know the state's greatest dried plum production actually happens here in the sacramento and san joaquin valleys? farmers here produce more dried plums than the rest of the world combined. >> right now, we're looking at french prunes about to be harvested. and what i look for to see if they're ripe or not is color. we test for sugar. we look at overall fruit development. and this tree is ready to be harvested. >> here they are harvesting 96 tons of fruit a day. so, to be efficient, almost all the harvesting is done by machines now. a mechanical shaker grabs a tree's main limb and, in a matter of seconds, shakes the fruit onto a fabric catching frame spread underneath. from there, it's a quick conveyor ride to bins destined for the dehydrator. and just in ca you were wondering, they're prus in the field and dried plums after they've gone to the dehydrator. the next step in the life of a prune soon to become a dried plum happens here at the nearby dehydrator. here, the fruit is thoroughly washed and then placed on large wooden trays. then the fruit is wheeled into these huge ovens where the temper

show what you is ahead there is a freeze warning from santa clara valley that goes out towards san joaquin valley. there is a hard freeze warning for the straight and delta from 3:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. 20s for wind sheltered valleys. there is a freeze damage that is a possibility. make sure you bring plants inside or cover them. and there is down to 28 degrees in napa. 27 in sanlta rosa. concord, morgan hill, 29 degrees there is we may need to adjust temperatures as they continue to drop off. dew points just how dry it is. so we're headed for a very cold night. and there is high pressure still in place. a jet stream well north of us. and here is what is going to happen. high pressure starts to move away. winds ease up. we'll start to see high clouds coming in tomorrow. there is filtered sunshine and end up with a nice-looking day. there is 50s and 60s, so not too bad. 58 san rafael. and 60 degrees in san jose. for the monterey bay, temperatures low to mid-50s. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. freezing cold inland valleys and heading into weekend highs will be comfortable. 50s and 60

ground fog moving up the san joaquin valley, as well. temperatures this afternoon low to to upper 50s and sunshine mixed in between a couple of clouds. warmer were friday and saturday with nice temperatures on the weekend, nice and dry, as well. snow today but no official measurements. no new snow officially but adding probably an inch or so in the high country. boreal looking good, partly cloudy skies this weekend, heavenly looking good, sunshine and a couple clouds over the weekend and two-foot base. northstar 18" of snow. didn't get much from the last storm but we're hoping here in the coming weeks to get more. how's this, do i look like a waving bear? >> the bear is cuter. [ laughter ] >>> the nominations for the golden globes are out. on the big screen, the artists topping the nominations list with 6 nods. the help and the descendants in five categories. in tv, it was a good day for boardwalk empire with three nods. golden globes announce the winners on january 15. >>> he builds home in mexico and raises money to educate female serv

i would like to introduce the sheriff of san joaquin valley -- county. thank you for coming. i would also like to acknowledge some members of the board and guardians of the city. mike anderson of the sheriff's department. dave everly from emergency management. jamie o'keefe, jan ford. did i miss anybody? where is mike? i mentioned jamie. she has her whole family here today. as we enter the solemn moments, i like to call joanne hayes- white up to lead us through. >> thank you. you will hear more about the guardians of the city. it is a wonderful concept. welcome to station 10. this is our museum. it has beautiful pieces and parts of our city and history and department. as you can see, it has outgrown this place. the guardians of the city are working on a place where our departments' histories will all be housed together so that the public can come, visit, and do research. my hat is off to all of the volunteers putting this concept together. thank you for that. i would also like to acknowledge the presence of one of my predecessors, also a huge history buff who knows so much ab

was the more upper 30's and 40s around the region of the cool temperatures confined to the san joaquin valley, but they will still look at the potential for some frost fair. while the warm-up to the purpose just to chill out after the winds subside. so the wind advisory is up from midnight tonight through 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> at night as the wind settled down, temperatures will tilt once again into the mid and low 40s. they may be looking at patchy fog tomorrow night and tuesday but in the immediate future they have the gusty north easterly winds and this will not be as strong of the wind event. as the look out across the bay tonight we see clear skies. slightly warmer by bursting tomorrow morning. the wind advisory through the day, also for fire weather watch in the high country is here and wednesday hills. the dry week ahead, continued mild in the returned project costthey continue to block the jet stream in the offshore waters to need the rain and melting will wind through tonight into tomorrow evening before that windstorm columns down of it. you see the models forecast peeking out abo

