over eight of sacramento county's contracted treatment providers use either beyond trauma and/or seeking safety therapy for trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse. one treatment provider says that 99 percent of the women who come into treatment have lived through some type of severe trauma, often domestic violence or sexual abuse. the women learn they are not alone, that their traumatic event happened to others. it helps them to open up, talk about, and learn to heal from their experience. a relapse doesn't mean you're out and we're done with you. it means you had a relapse, now let's keep going. we've had families where a parent has been close to graduating dependency drug court and has had a slip-up. and the true test of that particular parent is: okay, i made a mistake, i'm done, i'm going to walk away, or okay, i made a mistake, i'm going to reengage immediately and actively do what i've been taught to do, utilize it not only for myself because that's the most important thing, but recovery must be for the individual first and foremost. i remember when i graduate

. >> a sacramento county animal control officer slipped a noose in and got the alligator. >> i have never seen one before. >> it took another 10 minutes to pull the alligator free. the animal was mad. >> it's not something that i want crawling in my backyard. >>> animal control loaded the alligator into a truck and took it to fish and game headquarters in sacramento. >>> fish and game said it heard reports of alligators in the delta, but has never been able to confirm them. >> first whales now alligators what is next? >> last month two hump back whales spent two weeks swimming in the stretch of the delta before returning to the ocean and now another visitor is gone and again, it's reason to celebrate. >> only in the delta, what else. >> fish and game said that the alligator of likely somebody's pet. they will try to find it a new home in perhaps a zoo or sanctuary or education cent arer. >>> er. people in florida see them all the time. -- education center. people in florida see alligators all the time. finally someone caught a alligator and we were there when a vet checked it out. >> the

. >>> a small town in sacramento county is up in arms over a police fundraiser. it was a simple enough idea, sell some t-shirts, raise some money. well, now a police officers association in sacramento county is on the defensive. we have the story on the t- shirt controversy. >> every member of that union is a member of the police force. shouldn't those police officers be held responsible for the shirt? >> maybe i'm not following you. >> reporter: no answer from the twin rivers police department which is trying hard to separate itself from the controversy surrounding its own officers' actions. the union president called us back late in the day and told us he regrets the shirt was ever printed. do you think that's funny. by no means. >> you know what i mean? because there's a lot of lives at stake. >> reporter: parents all right afghanistan at the shirts that says you raise 'em, we cage 'em, with a picture of a child behind bars a far different mission, to inspire each student to extraordinary achievement every day. >> i'm deeply disappointed that our union of the

their teacher, captain fitch from sacramento county's sheriff's office, praised their perseverance. > did a great job. joe's an outstanding individual, very giving and very kind. and a lot of that transcends into how he works and performs with the horse, as well. >> reporter: when joe is not working his full-time job selling propane, he is often helping oakdale police patrol events and farmer's markets. joe pays for lobo's care and says it only costs taxpayers a dollar a year. with today's tight budget, the police chief is hard pressed to say nay. >> for someone with a full-time job and family to say, i'll come down and help you and commit my weekend, you know, to your rodeo or to -- we have a chocolate festival here, to commit your weekend to a chocolate festival is incredible. >> reporter: joe and lobo were such a hit that they inspired a second mounted patrol team here at the oakdale police department. the horse and rider have become town celebrities. starbuck's even gave lobo his own gold card. but as ambassadors for the police, there is no horsing around with joe's message. serge

california highway patrol officer in serious condition after being shot during a traffic stop in sacramento county highway 99 in elk grove. the suspect shot the officer twice then took off. officers tracked him down on the same highway and ended up shooting and killing him after he crashed the car and refuse get out. >> we heard a gunshot. a lot of clips too back and forth. >> 99 was shutdown several hours while police investigated. the injured officer underwent surgery and is expected to survive. >>> caltrans has fired two employees in the wake of an investigation questioning structural testing on the foundation of the new eastern span of the balanced budget. a technician responsible for the testing was disciplined for fabricating test results on other projects. caltrans officials were aware of technician's past. the chronicle reports the workers who have now been fired never thoroughly investigated the man's previous work. there's now a federal investigation into some of those falsified reports. caltrans says there is no indication of irregularities in testing of the new span. an investigation i

