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sacramento, california is in the bull's-eye of a similar situation possibly. the army corps says very dire things. dallas, texas, they said that the levees along the trinity river will built on sand. many cities that are supported by the levees are informed of their not what they thought there would be. tavis: there is nothing that rankles politicians like getting bad press. what is happening in the state of louisiana, specifically in new orleans going out to the press that might not have been generated by the revelations? >> the press covered this. most of this, the two major investigations looking backward at the flooding at the time. that is where we all learned about it. people were plenty rankled. the congress gave jurisdiction over the hurricane protection system of new orleans to the army corps of engineers. the locals can scream and year -- and yelled but the new orleans delegation is not have uphold what it once did. they don't have the clout to get up on their hind legs and make a noise like they're trying to do. and the film, we have a wonderful seq

. >> i grew up in sacramento, california, in the south area. went to public schools. ended up in uc-davis. made my way out to san francisco when i was a college student, and i sat in the class is in san francisco state as well, and i remember growing up at that time around clement street. we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time. just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in p

he attended public schools in clewiston, florida, in sacramento, california. he first struggled to learn english and master vocabulary but ultimately he graduated covaledictorian from rio americano high school in sacramento. he was admitted to stanford university, my alma mart. he graduated phi beta cap pavment he received numerous awards for his contributions to the university and he was elected copresident of the student body. prit pretty good. he received a rhodes scholarship. he grads waited with a master's degree from oxford university. he attended yale law school, once again he was at the top of his class. he was editor of the "yale law journal." he won the prize for the best team argument in the moot court competition. and he won awards for the best academic paper by a third-year student and the best paper in the field of tax law enforcement he received prestigious judicial clerkships with circuit judge david tatel of the united stat s circuit court of appeals and then with ruth bader ginsburg. he worked in the department of education as a special assis

then the confusion between osama and obama also caused problems for the local fox station in sacramento california their graphic read reports obama bin ladin and i was local media so you would hope you would expect that the major t.v. networks would you a better job but guess. fox news made this mistake numerous times. you can take a close straight if that were the case the fact that it would be. better but again would be that would make a difference we still are going to get a little bit about obama's that i don't care where there's. a lot of news there. oh god her although should never be allowed to anchor during breaking news coverage i thought it was something that we all knew at this point but when it comes to the story being posted online you would expect those errors to correct themselves wrong again take a look at the headline from the a.b.c. news website they had two errors one read a.b.c. news special report reaction to obama bin laden's death and they also have sources tells a.b.c. news john karl that obama will be buried at sea the folks over the b.b.c. also got the terrorist leader co

. >>> i just want to mention we have breaking news from sacramento. california'sto 11.9% and that sounds high but it's the lowest point since august 2009. so unemployment in california at 11.9%. >> sal, let's go to you. you've been keeping an eye on the peninsula but also 880. the nimitz is busy. >> traffic is finally beginning to get better. you can sola little delay. now it's beginning to dissipate. this is a look at san francisco, a reminder three sold out games. 40,000 people on three days, friday, saturday and sunday. let's go to steve. >> we do have on this friday more low clouds and fog, sunny inland bro low to mid-70s. a cooling trend will take us into sunday, could be rain to the north and a rebound on some of those temps. >> later down the road. >> it looks like rain. >> more rain. >> we'll see, cool, no doubt about it. >> that's helping our water bill. thanks for watching. have a great weekend.

northern sacramento valley. northeast california, in fact just not the best boating weather.you're heading up there, maybe, sunday, monday will be better for you. can't find much in the way of rain right now. some in northern mendocino county. still, temperatures not that warm. we're in the 50s for everybody. low to mid- but a lot of 52s, 53s, 54s. you'll see a little bend, that's the area of low pressure coming in. towards the sierra, very windy. possibility of showers or snow showers northeast california and the sierra on saturday. for us, it'll be a cool windy day. rain, north and east is possible. light drizzle, today and tomorrow. a lot of 60s. not too many 70s. windy, clearing out, little warmer. today though, mostly cloudy in the morning, partly sunny. highs only in the 60s. very low 70s, that breeze is definitely in place. not going anywhere any time soon. look for breezy, out of the west or southwest direction here. mostly cloudy saturday. windy on sunday, warmer with 70s inland. >>> the search will continue in missouri today to find people still missing after that d

