the once mighty san joaquin river. coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund ♪ ♪ >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis, and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel, marisa lagos, reporter for the "san francisco chronicle," on disclosing funding for political ads. sandip roy, editor for new america media, on recent field polls and the ethnic vote. and starting with michael montgomery, reporter with the california watch. michael montgomery, tell me, there's prop 19 out there, but in oakland something different happened this week. >> that's right. oakland maybe is moving ahead of the pack on this, which is to permit, issue licenses for four large, very large industrial medical marijuana grow facilities. and the city council this week, you know, made their first big step towards that permitting process. i think what attracted a lot of attention was the size of some of these. we're talking about 100,000 square feet in some cases. that collectively may be enough marijuana if th

the water of the mighty of the san joaquin river has been feeding farmers but the tap has once agained on. as dan ashley reports, now the real work is set to begin. >> the san joaquin river was once big enough to carry steamboats to a booming fresno. the lush banks and gentle waters provided relief on hot summer days. in the water a plentiful run of chinook salmon bred at. historically salmon population ranged in the hundreds of thousands. >> there are no salmon here anymore. in fact, until this spring, long stretches of the san joaquin river had been wiped off, cut off from the water that once flowed past. this was the plug, the dam that was completed in the 1940s to provide water for the farms that sprang up in central valley and for flood protection for the towns down stream. >> by 1945, canals that take water from the dam were completed. that is really when parts of the san joaquin river begin to dry up. >> monty is with the natural resources defense council. he is win of the number of scientists that say life may soon return to the dead river. >> this is probably not unlike what

. >> the san joaquin river was once big enough to carry steamboats load today passengers to the northoming fresno it's gentle waters provided relief on hot summer days. in the water, salmon traveled hundreds of miles to breed at the southern most salmon run in north america. >> historical salmon populations ranged in the hundreds of thousands. >> there are no salmon here anymore. in fact until this spring, long stretches of the san joaquin river have been cut off from the water that once flowed past its swollen banks. this was the plug that stopped it. the dam that was completed in the 1940s to provide water to the farms that sprang up. and for flood protection for the towns downstream. >> by 1945, ka analysis that take water from the dam were completed. that is really when parts of the san joaquin river begin to dry up. >> he is one of a number of scientists and environmentalists who say life may soon return to the dead san joaquin river. >> this is probably not unlike we would have seen historical. >> they filed suit against the bureau of reclamation demanding the water flow again a

i was in san joaquin valley and we'll show you that in just a second. look at what is going on outside. from mount tamalpais. some of the clouds moving across san francisco. we have a thin layer of marine cooled air that is trying to take over the bay and into the north bay. temperatures are still in the 50s, even over to oakland and around half moon bay. low to mid-60s until you get to antioch at 72. stepping out around the monterey bay, upper 50s to near 60s as you head inland to gilroy. highlights, the heat, l continue inland. it will be cool at the coast. it will be warm inland tonight and we'll have mild temperatures and fog will return around the bay. it looks like the heat will break for all of us on sunday. here is a look at the fire danger, a new product we put together for you. it's low this morning, humidity is highest we don't have the winds right now. once the temperature winds come up and the temperatures come up and humidity drops down. you see the high fire danger will be to our east in the san joaquin valley. could get an isolated thunde

amigos muy buenas tardes vamos a hablar de este jueves en la region malas noticias para el valle de san joaquinjose condiciones similares en costas y bahias >> los nublados entran parcialmente, las temperaturas suben para el fin de semana. nublados por la mañana que se disipan por la tarde. fresco y agradable para cualquier evento al aire libre. >> mas detalle a las once. >> un sismo de 5 grados sacudió a colombian en el departamento de tolima. >> esto ocurrió despues de las 14 hrs. hubo escenas de pánico pero no se reportan daños. >> se realizó un encuentro para discutir sobre los avances más recientes sobre el cáncer. >> el cancer entre los latinos está creciendo. >> uno en cinco latinos muere de cancer y este es el mas grande despues de las muerte por enfermedades del corazon. >> mas informacion www.latinascontracancer.org >> los proximos meses serán determinantes para algunas selecciones que tienen que nombrar a su directores tecnicos. ♪ ♪ [sfx] ♪ y la accion parece que tu idolo se va a mñxico. >> cuñntanos >> la federacion mexicana salio con una decision inteligente. antes de nombrar a mez