their teacher captain fitch from sacramento county's sheriff's office praised their perseverance. >>hey did a great job. joe's an outstanding individual, very giving and very kind. and a lot of that transcends into how he works and performs with the horse as well. >> reporter: when joe is not working his full-time job sell propane, he is often helping oakdale police patrol events and farmer's markets. joe pays for lobo's care and says it only costs taxpayers a dollar a year. with today's tight budget the police chief is hard pressed to say nay. >> for someone with a full-time job and family to say i'll come down and help you and commit my weekend, you know, to your rodeo or to we have a chocolate festival here, to commit your weekend to a chocolate festival is incredible. >> reporter: joe and lobo were such a hit that they inspired a second mounted patrol team here at the oakdale police department. the horse and ride ver become town celebrities. starbucks even gave lobo his own gold card but as ambassadors for the police there is no horsing around with joe's message. a sergeants says

their teacher from sacramento county's sheriff's office, praised perseverance. >> they did a great joban outstanding individual, very giving, and very kind, and lot of that transcends into how he works and performance with the horse as well. >> reporter: when joe is not working his full-time job selling propane, he's often helping oak dale police patrol events like festivals and farmers markets. joe pays for lobo's care and says his partner only costs taxpayers a dollar a year. with today's tight budget, the police chief is hard pressed to say nay. >> to have someone who has a full-time job, has a family, to say i'll come down and help and you commit my weekend to your rodeo, or we have a chocolate festival, to commit your weekend, it's incredible. >> reporter: joe and lobo inspired a second mounted patrol team at the oak dale police department. they have become town celebrities. starbucks gave lobo his own gold card, but as ambassadors for the police, there's no horsing around with the message. sergeant redd says joe inspires kids to steer clear of drugs and showing compassion. >> the

concludes the november 8 meeting of the entertainment condition -- commission for the city and county air sacramento -- san francisco. thank you. supervisor chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, november 8, 2011. happy election day. hope everyone has voted. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> [roll call] mr. president, all members are present. supervisor chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? >> to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. supervisor chiu: madam clerk, are there any communications? >> i have no communications. supervisor chiu: our 2:00 p.m. special order will be scheduled until november 15, next week. could you please read items one through 11? >> items 1 through 11 constitute the consent agenda and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. unless a member requests separate discussion of a matter. it shall be removed and discussed separately. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever anything from the consen

concludes the november 8 meeting of the entertainment condition -- commission for the city and county air sacramento -- san francisco. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority. ross mirkarimi, chair. i apologize for the slight delay. >> >> supervisor avalos -- >> present. >> supervisor campos -- >> present. >> supervisor chiu -- absent. >> supervisor chu -- >> present. >> supervisor cohen -- >> present. >> supervisor elsbernd -- >> present. >> supervisor farrell -- >> present. >> supervisor kim -- >> present. >> supervisor mar -- >> present. >> supervisor mirkarimi -- >> present -- present. >> item number two, approval of minutes of the october 25, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion? the seeing none. approval. second. public comments. seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> commissioner at the lows. commissioner campos. commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner mark. commissio

concludes the november 8 meeting of the entertainment condition -- commission for the city and county air sacramento -- san francisco. thank you.

concludes the november 8 meeting of the entertainment condition -- commission for the city and county air sacramento -- san francisco. thank you. supervisor campos: good morning, everyone, and welcome to the tuesday, november 8, 2011 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority's plans and programs committee. my name is david campos, the chair of the committee. we're joined by committee members, commissioners david chiu, john f. bellows, an scott wiener. vice chair carmen chu is in route. the clerk of the committee is erika cheng. we want to thank the following members of sfgtv for their coverage, charles and jennifer. madam clerk, please call item number two. >> approve the minutes of the october 18, 2011 meeting, an action item. supervisor campos: before we take action, is there any member of the public that would like to speak on the minutes of the october 18 meeting? three minutes. >> first and foremost, i want to commend the mayoral candidates for doing due diligence and reporting at this meeting. it is a sign of good public service. having said that, those minutes, i read the m

