santa barbara was a rich cultural community and i had access to everything.ink that shaped me as an artist. i was very blessed having parents and grandparents that exposed me to theater, art, and encouraged me. not discouraged me, but encouraged me to pursue my dream . to pursue an art career. wherever that might lead me. we did not think there were any restrictions. at least when i was growing up. what kind of discouragement were you hearing and you are you hearing it from? >> sadly, i heard it from older african-americans. many of them having grown up in the south. what i told them i was going to go work for walt disney, they said, i'm sorry. walt disney doesn't hire black people. they had no idea. tavis: but he hadn't at that point. mean that he not did not hire minorities. there were people, latino and asian working at the walt disney studio. no people of color had applied for a job. it was not because there were no jobs available for them. they simply hadn't applied. when i showed up, the issue of color was totally transparent. they just wanted to hire a

four students of santa barbara fell ill in november. three recovered. the fourth had to have both feet amputated. no new cases have been diagnosed. health officials are recommending all students get the vaccine. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news, why merck and other companies plan to stop using chimpanzees for drug and cosmetic research. plus, how gadgets are aimed at helping with you a ♪ too big. ♪ too soft. too small. ♪ mmm! ♪ too happy. ♪ [ male announcer ] at progresso, we've got a passion for quality. because you've got a passion for taste. >>> drug maker merck has decided to stop doing research on chimpanzees. the largest company to end that practice. merck joins two dozen other companies pledging to stop chimp research. it could mean 1,000 chimpanzees are sent to laboratories to finish their lives. merck says technology has evolved the need for the animals. researchers use chimpanzees because their anatomy is closest to humans. >>> anal will have an app to help your health. an it will be able to track levels on your body from what you eat to your hea

and under that, the red area, from santa barbara to san diego, that is a risk of waterspouts that coulde ashore down south. that is where some of the severe weather will head today. we will talk about winds that are coming right out of the south and they are going anywhere from eight to 22 miles per hour and our threat for the most part is widespread, it has dissipated and from the storms that are coming we will have locally heavy rains and the rain, when it comes down, creates its own wind and pulls wind from the middle of the atmosphere which is faster so we could have locally heavy winds also. showers taper tomorrow morning and inan settled pattern sunday through thursday but nothing like right now. a very mature system with a common shape of that, and the front is through there is still more moisture. if the sun comes out it adds to the instability in the atmosphere. through noon to about, say, 3:00, we get a break for maybe 3 to 6 and hopefully we get the evening commute and this evening, more showers through 8:00 tomorrow morning and continue they will be very scattered, if at all

. >> a violent attack on a student at uc santa barbara. >> and a message to justin bieber was much ado about nothing. >> the ingredient inside the yellow color makes it not so mellow and potentially dangerous. >> agoggous shot of of -- a gorgeous shot of the bay area but it will change big time this week. the forecast is nnie-o w where a where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. >> ukraine's acting government issued an arrest warrant for president yanukovich. they are accusing him of mass crimes against protesters who stood up for months against his rule. the parliament has installed the speaker as interim president. they are deeply defined between pro russian and western

. >> may 15th, 2012, summerland beach, near santa barbara.tiful 7-year-old arabian show horse, is asked to be one of a select group of horses for an afternoon photoshoot workshop. he's there with his trainer jim lowe. >> if you envision an arabian and what people talk about an arabian, they have a picture of a white horse, with a scoopy head, big tell, prominent wither, sharp ears, large nostrils. william is almost a stamp of that. >> it's william's first time at the shore, and as jim finds out, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him pose. just as william is getting acclimated to the ocean, a wave crashes on the shore. >> well, of course, he was startled. he's jumping around, pulled me down into the water. i end up in the water with two hands holding my reins. he's jerking me around like a fish on the end of the line. all of a sudden, i can't hold any longer and he breaks away. >> it's about 4:00 p.m. when a panicked william bolts and runs right into the ocean. he begins swimming along the coastline. another trainer tries to la

. >> they're in santa barbara at the spearment rhino. she had a private room.ded to get loose. >> those four chicks are touching each other and they're watching it all happen. >> you can tell she's loaded because she has the wide eyes, you know what i'm saying? like woo-hoo! >>clay aiken is running for congress. way! >> yeah. > maybe we can ignite the country.round the congress. >> round up the claymates, it's happening in north carolina. >> good luck with that. >> the sequel that we can actually all appreciate.