buenas noches, una noche agradable de miñrcoles, con temperaturas frescas, hacia el sur del valle de san joaquínraturas que aumentan sábado despejado, san josñ, sábado y domingo 81 y 82 grados, muy buenas noches, regresamos >> más adelante, extienden un programa en el cual usted puede obtener dinero para cambiar sus electrodomñsticos viejos colocarse una seccion clave del nuevo tramo del puente de la bahia.--se trata de una del nuevo tramo del puente de la bahia.--se trata de una torre de 525 pies comenzó a colocarse una sección clave del nuevo puente de la bahía, este pilar está conformado por 4 piedras que en caso de sismos se mueva independiente, se espera que esta nueva sección del puente quede completada para el 2013 >> la lista de electrodomñsticos ahora

. >>> todo ocurrió a las 10:30 de la calle san joaquín. >>> es difícil determinar cuál fue el motivo fue un acto de pandillerísmo. >>> no hay indicio de que las víctimas fueran parte de una banda y eran sólo campesinos. >>> Él era mayordomo >>> pura gente trabajadora. >>> una de las víctimas deja sin consuelo a una esposa y a una familia la cual no entiende quñ pasó. >>> uno legalmente no se mete con nadie. >>> uno de los temores profundos entre la comunidad hispana es la separación de familias. >>> uno de los más vulnerables >>> cientos de niños protestaron a las puertas del capitolio en arizona. >>> piden que no se apliquen penas criminales. >>> esto no se lo merecen los niños. >>> hary de 12 años vivió esta experiencia. >>> no sucede con otros niños. >>> la ley sb1070 ya se está remontando con casos de bienvenida. >>> >>> estos niños van a ser padres de familia. serán nuestros próximos presidentes. enseñandoles el futuro que es racismo >>> una juez federal deberá decidir una moratoria. >>> una ley fría. que si llena o no los requicitos. que son niños chiquitos que van a estar ater

. >> originally born in the san joaquin valley of call to a farm worker family -- california to a farm worker is a graduate of u.c. berkeley. she is know of her depiction of women through prints which have social and ecological themes. she has numerous solos in the ewe and internationally. her work is included in the permanent collection of the national museum of american art, library of congress, oakland museum and our very own museum in san francisco, the national mexican art in chicago and the chicano collection. [applause] >> she was a 2009 recipient of the women's caucus for art in new york lifetime achievement award. now stanford university has acquired her artistic archives. i think one of the things you also need to know about he is they are is she uses her art to benefit many of the mission-based organizations. more over, over the past 11 years, she has been teaching in san francisco, a visual arts center for developmently disabled adults. you are a true visionary. thank you for all of your hard work. [applause] >> supervisor campos, you might want to say something. >> mission

high fire danger will be in san joaquin valley with a limited one into alameda county. winds nor the thunderstorms to spark them. we do have the heat. triple digits all throughout the east bay valleys, but look how much cooler it is. you're in the mid-70s around berkeley and oakland. south bay, low to mid 90s. on the peninsula, mid to upper 80s from redwood city, menlo park southward. 78 at millbrae. mid on 67's along the coast. downtown south san francisco, 70 degrees. 82 in sausalito with low to mid 90s in north bay valleys. mid 80s around santa cruz and watsonville and low 70s and around carmel and monterey. game at at&t mark, 70 dropping down to 66. we'll hit the same type of heat tomorrow but look at the temperatures, 10-15 degrees cooler by monday. here is frances. >> if you want to get an early start, no problems at all. that is 17 across your screen. on the peninsula a quiet ride on 101 where the cars are moving northbound millbrae. 280 is looking good all the way up into san francisco. north bay, 101 in san rafael, there is some debris reported near the marin c

it was the breeze that helped cool but they are baking still in the sacramento valley and san joaquin valley and hills of oakland, a little bit of fog that is left over. you'll notice from another visible picture, not much left of the fog. hayward and oakland still patchy conditions but even sunshine at sfo. we're at 75 degrees in antioch. another hot day inland. in san francisco, looking a little brighter, 57 and 64 in redwood city. this morning, low clouds clearing early. it will be a warm day inland and fog and cooler temperatures on tap for tomorrow. here is the picture, you'll notice mount tam clearing out. palo alto and all the east bay except right around the bay. the fog is getting stripped away rather quickly, big dome of high pressure continues to edge up right along the shoreline. still hot in san diego, los angeles while we have the influence of our sea breeze for most of the bay area, but by tomorrow, everyone will enjoy cooler weather, although it hasn't been that warm. breezes will -- look at sacramento, 98. yesterday it was hundred. yosemite 96. tahoe asset record of 9