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. >> this study did note that norwalk in los angeles county and sacramento suburb of elk grove two, cities are hardly enough to reverse the widening income gap some studies suggest would undermine economic growth if it continues. >> and there is a story vic lee is bringing us about murder of a german tourist and some missing documents from a secret grand jury. >> we have e mailed this court reporter and called him. he's refused to respond to inquiries from defense council. >> the public defender is representing six murder suspects and talking about the court reporter whose transcribing the grand jury's testimony that resulted in their arrests. they were indicted in the murder of a german tourist. she was killed last year in august, by a stray bullet during a shootout among rival gang members near union square. the attorneys asked the judge to dismiss the case saying the court reporter vanish add long with his votes noets. >> i was only told he had some sort of breakdown and that he couldn't produce the transcripts. >> family and friends attended a court hearing today. the attorneys asked t

a mild system and may not be much rain at all from sacramento to sierra nevada. marin county is at 31, palo alto 36, los gatos 37 and walnut creek downtown, 38 chilly degrees, so yes, it is a cold morning fall dancing offshore, we have a component but it is there. 32 garrett atkins red wood city 39, and calm everywhere else, 44 clear skies, a clear picture today and this system is the one we are keeping an eye on and that will give me a problem, temperatures are warming up but it is a cold frosty morning especially towards the north bay but there are a lot of 30s . it will be a little bit warmer today. it will be nice but still running below average. that is not the case, we are getting close for almost everybody, fremont 63 degrees, same for woodside, 58 passive can and -- pacific and daily city. a cooler system brushes by for a breezy pattern. >>> gossip among world leaders, private conversation caught on an open microphone about one of their colleagues. >>> a child sexual abuse into this investigation it continues. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fi

county. areas north of sacramento overnight too may see some sleet as the cold system is going on by. the wettest part of your sunday will likely be the morning. then as we head through the afternoon the north bay is going to clear out and we'll see lingering showers forever the south bay especially areas south of san jose. cool finish to the weekend. then we catch a break monday and tuesday. then wednesday into thursday we'll see a wetter system and one that will likely push two feet of snow to the sierra. so you just said the ski resorts are open. they'll have perfect powder. snow at 3,000 feet. >> amazing. >> outstanding conditions. but travel come wednesday night may be a little tough. >> all right. we need to get out early if we're going up there. thank you, rob. >>> right now we want to go back to kimberly in oakland with more on the occupy protest that's going on right now. what do you have? >> diane, i'm here at 19th and telegraph. a place that occupy protesters said they'd take over yesterday. it appears they have. occupy oakland took over the empty lot and are calling for pe

children and adults, in california, marin, sacramento, and san diego counties have adopted dogs into their justice system. and nation-wide you can find them in jurisdictions in 10 other states. victim advocates like reggie's handler marcia christian believe that they are very effective. >> interview: he'll just be minding his own business and someone will start crying or be upset and he'll go over and press his body up against them, kind of lean on them, so it seems like he does know. >> reporter: christian gave us a demonstration. she says reggie usually sits in the audience with victims and, while it is rare, he has been on the witness stand. >> interview: i think, for a lot of people, it's horrifying when we talk to people beforehand and try to prepare nehme motionnally to come and face their abusers. some people are just horribly scared and frightened. >> interview: reggie. >> reporter: he certainly helped the wilcox family of sacramento. this is the first time precious and her son michael have seen reggie since the dog helped them convict min dane in 2009. he is currently servin

at county, one like sacramento. that is where that started. >> once again, seems like once again we made maybe an entirely appropriate decision but a fairly subjective decision. >> the numeric figures for the 75 cents, 10 cents and the county ceiling have not found a specific justification for the senate back shortly after the pilt law was passed in 1978 there was a study by the council on intergovernmental relations which asserted looking back to that 75-cent figure, that there was and i merely quoting, no fiscal reason that they could determine for having chosen that number. >> thank you. like i said i didn't know the answer to that and you have given me an answer. i have to admit it's a troubling answer but it's a good answer. thank you dr. corn. i think in your written testimony gave a sentence in there that i thought was interesting and the idea of pilt was tied to a change in the attitude we had about public lands in the first place. would you one more time just reinforce why you said that? >> sure. the logic o