they believe he is based in santa barbara and belongs to the santa barbara old catholic church of america. they split off from the church some 200 years ago. >> it was the last thing we needed. some man pretending to be a priest. and will warn his sacramento church. >> we have to protect them. again from the behavior and everything. >> and that was nicknames. anyone with information on the wheres were asked to call local authorities. >> brian. >> and a spectacular day today in walnut creek and all around the bay area. this is heather warm park. as you can see blot of blew skies not as warm as what we had a couple of weeks ago we had record highs for 14 days straight. things are cooler and weather for tomorrow. we have a storm headed in. the heaviest rain will miss us off shore. we will get some a live view mostly clear right now but we'll see increasing clouds after midnight as it gets closer. and a cloudy day for tomorrow light rain and continuing through the afternoon. for next week a few dry days. here is future cast. we're mostly clear but the white slows the cloudiness. and notice a

clouds are spreading all the way to santa barbara.he kpix doppler is picking up light echos and for all of that, there's not a lot of rain with this. maybe three quarters of an inch overnight. they will all spread south. we will have the forecast for you in just a few minutes. >>> it rains often on the chinese new years parade. it's the largest of its kind outside of raise asia. >> there have been a couple rain drops. it hopes it does not rain on this parade. they are lining the streets of san francisco to take it in. it is one of the top ten of the parades in the world. it has been going on for more than an hour and metty more to go as you can see. marching bands, marble arts -- marshal arts groups. it culminates in a 200-foot long dragon puppet. this is a 5000 year tradition in china. the horse is the representing animal this year. >> i was born in china and i was adopted and every year we like to come here and explore and go out tolan up and check it out. >> we have been coming since she was little just to celebrate chinese knew ye

they believe he's in a group in santa barbara and belongs to a church that split off from the catholic church 200 years ago or so. this father warns his sacramento congregation. >> we have to protect them from deceiving and from misbehavior. >> with any information on him, call local authorities. >>> it being a national freedom day people all over the world are trying to call attention to child slavery. one north bay girl is taking up the fight e lemon at a time. >> reporter: she sours on child slavery. >> it made be sad and i was so sad that it made be do a lemonade stand. >> reporter: she is armed with lemons and a little bit of sugar. >> she says i don't see why the reasons i can't but why i must. >> reporter: she raised over raised money and caught the attention of film makers. >> within minutes we realized his something more. >> reporter: now hash tag @standwithme is in theaters. >> we you it out there and we hope that people come to san francisco, but when you heard others, you know. >> >> reporter: now the lemonade stand is the standard. >> the profits go to help free child slav

oil spills in the santa barbara channel fouled miles of beaches.ticide spraying was threatening many species of birds. pesticide spills killed some 15 million fish in arkansas. three million acres of hillsides lay stripped bare for their coal. and in cleveland, the local industrial sewer, the cuyahoga river, caught fire. environmentalists had found a loophole in the gnp. the gnp measures goods and services traded, for example, scrubbers used to clean sulfur emissions. clean air isn't bought or sold, so it's not counted. if sulfur is not cleaned up, the resulting pollution is not subtracted. gnp is not reduced. gnp fails to take into account environmental values. if we produce a lot of goods and services, if we use up machinery, that's deducted depreciation from net national product. but if we dirty the atmosphere, if we cause more houses to have to be painted, that deterioration is not taken into account. if it makes more people sick and they go to more doctors, that increases gnp, because doctors' services are part of gnp. by now i think that most

four students at santa barbara became ill in november, three recover.ials are recommending all students get the vaccine. >>> marcus books, the oldest black bookstore in the nation, kicked off black history month with a crowd funding blitz. the 54-year-old bookstore on fillmore street hopes to raise $1 million by the end of this how to buy the the site in the historic jazz district. dozens gathered at the art and culture complex yesterday to spread the word via social media and raise money for the "keep it lit" pin. >> we are seeing the numbers. we just got started. we are asking people to share with their friends and with their neighbors, with fuse outlets and other influences over the next 20 days to meet our $1 million goal. >> the family-owned business has hosted many events. >>> the mail carrier in san francisco drove his final route in style. randy wore a tuxedo yesterday marking his last day in a 25 year career with the postal service. he said his load dropped significantly the past ten yearsuous of e-mail and online shipping. he said the best thi

he's paragliding on his first mountain flight in santa barbara, california th. this is from december 2013. flying to parma park. you hear the beeping from his altimeter, telling how high up he is. at one point he says -- >> this is outrageous. >> this is outrageous. but he goes from saying things like this is outrageous to saying things far different. you're about to see why. he's on his radio with somebody, who is instructing him and a bunch of other paragliders to go in for a landing. i know the altimeter beeping is for a reason. it adds to the stress of the situation like this. because watch when he goes in for his landing. it is not much of a landing at all. >> oh! >> yeah. goes flying right down, hits hard into that tree. >> doing good too. all of a sudden -- you remember that demeanor. he still has it. >> i just sank down in the tree. >> i think he's chuckling because he's, like, i'm alive. like, i landed in the tree and it didn't puncture me. >> i love this guy. >> that was [ bleep ] awesome. >> he has other people helping him out and he gets down safely.