. >> and spigots open on mighty san joaquin river. ming up tonight at 6:00. >> and finally now, san francisco food bank rolled out it's first hybrid delivery truck. >> allowing delivery of 8500 pounds of food per month on a third less fuel. >> and new vehicles reducing pollution of course. and donations from communities help find this truck. >> and this is pretty impressive. >> world news is up next. >> from all of us, appreciate your time. hope to see again at 6:00.

. >> he died sunday at his home in san joaquin county.he memorial at the paramount is set for next tuesday. >>> coming up here, they go from zero to 300-miles-an-hour in less than four seconds. top fuel drag racing is coming to infinion. today we talk to a racer about a race that almost ended his life. >>> the dow dropped 261 points by the closing bell. the nasdaq dropped 70. >>> a quarter million dollars is coming to san francisco to come revitalize a center for market street. there will also be an arts market at the plaza and media arts invasions in vacant store fronts and other spaces. >>> well the top drag racers in the world have gathered at infinion race way for a fast race, a really fast race for the weekend. fred inglis is there. >> over 25,000 fans here at infinion right now to watch the qualifying of the prostock cars, the funny cars and what we see right now the top field racers. these cars can go over 300- miles-an-hour in just over 1,000 feet. you can feel them, smell them, and you can certainly hear them. in 2007, john had a

the first was found on san joaquin street around 2:45 this morning. meminutes later a second car was found burning. no arrests have been made, investigators also say they don't believe the fires are connected to a series of two dozen car fires in west contra costa county that began last year. >>> for a second straight day, ac transit drivers had to deal with late buses and a slow commute as unionized drivers failed to show up to work. the drivers are staging a sick out, upset of a contract that  increases their health care cost. today an alameda superior court judge refused to grant a restrain order. more than 200 bus drivers or 20% of ac transit's work force failed to show up to work yesterday and again today. >> same people were still waiting for buses, getting more increasingly frustrated and finally i said, look, we just need to give up. >> ac transit drivers have been working without a contract since june 20th. the proposed budget would help ac transit from closing a gap. and for those looking to ride ac transit tomorrow, sick outs are still ex

the first fire was at san joaquin street and modak avenue. the second one happened at jint road and richmond parkway around 3:00. police say both cars were stolen, although the owners didn't realize it and had not reported them stolen yet. investigators say there's been a total of 24 suspicious car fires in western contra costa county. but they say these two are not likely connected to the others. >>> for the second day in a row, ac transit bus service has been disrupted. the reason, a labor dispute that's prompted some drivers to call in sick. during the past hour, the two sides met in court. jade hernandez joins us now with a look at more and to let us know what's happening. >> reporter: the fight is over a a newly-imposed ac transit contract that became effective on sunday. union operators are not so happy about it. so on monday, 20% of them called in sick. the same goes for today. unfortunately, it's the riders who get caught in the middle. today riders on ac transit experience delays. yesterday riders experienced the very same delays whe

upper 90s and even low 100s as you head into the san joaquin valley.ire danger is coming up, air quality dropping off a little bit. along the coast we see low 60s, upper 50s. low 70s out into the east bay. mid-70s hopped over the bill, out toward lafayette. out toward evergreen and portions inland you will find upper 80s. you get the picture. the bay area microclimates in force as we look for at least a 40-degree spread from coast to inland. it has been a warming trend, it started really on thursday. and we are just going to stay there. this isn't 100, that's 90. we're going to top out at 90 saturday and sunday. that will be the height of the warming trend. things are going to start cooling down. we are looking for a cooler weather pattern. into early next week, 92 in fairfield, there's your 90 in pittsburgh and 91 in antioch. 81 in san jose. lots of cities, lots of warmth. saturday is the warmest day on the weekend. good looking weekend, really is. fire danger back up tomorrow and then it comes back down as things start to cool down a little bit. >> a