, both the coastal variety and valley fog here, whether dense fog advisory up again for the san joaquin valley. that clears out through the day, leaving us mostly sunny and slightly warmer. just by a degree or two. nothing dramatic, as we won't see much change here in the weather pattern through the week. we'll look for upper 50s, 60s. back at the beach, mid to upper 50s. overnight lows will be flirting with that freezing spot. seven-day forecast, lots of sunshine, slightly warmer temperatures, continued dry and mild into, if not through next weekend. all the rain and snow remains well to our south and through the upper midwest at this point in time. looks like a great forecast for christmas, and great football weather. >> frustrating the raiders went down to the wires against the lions, but they still need some help to get to the playoffs. can anybody stop the tim tebow express? sports is next. keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed j

for sacramento valley, san joaquin valley, and the southern salinas valley. 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. wide spread temperature readings into the 20s. freeze damage to sensitive plants is a possibility. it's going to be cold again, tonight. maybe not many locations dropping into 20s but fairfield got down to 28 degrees. napa, 28. and we'll see low to mid-30s in many other locations then, things start to moderate a bit. satellite shows high pressure again the dominant feature in a big way. the jet stream flowing well north. there is no rain in sight as long as there is a pattern that will be with us for a while. speaking of rain, take a look at season to date. our totals so far below average that it, we can call it dry. only 54% of the rainfall so far in santa rosa. 62 here in santa rosa. it's the season of rain, it's hardly the rainy season so far, high temperatures like today. mainly upper 50s and 60s in palo alto z near monterey bay, lows there into virtually every location around 60 or just above. up to about 62 in gilroy. 63 in hol lifter, here is the accu-weather forecast. again, d

and the freeze warning is extending out towards san joaquin valley. you'll want to protect your plants. you can see freeze damage there. hard freeze warning for the delta tonight. and looking at overnight readings you'll see how cold it's going to get. there is is a spare the air night that begins at pid night tonight. we're facing poor air quality as you can see here, moderate around the coast and central bay. there is a tweet tonight someone asking what is contributing to the poor air quality? it's wood smoke. there is high pressure trapping it down near the surface. and there are dry patterns continuing through christmas. this area dominates. the ridge may be breaking down by the midel of the week. and there are 60 for new san mateo. san jose, 58 degrees in san francisco. sunny skies in the afternoon. 61 in monterey and also, inland. here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. there are temperatures making a recovery tomorrow. upper 50s to low 60s there. and there is high clouds coming in. and remaining dry through tuesday. not until wednesday tha

then we've got the delta fog and dense fog that was happening in sacramento, san joaquin valley. take you through the next couple of hours, by noontime, hazy sun, but evening hours fog is back. we'll stay just a little warmer tonight. here is a look at the low that brought us the rain on thursday. still lingering about, bringing rain to barstow and the desert. you can see the trough here. as the high stays with us, dry conditions that blocking ridge for next several days. one is diving south. that will mix out some of that stagnant air and we'll see the lift with a little bit warmer in days ahead. 53 in yosemite with upper 50s here. cooler here today. warmer numbers down in the south bay and morgan hill, upper 50s for san rafael. look for wind which should improve the air quality, winter begins wednesday night and by christmas we're looking even warmer, mid-60s coming our way. >> you were saying that we get most of our rain in january and february? >> absolutely. >> all right. let's check out sports. warriors new head coach gets put to the test with a game against sacramento king

freeze warning for the san joaquin valley tonight.ur temperatures will be dropping significantly, as well. 58 in fresno. 65 in big sur. afternoon highs, comfortable with less wind out there. a lot less wind. we'll call it breezy from time to time. 67, oakland, palo alto, san francisco. we have a ways to go because it's still quite windy, about 10:00, 11:00, you'll definitely see the winds decrease. in the days ahead, temperatures will come down a little today and tomorrow, we'll stay that way right through next week. looks like next weekend will be dry, too. >> good shopping weather. >>> a shelter that has provided emergency housing to hundreds of women and children for more than five decades is in danger of closing due to lack of funding. in this morning's reported, laura anthony credit the haven of peace with turning their lives around. >> this place has been a important place. >> they are in a good place. five months ago, state aid was cut in half and no longer pay her rent by attending community college. she brought her kids to th

