something every time i talk to him and we have really used his help on this project. tina of the russian river neighbors wasn't able to be here, but her colleagues were and we thank the russian hill neighbors for standing by us, our sister organizations, all of our schools. nester from the telegraph center. we're honored by the number of people who have stood by us on this project. a special shutout to our families, to the spouses and the children that have had to work around and make due for so long while we were away doing something else. a special thanks to my husgreg husband greg smith. [ applause ] greg let us cut his birthday trip to hawaii short by a day and fly back on his birthday, so i could be here today. so if you wouldn't mind saying happy birthday greg. happy birthday greg! so this is a threshold, a beginning, a start. we're going to build a new library. there are a couple of other starts today. today is the start of the effort to raise money to furnish and equip that library. the friends of the library have done an incredible job of doing that with 23 other branches. we're the l

. >>> there are now traps on russian river to monitor endamaged salmon.near each bank of the river in forestville. the water agency is using them to monitor the endamaged salmon as they go to the pacific ocean. the traps are checked once a day. fisher counted and weighs and released back into the river. easter came a bit early for animals at the monterey bay aquarium. coming up, the twist to these eggs that you probably will not find in your own hunt. >>> and rain clouds are developing. brad martin will let us know it can move the easter plans indoors [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need for easter. we know you look around for the best deals, that's why we give you real big club card deals each week. right now a juicy smoked shank half ham is just 99 cents a pound. let's bake. safeway sugar is $1.97 for four pounds. and chobani greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> easter is two days away but they celebrated

around 10:45 and ended 45 minute laters when she was safely released in guerneville which is in the russian rivery of sonoma county in the wine country. officers say she was texting a friend from inside the car and the trend was on the phone with dispatch and was giving descriptions of the car. officers on patrol saw the car and they tried to stop it but say the driver, the man who kidnapped the woman took off. they used spike strips twice but he went around them. he finally crashed. deputies helped her escape. a deputy trying to arrest him shot and killed him. they have not explained why. investigators say the woman is okay. she is being interviewed right new by officers. they have not told us if she knew him or how he kidnapped her or who she is and they say they are trying to sort out all of those details right now. reporting live in santa rosa for abc7 news. >> thank you, amy hollyfield. developing news from santa cruz, where police officers are returning to work today nearly throw daze after two officers were killed in the line of duty. cornell bernard joins us live from the santa cruz polic

it started as a kidnapping in san rafael and ended in guerneville in the russian river valley of thee country. it is in sonoma county the northwest of santa rosa. it ended there at 11:20, but it started at 10:45 when a woman was kidnapped and texting information to her friend from inside the car. she was trapped in there for 45 minutes when police finally were able to free her in guerneville. the shooting scene in guerneville officers say she was able to give a description of the car in her text, a patrol officer spotted the car and tried to stop him but he took off and they had to chase him using spike strips. he went around them a couple times and he finally lost control of the car and crashed in an embankment. deputies helped the woman escape and while they tried to arrest him a deputy shot and killed hill. a press release does not say why they shot the man. we hope to follow that up with police later today. the woman is okay. they are interviewing her right new. they are trying to get a handle on whether she knew the man, who he was, and why he did this. >> and now the weather fo

. >>> the sonoma county water agency has installed two traps on the russian river to monitor endangereder. they are used to monitor the threatened cohoe, endangered chinook, and steelhead salmon as they migrate to the pacific ocean. this is what the traps look like. technicians count the fish before releasing them back into the river. >>> and bill, we wish we could hang onto today's weather. >> yeah, and the clouds started pulling in at 3:00 and coastal fog, and started to cool off rapidly, and showers developing offshore with a band of green there. and here is the weather system i'm tracking right here, the low center, and it's working in our direction, and we are seeing a band of moisture getting ready to slide in. and we will see sprinkles in the next 45 minutes. it won't be heavy stuff but roads wet and drizzle along the coast, and that's the current live stormtracker image, but as we get into the bay area weekend, things get going as the low tracks over the bay area, and we get maybe a thunderstorm going into sunday, but we will see showers saturday night into sunday morning. 76 in

whole prove that you were bringing some more influence in here to work with the russian writers or the were by far the river great russian writers but i think it's it's you know it's a beginning process. and they're learning her right or are we going to have a lot of great writers come out of here a lot of repairs. and closing his masa class in the russian capital one of the world's martial arts i guess steven segal made sure that he would be coming back. about violently on r.t. moscow. let's move to another combat sport requiring quick reflexes fencing last weekend the prestigious moscow saber event was held in the capital where a russian olympian who was returning from a paternity break crowned a memorable year to take individual gold medal i chose has more. the spectacular moscow saber france in two months has been captivating crowds in the capital since nine hundred seventy three two hundred competitors from twenty three countries took part in those this year it was the st petersburg native who claimed the men's crown twenty six year old nicholas coverlid finished third at the london olympics then took

rivers. good relations with the new russians living in. a doctor has arrived to. take a view of medicine. if medics come to them then it's fine but if they go to a doctor themselves it's problematic. most diseases are treated with traditional methods like medicinal herbs. we use a medical hearse drink tea with them dry helps to winter as well as roots there are a lot of good herb standish to. do however allow some exceptions medication is allowed for severe pain while women go to hospital to give birth however there have been instances of expectant mothers escaping from hospital just before they were due to deliver general believe or have few health concerns. let me examine their skin is clean how are your legs. let's listen to your heart. there is nothing to worry about. it's not scary. our children are not as healthy as they are they are healthy from life in such an environmentally purer place. the only believe. after their arrival in russia but it felt too close to modern civilization. managed to find an uninhabited village in the country's far east rolling hills and a river separate t

outside temperature is about minus twenty and there are long queues on the river bank for a large hole in the ice it's a russian tradition openness with this religious day that hundreds of people believe that it's a time when the water requires healing powers. right now only ten percent of people here swim and they will go on swimming while others will still be waiting for the next step is i'm of christ. the average person can survive in water in these conditions for more than a quarter of an l. before fatal hypothermia sets in when the body is in icy cold water adrenaline production increases and once out of the water there's a spike in endorphin production causing a sense of euphoria usually felt by the winter swimming just after leaving the cold water it's similar to a narcotic high. when people come out of the water if you touch their backs. come here for a minute come here. touch his back it's warm. it's even hot for you and your porch or go to church or the person so that means quickly in cold water it's completely harmless thanks that's what i'm talking about. survive the cold during winter swimming the

a frozen river is probably the last place you'd want to go for a weight boarding outing but subzero temperatures weren't going to stop nikita marciano of russian champion defied the elements in his native son petersburg for scots as more. a move to woman climes in the winter months has become something of a ritual for the key to multichannel however this year some peace but nation was forced to stay at home on the twenty three year old decided to make the most of it he was taking a stroll in the city center along the canals and then just at the ice had started to break up tired of sitting at home and wanting to get back on his whiteboard the key to decide this was the perfect opportunity despite the obvious difficulties. go to the limit yeah i have always viewed the city as a source of fun and adventure a challenge maybe because normally you're always on the move at the moment so i have so much time on my hands and i wanted to try something new it was interesting to get the opportunity to try i need to in different stunts that would give me a whole new perspective concerning the sport. i. know. that i tell this stretch of was a means a lot to