. >> reporter: at this fish hatchery east of sacramento the california department of fish & game is busy carrying for millions of baby salmon. like many state agencies not enough folks, budget cuts. it means only one thing. >> it means that we need your help. >> reporter: fish & game has a plan and they are hunting for some special people. folks that will assist for hatchery work. this woman is a volunteer. she loves birds but says the department of fish & game can place her almost anywhere. >> helping out with things like the sturgeon rescue. i never laid eyes on a sturgeon in my life. i'm not a fisherman but standing in the water with this net and seeing these enormous fish. they are trying to help the fish get back into the river from being trapped. i have learned so much. >> reporter: the volunteer program has its sights set on anyone, urban professionals to avid hunters who can complete an academy training class and six-month mentoring period. california's majestic wilderness and wildlife need protection now more than ever. lieutenant josh nicholas says the department of fish & game

and one of the hottest debates in america today - about to boil over in california. sacramentoco, san jose - all taking on pension costs, and you may get to vote on it. good evening, i'm allen martin. i'm dana king it s been three months now since we watched those massive demonstrations in the state of wisconsin. public workers - revolting against a plan that raised state employee contributions to their pension funds, and virtually . >> revolting against a plan that raised as state employee contributions to their pension funds. and virtually eliminated their

regardless of the market, though, be aware for the fifth straight year california is one of the worst states for mortgage fraud. the "sacramento bee" reporting california ranks third behind new york and florida. >>> arizona's governor is going straight to the top and predicting that the u.s. supreme court will allow her state to enact its controversial immigration law. governor jan brewer says she'll ask the u.s. supreme court to overturn a ruling that put parts of that law on hold. that decision came last month. arizona's attorney general says going straight to the supreme court will save time and money. among the provisions are mandates that immigrants carry registration papers and allow police to question the immigration status of anyone they stop. >>> well, the mighty mississippi just keeps rolling right over its banks, and that means flooding from memphis and cities downstream tonight. relentless rainfall and snow melt from up north has the mississippi at its banks, cresting in memphis 14 feet above flood stage. low-lying areas are looking at four to five feet of water and it took more than a week for the river to rise th

and the shriners of northern california in sacramento volunteered. >> now let me see you bend your elbow up like this. >> reporter: a long road of additional surgeries and months of rehabilitation. >> she's had ups and downs but she's a remarkable person. >> reporter: such a response from the shriners is hardly unusual. for almost 90 years, this hospital and 21 others in north america have treated almost a million children with severe problems, always free of charge. >> reporter: just after shams and her mom arrived in sacramento, the rest of the family was forced to flee from iraq to damascus. but now, partly with the help of the shriners, the family is reunited. >> how does your knee feel? >> good. >> reporter: at 9 years old, shams is shy, self-conscious of her artificial leg. >> she's getting to the age where kids focus on that. and i think it's going to be difficult for her. but i think having a supportive family will be a help for her. >> reporter: shams is so grateful, she wants to be a doctor. >> because i like to help people. >> reporter: making a difference one child at a time.

. >> muchas gracias, santiago, por este reporte directamente desde sacramento, california.a a costa. paola elorza despertÓ temprano. >> y con condiciones de buenas noticias para ustedes. este fin de semana que cabi hemos el celebramos el dÍa de las madres, este fin de semana estarÁ muy tranquilo en gran parte de la naciÓn. las temperaturas se recuperan del frÍo que tuvimos en el sudeste del paÍs. la gran manzana con 47 grados, se recupera la temperatura en el sur del paÍs. se trata en cuanto a los sistemas frontales, un sistema frontal dÉbil que deja chubascos en la zona de los grandes lagos, los frentes bien al norte. y este en nueva inglaterra puede dejar por allÁ casi en la frontera con canadÁ algunos chubascos y casi de nieve en esta tarde. el sur del paÍs con temperaturas bastante cÁlidas, por sobre lo normal, todo lo que es california, arizona y nuevo mÉxico. las precipitaciones en la zona de los grandes lagos y cerca del lago mississippi y cerca de ohio podrÍan haber chubascos y hay riesgo de inundaciones en esta Área pero precipitaciones bastante dÉbiles comparado a