that is going to allow for the cooling to get underway for the san joaquin valley and sacramento valley and much of the west coast. cooling is just on the minor side. most of it occurring along the coast later on this afternoon with the sea breeze. low 80s in the san jose area. 82 there. 85 in los gatos. another cool did i at the coast with partial clearing in half moon bay. partly cloudy downtown, 79 in petaluma. 71 in oakland. inland valleys, coming down maybe a couple of degrees but still pretty warm out there. monterey bay, low 90s in gilroy. subtle cooling and more dramatic cooling that takes us into the rest of the week. >>> still off to a great start this monday morning. bay bridge toll plaza, no delays and check out another bridge for you the san mateo bridge is next and westbound, drive time 14 minutes from 880 to 101. once on the other side of the bridge, you might find some road work, southbound 101 in burlingame from broadway out to third. that is scheduled until 6:00. in the northbound direction, it's supposed to be cleared by 5:00 so another few minutes. in the south bay,

what we've seen from the california department of water resources for the sacramento river and the san joaquin water heads as well. so we are certainly not alone in this regard. we are seeing of course the decline in the snow pack which others are going to talk about much more later today, but the suggestion that somehow the snow would be replaced by increasing water rainfall in southern areas has not yet emerged. and so picture really does not look great. we have our two largest and most important waste water treatment plants, the hipurian and (inaudible) they treat waste water and 11 other cities and water using agent sis throughout the la area. those plants are located approximately 20 feet above mean sea level. the projections for sea level rise in the last itcc report ranged from about 9 to somewhere upward of 25. latest studies are indicating that the upper numbers are perhaps too conservative. so you can see the implications for the viability of those plants if we don't look at substantial modification. and again the science is increasingly telling us that when sea level rises, it doesn

and san joaquin valley obviously a higher danger all based on temperatures, humidity and wind.ill be seeing more of this in the days and months to come. high for your friday in the south bay. mid 90's around los gatos and saratoga 92 in san jose and remember those high clouds coming in from the south will filter the is unjust a little bit. on the peninsula 88 degrees redwood city and palo alto. coast side fog around. mid 60's. 60's around daly city. sunset district. downtown san francisco 70 degrees. and in the north bay we see 93 in santa rosa. triple digit surrounding santa rosa and east bay. 78 for oakland. yain in castro valley. inland area only triple digit to be found. 102 in antioch. 101 life more and monterey bay 85 degrees in is santa cruz. accu-weather 7 day forecast just typical summertime spread. mid 60's coast. triple digit inland. heat hold sunday it eases just a little bit to mid 90's inland then by monday it's all over. upper 50's at the pweechlts upper 80's inland. cooler forecast as we head back to work. >> timing of this is good with the weekend. >> it is goo

the san joaquin are investigating. investigators spoke with the horse's owner this afternoon who told them it was believed the horses had access to another trough on a neighboring piece of property. but apparently the gate to that property was locked. near tracy, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in antioch, police have charged a mother with felony child abuse for shaking her 9 -month-old baby. 27-year-old georgette duprival has been charged. the girl suffered bleeding in her brain and retina from being shaken. police say they do not believe she suffered any perm negligent damage. >>> -- permanent damage. >>> the group targeted younger victims to steal cell phones, ipods and other mobile electronic devices. authorities say they recovered all of the stolen items earlier this year at the home of a 17- year-old clayton junior high players. >>> they were caught in the act, now oakland police are releasing pictures hoping the public will help identify them. they are looter who smashed windows and stole merchandise af

the san joaquin are investigating. investigators spoke with the horse's owner this afternoon who told them it was believed the horses had access to another trough on a neighboring piece of property. but apparently the gate to that property was locked. near tracy, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in antioch, police have charged a mother with felony child abuse for shaking her 9 -month-old baby. 27-year-old georgette duprival has been charged. the girl suffered bleeding in her brain and retina from being shaken. police say they do not believe she suffered any perm negligent damage. >>> -- permanent damage. >>> the group targeted younger victims to steal cell phones, ipods and other mobile electronic devices. authorities say they recovered all of the stolen items earlier this year at the home of a 17- year-old clayton junior high players. >>> they were caught in the act, now oakland police are releasing pictures hoping the public will help identify them. they are looter who smashed windows and stole merchandise af

