metro l.a., san diego valley, orange county and san diego. we served as the lead agency providing legal research mapping. >> a local partner convened a coalition of community stakeholders to establish regional priorities and testify before the citizen's redistricting commission. stakeholders were mostly representatives from community based organizations and interested community members. while some local elected officials participated, members of congress, state assembly, state senate, their staff, those closely tied to partisan politics were prohibited from participating. eej regional coalition held four meetings to educate stakeholders about redistricting, identify communities of interests, floor mapping scenarios and decide on a map. regional coalitions also identified members to present testimony rarding their priorities to the commission. the geographic dispersion of an ethnic diversity within asian-american and pacific islander communities presented challenges. often our regional meetings failed to draw stakeholders from more remote area

resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one of his talks to the people, "the test is not whether we have more, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". it's a different philosophy than that which we have become used to. what i am going to show you is a lost civilization. it's a strange place. and yet, it becomes oddly familiar after a while because we built it and use it every day without knowing it. it has been buried. the living new deal project is like an archaeological dig. we are going after the new deal in california, but hope to extend throughout the united states. i thought that i am, photographer robert dosson could photo. it's gradually become a collaborative p

that, after an investigation found sevel san diego county legislators >>> new calls for tougher rules for politicians to receive gifts after an investigation found several san diego county legislators received all expense paid trips to mexico, hawaii, israel and italy last year. the trips were all sponsored by nonprofits that received money from those with interest in legislation and the budget. >>> president obama meanwhile will be interviewed by 8 tv shows as a program called live from the white house. the administration says the president will speak about his blueprint for a secure energy future. >>> republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on the south because those primaries are scheduled tomorrow in mississippi and alabama. rick santorum spent yesterday in mississippi looking for strong support so that it could force newt gingrich out of the race. gingrich and santorum have split the conservative vote giving mitt romney the lead but santorum says in the end, he believes voters will flock to the most conservative candidates. >> we think that the folks in mississippi and alab

del mar in san diego county hosted the 17th annual ugly dog contest. the winner is rascal a chinese crested dog. he was runner-up last year. take a long look at that dog. other cat gores the best trick, cutest puppy and the dog that looks most like it's owner. if your dog does not like rain they will want to stay indoors this week. >> it looks like tuesday through sunday we have a good chance of rain. could be moderate, heavy, the bay area will get a soak. we have one more dry day ahead of us, prepare now and the weather gets active. temperature chilly. temperature in the upper 40 tots low 50s. 50 in san francisco, 51 in oakland and 49 in concord. tonight a few clouds will roll in, partly cloudy skies. temperature in the upper 40s to low to mid-50s. tomorrow a partly cloudy day and temperature cooler. mostly in the 50s and low 60s across the bay and inland spots. the high pressure system that brought us the mild, dry weather, that's continuing farther east and we're watching a low-pressure system. it will bring a dose of rain for the next six to seven

. >>> iraqi woman brutally beaten in her san diego county home has died and her family believes it was a hate crime. she was taken off of a life support over the weekend. she was found unconscious in her elle coo hone home on wednesday. it wasn't the first note the family had received. >> a week ago they left a letter saying this is our country. not yours, you terrorist. so my mom ignored that thinking kids playing around and pranking. the day they hit her, you know, they left it again. and it said the same thing. >> she was a mother of five who immigrated to the u.s. with her family nearly 20 years ago. her body is being flown to iraq for funeral. so far investigators have not named any suspects. >>> time now 4:47. president obama is in south korea right now for the opening of a two-day summit on nuclear security. world leaders from 50 countries are gathering in seoul. now the goal of the meeting is to top the spread of nuclear weapons. ahead of the summit president obama spoke to students at a university in seoul. the president said the u.s. with the help of allies has made the world