my parents came all the way from sacramento, california to be here with me again. seated behind me is my wife. ann who has made her share of sacrifices to support me in this process. and in her arms is our baby boy, emmitt. last time you remember senator feinstein, he slept through the whole thing, and hopefully we will have the same luck today. and seated next to them is my daughter, violet who turns four in a couple of weeks. she said she likes coming to these hearings, i said good for you, violet. i apologize if there is some back and forth, but it's naptime for the kids. and i am fortunate that my wife's parents are here, they came all the way from maine where they have lived for 40 years, and i am joined by a cousin of mine, who is from salt lake city, utah, and another cousin who grew up in the chicago area. and i would like to recognize and thank the many friends and former students i have here today, in the hearing room. and i want to give a special recognition and thanks to the members of congress who are here, and especially honored that secretary bill co

sacramento county. >>> 33,000 california inmates could be released early because of a ruling today. it is a move, coming up at 5:30, we look that ruling and why one justice says the move could lead to a grim roster of crime victims. >>> another republican announced he is running for president, tim pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota appeared in iowa to make the announcement. that's where the first republican caucuses will be held. he said the president's policies failed. >> fluffy promises of home and change don't by groceries, make our mortgage payments, put gas in our car or pay for school clothes. >> tim pawlenty promised to create job and reform medicare. while minnesota's former governor jumped in indiana's governor bowed out. saying after a long consideration he would not run for the republican nomination. some believe he decided not to run because his wife and children didn't want to face the public scrutiny of a presidential race. >>> a new bill prohibiting the sail of shark fins. it bans the sale of fins. supporters of the bill say if they keep amputating the fins th

when i was at the california democratic convention in sacramento this weekend, i remember a time when sanford cisco brought forth -- we were the leaders in the resolutions that brought california forward and brought the rest of the nation forward. so i am really honored to be part of that democratic tradition. i guess the other thing i want to say is i grew up in cleveland, ohio, where i did not really think of myself as a person of color. the only people counted in the sense is as far as i know where african-americans and quarter ricans quarterpuer -- puerto ricans. i was 23 before realized i was not. i thought it was just amazing to be part of this community. to be here, to be honored for the first award from the board of supervisors during this month, during a year when we have our first asian american mayor in san francisco, it is just an amazing thing, so i thank you for everything, and thank you for everything you do. i know how hard you guys work, and i know we do it with the best interest of everybody, so thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: our next lottery will be recogniz

the council brought supporter to sacramento to lobby for the california dream act that passed may assemblythey agree, undocumented stunes whose parents brought them to united states illegal can apply for college aid. >> i want to accomplish my goal and that is to to be a surgeon. >> the proposal divides lawmakers down party lines. know ares believe that the dream act rewards illegal behavior . others say the fed should act and not the state. >> on the surface it is well and good. until they go after good immigration policy, i can't hire them. >> governor brown supports the principle behind the california drome act and will consider it if it reaches his desk. he might sign it >> the california dream act may be all supporters get for now. in washington d.c., democrats reintroduced the federal dream act that gives the path to citizenship to certain undocumented students. president obama said the united states has invested in their public education and the nation should benefit from it. >> we are fighting to unlock that promise and hope for their future and america's future. but the prospect o