question sahlenization is not a new thing, in fact, santa barbara to the north, they built one in the 1990's when the state was experiencing another severe drought, but wouldn't you know, the rain started before they finished the plant, ultimately it was moth balled and now given the current situation we are in, there has been talk about maybe trying to restart that plant, but the equipment is so outdaded they say it would take two years to retrofit it. >> jennifer, thank you very much. and they are watching the skies in california but you have some pretty sophisticated instruments things are changing slightly, starting to see storms come in, bringing in moisture. they are going well north, and now the change is happening just slightly, we are start tock see a little moisture here come in, just some light snow expected here. the storm track was going to the north, now changing just a little bit, hopefully get a few more storms and more snow to the mountains. it is a fight over evolution, as the owner of the creation museum takes on bill nigh the science guy. well, the bulls haven't be

a plant was built in santa barbara to the north on a much smaller scale in the early '90s when the stateas experiencing another drought, but the rains became before that plant was finished and it was ultimately moth balled. they are talking about restarting that plant, but it would take at least two years to get it up and running. >>> california has been in a drought now for quite sometime. they have got to wonder whether there is any weather in sight? >> yeah, they got about a .01 inch of rain, but that was not enough. the snow will melt typically around april 1st and go into the reservoirs and they are about 10% of what they normally see at this time of year. the numbers are not getting any better. the radar plus the clouds show no storms really now, but just starting to see a little rain on the radar. this weather pattern is changing a little bit, the middle to end of the week we'll start to see snow, and the snow will melt typically around april 1st. we're starting to see more storms come into the west coast, so that a good news, but we need a lot more to help the situation. >>> ther

as far north as santa barbara rate payers. but a glancing blow from that means another round of rainfall and gusty winds coming up friday. so one of the stormier weeks we have had for a while. an inch or two for you in the south bay. east bay, north bay, an inch or two or perhaps three and the city of san francisco an inch or two of much needed rainfall. what to expect over the next few days. steady rainfall for the drive home tomorrow. it would be a mess for the evening commute. winds would be gusty and there would be the chance of a thunderstorm. here are your highs tomorrow. low 60s with the rain. livermore 64. oakland, 63 degrees. a little bit of a break thursday between storms. friday, more rain, saturday morning, more rain, then we dry up. saturday afternoon, the sunshine is back and sunday will be a sunny day as will the first part of next week. rain moving in tomorrow. back in a few. ,,,,,,[ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that

. >> chula lake is the main water supply for santa barbara at 39% capacity, but if it drops under 30%, lake levels would fall below the pumps that transport the water. just outside sacramento this is what it looked like a year and a half ago. now much of the marina is on land. >> less than a year and a half ago after amanda knox's murder conviction was reinstated she spoke live on good morning america. >> i'm going to fight this until the very end and it's not right and it's not fair. >> 1 big crazy idea came to us. we said you know what? let's do it. >> this 146,000-ton norwegian cruise line get-away has 18 decks with over 2,000 cabins. everything has been super bowl themed for the weekend. fans aboard this ship have 22 bars and lounges to choose from. >>> topper shutt, high temperature 51 today, the eighth day this month 50 or higher. wake-up weather, cold start but milder later in the morning, in the 30s by 9:00, in the 40s by 11:00. we'll come back. we have 50s and we have snowflakes on our first alert seven-day. >>> it's being called a miracle drug able to reverse an overdose. i'

it will not really move west to east but drop down the coast and head into santa barbara and los angelesl start to see the clouds on the increase. by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, even though a lot of the rain will be offshore, this will be close enough to bring us finally a little more rain to the bay area especially out to the coasted. the timing with this system. tomorrow, you've got the clouds spilling on in. tomorrow morning we'll start to see some showers rotating on in. notice these areas in yellow and orange, and it almost looks sort of popcorn-like offshore. that's cold air aloft. relatively warmer air below there on the ocean's surface. instability will increase during the day tomorrow. so it's possible some of those heavier showers, especially around the monterey peninsula, and salinas and west of san francisco and pacifica you could have thunder with those showers. notice how inland east of sacramento not a whole lot of moisture. most of this will hang up on the coastal range and dive south. by this time tomorrow evening we'll see those showers actually move out of t