there is a locator moving inland tomorrow we'll see tire danger rising and there is san joaquin valleyratures and humidity and wind, vegetation as well. temperatures tomorrow, highs in south bay up to 92 in san jose. 90 in other locations. there is mid 6s on the coast. san francisco, mild 70 degrees and lots of 90s inland. and there is near east bay, nice and warm. inland all triple digits. and there is 100 in gilroy. here is the accu-weather forecast. two days of that rather extreme heat. and there is a cool down next week. there is a reminder of the aids walk san francisco coming up in just through days. sunday will be a warm day. july 18th. so walk will be warm but not quite as warm as tomorrow and saturday. >> joining us out there, bring water. >> just ahead tonight cutting-edge techniques a bay area researcher is using to solve a genetic mist rye plaguing a family for generations. the story when we come back. >> a bay area researcher is using cutting edge techniques and could become a model for how doctor as approach other conditions in the future. yarl is hoping her children will

. >>> meantime the san joaquin sheriff's department is trying to figure out who dumped five dead calvesalong a roadway. authorities discovered the caucuses tuesday near the community of ripen in a wooded area outside the city limits. the dead animals were spotted from the air following complaints of neighbors complaining about the stench. >>> officers say they were chasing a suspect when he crashed into a utility equipment on spring lake drive and washington avenue this morning. pg & e says at one point more than 2,400 customers lost power. right now more than 500 customers are still without power. >>> police in oakland are working on a response plan for november 5th. that is sentencing day for former bart police officer mehserle. police met with other bay area law enforcement agencies yesterday, they want to avoid a repeat of the violence that followed mehserle's involuntary manslaughter conviction earlier this month. that's when looters and vandals caused more than $800,000 to business in downtown oakland. >>> friends, coworkers, even strangers came together today to help a veteran ea

objections of two county sheriffs have forced state correction officials to parol a convicted killer to san joaquin county. hersaw is scheduled to be released from prison on monday. an appeals court overturned his convection. he later pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter. correction officials wanted to parol him to another county but sheriffs there objected. >>> two bank of america branches were robbed at gunpoint. in the last one police say the woman got away with a lot of money. the woman is described as white, hispanic or of mixed race. she's in her 30s, 5'3" tall. she has brown hair, tinted red or orange. she is about 130 pounds. another bank was robbed yesterday morning but police do not think it's the same suspect. >>> a teenager who died near a cliff, andrew leonard hicks jr., earlier reports said he may have been distracted by a cell phone. but his family says that is not correct. they say hicks was trying to get a better view when he fell to his death. >>> today, ac transit drivers staged a sick out a judge ruled on the matter and riders did an awful lot of bidding. sal ca

kristine hanson in for mike nicco this morning. 88 in sacramento today. 83 in tahoe, still hot in the san joaquinley and even hotter in southern california. a chilly start for the day but a nice ending to it. complete forecast is coming up. >>> thank you very much. it's 5:44. >> stories we're following, oakland city council voted to be the first city in the nation to license wholesale pot cultivation. they approved to license four large scale pot farms. a final vote is expected next week. >> a suspect involved in a 12-minute shootout with police is expected back in court to enter a plea. he is accused of attempted murder and they say he was on his way to san francisco to kill officials with aclu and tides foundation, the organization that says that it promotes economic justice. >> a police officer has been transferred to deck duty while they investigate. ples say the woman was drunk and yelling obscenities and right there, the vad is showing one of them pushing her face first into the pavement after failing to get her in the patrol car. very latest is coming up at 6:00. >>> federal aviation offic

as we head through the afternoon hours, san joaquin valley it starts to develop a high fire danger.re going to have relative humidity at around 10% and winds will be slightly strong. as close we would get is east bay valleys but no dry thunderstorms to spark those fires. 100 today in pittsburg. east bay, pretty nice, head over to oakland, berkeley and richmond, mid to upper 70s. mid to upper 80s from hayward through fremont and castro valley. 88 in sunnyvale and low to mid 90s in the south bay. on the peninsula, am in millbrae 82 in san mateo and upper 80s from redwood city southward. downtown, san francisco, about 70 degrees. beaches low to mid-60s but 82 in sausalito. monterey bay, 73 and mid-80s for santa cruz and watsonville. >>> game gets the mets, 7:15 first pitch, 70 dropping down to around 64 degrees. for tomorrow, look for hundred degree heat one last day inland with mid-80s at the bay and mid-60s in the coast. upper 70s around the bay and near 60 at the coast and drop even further on monday to the upper 80s inland, mid-70s around the bay and upper 50s at the coast. good mo