--el gobernador de california dio a conocer un nuevo plan de gastos en su intento por resolver la crisis fiscal del estado.--desde sacramento santiago lucero tiene los detalles. --- 22-mil maestros de california ya deben tener en sus manos una notificacion de despido.---ayer, 15 de mayo, vencio el plazo legal para que los distritos escolares emitieran este indeseable documento a los profesores que podrian caer victimas de los recortes presupuestarios durante el ciclo escolar 2011-2012.---del total, 500 notificaciones de despido se entregaron a educadores de san francisco, y en oakland hubo 540.---las autoridades escolares locales ahora tienen hasta el 30 de junio para presentar un presupuesto balanceado al departamento de educacion publica de california. --en el sur de la bahia decenas de personas unieron esfuerzos para salvar un popular centro comunitario cuyo cierre afectaria a los mas necesitados. --ramon adame nos explica cuales son sus demandas concretas. buenas noches. se trata del centro comunitario "alma", que esta ubicado en la ciudad de san jose. este dia se efectuo una reunio en la que participaron decenas de per

thousands of california teachers are expected to take part in a week-long campaign to protest possible spending cuts. rallies are being planned in sacramento and across the state. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is in san francisco with more on how bay area educators and parents are trying to make sure their voices are heard. >> reporter: diane, california teachers plan to take over the state capitol starting tomorrow to protest education cuts. some bay area teachers plan to join in the fight. they're going to meet here at the san francisco unified school district office bright and early to board buses to sacramento. at least 300 members of the california teachers association plan to hold daily sit-ins at the capitol to protest deeper cuts to education and other service. >> there is no chance we can survive on the funding we're talking about. our children cannot survive on. this. >> right now in this school district, they had five days less of school this current year because of the funding problem, a state funding problem. if this happens, it could be as many as 20 days. could you imagine if we didn't start school until late in september? th

last year we health longest budget stalemate in california state history. >> in sacramento, kevin rigds for nbc bay area news. >>> an international sex scandal sun folding. one of the world's top forecasts leaders is under arrest accused of raping a hotel worker. he's the head of the international northern try fund and in saturday in new york authorities arrested him as he just boarded a plane for paris. he's accused of sexual assaulting a housekeeper at a hotel in manhattan. strauss-kahn is not only the chief of the monetary fund but is considering a challenge to french president nicolas sarkozy in next year's election and polls have shown hhae s a strong following at this point. the imf, by the way, has announced a replacement as strauss-kahn awaits charges. >>> israeli troops clash with palestinian protesters along three hostile border areas today. at least 12 people were killed and dozens were injured. israel says the protesters tried to storm the borders as part of the palestinian's annual day of murk marking the anniversary of the founding of israel back in 1948. israeli prime min

sacramento is under lock down tonight. after inmates rioted for several hours. 150 inmates were involved in this morning's fight in the exercise yard at the california state prison in sacramento which is in foul fulsom. guards had to use rubber bullets to end that fight. >>> tonight is the night an oakland man convinced people across the country that this is their last night on earth. they believe in the prophesy of 89-year-old harold camping. the minister says his research finds the biblical end of days will end tomorrow evening at 6:00. camping says the entire world will experience an earthquake. his message spread in 84 languages through his family radio network. >> there's going to be a huge earthquake that's going to make a big earthquake in japan seem like a picnic. >> it's a combination of very new and rather peculiar way of reading the bible coupled with brilliant 20th century american marketing. >> warning the world of the apocalypse is not cheap, but family radio can afford it. the radio network was worth about $22 million in 2002. by 2008, that amount grew to $117 million. camping does have experience predicting the end of the world. he p

coming up next, are you >> welcome back to "california country." >> at the kitchen in sacramento, chefsare busy preparing tasty dishes using a vegetable that's increasing in popularity. california endives are showing up on more and more dinner plates. >> i mean, you see a lot of people use, uh, the endive as vessels. so they'll take just the leaf off and put things in it and serve it that way. uh, think it has a lot of different uses. >> the chances are if this vegetable's on your plate, it's probably grown by california vegetable specialties, a company headquartered in the tiny hamlet of rio vista, between san francisco ansacramento. the first thing the owner did was give us a lesson in pronunciation. >> so what we grow here at cvs is spelled e-n-d-i-v-e. however, it's pronounced quite differently, and the correct pronunciation is dhis--on-deev. >> obviously, uh, rio vista, where rich works, is about as far away from france as you can get, so we tend to call it en-dive. now, i know rich is cringing in his seat as i say this, as he has when he's come here for dinner, but, uh, that's kin