activism derive from her former position of the associate director of the child abuse program in san diego county, an experience that prompted her to enter graduate school as a way to educate others to the importance of understanding the long-term effects on domestic violence and sexual abuse. prior to joining the illinois state university faculty in 2001, she taught women's history at the university of san diego and michigan state university where she was the first person to earn a ph.d. in the history of women and gender. lisa has worked at the smithsonian since 1989 and is deputy chair of political history, serves as curator of the women's political history and first lady's collections. her work includes the first lady's of the smithsonian. a first lady's debut, and exhibiting george washington. she co-curated the document gallery exhibition, a letter from george washington, november 30, 1785. and traveling exhibition. and she co-authored the book "first ladies, political role and public image." she's been the collections lincoln, an extraordinary life. vote, the machinery of democracy. the pe

the city of del mar in san diego county hosted the 17th annual ugly dog contest yesterday. the winner is rascal a repeat winner from 2010 and runnerup last year. other categories including best trick, cutest puppy and the dog that looks most like its owner. >> that was an ugly dog. >> that's why he won. >>> we have a mega mansion for sale in southern california. >> you need $78 million though. the house is in bradbury. it's 32,000 square feet. 7 bedrooms, six fireplaces and a two-story library. there is a pool, 15-person spa, 2,000-bottle wine cellar and 10 car garage. it took nine years to build and 2010 forbes called the area the most expensive zip code in the nation with the median home costing $4 .3 million. so if you are on the lower end, you don't have much. >> maybe pool our allowance together. >> what do you do with seven bathrooms? >> who knows? >>> coming up, state lawmakers are apparently living the life of luxury. >> and the extravagant trips renewing calls for reform. coming up. >>> and how far would you go to find your lost cell phone? we'll tell you how a wom

year-old pilot is in critical condition tonight after crashing his world war ii era plane in san diego countyfirefighters say the pilot crashed into a hanger just moments after taking off from the far brook. the pilot was air lifted to the hospital with what sheriff deputies call major injuries. >>> a call to help one of san francisco's most iconic structures. >>> it is a san francisco landmark that some say is falling apart and why they believe voters can fix it. >>> also gas prices reach a record, what the obama administration had to say today about relief at the pump. oh will you grab us some yoplait? sure. what flavor? mm, one of each. lemon burst, hm, cherry orchard, blackberry harvest... my daughter's grabbing some yoplait. pina colada, orange creme. i can't imagine where she is... strawberry cheesecake. [ grocery store pa ] clean up in aisle eight. found her! [ female announcer ] yoplait original. 25 flavors for you to love. it is so good. >>> they capture california life. today the artist behind the historic murals inside of san francisco's coy towers were celebrated. but amidst the c

. >>> an iraqi woman found beaten in her san diego county home has now died. and police say she may be the victim of a hate crime. the family of 32-year-old says she was found dead. a note around the woman said it read, go back to your country. family says they found a similar note earlier in the year. >>>-- they say lasarino was armed with a handgun and threatening to kill them. police say he pulled out that gun and fired at officers one of whom returned fire. no one was hurt during the exchange. >>> in pleasanton, residents are on alert after tire slashings. investigators say it appears to be a random act of sand -- vandalism, no arrests have been made. >>> snow seemed to becon residents to come play. authorities are putting up roadblocks to the snowy fun. >> reporter: john warehem shows us the yellow tape blocking off road on mount hamilton. >> we had to ban any parking and close the observatory when there's snow on the ground. >> reporter: whenever it snows here, cars of people come, they want to play. today they were turned around by yellow tape. >> i fee

. >> the family recently moved to san diego county from detroit. allahwati's husband works for the u.s. army as a cultural adviser, training soldiers who are deploying to the middle east. >>> a dramatic rescue caught on tape, after a georgia man is burned and buried alive. he fell face first into several inches of mud and started sinking. the suction from the mud was so strong, it trapped a firefighter. both men were pulled to safety. >>> a crew of whale watchers saved the day. they were near dana point with they spotted a gray whale, trapped in 50 feet of netting. they managed to track it through the night and cut the netting off. once the whale was free, it swam up to the boat, raised its head, and disappeared into the sea. it must have been like ray "thanks, guys." >> i don't think that's moby dick. >> no. unless it's on vacation in southern california. >>> still ahead in eyewitness news. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich in annapolis. i'm pat warren, coming up on eyewitness news, we'll tell you what his message is to marylande