tl is a freeze warning in affect for san joaquin valley from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. wide spread temperatures into 20s overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. and there is a possibility of damage. tomorrow, will be another day like today. sunny skies and pleasant with highs into up year 50s to around 60. here is the accu-weather forecast. this pattern stays with us and lovely sunny afternoons. >> and you know christmas trees can also be a fire hazard. and the burn center teamed up this morning to demonstrate how quickly a dry tree can go up in flames. i mean seconds. it's gone. and this u.s. fire administration say the fires claim 400 lives every year. they recommend never leaving candles unattended. and nearby keep a fire extinguisher on hand and water the tree frequent lie we'll be right back with sports. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, save big on holiday gifts this friday and saturday! get in at 6am saturday for giftbusters like 60% off the warmest family coats. 70% off stunning gold jewelry. 60% off the coolest hoodies. and 19.99 bos for juniors. plus with jcpc

if you are driving, it is a nice drive all the way to san joaquin valley and if you are driving southbound you can see traffic is moving well on fremont and northbound 101 on 280, those freeways look good, let's go to rosemary. >>> grab the hats and gloves. santa rosa napa all checking in at 32 degrees, the bay and closer to the water it helps to moderate temperatures, 33 oakland, a chilly start red wood city 37, 40 degrees mountain view, the difference between yesterday and today, a whole lot. 20 degrees for parts of the north bay valleys where we had the winds and temperatures were sitting in the lower 50s. you may like the chris cold calm air -- crisp cold calm air better but anyway the frost advisory is for our east bay valleys for 9:00. the freeze warning is sitting anywhere between 25 and 30 degrees through the early morning hours and the advisory for the east bay, 30 to 35 general left temperatures a chilly start to the morning and we'll see a nice rebound, we will be sunny and cool in the afternoon temperatures will be similar to what we had yesterday but we will not have that wind

also freezing warnings in effect tonight for the straits sacramento valley and san joaquin valley andspread temperatures in the 20s could be damage to sensitive plant. tomorrow high much like today mainly upper 50's right around 60 in mildest location. accu-weather 7 day forecast we will have this temperature range from the next 7 day as we will also have dry weather for the next 7 days approaching mid december no rain fall in sight but there's come. certainly need it. >> it will come. >> thanks spencer very much. >> video of special hockey tradition up north big hit on line. we share it with you. this is the annual bear cause the calgary hit men. not unusual for hockey plans to throw things on the ice but this is different. all the teddy bear good to children this calgary hospital and sunday night toss collected more than 25,000any stuffed animals look at all the bears. i like that better than the octopus. >> yes. i think they had thousands of teddy bear. hard to get thousands of octopus. >> 1 or 2 is too many. >> that's messy. in sports tonight. baseball winter meetings under way in

salinas valley and san joaquin valley. temperatures dip in the 20's especially in the wind protected valley that means damage to sensitive plants. notice this area that is maroon color. this is hard freeze warning in parts of sacramento and the delta so it is even mr. difficult there where water pipes could freeze and burst. tomorrow is a spare the air da day. poor air quality forecast for most of the bay area except for the coast in central bay. but this does men in wood burning for all of us starting tonight at midnight through christmas eve. and check how chilly the temperatures are going to wake up to. saturday morning a lot of 20's out ther there. 26 in napa. 24 the cool spot in fairfield. 28 in concord. even 32 in fremont. that's pretty cold 32 in san jose. morgan hill 28 and one of the more moderate locations in san francisco at 44. so we have this area of high pressure 2 80's of high pressure that are going to keep things dry for us through christmas. this storm system here might bring us a slate chance of rain star

the case this morning and we should have a repeat performance for the central and southern san joaquin valley. as a result another dense fog advisory begins at midnight, lasting until 11:00 monday morning. visibilities could be around 500 feet or approaching zero visibility. so that will be an area of concern heading into monday morning. in the bay area, around delta, once again, starting off pretty chilly for your monday. coolest locations will be in the lower 30s towards napa and fairfield you been antioch around 33. san francisco mid-40s at 45. can you see our forecast model will run this into the evening hours and also tomorrow show you dense fog in the central valley and scattered low clouds in the bay area. this will be changing in the afternoon and coming up, we'll run the forecast model into your monday afternoon and i will let you know if we have rain clouds showing up in the five-day forecast. >>> occupy wall street protesters are back in front of san josi city hall with tents. however, the protesters say the tents are merely symbols of free speech and do not intend to camp at the s

