened. i was able to track. is the number of births increased the photographs are decreasing. the reason why was because we started seeing the -- turn to be turning jeffrey levitt and 40 miles -- 40 feet of boom. if it went on to beaches where there was a loyal. i was trying to go out on boats to take pictures and to talk to people to go on into the water. and when the person who was driving the boat down out of was a book author that would not take me because they set out a $40,000 fine and you'll be thrown in jail. i went on to beaches even though it meant risking being thrown into jail and directed to try to tell the story. we all did our best to do it. but the story became very difficult to tell. i knew that was going to happen, and that is when i decided early on t

what happened here was that those photographs, particularly of the brown pelicans soaked in oil captured our hearts and minds. but those pictures started to go away. what most people assumed his pictures are going away because oil birds were going away. that's not have been. but i was able to track in the book is in fact is the number of oil birds is increasing, photographs were decreasing. the reason why was because we started being threatened to be thrown in jail if we went within 40 miles -- 40 feet of boom. if we went onto beaches where there is oil. i was trying to go in those who take pictures and talk to people, go into the water near boom. and when that people trust that they'll find out as a book author wouldn't take me because i'll get a $40,000 fine and you'll get thrown in jail. i went onto beaches, even though it meant risking being thrown in jail and did what i could to try and tell the story. we all did our best to do it. but the story became very difficult to tell and i knew that was going to happen and that's when i decided early on this would require more than an articl

what happened here is the photographs, particularly the brown pelican soaked in oil, state bird captured people. captured our hearts and minds. the pictures started to go away. the they assumed the pictures were going away because the oiled birds were going away; right? less oiled birds, less images. in fact, as the number of oiled birds were increasing, the photographs were decreasing. the reason why we started being threatened to be thrown in jail if we went within 40 miles, no, 40 feet of boom. if we went on to beaches where there was oil. i was trying to go out on boats to take pictures and to talk to people to go out into the water near boom, and when the person found out, they wouldn't take me because they said i'll get a $40,000 fine and you'll get thrown in jail. i went on to beaches even though it meant risking being thrown into jail. i did what i could to try to tell the story. we all did our best to do it. the story became difficult to tell. i knew that was going to happen. that's where i decided early on this was going to require more than an article, more than a few days. it

if for her high >> a-- >> you can see on our map that the whole tale is here on pelican. >> i am here and this is where the police have set up. the police say that the gunman is the same man suspected of shoplifting and stabbing a clerk at the united market in san raphael just three days ago today's situation unfold when the police went to the extended stay to speak with him. they say that he took aim at the 580 freeway and fired, that was this morning from his second-floor hotel room authorities immediately shut down the freeway and the surrounding streets with several agencies responded. all the rooms were evacuated. we have a photograph sent in from one of our viewers that got a picture of the police officer in the hotel. this all happened as the guests found themselves in the middle of things. crew >> there were several cost with machine guns all over the building. about two hours later everyone was evacuate the hotel. >> i was scared because i looked out the window and i saw a cop, or a swipe die with a gun pointed up to one of the windows which was pretty close to mine. i had no

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