we're in the beautiful mountains of el dorado county today, which is just a short drive away from sacramento. andhat brings us to our first story. if you're anything like me, you've probably consumed this next produce item at let once this week. that's because it's been called america's favorite vegeble. but we like to call it a reason to get our hands dirty and meet some real potato pioneers. with their adaptability and versatility, it's wonder potatoes are a fan favorite. bad, mashed, diced, or scalloped, no matter how you slice it, from potato chips to french fries d almost anything in between, the potato has been a staple of our diet throughout history and today. and there's no denying we have a special love affair with t spuds. you know, on average, each of us will actually eat 135 pounds of potatoes a year, and in a wide variety of forms. in fact, potatoes are the leading vegetable crop in the united states, with annual total production being about 41 billion pounds. and they've been a staple ron lehr's family farm since the 1930s.his third genetion farmer grows more th 2,500 acres of

county. we have several officers, believe it or not, that the vine sacramento beat up on the 10- hour workday, you're talking about basically a 14 or 15-hour day. i think a lot of people would like to get those four or five hours a day back. it is a big part of your life. when you get into the area of, ok, i am married with two kids, maybe i want to explore the feasibility of the public-school system, maybe i want to explore the feasibility of park and recreation, those types of things, then other factors become involved. but i think you'd be able to increase by 25% to 30% if the offer was really substantial. and those things that i am talking about, from talking to my officers, i think that would actually change behavior. supervisor farrell: following up on that, can you say a little bit more about the level of the interests, because when i have spoken to officers, many of them to live in san francisco, but some may not for other reasons. i am just trying to understand what the interest really is. >> i think it is a valid point. i think we're talking about a couple things. we do not want to

county jail. >>> questions tonight about how a sacramento restaurant was allowed to operate for years without paying rent. taxpayers are out thousands of dollars now. and koula gianulias says it looks like the restaurant will be let off the hook. >> didn't even know what the city decided to do nil watched the news last night. >> reporter: mayor kevin johnson says he has no idea why a city tenant fog mountain cafe was allowed to operate for 2.5 years without paying rent totaling $130,000. >> disappointing and also why so many people you know feel a sense of distrust or lack of confidence in local government. >> reporter: in our initial report, a city staffer said the owner was struggling because of sluggish sales. >> there are no guarantees when you go into business. >> reporter: he said it would be more beneficial to the downtown sacramento economy to keep the doors open. >> better to have a viable space that's active than something go dark. >> reporter: but why did the city give the cafe a break at the expense of taxpayers for more than 2.5 years? and are other city tenants also getting a deal? the

sacramento plan to rally with the students. >>> we got drizzle, really light rain. some of the more steady showers west into carroll county and extending to the frederick area west of elderburg. visibility is reduced. drive with caution. rain totals about a tenth to a quarter of an inch. we should hover about 50. we'll talk about how your travel weather shapes up each day no thanksgiving. it's straight ahead. >> thanks a will the, riot. it is days before thanksgiving. many people in our area are still in need of a hot meal. that's why the salvation army is stepping up to make sure those in need get help. it was the annual handout. about 100 low income people were served. volunteers helped hand out turkeys and a become with all the fixings. the salvation army still needs donations, especially for christmas. >>> it's tremendously hard to make shower we have all the money to buy the things we need. now, for christmas we always need toys for 10 to 12-year-old boys and girls. anyone would would like to donate or if they would like to bring gifts to the warehouse, we would love to have extra gifts for that age group. >> if you'

the county has not yet responded to our request for comment. >> and occupy protestors in sacramento have filed a lawsuit claiming the city is violating their rights to free speech. so far police arrested 79 protestors who camped out after the 11:00 curfew. sacramento leader says they've followed zpod have worked to ensure rights of protestors as well as either citizens to use a clean park. >> and more on the occupy movement later on at 6:00 but moving on to quick financial news investors reeling over shocking decision unexpected by the greek prime minister on a bailout plachblt he decided to put the plan in front of voters though it took weeks for nations to agree to this deal. the dow jones sank 297 points as a result za and p 500 fell 35. >> the top 36 surfers in the world are in san francisco for the event. and they had an unexpected visitor in the water don sanchez joins us and it looks scare eye out there. >> could be. and the waves... sorry. i'm getting -- a bad feed back situation. waves are big. and maybe the only thing missing was... the music from "jaws". that is the top surfer