but stein spoke at a tea party meeting in san diego county yesterday and says he did nothing wrong. >> no, i don't think i'm in the marine corps. but i do speak on behalf of myself and beautiful the military men and women do not lose rights when they join the marine corps. >> they're going to discharge him over that post. >>> right now republican presidential candidate mitt romney is holding a campaign event focused on attacking president obama's health care reform. romney has scheduled his repeal and replace obama care event on the second anniversary of the president's signing the health care reform legislation into law. these are live pictures right now of the event, obviously not mitt romney speaking at the moment. romney also wrote a piece in usa today calling the health care law an unfolding disaster for the u.s. economy but critics say the plan romney is very similar to the president's plan. president obama's health care reform is a frequent target of attacks from the republican presidential candidates. including mitt romney. and coming up at 7:45, we'll have a live report from

wilma wooten is san diego county's public health officer. >> this entire process resulted in exposures of almost 1,000 individuals-- 90 individuals having no proof of immunization, 73 were quarantined, 12 additional actual cases of measles in san diego. >> narrator: public health officials determined that what allowed measles to enter the community was the number of vaccine-hesitant parents who took advantage of the personal belief exemption allowed by california. school principals find themselves caught on the frontlines. >> the fact is that some families choose not to immunize their children. and then there are families who have children who are particularly medically sensitive, and they're in jeopardy because they could get sick from unimmunized children. so it's a very emotional issue on both sides. >> narrator: a vast public health infrastructure is committed to preventing such outbreaks. the national institutes of health, the food and drug administration, the centers for disease control and prevention, large vaccine manufacturers. the mainstream medical establishment speaks with

it is very important to report hate crimes if you're a victim of a hate crime in san diego county, pleaseur organization. and we can be reached at info@san diego.care.com. >> they've compared the death to trayvon martin. hate crime situation with what is being investigated. that is a fair comparison? >> right. you know, right now, the homicide is in the early stages of the investigation. so we are monitoring the situation very closely. but we don't want to jump to any conclusions right now. we want to give the police department a fair amount of time to do the investigation as thoroughly as possible and investigate all potential motives and not just strictly focus on the hate crime motive. >> sadaf t.hane, thanks for your time. appreciate it. thank you all for your time. i'll see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. "now with alex wagner"s coming your way next. >> big day today, thomas. yesterday it was penalty versus tax. today in the supreme court it is congress versus commerce. savannah guthrie joins us for the latest in great health care debate. >>> on the campaign trail, is rick santorum

wednesday the victim's daughter found her mother unconscious in their home in san diego county.ice say that woman was beaten with a tire iron and there was a note next to her body telling her to go back to her home. >> definitely we need to work with the law enforcement to bring the murderer, the cold blooded killer, to justice. >> friends say the family moved to the san diego area about three months ago. the woman and her husband were working for the u.s. army to train soldiers on how to adapt to culture in the middle east. >>> a group of marines say they will continue searching pacifica today to find their missing friend. >> we checked. >> marines flew in to help with the search efforts yesterday. they're hoping to find former marine 27-year-old joseph mchenry of san bruno. earlier this month he told his family he was going camping. he never returned. his car was found near sharp park golf course. his backpack was found near maury point. >> i've deployed with him. he lived next to me. we spent a lot of time together. >> he was reported missing on march 5. police and county off

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i used lo live in north county san diego.onsin, like ohio, like detroit right now and elsewhere, is this a battle between the government unions and the taxpayers? >> it absolutely is, larry. thanks for having me on. the fact is here and throughout the country the battle is between those who believe in the government of, by and for the people and the unions who believe in a government of, by and for the unions. the idea that the unions elect the city councils and boards and commissioners and they get in there and negotiate with themselves and their puppets on these board and come up with wild, incredible health care, free health care in retirement. we have a head librarian in san diego earning $170,000 a year, worked and earned it but gets $270,000 in retirement. we can't do it. >> how much work on the pensions -- are the pensions for the city of san diego better, stronger, richer than the private sector counterparts? >> absolutely across the board they are. i'll give you a couple of examples. the formula that is used at the c

