i charge pelican bay with racism, promoting inmate-on-inmate violence. how it was in the beginning it shall be in the end. the righteous shall live and the wicked shall perish. >> ever since it opened in 1989, pelican bay state prison in northern california has always had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks. but in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries and racial tension, finding any long-term solution is a never-ending battle. >> inmates in the general population right now consider everything a state of war, so they are ready for everything. >> some guys gonna get their head blown off, some guys are going to get stabbed real good. >> there's no hope. >> we are in the new alcatraz. >> isolated on the northern coastline, some 300 miles nor

the brown pelican as its official state bird.iana also has an official state doughnut called a beignet. it's fried dough with powdered sugar on top. fortunately, the official state drink is milk. with flag facts, i'm kristen. >> adopting a dog is pretty easy. animal shelters are almost always on the lookout for good owners. but as hannah reports, there's a lot more to becoming a friend to man's best friend. >> so, you want to adopt a dog, but you don't exactly know how to properly care for one. here's a way to learn how. >> volunteering at an animal shelter is a wonderful thing to do. there's a lot of benefits that come with it. being a volunteer here at the animal shelter is very -- like, it's a good experience. >> you know, cleaning the kennels -- pretty basic, you know -- feeding them, taking the dogs for walks. and same deal with the cats, but they're slightly less maintenance. >> think of volunteering at a local shelter as on-the-job-training for when you become a pet owner. >> kids learn -- first and foremost, the basic nee

be sending a flam buoyant homosexual, is pelican bay. >> adolph green was on the pelican bay yard when our producer noticed him and asked for an impromptu interview. >> i'm a flamboyant homosexual. and we call each other girls. you understand. some of the dudes call you girl, call me girl this and that. then you have those that smile in your face and laugh at you behind your back. you walk around the track, somebody say look at that punk, that [ bleep ], a bunch of disrespect day in and day out. >> green told us that those who are open about their sexuality face retribution from inmates. >> you have people that are undercover. you have people that are hiding in the closet. that are doing each other. but the minute they see somebody that is flam buoyant that's out they don't understand then they have something against that. and they go through their fever day, every day, a bunch of people telling you what you can, and can't do, who you can live with and can't live with, it's wrong. half of all the ones who are telling you not to do it are doing it in the closet. >> in this environment,

i think that's what pelican bay is about. only the strongest are the ones that are going to make it, you know. >> while leon refuses to disavow loyalty to his gang, the prison sees a slow but steady flow of inmates who do through a process called debriefing. they not only break the code, they smash it to bits. >> it's basically when existing gang members want to get out of a gang inside a prison. and in order to do that, there's a whole debriefing process they have to go through. and it basically entails the inmate coming in and confessing everything's he's done with the gang and sometimes even throwing some people under the bus and confessing against other people. so it's really a deadly thing for someone to do inside a prison. >> when inmates debrief, they must write a lengthy account of their criminal history both in and out of prison. the review process can take months. but if accepted, the inmates will be allowed to live in the safety of a protective custody unit and be granted many more privileges than they would have h

will have birds like pelicans and ravens and a bald eagle. many species on the trail are close to have come but a major rebound. >> entertaining animals the kids will enjoy. >> they do. it's pretty cool. >> we call my daughter parrot because she's at that age that she repeats everything. around here we have the leftovers of hurricane isaac us through thet weekend, are labor day holiday weekend. y over 6 inches of rain since midnight from the storm in louisiana. they will probably add another that.hes to a beautiful time lapse that we have this morning. nothing but sunshine especially around sunrise. then just a few clouds drifting on the right side of the screen. just some high, thin clouds overhead this midday. for the most part, skies. mostly sunny today and tomorrow part of into the first the weekend. degrees at chesapeake beach, no clouds. that's looking east over the water. annapolis, 79. 81 at reagan national. 81 in manassas. not bad in martinsburg, 77. 75 in cumberland. dew points are down. that means it is comfortable. feels good by a

and the mir is second class and second overall the pelican of london is eighth same class and eleventh overall. the ship's galley has its own race against time when it comes to feeding almost two hundred people four times a day speed is of the essence the cooks have to work almost around the clock during such races. detroit to make the first tasty during a race where normally cook food separately when you have a tilt he calls me good health or would be burned to the other half would end up on the floor so taking in potions is much more convenient. on the second evening of the race team hardly has any work to do the wind is still quite weak changing the configuration of the sails is pointless cadet project going takes time out to explain why people still like sail boats pushing to get this is the only place where you can feel the thrill of the wind swaying you from side to side while you're up there hanging on to the most also a sailboat promotes the spirit of comradeship it builds character and your ability to stand up to the elements true it's a tough job setting sail was especially h