all of california, some areas still warm to hot. [ inaudible ] >> -- central california, actually san joaquincentral sierra, thunderstorm erupting there -- [ inaudible ] >> -- around the bay, still hot inland but not as hot as yesterday. 60s, 70s and 90s. 54 sonoma and others. 60s now. cupertino, gilroy, san martin, still in the 90s for santa clara valley and out to pleasanton as well. it is still not but it is not four degrees hotter. [ inaudible ] >> -- now pushing into the north bay. santa rosa says cloudy. it is cloudy over oakland and the bay and that was not the case yesterday. fog along the coast. it will burn off. the sea breeze and the advance of the fog means cooler for many. coastal fog, sunny inland, cool to hot though, 60s to near 100. cooler tomorrow. the big drop on the temperatures takes us into sunday and also monday. >> there is a recall of some bad salad products sold in california and 19 other states. fresh express is warning consumers but lettuce that may be contaminated i.e., coloradoi. the bags are used from july 8th to july 12th. you should throw it away. there are no

the four were from riverbank in the san joaquin valley.ut 20 years they had been part of a large group that took an annual fishing trip to bodega bay. >>> california is more than two weeks into its new fiscal year and there is still no budget in place. yesterday, assembly speaker john perez said democrats and republicans are $7 billion apart in negotiations. they are trying to deal with the budget deficit estimated at more than $19 billion. as party leaders keep talking, no one wants to talk in public about possible deals in the works. >> those are the exact kind of things you can't discuss in public. that's what makes them evaporate. so you have to have thorough discussions. you try to get to resolution. once you get to resolution, you can talk about them. but not before. >> meanwhile, a hearing is planned on how to pay state workers. the schwarzenegger administration is calling for them to be paid minimum wage until this budget issue is resolved. >>> the governor's office says california continues to lose about $52 million every day that

the location of the first overnight fire is modernock and san joaquin, they responded to that at 2:46the morning. like the other 1 investigators did not discuss with us why they think this fire seems suspicious but without any obvious physical evidence typically suspicion can arise from the circumstances for instance, if a vehicle fire -- if a vehicle on fire hasn't been reported stolen and found near the owner's residence it is less likely it has been stolen and it is torched to cover up evidence. investigators say neither vehicle involved in these fires tonight was reported stole n but this is at least the 24th suspected vehicle arsons since october 31st of last year and -- [ inaudible ] >> -- arsons, reporting live in richmond, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 5:39 is the time. let's go over to sal. >> it is looking okay right now into san francisco might be your best bet before the crowd arrives. certainly there are people there but there is not a big crowd coming in to the city. as a matter of fact it looks good on the bridge itself all the way to the san francisco

the location of the first overnight fire is modernock and san joaquin, fire crews responded here around 2:46 in the morning. like 3 fire at giant highway and richmond parkway investigators did not discuss with us why they think this fire seems suspicious to them, however, without any obvious physical evidence suspicion can ratio rise from circumstance. for instance if a vehicle on fire has not been reported stolen and is found near the owner's residence that could be an indication of just an arson fire. sometimes vehicles that are stolen are set on fire to cover up evidence. investigators did say neither vehicles involved in these fires had been reported stolen. of course since last year there have been at least two dozen vehicle arsons in the area. >> 6:06. walnut creek is back to normal this morning following a loud demonstration yesterday in support of former bart police officer johannes mehserle. >>> about 300 demonstrators took part in this. about half supporting the former bart police officer accused of killing unarmed passenger oscar grant. the rest were counter demonstrate tores