storm no. 2 is the bigger one, a huge concern for los angeles, orange county, as far north as santa barbara. they get a direct hit and we get a ambulancing blow. we get a break once -- a glancing blow. we get a break tonight, but storm no. 2, more rain and wind beginning around this time tomorrow night and will last through the day on friday. we're about halfway through. we're at halftime and more rain coming friday. for the east bay in total 1 or 2 inches of rainfall, south bay 1 or 2 inches, more in the north bay and peninsula 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches of rainfall, another dent in the drought. on and off showers tomorrow, steady rain returning this time tomorrow night, friday also looking wet and windy. extended forecast, showery tomorrow, soggy, stormy on friday, maybe a chance of a thunderstorm again. saturday morning we've got a few showers and dry out much of the weekend, saturday afternoon, sunday dry, monday and tuesday next week dry, halfway down, storm no. 1 leaving, storm no. 2 coming in. >>> you ever notice how sometimes the weather will bring out little critters? i know you don't l

. >>> a 19-year-old student at uc santa barbara said she was gang raped this weekend. the sheriff's office says it's unclear if the attack was on campus or nearby. they have few clues to go on, no suspects and no known witnesses. the student is out of the hospital and home with her family tonight. >>> tonight we've learned there will be a big public push tomorrow to send more rapists to prison. andria borba says crucial evidence is collecting dust all over california because of budget cuts. >> this evidence is rape kits taken right after an assault, but because there's no state money the victims want you to help. >> it's just kind of a failure of justice. >> reporter: natasha is on a one woman crusade to get every backlogged rape kit in the united states tested. for her it's a personal story. she was raped and robbed in 1993. >> my kit sat 9 1/2 years just collecting dulles in police custody in new york city. >> reporter: hers was one of 17,000 that hasn't seen the inside of a crime lab. in the bay area the numbers aren't that bad, but they're not good in. san francisc

even that little green spot closer to santa barbara, maybe. at seven inches, that's what that represents. let's do timing. that's what's important. on friday, the storm starts rocketing through southern california. you get the heavy rains. you get the gusts up to 60-mile-per-hour, 70-mile-per-hour, possibly of waterspouts and weak tornadoes coming onshore. and the storm hits the rockies and the sold air. it will make ice. freezing rain, sleet, that wintry mix. south of chicago, through indianapolis, parts of ohio and western pennsylvania, through the weekend. >> here it comes again on the weekend. thank you so much, ginger, watching the storm tonight. >>> and next, here, tonight, an urgent headline for parents and schools across this country. it's about sacker. we told you about the risk associated with football and disabling concussion. well, tonight, for the first time, a soccer player has been diagnosed with a disease linked to repeated blows to the head. abc's chief national correspondent, jim avila, has the headline. >> reporter: american

>> investigators are looking for three men in connection with the gang-rape of a university of santa barbara student. the 19-year-old woman says she was beaten and raped early sunday morning in isla vista. that's a community next to campus where many students live. it's the second rape of a student there in as many months. three suspects were arrested for the attack back in january. >>> a big public campaign is planned today to reduce the backlog rape test kits. >> it's a failure of justice. >> reporter: she is on a woman one crusade to get every backlogged rape kit in the united states tested. for her it's personal. she was raped and robbed in 19 93. >> my kit sat 9.5 years in new york city. >> reporter: hers is one of 17,000 that hadn't seen the inside of a crime lab. in the bay area, the numbers are not that bad. but they aren't good. in san francisco, there are 800 untested kits. in alameda county, 1900. natasha is partnering with the alameda county district attorney's office to raise private money to get the kits tested. >> each rape kit represents a human being whose body was essential

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it will be a big concern for los angeles and san diego even santa barbara.or us kind of a glancing blow. even though it's a bigger storm we'll get less rain and wind on friday. as for how much rainfall in total, by the time you wake up on saturday morning, look at these rainfall totals, not a drought ender but it will be a drought helper for all of us. north bay up to 3." east bay in concord and livermore, up to 2." south bay missed it two weeks ago, you're going to get it this time. san jose up to 2" of rainfall for you. san francisco, san mateo county, burlingame, you're going to get up to 2." highest rainfall totals in the santa cruz mountains because of the orographic lift up to 3." it starts tomorrow morning but i think the commute will be dry. the steady rain will move in, in time for the wednesday evening commute. so this time tomorrow. winds will gust 20 to 35 miles per hour. so it will be windy. and there's a slight thunderstorm risk both tomorrow and friday. highs tomorrow doesn't really matter because it will be raining, but here they are, san jos