. -- a pelican intend -- a kangaroo in denmark will be in trouble after labor day. this is a genetic flaw that causes the albino tender route to be sensitive to sunlight. experts say they rarely survive in the wild. there is a good reason why this little orphan looks different. it is not a dog, it is a spot of lamb. it was rejected by his mother but quickly adopted by this dalmatian dog. the owner of the farm thought was kind of a joke at first but now the two archive of inseparable. i think they need a paternity test. -- the owner of the farm thought it was kind of a joke at first but the two are inseparable. >> we have had some showers, thunderstorms, but so far, at least good evening, the showers and storms have stayed west of baltimore. you can see there are a lightning strikes still out there. this is not driven by the afternoon sun. this is driven by an approaching cold front that has to make its way through our area. that line of showers and storms will be moving through overnight. this could last into the first half of tomorrow. precipitation totals across t

recognition to suspicious activity reports a license plate reader camera records all types of the pelican all the data and it feeds it into a software system that it tempts to predict if there's going to be a terrorist attack on a location the theory behind trouble is that there's going to be a certain kind of look for a target us here so this system looks for people acting in a way consistent with terrorists doing reconnaissance on a target and then if such a person is suspected it takes that person's face which has been filmed and tries to match it to databases of known or suspected terrorists it's strathyre. first of all anything you do on the public street is legal i can take a camera and follow you everywhere you walk on the public street i can record every building you go into i can write down your license plate i can take photos of everybody you meet with and in fact as an investigator it's something that i and my team in fact do i. a regular basis you have no expectation of privacy out on the street walking driving meeting with people talking to people at this point right now gett

the pelican driving a good time to. and since they crews got a barn that going around a storm drain. the experts say it took a break from its underground adventure to snack on some nearby mont. the transportation workers portion of a plant using a gatorade bottle. is heading up to sacramento and eventually lake tahoe. heavy releases into the wild after animal care workers get a checkup. >>> he is going to lake tahoe. that is an upgrade of boston traffic on this one state. >>> the traffic is not to back for it is still early in the morning. no accidents out there. we still have a look in your san mateo bridge commuters. and so far, we are holding steady. it is not too bad in the upper direction as well. we do have some areas of roadwork and some has been picked up across the golden gate bridge, things are moving find and install the lane change trucks to buy. and go out towards the tunnel entrance a strict one lane the block. but drive * freeing clear. and it picked up this road work of a bit ahead of schedule on eastbou

you decide i think i might start and stop at this avala beach and you see all the pelicans swarming andny were there? >> i saw two at the time. the most i heard anybody else speak about is two. but i've been stuck at my computer puerto rico two days and haven't been back over there. i'm not in the loop anymore. >> bill, obviously this was a -- calling it a long lens because you were quite a ways away, but these people look very close. is it deceptive? these guys are on paddle boards. they look like they're ten feet away. >> yeah. a big lens like that pulls everything together. however, there's one of those photos where there's a guy on a paddle board -- >> we're looking at it right there. >> -- just to the right of the whale. the lens wouldn't pull him in close. he's in the wave coming out from the whale. >> my favorite is and we'll scroll through these, there's a lady on a stand up paddle board in a dress very, very close to this whale. how far were you, bill? and what was the response from all these people in the water? >> well, you can see the response on a lot of people's faces if t

. >> thousand pelicans would go to a new spot. it was a big massive bait fish and the whales would come up through that mass. >> wow, experts say it is common, especially around this time of day. but it is rare to see them coming out of the water and a dramatic fashion. >> incredible pictures. kayakers had another close encounter with a whale further north. this one in santa cruz, california, where the birds and a humpback feasted on tiny shrimp-like critters. one of the kayakers pulled out his camera and captured video of the feeding frenzy. all right. a rather heavy, substantial fashion statement for vogue magazine. >> a new issue of the magazine weighed nearly 5-pounds. the fashion magazine broke its old record of 840 pages by 76 pages in this issue, facing lady gaga. it is the 120th anniversary issue and it is so thick that newsstands are lucky to get four copies to iraq. i know i have it in my house, it's big. it's really big. >> we can use it for arm weights after that. >> i don't know. i subscribe. >> nothing wrong with tha

but we have a pretty good following and the chino and pelican bay, even onhe gp yards, there are gay boy gangsters that are not on the sny yard. we're just a group of people that are gay and pretty much stand for our own. you know? that's our car is gay and then pretty much we're -- that's our car. >> while clements says the gbg is not a violent gang, some members can't leave their violent lifestyles in the past. >> i usually go by the nickname demon. i'm a gay boy gangster. >> they call us gbgs. you have to be able to fight to get in the gay boy gangsters. most gay boy gangsters are previous gang members that dropped out or kicked out because of their sexual orientation. on the mainline i ran as a skin head. i just tried to be that guy, the tough guy. someone needed to get beat up i raised my hand. anybody that tries to forcefully take property, rape or in any way hurt a homosexual that can't defend themselves, that's where we step in. we come in and tell them, check this out. this in your one and only warning. leave our people alone. do not put hands on our people. do not try to hu