you can see a little snowflake activity in the sierra nevada san joaquin valley picking up showers thisystem quickly exiting the bay behind it high pressure to build in. that is going to happen as soon as this afternoon. as we go through the next several hours, you will notice computer animation at 6:00 shows the peninsula, 7:00 the south bay still showers, after that timing is everything, after the commute we begin to dry out and sunshine throughout the bay. we've seen a quarter of an inch in parts of mill valley, santa rosa, back home not that much in fact, a couple hundredths in the south bay, 56 later on at our coast, 52 pacifica downtown 54 even though the rain may be ending roads will be slick 56 sonoma, 3:00 so be careful, 54 berkeley over-the-hills, 56 concord down by the monterey bay showers leveling -- leaving your area watsonville, 8:00, 9:00, partly to mostly sunny this afternoon milder each day. is the weather causing traffic troubles frances? >> so far, no. i wanted to show you a live shot in san rafael, fog an issue in this spot the last few days. this morning, it is stil

. >> i grew up in the san joaquin valley. and we moved a lot.move. i didn't know how to build strong friendships with anyone, because by the time i got to know somebody, i was moving. my parents did the best they could. i don't know how to describe it. and i saw the miserable life that they had and i knew that's what i had ahead of me. i thought she was looking down on me. >> brook felt abandoned by his parents, but he says it was his mother who laid the foundation for his crime. >> when i was 5 or 6, i would play like any kid, and i would get bit by mosquitos like any kid. only when they'd bite me they'd make a blister. to keep them from getting infected my mother would wash me with rubbing alcohol. it was like i was being set on fire, and i would scream. it was so bad at times that my father -- i could hear him go out the back door to get away from the sound. i can still hear the screams. and i remember it every time i smell alcohol. so that left me with a feeling of betrayal by my father for not stepping in to protect me and for my mother for

west of san francisco most of the activity will be here in southern california where we have a winter storm warning for the higher elevations and valley rain all the way down to the san joaquin valley back home mid 40s now not too bad with the cloud cover, 42 vallejo, a little fog around novato scattered showers this morning, afternoon clearing dry tomorrow and wednesday. we'll look for most of the activity to be to the south of us today. the morning a little wet pavement you may need wipers maybe a couple hundreds, the rest of the morning, showers from napa through concord and then take a look at the clock 5:00, 6:00, more and more widely scattered. by 8:00, we are just talking about cloud cover, after 9:00, few peeks of sun and it looks like we'll see temperatures slow to warm today 56 campbell, 54 sunny veil, 54 san mateo breezy winds -- winds push into the bay area by the afternoon, 53 downtown san francisco onshore winds keeping it cool, 52 bodega bay. 54 berkeley, fremont not much change mid 50s danville 55 monterey bay holding on to the chance of showers through the evening. a couple of dry days another chance of rain thursday numbers slowly warming up. >>> good morni

the fog is in the sacramento and san joaquin valleys. if you are headed out looking for fireworks, temperatures around midnight about be around 40, 45 san francisco. and upper 40s. it promises to be a cool start to the new year but a nice one. afternoon highs ranging from 60 in campbell, 66, 65 can't clara. upper 50s at the coast. plenty of sun. 65 palo alto, downtown coming in about 3 degrees warmer than yesterday but what a difference. we had all those clouds. today 61 in san francisco and calistoga 64. near east bay,ite afternoon, low 40s here in fremont. and eventually the winds coming in from the east, we will maybe have to deal with some fog tonight. 64 danville, 65 pleasanton, and once again, the moonlet ray bay upper 60s, maybe a 70 in salinas. so the forecast called for sunny, mild weather to begin the new year and takes us right through monday, tuesday, wednesday, and that was our chance of rain on thursday, and with each model run that we get, it looks less and less likely. >> we keep having these chances out there but they are

we have the fog from the central coast and also down to the sacramento and san joaquin valley. 74less. we are looking at nice conditions tonight. sunny afternoon and then for fireworks midnight we are talking low 40s by va lay owe. 45 almeda with san francisco coming in in the upper 40s. pretty nice out there. grab the jacket and enjoy it. in the south bay today temperatures will respond to the sunshine. yesterday you were the warmest locations in and around san jose. low 60s. today mid-60s. 66 in los gatos and on the peninsula. redwood city coming in at 65 trees. pacifica 57 and san francisco up a few degrees. 61 degrees and sunshine from the richmond district, golden gate park. beautiful day. in the north bay a little bit of a north wind so the numbers warming into the mid-60s. santa rosa, 65 today. va lay owe 62 and near east bay all in the 60s. you head out toward caster valley and fremont, 64. fog early on but that should be lifting and a little bit of a light wind out there will allow temperatures to climb into the mid-60s. danville and walnut creek. walnut creek, and 70 salinas