everybody's either in jail or the santa barbara venice of hollywood or somewhere else we don't need more jails but if moments all institutions we need more doctors to come down here so the more people pascal sandwiches that's what we really need we need more understanding we need the awareness that we're not all drug addicts three things. things impact our central nervous system the environment that we grow up in and that we live in our d.n.a. basically what we're born with our genes and drugs. don't i mean is the reward neurotransmitter i mean it's what scenes and release is from our brain cells when we are sexually aroused when we smell something good that we'd like to be when. we smoke crack the brain of a schizophrenia person untreated unmedicated is a wash with don't permit more cells in the brain of a person that doesn't because frankly the skin frank brain cannot filter out the noises the heat. the vibrations the other people talking to you it's all coming in at once so the medications that we give people for schizophrenia reduce to don't for me unfortunately they really. too much

the dolphin right there on its side, struggling to get back into the water on the beach near santa barbarae pulled the dolphin by the tail into deeper water and we're told, he was relieved when that dolphin then swam off. >>> well, "harry potter" fans tonight, it was the happy ending so many of you wanted, but never got. now author j.k. rowling admits she's having second thoughts of not letting the boy wizard end up with the girl. instead, she was paired up with ron. now seven years la s later, rowling now saying this mismatch would like little need relationship counseling. >>> as that super bowl plays out on some other network, a different feat to share with all of you tonight. a new hall of famer to tell you about who works right down the hall from us. michael strahan among the new members of the pro football hall of fame. long before he was chatting it up with kelly every morning, strahan spending 15 years playing for the new york giants. one of the all-time great defensive linemen. and michael, we say congrats to you tonight. >>> when we come back here, take a guess. do you know how ma

the pre sipp that is going to hit, that's where we -- ir vieb ip, san diego, all the way up to santa barbara, this whole area. in terms of the amount of rain, where you see these little yellow dots, six to eight inches of rain. just to the north of los angeles down here just to the north of parts of san diego and then also in terms of snow we are looking believe it or not about 20 inches of snow in those mountains just to the north of los angeles. >> you're kidding me! >> yes, i know. >> when it rains, it pours, kevin, appreciate it. thank you. >>> president obama revealed a new initiative to give young black men a start at their full potential. >> lags behind by almost every measure, and is worse for boys and young men. >> under the my brother's keeper initiative businesses foundations and community groups would come up with more support programs that keep kids in school and out of the criminal justice system. ash-har quraishi spend some time with an organization that already saw some success. >> for 19-year-old koran turner after school boxing has released tension and congregation. >> i go

police tackling a guy accused of cutting down an american flag near city hall in santa barbara, californiaandalism and resisting arrest. the ugly. when you play golf in the desert watch out for the jumping cacti. one spectator in arizona finding out the hard way. the spectator falling backwards into the prickly clutches of a cactus. >>> we told you about the new york lawmaker who introduced a bill that would force elementary school parents to attend parenting class. if they don't go children could be held back. we asked is this fine or over the line. susan tweeted don't punish kids for bad parenting. classes won't help. you either are or are not a good parent. genie tweeted there is no one size fits all parenting method. thanks so much for watching us today. have a great weekend. >> we'll see you back here monday. "fox & friends" starts here now. goodbye. >>> good morning. it's friday, february 21. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the f.c.c. wants to access our news room. but even a commissioner at the agency thinks this is a bad idea. and he was appointed by president obama. >> if you're holding

. >> students at uc santa barbara are nervous after reports say a student was beaten and gang raped.r-old woman was walking ohm on campus when she was attacked by several men early sunday morning. she was taken to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. but this attack and several others have student there is worried about her safety. >> we all walk home alone at night. a lot of times. you don't really think -- you think you can make it. you think it will be fine. >> another sexual assault occurred in that area saturday. back in january three men were arrested accused of raping a student. >>> at least five california children are suffering from a mysterious illness that has left them with symptoms that are like polio. stanford and uc san francisco researchers say the children became ill with the infections between august 2012 and july of last year. the children suffered unexplained paralysis in their arms and legs. all the children had been vaccinated against polio. >>> people in the east bay that use food stamps will have access to another -- it's part of an effort to get tome poo