. >>> california state prison of sacramento is on lokdown after 150 inmates rioted this morning.uries prisoners to sacramento hospitals. guards used pepper spray and fired a warning shot. the facility is next to folsom state prison and houses inmates that cause problems at other prisons. >>> randy macho man sanchez has died in a car crash. the wrestler lost control of his jeep and crashed into a tree near tampa this morning. his wife was with him and suffered minor injuries. he was 58 years old. he was a wwf champion in the 1980s and was a fan favorite. >>> a consumer watchdog group took action to keep young children off facebook. consumers union says that research found that 7.5 million underage users have facebook accounts. facebook only blocks children from the site when they are notified. the consumer union asked the company to step up efforts. >>> he tried to fight foreclosure on a home owned for 25 years and a teacher said she had to take bold action to get the home back. she says she has no regrets. >> this is the living room. >> reporter: the furniture is temporary. the w

security prison near sacramento is under lockdown this morning, after inmates rioted. 150 inmates were involved in yesterday's big fight that started in the exercise yard at californiatate prison sacramento, which is actually in folsom. two prisoners were stabbed and taken to the hospital. guards had to use rubber bullets and pepper spray. then they fired a warning shot with the gun to eventually break up that fight. >>> a new effort to keep tech jobs in santa cruz. about one third of the santa cruz work force commutes to tech jobs in silicon valley and the bay area. this weekend, some of them are meeting at the inaugural tech raising event. they talked about ways to keep it jobs in town. most techies say they like the idea of working closer to home. >> there's a little bit more relaxed. you don't have the turn and burn. a lot of us still turn and burn, but we also get to hang out by the ocean. >> participants at the three- day conference hope to make measurable progress in growing the local tech industry, by getting at least one idea funded. >>> supply and demand affecting gas prices. plus, new job numbers out. alexis cristoferus has more in your cbs money watch re

sacramento. >> they tell me california is looking good. >> even though the revised budget proposal reflects the economy. he will try to get the tax extension through and turning to voters to ratify them after the fact. >> this is a program that is honest and all laid out there and i think it makes sense for california. >> brown's plan includes more than six and half in extra revenue over the next 14 months . the deficit shrinks and more than a billion in reserve . schools are slate to get three billion more than brown proposed in january. he will extend the car registration fees for five more years and cut the income tax extension to four years. governor brown said the tax extensions are necessary because of a wall of debt. bills coming due after previous administration used accounting to push the deficit to later years. >> i proposed a stable balanced program. if that is defeated in the legislature, or defeated by the voters, there will be other efforts to deal with this wall of debt structural deficits. >> republicans look at the begin the economy is doing better and slowly filling state coff

. >>> the amgn tour of california is expected to run stage two from squaw valley to sacramento.he first part was a mess several inches of snow made it too dangerous. >> we thought it might rain, 40 degrees, windy but didn't contemplate snowing windy. >>> it was may 15th. come on. >> wednesday's leg will be in the bay area running from liver more to san jose the race ends in southern california next sunday. >>> 6:26 a.m. coming up shuttle endeavor headed to the internash nana space station another look at a picture perfect -- international taste space station another look at a picture perfect take off. >>> the terrifying moment when a cathay pacific engine catches fire mid-air. >> beaten san francisco giants fan scheduled to return to a bay area hospital this morning. >>> the latest on the search for suspects coming up. >>> neighbors getting ready for a show down in men low park over a 300-year-old tree that could get cut down this morning. i am kit do with a live report coming up our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all