pretty sure we are going to see a lot of sunshine and the fog dense in the central valley, the san joaquin valleylos angeles and back home we are looking at numbers in the low 60s, where they should be for this time of year, 62 campbell and cooler at the coast, 58 pacifica, milbrae lots of sunshine. downtown 58 degrees and in the north bay we're are looking at numbers a little cooler. we saw low 60s yesterday. today 59 in novato. 58 in berkeley. and out in our inland valleys it's a cold start. that fog should lift and then we will see mid-50s there. monterey, 65. still the most mild weather here but remember spare the air and a little breezy and then monday, tuesday, winter begins on wednesday. and there's our dry seven days. >> yeah. well, i have to give you promises because you went out on a limb a couple of weeks ago and said you thought it was going to be dry through the holiday. >> interesting. yeah, work week ends you get to look at that. it's something people remember. >> i do. >> it worked for me this time, though. >> thank you, lisa. let's check out sports and see what worked for the war

and in between we've got the fog from the san joaquin valley, the sacramento valley, and from time toome high clouds around the bay, some patchy frost in the morning hours and maybe a little fog. but other than that, things remain pretty guyet and we continue to see the dry weather throughout the next several days. 60 in concord today with 61 in oakland. look for upper 50s richmond, vallejo by the delta. the coast, a beautiful afternoon with 60 there. and down by the monterey bay we are talking low to mid-60s today. 64 watsonville with monterey coming in at 61 degrees. for the rest of the weekend we are looking at a few high clouds, some patchy frost and temperatures light slightly cooler today. a little bit morecology tomorrow. monday we say about the same. you notice really the only thing happening is winter, the shortest day of the year coming in on wednesday, the winter solstice wednesday night, 9:30. look at some rain into the next seven-day outlook. that will be the weak -- the last week of the year. >> which could it bring some snow? >> it could bring a little bit, yeah. >> muc

and we have temperatures in the 20s in the san joaquin valley this morning. 61 in san diego with more win in southern california tonight. our wind overnight tonight primarily for north day mountains tomorrow. 61 sunyvale. san francisco in the upper 50s. couple temperatures from the low 60s from cloverdale to napa. oakland, union city and castro valley with upper 50s here. cool for danville. down by the monterey bay, 58 monterey and 352 gill ray. another cold night but the winds will be picking up. north bay mountains, high fire danger. a look ahead. upper 50s to low 60s with a dry pattern continuing through next week and possibly even next week as well. >> and in terms of the weather, way off in terms of christmas? >> no, we can't go that far. but it goes at least until maybe the 20th. still dry. >> wow. that means waterworks on christmas. >> possibly. >> usually the way it works. thank you, lisa. >> the small town of crescent city is the biggest exporter of dungeonus crab. they were also hit by the tsunami. in fact, waves destroyed the harbor last spring. with the north crab season o

the dense fog advisory extends from the sacramento valley, the san joaquin valley throughout the morningdededededede ♪ ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >> good morning. happy holidays. it's 6:51. thank you for joining us this morning. this is a live look from our tam cam, looking southeast towards sunrise. the sun will go up about 7:20 this morning. we are in for yet another long string of dry days. the number of families who have had their power disconnected because they have been unable to pay has fallen this year but the emergency provisions of that helped hundreds of families are due to expire at the end of the month. >> 7 on your side michael finney looks at why some people want to limit pg&

citrus growers in the san joaquin valley have waged an expensive battle with the cold.hey have spent about $87 million on can crops. the weather was cold enough to damage fruit this week. >>> the south bay moms group, they were the victim of the lucky card skimming. the money was going to be used for beef jerkcy, tuna and energy bars to be sent to troops in afghanistan. this story has generated $11,000 in donations. >>> a free holiday event is peaking held in berkeley today for a special group of children. it's taking place at the chin's museum. the event -- at the children's museum. the event is for special needs and their families. there will be hands john dpits and an -- hands-on exhibits. >>> a few -- there's fewer drivers out there. we want to get to tara. there are some issues in contra costa county that you are following. >> that's right. we have a traffic hazard in martinez. it looks like we have a stalled vehicle in the center divider. let's take a look at our maps and we can show you. it's right here. highway 4 westbound at mckuhn road and we also have a traff