. >>> a sad discovery in san joaquin county. five horses found dead left in triple-digit heat with no water. tonight animal control wants to know why the animals were seemingly left to die at a ranch near tracy. a warning about the video, some may find it disturbing. andrea mineti reports on the apparently case of animal abuse. >> reporter: helpless horses die of thirst. animal control officers say it's likely the horses went without water for three to four days. >> the heat does kill. >> reporter: a dry trough providing no relief. investigators say there's also a camper trailer bucket and hose nearby. it's not clear why all water sources dried up. late this afternoon, deputies tracked down the property owner responsible for taking care of the horses. it's possible the five deaths could turn into a criminal animal abuse case. >> if it's neglect, we'll definitely make sure that the case gets submitted to the district attorney. >> reporter: authorities rescued the remaining horses left struggling to survive. >> the two animals tha

we'll see the temperatures even in the san joaquin and sacramento valley begin to come down. as for tomorrow starting out with numbers in the 50s this afternoon. upper 50s becoming sunny and warm conditions only inland with cooling around the bay just by a couple of degrees. look ahead temperatures slightly below normal beginning tomorrow. >>> it's now 6:08. >> frustrating flaw in the new parking garage at san jose's airport that have fliers who the garage was really built for. >> and it's the earthquake donut. earthquake prediction theory that may leave you on edge. >> and investigation that will have thousands of parents questioning whether san jose schools are doing enough to keep children safe in the event of a fire at school. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries. it's delicious. nobody does it quite like us. ♪ why choose between delicious or 100 calories? with y

as if the deliberate destruction of the san joaquin valley of starving of water were not enough my constituentsalso worried about the designation of more national monuments. senator in san diluted to them earlier. i actually call them monuments to the unemployed. monument designations have a devastating impact on surrounding communities because such designations force people from the public land that used for economic activities without logging, mining, drilling and other resource management activities, communities in at about these new so-called monuments close their jobs. the blunt instrument of environmental extremism was behind president clinton's as publisr and as he was leaving the white house of 19 monuments. including designations in california that decimated the state's timber industry. since 1989, for the lost 84 board product mills and factories, job losses represent 54,000 people nationwide in the timber industry. in my area the designation of the giant sequoia monument destroyed on gazzo jobs directly and many businesses including the products forced to close their mills. i actuall

the san joaquin valley is rough willing around 20%.f you calculate in the people that aren't working any longer, the san joao kin valley, a lot of people don't realize when i say i'm from california, they say, are you from los angeles, hollywood, or from san francisco? the answer is, you know, california is a country, really, in and of itself, so i'm in the middle of the statement it's the lammingest agricultural region in the world. and basically between the state and federal regulations, they're hollowing out the entire economy there. so we've just seen our unemployment creep up, up, and up so now wrths a disaster. host: do you blame your governor, arnold schwarzenegger? guest: well, he hasn't done anything to fix it, but really, you have to look at 30, hoe years of really left-wing policies that have been slowly implemented over time, and it's really gotten bad when you put some of the federal regulations over the top of it. if you do anything with your hands, build things, grow things, like the timber industry in california has bee

all factors affecting the health of the sacramento san joaquin delta must be taken into account as we move forward. pred days of invasive species and other factors. i'd like to submit for the record a letter from the central valley regional control board that confirms the need to address water quality issues. this includes the dumping of pollutants, the impact of power plants on the ecosystem, among other things. we will win this fight and common sense will prevail. recognizing that all factors impacting the delta will allow more water to flow for the valley and the rest of california. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: mr. speaker, an associated press poll found only 36% of americans approve of the president's handling of immigration and only 42% approve of his handling unemployment. this is no coincidence. illegal immigratio

we've got the montezuma hills and altamonte in san joaquin county.many of the new turbines that are being put up are made overseas and made in china. and i'm going, wait a minute. you are -- we're giving them a tax credit, those companies that own these machines, we are giving them a tax credit to buy turbines that are made where? china? no way, no how. there ought to be a law and i believe this democratic party and this floor is going to put such a law together. i think we've got about 10 minutes left and i noticed a colleague from the midwest arrived. congresswoman kaptur, thanks for joining us. we have had conversations about jobs and i know your part of the country -- used to be manufacturing center one and the two of you can debate that. but let's talk about these kinds of things, how do we restore american manufacturing? ms. kaptur: i thank you so much. you are from the state of california, four times as large as ours, maybe five, 53 million people, we have 11 million people in ohio. but we are a state that has had to grow our way forward, to b