if you are headed to northern california, north of sacramento, watch for showers. we have a system of low pressure to the north. if you are headed into southern california, we have windy conditions. there's a wind advisory in place all day today. high pressure firmly in control driving the santa ana winds offshore. it's going to be warm in southern california. temperatures in the 80s over the weekend. a little on the windy side. it would make for difficult driving conditions. 68 degrees in fremont. 70 in san jose. 71 in los gatos. here it is. the extended forecast. we are going to look at morgan hill. they are celebrating the mushroom. free parking, free admission saturday and sunday. temps will be phenomenal for the mushroom mardi gras. >> i'm glad we are clear on the mushroom front. fungus is not among us. we are looking north of morgan hill. if you are heading south down into southern california, wind advisory for grapevine. keep that in mind over i-5. much clearer than before. approaching the area, speeds are up. likely at that undercrossing, there's slowing at

california. that is a funnel cloud turning into a tornado in butte county, north of sacramento. it is just one of three tornadoes reported in northern california yesterday. part of an unusual late season cold front. it hit pastureland so no significant damage. >>> different story in the midwest this afternoon, with more than 500 people killed so far. this is the deadliest tornado season in this country in more than 50 years. take a look at these before and after satellite photos of the devastation in joplin, missouri. on the left, a six-block scar. on the right before the tragedy. >>> and the search for survivors in the town is growing more desperate. city officials say 232 people are still missing with at least 125 confirmed dead. across the midwest, there is no rest for storm-weary residents. another round of severe weather and tornadoes hit three states last night. at least 16 people were killed. >>> but amid the devastation and destruction, unexpected tales of joy. an oklahoma family was reunited with their dog. >> what do you think of finding your dog? >> awesome. >> you did

california before. it would be a new experience. the sacramento county jail has been given heads up a possible influx of arrest starting monday. >> thank you very much. the california public utilits grilled pg&e about the plan to water test 150 miles of pipe by the end of the year. the commissioner feels better after today's meeting. it was an educational symposium for the public. the education was aimed at the commissioner. pg&e is doing pressure tests in order to avoid another deadly blast like what happened in san bruno. >> i think mr. campbell from pg&e said, we don't expect failures. that is the answer i wanted to hear. now if they happened, that is not a bad thing because it means we found a problem before it happened. >> the first segment tested will be in mountain view on monday. >> shop owners in an jose hope there will not be another night of vandalism. a number of stores were vandalized and one person stabbed and seven people arrestted. dave is along the avenue with the story. >> a dozen windows were smashed. many of them are boarded up

low 70s in sacramento, 54 big sur with numbers dropping even in southern california to 67 in los angeleshere is the timeline for the rest of the day today. notice the clouds rapidly clear today. what little precip we see may be in the form of some mist, a light shower, but all in all we will remain dry and the winds is what is going to make today feel pretty blustery, even cooler than yesterday. high temperatures today coming down again further. another 5 in the south bay with upper 60s. san francisco 59. breezy in daly city and in the north bay 63 and breezy winds in the mid-60s -- 62 in pleasant ton and daladis and monterey. i think we will call it a sprinkle or two if we see anything. a cool, blustery day today and tomorrow, due to more sunshine we will warm up a little bit. but kind of a cool air mass. notice the rest of the week, highs in the low 70s. no big heat waive on the way. >> thank you, lisa. let's check out sports. this evening the san jose sharks will try to close out the detroit red wings at the tank. holding a commanding 3-1 lead in the best of 7 playoff series. last nig

today, bicycles will take off from squaw valley, head to sacramento, then through the south bay on wednesday, finishing up in california sunday. let's get a forecast. i think the one part of this race i could probably do is squaw valley to sacramento. >> bike shorts? >> it's all downhill, right? it's a matter of breaking from time to time. i could handle that. >> i don't think it's all downhill. scott mcgrew in bike shorts, that's all up hill. good morning to you. if you want to do biking, this is not your morning. wednesday we get a break. we are expecting showers to continue this morning. they are going to intensify later today. another system passes through for tomorrow. this is what we are looking at tomorrow. we have a trough that came through, pushing into southern california. another one on the way here. this is a stronger round of rain for the day. as i set the future cast in motion, as you break for lunch, you are dodging a few showers. by 7:00 p.m., you can see the moderate showers come in embedded in the yellows. that's what you need to watch out for. the heaviest rain comes down this evening. it makes for a