so we start off cold, more rain in southern california even down towards parts of the san joaquin valley. a little bit of fog has come back, parts of the sonoma coast, mendocino coast. a lot of 30s, we should start to bounce off these morning lows pretty fast. look at all of that rain there. all sorts of snow in the mountains. waterspouts. huntington beach a lot of activity. a cold morning, a little breeze at times. forecasted highs will be in the 50s. fog will be back tonight. we'll take that into tomorrow. it will be another cold it look breezy as we head into your weekend. >>> 8:09. happening right now a toy drive is underway but this one has a specific able group in mine. kraig debro is live with more information on the volunteers. >> reporter: i ran into something a little unexpected. we ran into this target in come ma -- in colma. our charity is here of it's called dig de. you see toes two lines theres number one and number two? dig deep is buying items an spending $45,000 for holiday gifts for kids. some people say shopping is the fubbest part but others say knowing that 18,000 wi

association, announced this program and people in counties or having businesses in counties as far as san joaquin valley actually apply for the loans. if you have to show that you have been damaged by a business. so the sb office will open at 9 a.m. this morning right here at telegraph avenue at the center for independent living. the people there have given the sba space so the people that live and work here can walk down the street and apply for the loans. and again, we're supposed to talk to al geyer, next hour. >> thank you, kraig. >>> governor jerry brown is looking to help in last month's windstorm in southern california it. left more than half a million households without power for days. state officials are asking the government to declare a disaster in that area. that would allow victims to apply for low interest loans to help with the rebuilding from says. >>> hundreds of people packed the san francisco community meeting last night talking about two recent sexual assaults in the mission district. the police told the crowd solving these cases is a top priority. in a new video of the suspect was r

about more 20s all around the bay, not just in the typical protected north bay valleys, salinas valley, san joaquinnd a hard freeze from the delta out to the sacramento valley. look at that, 24 degrees in fairfield with 28 in livermore. 27 in concord. we're talking about upper 20s on the peninsula, mountain view, novato. you throw in a little wind, it feels like it's 18 in napa. one degree warmer in san francisco, up to 43 at half moon bay. warmer air mixes in some wind so no change from 24 hours ago at our coast. you can see all the numbers that are colder from concord and livermore valleys. it has been frigid out there. overnight tonight, few high clouds, we shouldn't be as cold. patchy frost but things begin on change. freeze warnings for another 45 minutes. we're looking at more sunshine, dry weather through christmas day. then we're going to see a few more high clouds, that moisture zonal flow. atmosphere mixes out and everywhere we have moderate to poor air quality. you can definitely see that. if you have any respiratory problems you can feel it. we're asking you not to burn those fireplaces

the san joaquin valley they have noted that the paperwork for just one high wind exceptional event takes more than 400 staff hours to prepare, to got to the e.p.a. 400 staff hours for one exceptional event like this. to go and say this shouldn't count against our air quality or account against us in terms of new regulations that will be imposed and cost upon us. this is an important amendment. it's not just an academic question. i'm glad that all sides recognize this. i thank the gentleman from california for accepting the amendment. i wish to yield time to the gentlelady who is sponsor of the bill itself. i just want to say that i am a co-sponsor of the bill, the underlying bill, upon which this amendment will be attached, and i support it. i thank her for her doinged work at bringing this forward. the chair: the gentlelady from south dakota virginia tech. miss -- ms. in a moment: i -- ms. noem: this would have a sense of congress that the e.p.a. should exclude exceptional events. they would give us a consistent and transparent manner for dealing with these events, and certainly rural a

regulations do not eliminate the ability of businesses to thrive to create jobs in places like the san joaquin valley, the place i represent, especially during these difficult economic times. many regulations can cost upwards of $100 million to the industries affected by the rule. but they also impact consumer costs as well. while business people in my district are carefully watching their bottom line, ill-advised regulations can hamper the ability to create jobs and get our economy going. so this legislation is also about jobs. this legislation ensures that regulations are fully vetted before they are put in place. despite the best intentions, we often see bureaucrats proposing rules without any practical knowledge of how they will work in the real world. h.r. 3010 guarantees that the business communities, farmers in my district, can know when regulations are being proposed, that they can have a seat at the table to explain how we would affect their work and be implemented. this legislation, therefore, is also about transparency and accountability. agencies will be required to provide information to