that is far more than they have seen in the last 12 months and in places like santa barbara and thereother story with this. and a threat of severe weather and strong winds and tornados is a possibility here, so we will have the wind in addition to the rain and likely significant power outages. look at the precipitation forecast. yellow and reds, that is additional 3- 5 inches of rain in the mountains. highest elevations seeing snowfall totals as well. that is great news. the store tore becomes a separate story in the eastern part of the country. look at temperatures. minus 20 in fargo; minus 25 in fargo. and minus 25 in minneapolis. cold air is in place. the storm from the west will move in to where the cold air is. blue is temperatures below 0. where you see the pink here is a potential for a big- time ice storm. that is problematic and dangerous in the south this year. look at the cape up to st. louis, and in through indianapolis and columbus, ohio, a big area seeing major power outages sunday and monday from this and heavy snow on the north side of that, and alisyn. new york city a

nah santa barbara ah guinane is there. >> michael jordan.is attorney tells him he has a better case of self defense than zimmerman. >> luceie mcbath often sits in her son's room to feel closer to him. >> people also used to say jordan was my shadow. a good heart. he cared about people. and he had such a joy for life. >> the life of 17-year-old jordan davis ended in this suv in 2012. he and three friends were at a jacksonville gas station when 46-year-old michael dunn pulled alongside them. dunn was a tourist visiting the city with his girlfriend. during an interview with police he said he politely asked the teenagers to turn down their music. they complied at first. >> the music is coming on, i'm like live and let live don't need any trouble. >> things quickly escalated. dunn told police he pulled out a gun because he thought the teenagerrers had one too. >> this guy like goes down on the ground and comes up with something. i thought it was a shotgun and he says you're dead (bleep) quicker than a flash i had a round chaibd and i shot. >> dun

. >>> from santa barbara, the sheriff is investigating a violent attack on a 19-year-old student whoaten and gang raped by a group of men on saturday night. citizen third searching for the campus and neighboring community to figure out exactly where the attack happened. the student was not sure of the location. the second assault in two days another woman was attacked on saturday night outside a house party. >> ukraine acting government has issued an arrest warrant for president yanukovich and is accusing him of mass crimes against protesters who stood up for months against his rule. the parliament has installed the speaker of the assembly as interim president. ukraine is divided between eastern regions largely pro russian and western areas that long for ties with the european union. >>> in venezuela people on both sides of the political divide are stepping up protests, with pro government demonstrators voicing support for the socialist government during the weekend demonstrations. that rally came after police clashed with anti-government protesters. >>> if the last 15 minutes we lea

. >> they're in santa barbara at the spearment rhino. she had a private room. those four chicks are touching each other and they're watching it all happen. >> you can tell she's loaded because she has the wide eyes, you know what i'm saying? like woo-hoo! >>clay aiken is running for congress. way! >> yeah. > maybe we can ignite the change

. >> it isn't an entire luny idea in california, in fact, in santa barbara a city to the north of where i am leer, they built a desal plant in the late 1980's, and that's when the state was experiencing another time of severe drought. but the weather changed, the rain started pouring before the plant was finished being built, and they eventually moth balled it. but given the current situation, there is talk about trying to restart that plant, but they would have to do so much retrofitting they are saying that could take about two years. >> the debate over evolution and creationism. two men with conflicting views are about to battle it out. jonathan martin joins us now. jonathan, who are tonight's combatants? >> well, tony, one of them a lot of russ familiar with, bellini, better known as the science guy. you also have tim ham the under toker of this place. now neither man expects to change the other minds, they say they will be able to put their positions out there, and let everybody decide for themselves. >> teaching science for more than ten years vanderbilt university astronomy profe

in santa barbara, they built a desalinization plant in the 1980s and 90s. and that's when the state was experiencing drought. buff the weather changed. and the lane poured before it was finished and they mothballed it. but given the current situation in california, there's talk of refitting the plant. and that could take about two years. >> jennifer in southern california tonight. >> . >> and people in the west are reinsured that they can drink their water again. but should they? the recent chemical spill near charleston, west virginia. and this spill was the topic of a senate hearing committee today. several called for tougher laws to protect the public. >> americans have the right to expect that when they turn their tap o. the water they get is safe, and it's safe to drink. >> the january 9th chemical spill is the latest controversy in thousands of plants and coal mines, and oversight. robert ray had that story from charleston. >> ask the locals and many will tell that you the place they call home in west virginia is better than known as the chemical vall