san diego, alabama's monkey news leader. >> at this hour the sheriff's department in west central alabama county has sent out an extra patroleports of one gorilla spotted near a small town. the nearest zoo is in birmingham more than 100 miles away. the zoo's one gorilla is still in the borders. >> stephen: there's a mystery gorilla loose in alabama. authorities are looking for one gorilla but according to local news it's unknown how many are loose or in what direction they are headed. there could be any number of gorillas from 1 to 10,000 blood thirsty apes rooming alabama. what worries me is that we have no idea if that giant mob voted in last night's alabama primary. i can only assume -- i can only assume the apes came out big for santorum. they don't believe in evolution either. [ laughter ] they believe they were created in the image of their lord and savior reese christ. in this is why we need strict voter i.d. laws, phones. thousands of gorillas could have walked into the polling place and thrown this election along with their feces. some have said it's a gorilla. others have reported seeing what may have been a bear.

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san diego and phoenix. >> we have an update tonight in the investigation of a triple stabbing in baltimore county. investigators say that the men who should be appearing on your screen -- there they are, were all involved in a fight in which at least three people were stabbed. their ages range from 18-21. this happened tuesday afternoon. police tell us that the men pulled up in a car, got out and started fighting. the car was shot at one point and police are still investigating that shooting. an assault investigation is now underway in howard county. this footage of the brawl posted on the web is now spiralling on the internet. a man in a masked approached a student on campus and tried to assault him. that is not shown on this deal. instead, it is of the student hitting the man and knocking him to the ground. we are told the football player was defending himself. >> there was some situation earlier this week in the cafeteria where there were some french fries from. we do not know if the individual is the father of the girl involved or not. we have been unable to figure out what that relationship i

. >> reporter: a state senator out of san diego authored this bill, they says half of all california countiesabortion providers. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. >>> we have new details tonight about a powerful storm that ripped through the midwest. and in just the past hour we've learned that now 12 people died as a result of it. >> it's been such a sad story. >> 12 people confirmed dead and over 100 injured. the storm is moving into the southeast part of the country and losing a little bit of steam. this morning, multiple twisters in illinois, missouri, nebraska and kansas. harrisburg illinois was the hardest hit with most of the fatalities there, winds clocked at 170 miles per hour. homes completely ripped apart, cars and trucks flipped over. >> this was just a horrific event the. i mean, this was something that hit about 4 minutes to 5:00 this morning when people were still asleep. >> a tornado also ripped through branson, missouri. a popular music and entertainment resort. >>> overseas a breakthrough in negotiations between the u.s. and north korea. pyongyang ha

county zoo is nice. >> wait till you get to california. san diego zoo. >> oh, my gosh. >> where all the best animals are. >> sea world in san diego. places to go for newt gingrich. >> we have wisconsin, d.c., maryland, santorum is not on the ballot. april is a cruel month for rick santorum. connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, we talked about, rhode island, friendly for mitt romney. may could be kinder. places that would be good for rick santorum. >> june, utah, cherry on top for mitt rom knney. nobody in wisconsin is paying attention to this primary. they're all so focused on the recall. there are 21 offices set up for governor walker. there is one mitt romney office in state of wiuof wisconsin. to act that the state is a tell-all is kind of silly. >> sorry, rick walker, scott walker, la-la, there has been some sort of verbiage out there that the recall effort will mirror what happens in november with president obama and wisconsin voters being a bellwether for maybe the rest of the country. we will of course see what happens. >> as steve

right here in california romney has stopped some stocks in orange county and security today is a fund-raising trip that began in san diego yesterday rummy at a fund- raising to remember the city last night tickets range from 1000 to $25,000 the presidential hopeful side few dozen protesters who are outside during his trip. there is a dispute over a wing state lottery ticket that was purchased on the peninsula. a lottery investigator now worth $260,000 the video shows emily leach by any beer and lottery tickets for a run the store this after people recognize her as having $1 million before. now she says because she paid for the ticket to new windsor hers'. i paid the ticket. that's your to get my ticket. i like her loss. but a few months ago but right now that's too bad it's no good. the whole bunch of the at money until a judge decides what happens next. 640 right now a big win for a bay area team. plus, the case of bad face having a woman uses apple for its glass doors will tell you. duckweeds and the market opened up 10 minutes ago the state a quick check on the early members. coming up,,,,,,,,,, ♪ [ camera shutters cl