. >> if you are ever in the water and see that many pelicans around, you know. >> we have the big alcatraz swim this weekend, once you start thinking about sharks, it is not fun at all. let's head to the beach where the skies are clearing out after being stockton for a majority of the day, air to enter only in the mid 50's with wind whipping out of the last up to 20 and heir to a buher up to 59 in pacifica. 67 degrees in oakland, 86 in livermore. this amateur in san jose at least eight degrees below normal and 10 degrees below average today in santa rosa. there you have a deck of strata's moving on shore and engulfing the golden gate bridge where it is currently 59 in san fransisco and low seventies and san jose. cooling off dramatically today and tonight into the fifties, from the north bay, through the central day and into the peninsula and swinging in through willow glen and cupertino and campbell. meanwhile your weather had lines, would you need to know to prepare your midweek, we will have the patches that is developing overnight and even tomorrow morning waking up to a misty morning

i've been in the hot desert, pelican bay, every one of them, major riots with guys getting their heads blown off. but here, nothing happens. because they want to keep you on lockdown for nothing. >> what's wrong with change? >> another inmate faces the icc after fighting with a cellmate. >> they put crazy people in your cell, and crazy things happen. he was having problems with somebody else, so they moved him in my cell. this guy is having problems, why is he moving this guy in my cell? i don't need no problems. i had an operation on my testicles, because one of them swelled up as big as a softball. so when they let me out of the hospital, i came back to the cell, and there was this guy and he jumped on me and kicked me on my testicles after i had my operation, and hit me in the head with a cup. so i grabbed him and held him and choked him and made him quit. >> what really happened, nobody really knows, because we were in the cell, and an altercation occurred. he wound up getting hurt worse than i did. so it looked like i'm guilty. >> michael callans is brought before the institutiona

. >> this is one of the pelican cases of electronics that goes on the race boats. >> reporter: theseend out gps signals to better position the graphics you'll see on the screen. >> the things that sports fans would like to see and understand about sailing but are hard to see and understand, such as the course limits, the locations of the marks, the advantage lines, the wind direction. >> reporter: and it's fitting. as the technology inside the boats improve, so does the technology put on board the boats improve, so that we can tell what's going on. like these lights. a recent touch. they'll let fans know if a boat is being penalized, they can be seen both from the stands and on your television. >> we're the formula one or the nascar on water. and we want those kind of people who watch there to watch this and enjoy it for exactly the same reason. it's fast, it's furious, it's exciting. >> reporter: and thanks to the technology on board, it will teach you about sailing while you watch. in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> let's bring in dave from our comcast sportsnet

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. >> designed to look and function like pelican bay, a maximum security prison in california, the shu is composed of windowless, concrete cells measuring 7 by 12 feet. of the 288 inmates housed here, 179 have been diagnosed by psychiatric staff as mentally ill. >> i heard the horror stories of this place back when it first opened up. >> sergeant dan haskins is a veteran of the secure housing unit. >> out of sight, out of mind. the outside world, out of sight, out of mind. they don't -- probably don't want to know what goes on in here. >> the population of the shu lives on 23-hour lockdown. leaving their cells only for showers and solitary recreation. >> some people will tell you that segregation unit is not the place for people with mental illness because we didn't design that particular unit for treatment. particularly for mental health treatment. we just didn't anticipate us having the numbers we have and going the way it's gone. >> although acute cases are referred to the psychiatric unit at a neighboring correctional institution, the staff in the shu deal with a variety of mental

after doing ten years of hard time at pelican bay state prison for manslaughter, he returned to l.a.ng trial for the very crime he claims to condemn, garafalo offers his unique perspective on the new breed of street criminal. >> jails are too full. look at the new generation. carjacking. these kids will go out and stick a gun in someone's face to go joyriding in a car. and turn a misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case. seven out of ten times, they kill the person they steal the car from. you got to tell me, there is not something wrong with that? somewhere in that confusion, these kids don't know how to act like proper gangsters anymore. when my dad was a small-time mafioso back east, he used to say there are two kinds of gangsters. there are thugs and there are gangsters. thugs come and go. gangsters are about making money and respect. and if you are going to be a gangster in this life, there are two things you got to know. you don't kill cops and you don't kill innocent women and children. >> 900 max is the home to nccf's discipline module, otherwise known as the hole. inmates