paulette in santa barbara.ompanies that make us fat, start with ben & jerry's. >> and in middleburg, florida, if we sue the fast food companies, i think we should sue the teachers for not teaching their students about nutrition. >> you raise a very good point. where does all of this end? where does personal responsibility begin? suing mcdonald's because it makes some stuff that isn't good for you misses the point that mcdonald's also so happens to make stuff that is good for you, and comparing fast food to big tobacco leaves out one very big difference. the tobacco industry knew its product was addictive. it even made it addictive and hid that fact for years. unless ronald has been filling his fries with freon and lying about it, mcdonald's should be free to push its nutritionally fair and balanced menu without anyone suing them over it. not saying we shouldn't eat healthy. i am saying lawyers deciding that issue, boris, that is unhealthy. this whole trend sun healthy. this fear that is all struck at our parent

all of the people in the big cities from santa barbara, to the south, will look for that threat.ore mudslide problems. this is additional precip. the red, another three to five plus inches. especially across the san gabriel mountains and then look at that. heavy snow. we need the snow. we're getting the to the north. helps to refill the reservoir. that's good. the drinking water. everything about this is good news. rainy season is about over. >> slow and steady, thank you very much. >> still breaking news. a live look. this is a weird thing. in the -- best named town in america, i believe, near shaunie, oklahoma, but the real spot here is kickapoo, oklahoma. kid you not. a little grass fire start thread between the freeway and the little regular street there. surface street. and there's a boat manufacturing place and a boat yard, and the grass fire caught the boats on fire. and it burned through one business already. crews were called to this area at i-40 and kickapoo street -- it's a street. it's just shaunie, oklahoma. that's sad. normal fire activities. fires start, firefighte

irvine and problems with the hillsides over just to the east of santa barbara. we are expecting quite a bit of precipitation. here we go. >> we are looking at 6 to eight inches of rain. also for many sections where you see the yellow. in here, we are looking at about 20-inches of snow in the san gabriel mountains, and then up towards the north here in the sierra nevadas. well in that region we are talking about 36 to 48-inches of snow just in the next couple of days going through starting on friday morning and ending on saturday night. so this is going to be a major scenario. we are not only going to be watching what is happening in parts of los angeles, but also what is going to be happening to the north. towards saturday, you can see things start to ease up a bit. unfortunately as we go to the next couple of days, we are looking at the situation going back to the same dry warm scenario that we had last month as well as really going through the winter. now back to you. >> thanks kevin. >>> coming up knicks on america tonight, the president launches an initiativ

oprah making a grand entrance at the santa barbara film festival. on stage to a bruin mow mars hit. oprah dancing all the way to her chair. ellen better watch out. 50 years since the british invasion on february 7th, 1964. the beatles landing to mark the occasion in jfk airport including music from a band called liverpool ♪ tell you something ♪ i think you'll understand ♪ when i ♪ something ♪ i want to hold your hand ♪ i want to hold your hand. >> this sunday will be the 50th anniversary of the beatle's appearance on the ed sullivan show. and the streets of new york city turning into a real life horror movie. zombies from the walking dead pranking people on the street. [screams] that's what we are watching tonight. if you want to see more of the videos we just showed you know where to go gretawire.com. do you want to be an ambassador turns out you might have to write a check. donors turn diplomat happened before and happened often. president obama's latest choice of ambassadors is really raising eyebrows. you you will see why next. are wr tomorrow?

. >> joining us now from santa barbara, the sage of southern california, dennis miller who is job locked> you know, pelosi is a tough one for me. i can't tell if she is a creep or a moron. but i will will say moron today after watching that. >> the job lock is we did it last night. you know, we, miller and me and you, if you have a job and you are working, we have to pay for the other people's passions, miller, because they may not, you know, want to be in a job that's hard, so we give them the health insurance and entitlements and maybe make a little money under the table and they can pursue their passion. that's just compassionate, isn't it? >> well, first, i would say it's rich that the queen of forehead lock would lecture me on job luck. secondly one person is going to subsidize one person in this country now, can we at least go to a one-on-one response shoreship like the honduran kid send me a polar rode when his villageuilt a new crapper. thirdly, job lock, bring this up to pelosi, say hey, honey, without term limits it, seems like you are locked in that gig. can we push those thro

seeing actually four to six-inches of rain, that's probably going to be the most down here towards santa barbara, we'll also see the potential of mudslides and lan landslides and flash flooding when you get this much rain over a dry area, also rain up the coast. we think that this is going to bring some better weather in the area. and for los angeles, well, we are going to see the rain in the forecast. we think on sunday, though, adam, it's going to be over. back to you. >> all right, it will take a long time to that you out for from winter, kevin. thank you so much. kevin. >>> after the break on "america tonight," on guard, a fighting family of vigilantes. >> two weeks we did what they didn't do in 10 years, you know. and it was us, it's us. all my people. the people that believe that they had to be free again. >> securing their town from mexico's drug wars. and later in our program, do respect. >> i heard about rape, i heard about taking passport, i heard about people sleeping on floors. hearing the horror stories, stories that tears come from your eyes when you hear it. >> our special series,