san diego defended themselves said it's the only way they can spread the word. >>> the fire union takes a no confidence vote kai jackson is live in the newsroom with more on the county'sertain future. kai? >> reporter: this is another example of the future workers. what we call for change in leadership involving john leopold. >> he cannot function as the chief executive of this county any longer. >> reporter: they voted online for a no confidence vote with overwhelming results. 396-14. they don't have confidence in the chief's ability. firefighters call it a dangerous move that could cost lives. >> the membership overwhelming has no faith in his ability to keep guiding the fire department. >> reporter: the police union's vote of no confidence of john leopold appears to be an effort by some to restructure the leadership of analana county. there were channels of misduct in office. despite calls to step down, leopold said he's innocent and will remain in office. the firefighter's union said they'll take the results of the no confidence vote to the county executive and the fire chief, but again, it's not binding. they don't have any power themselves to remove them from of

hospitalized after a public meltdown in san diego last week and is expected to stay in the hospital several more weeks. >> looking around the region, a fairfax county teacher accused of racial insensitivity is on leave for while school officials investigate the incident. a 14-year-old boy says the marshall high school and a good teacher marilyn bart pulled him to relax and youreads a langston hughes poem in a blacker style. d.c.'s alcohol control board has 90 days to decide whether to grant a liquor license do a tavern across the street from cleveland elementary school. a bar owner says they will open after 5:00 on weekdays, but parents say it's not enough. in annapolis, state senate panel has a bill that would track the number of abortions performed in the state. supporters say the measure would improve women's health care. opponents call it another formal intimidation. >> kraft's new name and a reminder for parents selling girl scout cookies. >> the u.s. is breathing a sigh of relief. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the worst is over in europe and even if the debt crisis over there worsens, we are still in good shape to withstand a sho

the bill by san diego democrat christine keough, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants and nurse-midwives would be able to perform routine abortions in the first trimester. half the countiesave access to abortions. pro-life groups say the bill would minimize the seriousness of abortions. >>> rain coming, lawrence? >> more rain on the way of course some showers yesterday. some reports of some hail around the bay area yesterday afternoon. today could be another interesting day outside. if you are a cloud connoisseur, yeah, this is going to be your kind of day. a lot of those billowing cumulus clouds, cumulonimbus if we're lucky. north bay most of the activity at this time. this is sliding to the south. you can see by our doppler, mount vaca we are seeing some mixed precipitation probably some sleet maybe snow. we could see more of that across the higher mountain peaks so look toward the higher mountains today and you might see a little dusting of snow. out the door, a chance of some showers. high surf continuing toward the coastline. watch out for that. that high surf advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. this afternoon we'll see partly cloudy skies. still a slight ch

county, mount hamilton could see a few flakes as well. afternoon highs very chilly. but the active weather from mr. fresno south to san diegond los angeles. palo alto 67. 56 livermore. down by the monterey bay a chance of showers really for everyone in the afternoon. 56 in salinas. and with the unstable air and another weak system pushing through tomorrow we will see the scattered showers and some sun. a dry day monday and then it looks like we could get wet in the north day tuesday, wednesday and thursday. but getting warmer. >> looks good to me. thanks, lisa. when artists and engineers come together it might look like the creator's project. it's happening at fort mason in san francisco. abc7 jonathan bloom explains why tens of thousands of visitors are expected to attend. ♪ >> in a warehouse, the ominous sounds of a choir singing in latin surround an 8-foot tall circa larry beil projection screen. the animation you see is generated by the body movement of the singers themselves. >> it's innovative art. it's lots of people actually inventing things in order to help express themselves. >> she is one of more than a dozen art