. >>> the long wait for new driver's licenses in california is over. the "sacramentov is now sending out new licenses within three or four weeks of people sending in their renewals. there had been a four-month wait blamed on the company that makes the new version of the licenses. one bay area lawmaker wants the contract with that company to be renegotiated to avoid problems in the future. >>> sharing the same name as the founder of facebook could get you knocked right off the site. it happened to attorney mark zuckerberg. the company disabled his account saying it looked like a fake one. this is not the first time he had to prove his identity to the social media site. two years ago, he sent facebook his driver's license, passport, barnum, even his code to get into court. all to prove he was officially mark zuckerberg. >> how many friends did you have? >> i had about 350 and you know i had all my pictures on there, too. >> after a reporter called facebook about the situation the company said it was in the middle of reactivating his account and apologized for this mista

he attended public schools in clewiston, florida, in sacramento, california. he first struggled to learn english and master vocabulary but ultimately he graduated covaledictorian from rio americano high school in sacramento. he was admitted to stanford university, my alma mart. he graduated phi beta cap pavment he received numerous awards for his contributions to the university and he was elected copresident of the student body. prit pretty good. he received a rhodes scholarship. he grads waited with a master's degree from oxford university. he attended yale law school, once again he was at the top of his class. he was editor of the "yale law journal." he won the prize for the best team argument in the moot court competition. and he won awards for the best academic paper by a third-year student and the best paper in the field of tax law enforcement he received prestigious judicial clerkships with circuit judge david tatel of the united stat s circuit court of appeals and then with ruth bader ginsburg. he worked in the department of education as a special assis

but california workers went to sacramento this week. they formed californians for retirement security and sent their pension truth squad this week to debumping some of the attacks that have been mounted on public workers and they were pointing out their contributions to their pensions have climbed from 5% to somewhere in the 7 to 10% range. that the average public pension in california is only $26,000. which certainly here in the bay area is not exorbitant by any stretch of the imagination. they launched a website, a don't scapegoat us.com website, aimed at legislators, and as well as at those that they perceive as being behind the effort to rein in public pensions at the expense of workers. to that end, there was a study released this week by an organization called the california foundation for fiscal responsibility, which is funded by an out of state billionaire that it won't actually name. but what it basically found is that california's state and local government workers are making salaries similar to those in the private sector, bu

in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california today released the list of state parks set to close to help save money. in all 70 state parks will be closed because of budget cuts, 16 of those parks are in the bay area. china camp in san rafael is among the parks that will be closed and today park workers were maintaining the land. but come september that will all change. visitors today told ktvu the burden needs to be shared to help keep the parks open. >> we need to tax everybody, in order to maintain things that are valuable to us like this park is. >> the state is hoping to avoid lay offs by reassigning employees from closed parks to ones that are staying open. >>> since our park report at 5:00, we received this statement from governor brown on the park closures. he says closing state parks is not a task that gives anyone joy but we are experiencing turbulent times that necessitate almost unthinkable cuts to social services. >>> governor brown is expected to call for the elimination of the unemployment insurance appeals board. the $128,000 a year seats on the board

california. the federal government has already determined that sacramento has the second highest flood risk of any u.s. city right behind new orleans. california's 1100 miles of levees were built more than a century ago. >>> a mother and son are recovering from minor injuries this morning. that's after getting injured on alcatraz island. it happened at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. the 64-year-old mother and 41- year-old son were on a motorized tram to the alcatraz cell house when the tram hit a pipe. that caused the roof of the tram to collapse and hit that mother and son sitting in the front. the two were taken to san francisco general hospital. park rangers say visitors should not be worried over safety despite the accident. >> the pathway is safe. and this is an operation that we do daily you know seven days a week throughout the year for hundreds of people every day. >> now park rangers do tell us though here at ktvu that an investigation into the accident is now underway. >>> a u.s. marine from modesto has been killed in afghanistan. lieutenant cool until benjamin palmer died last thursday