pg&e has 900 substations from eureka to north of santa barbara and work is going to be prioritized by importance with metcalf first. a proposal is going to be submitted to the fed lal energy regulatory commission and yes this could affect your rates although right now it's still unclear by how much. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama host ited a state dinner for the french leader. he's making the trip alone after he and his long time partner split up. tonight's dinner include 350 guests enjoyed a lavish meal on the south lawn. president obama paid tribute to the long ties between the two nations. >>> temperatures out there are cooling off. the dew points are high again tonight. so we talked about it last night the dew points are high the temperature reaches that dew point for instance dew point in santa rosa is 48. temperature in santa rosa 48. fog is starring to form in the valleys around the area. there's a dense fog advisory that is in effect for tonight through tomorrow morning. dense fog advisory for areas below a thousand feet. santa clara valley out in the c

the second storm on friday is bigger and has its sights set on santa barbara, los angeles, san diego. we'll get a glancing blow. how much rainfall? minimum an inch to two inches between now and friday night. it begins tomorrow. livermore tomorrow 64. san francisco 60. we are wet and windy tomorrow, a break on thursday. wet and windy again on friday, showers saturday morning, clearing out saturday afternoon. sunday, monday, tuesday, dry. stormy stuff this time tomorrow the radar will be lit up like a christmas tree in late february. >> great news. but be careful. >> yeah. drive carefully. drive defensively tomorrow. it's going to be pretty rough. >>> coming up, offensive graffiti in an upscale neighborhood. the malicious messages with a specific target. >> a food fight with your safety in mind. why a crackdown to prevent contamination is stuck on the shelf. ,,,, anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165.

show you how it is changed and the drought has move closer to monterey and watsonville and to santa barbaradrought you can have is spreading. but it does look like the rain unlike like time, it will hit those areas. back at home, we will plan out friday: we start off with sunshine and low-to-upper 40's and not so breezy as yesterday. we will be prettier everywhere with total sunshine and low-to-mid 60's at noon and low-to-upper 60's at 4:00 with a passing cloud and enjoy the evening, mid-to-upper 50's and no need to worry about rain or wind and that will hold through the weekend and we will drop a degree or two. you will not notice a difference the next four days other than a passing high cloud from time to time. wednesday, thursday, and friday, coming up in ten minutes with the seven-day forecast for next week's rain. >>> friday is still considered a work week day but we also consider it the start of the weekend and i have to say we are off to a great start the it is clear. we don't have reports of accidents across the bay area we are seeing most of the traffic is over the altamont pass. h

pg&e has 900 substations from eureka to north of santa barbara and work is going to be prioritized bywith metcalf first. a proposal is going to be submitted to the fed lal energy regulatory commission and yes this could affect your rates although right now it's still unclear by how much. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama host ited a state dinner for the french leader. he's making the trip alone after he and his long time partner split up. tonight's dinner include 350 guests enjoyed a lavish meal on the south lawn. president obama paid tribute to the long ties between the two nations. >>> temperatures out there are cooling off. the dew points are high again tonight. so we talked about it last night the dew points are high the temperature reaches that dew point for instance dew point in santa rosa is 48. temperature in santa rosa 48. fog is starring to form in the valleys around the area. there's a dense fog advisory that is in effect for tonight through tomorrow morning. dense fog advisory for areas below a thousand feet. santa clara valley out in the contra costa

investigators need more clues in the search for three men after the reported gang- rape of a university of santa barbara student. the 19-year-old woman says she was beaten and raped early sunday morning in isla vista. that's a community next to. can puss where many students live. it's the second rape of a ucsb student this year. three suspects were arrested in january. >>> a public campaign to reduce the backlog of rape kit tests in california. hundreds have not yet been tested. in alameda county, 1900 rape kits have not been tested. natasha was raped in 1993. her kit wasn't tested until nearly 10 years later. she is partnering request the alameda county d.a.'s office to raise money to get its kits tested. >>> the u.s. attorneys office is joining the investigation into the petaluma slaughterhouse at the center of a massive meat recall. investigators believe the rancho feeding corporation knowingly processed diseased and unsound animals and also dodged federal inspections. the slaughterhouse is already under investigation by the u.s. department of agriculture. >>> happening today, leaders of silicon vall