alameda county sheriffs department says 103 people were arrested during the protests alone. occupy sacramento was seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the city from enforcing the ordnance. they argue it violates their light to a free assembly. another hearing for a preliminary injunction against the city is scheduled for january. a $2,500 reward being offered for help solve an animal cruelty case. the humane society says a black and white cat was found drowned on wednesday. a 5-found dumbbell was around the neck. they think it was a pet because it was declawed. the humane society is looking through reports of lost cats to try to find the owner. if you have any information about this crime, please call the peninsula humane society. >> that's just horrible. it's 5:50. this morning pgee's new ceo says the company wants to earn back the public's trust. hay plan to spend millions to upgrade the pipeline structure. good morning. >> good morning to you, laura. happy friday. the new chief at pg&e came in and said the bottom line is they have to work on their customer service, improving it. s

sacramento. will you have trouble making task force meetings? i know we have several committee meetings. >> i have worked for the city and county of san francisco. i am retired police officer. there had not been a difficulty. i was always across the bridge. supervisor kim: i just wanted to make sure. >> right. it is not a problem. thank you. >> my name is trevor and maureen burns, and i am currently a member -- supervisor kim: i will open it up for public comment, as want to make sure other any other applicants here today? at this time, we will open up for public comment. please approached the microphone. >> my name is reverend maureen burns and i sit on the medical cannabis task force, and i wanted to advocate for marquis and the other candidate who as here today. i would like to see the u.s. represented. i have seen them at the meetings, and they have brought a lot to them. -- i would like to see the use -- the youth represented. >> good afternoon, rules committee. ♪ sweet dreams. may you pick a good can of this task force. but in your dreams, whatever your dream, dream a little dream of green ♪ and -- ♪ the city hyatt -- the city tide is high

sacramento. will you have trouble making task force meetings? i know we have several committee meetings. >> i have worked for the city and county of san francisco. i am retired police officer. there had not been a difficulty. i was always across the bridge. supervisor kim: i just wanted

sacramento help? >> you know, there's some mutual aid agreement between the state and the city and the county. >> reportert that could take a while. the only assurance for now, this section of paseo del mar is impassable. >> dave lopez take unnecessary risks tonight. >>> the nation's official thanksgiving turkey received a pardon this weekend and immediately flew the coop! >> we are going to pardon the turkey so the turkey can be pardoned at the white house. >> as the governor said -- >> it was! it was a whoo whoo whoo moment. ! ted the turkey flew away during the sendoff of his home state of minnesota. they were cracking jokes about a real turkey getting an invitation to the white house. he's back in custody! >> turkey with an attitude. >> yeah. >> hey, they said he was -- he said i'm out of here! not going to give them another chance to think about the pardon. >>> our live cbs 5 weather camera is looking out from coit tower, mostly cloudy skies, air temperature in san francisco 54 degrees after a high today only 57. we are now at 55 in san jose. temperatures were averaging up to about 3 degrees below no

sacramento "b" reports the money would come from public bonds instead of private equity firms. the state would take back the properties after 30 years. the governor already rejected the plan twice. >>> in alameda county the phrase byob may have a new meaning. bring your own bag. they will force retailers to pay 10 cents per bag. they have reusable bags. they could include plastic bags, but they're thicker and more durable than standard ones used now. >>> while americans took the day off for thanksgiving, was trading. for that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to jackie deangeles at cnbc headquarters. good black friday. >> good morning to you, too. futures are lower as investors focus on europe. markets in the red. after comments about arranging the debt crisis. moody's downgraded hungary today. this following a disappointing bond auction on thursday. now the markets are only open half a day, but we did see the dow fall 236 points on wednesday. the nasdaq losing 61 points to 2460. and mortgage rates have been flipping again, freddie mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed loan sells to 3.98% from 4% the previous week. rates have been below 5% for two week this is year. they are not