i began as a young social worker in south los angeles.ng infested housing projects that are now almost mythic, jordan downs and nickerson gardens, and i worked in these projects during what is referred to as the decade of death, when crack and unregulated gun availability laid waste to communities of color. in los angeles during the late 1980's and early 1990's, there were 1000 homicides per year in the city of los angeles, not the county, the city. now, we have between 203 hundred homicides per year. people talk about the gang problem having been addressed. i want to share with you, what i experienced, what i have learned, i am not a typical academic. i will not quote statistics to you or talk about theories. i will talk with you about practicality. pragmatic approaches, and i will talk about reality. san francisco, like los angeles learned, will never saw or deal with its gang problems effectively unless there is true collaboration. i will talk to you about what this looks like and feels like. i will speak to you about the lessons that

he helped to establish what was called the free peoples medical clinic in los angeles, south central los angeles that was located on central avenue. it was founded in 1969. december 1969 he was at the time, i think he was a resident in psychiatry resident at ucla. he would help the panthers to start that clinic and he would actually go on to be involved with other panther activities over the course of his career. he never joined the party. he was a personal physician and a personal physician to angeles davis. he also saw george jackson. this is a time when he was at oakland and interned an oakland hospital. he help the parties strategize and get their sickle cell anemia program organized. the southwest from he helped the party, he would go around to chapters and educating the members of the party about sickle cell anemia. >> host: professor nelson, why are you writing about this now? is a because of the health care debate we just had in this country. >> guest: i think the book is in conversation with the health care debate, and i draw these connections with the debate. what is interes

one psychiatrist help to establish the free peoples medical clinic in south central los angeles and foundedcember 1969. at the time he was a resident act ucla and help to the panthers to start that clinic and would go on and to be involved with other activities broke also when was newtons personal physician to into lead davis said also or george jackson and was very involved at the time living in oakland and he helped the party to strategizing around the circle so anemia and the southwest he would go around two chapters. >> why are you writing about this now? >> for the book is then conversation. what is interesting 45 years later rehab those fundamental issues that have come back with public discourse with the affordable care act. who should pay for it? this is what the panthers were talking about but then they seem to far more radical but it is interesting they have shipped shot -- shift to the mainstream discourse. initially at was reading about hiv/aids and the struggles they face with battling the at epidemic. given the history with the civil-rights movement and black communities have

them all the time we are in a nice studio now up in the hollywood area of los angeles, but i work, my office building is in southcentral los angeles, so i see this all the time and i am certainly around poor people and people of color all the time in what i do, and i choose to be there, so i am not chagrined by that. but i see this all the time. i was at a restaurant the other night and i saw this happen, where people who happen to be poor already are parenting kids who they wish they could do more for anyway. they wish they could do more for them, they wish they could provide more for them you know where i am going with this so that so often, parents do not like to tell their kids no. they do not want to deny them a trip to mcdonald's, and i am not trying to bash mcdonald's. but whether it is a trip to mcdonald's, whether it is x, y or z, they do not want to deny those kids. so i know too many parents, see too many parents, often who think that denying their kids is hurting their kids when they are already in poverty to begin with, so they do not see that outcome that you've just suggested. >> but that is love.

oauthoritys say two vehicles crashed in a construction zone in torrance just south of los angeles. both drivers and a third highway worker were hurt. and in yolo county, a wife is now 65% contained. the fire is burping southwest of the community half glen damp. -- glenda. over 400 firefighters are battling steep terrain and high winds. flames are coming close to several homes but officials are confident the structures will not be harmed. >> a crazy scene inside a pennsylvania mall. shoppers at the pittsburgh mill's mall were evacuate after a bear cub was spotted in one of the stores. the games commission was called in and caught and tranquilized the bear. witnesses say it got caught in the mall through one of the out ahtisaari mated doors. >> poor little guy. i it was hot back there hot today, especially inland with temperatures topping off close to 100 degrees. we're starting to see a nice sea breeze develop. this is the he def next mt. tamalpais camera and you can see the limbs blowing with a good westerly wind component. 24 miles-per-hour. clear now. you can see on live doppler

some uncertain solutions and a couple of people that i'm so excited about she moved into south central los angeles sent them to school to a neighborhood school across the street from the chemical plating plant that her kids are coming withits and headaches and she started asking questions to find out that there was a lot of this going on in this little school and then she started looking at the plant across the street and started asking questions in question came boundaries and demanding answers then she got soil samples and senate to work with local environmental groups and they test the soil and found these exposures that were possibly creating both air and ground issues and even cancers with some of the teachers and the school. what she did was after eight years she got the chemical plant closedown it took her eight years in a battle that for eight years cut 750 class in dallas to meet the issue of the school the city council did tonight everybody was on her side she us speaks english she is graduating college and going to law school. from science to social justice she has moved it from the lab

. >> reporter: a chase through south los angeles with police and chp trying to stop the drive.ike they had him. a full sized pickup truck spinning toward the big rig. the back end of the pickup appears lodged, stuck. guns are drawn. officers move in. but the driver moves out. he guns the gas and heap is of again. seven miles later he drives off a steep hillside from indian peak, pinned in the truck, lodged against a tree but he survives. the suspect is kip arnold, an lausd teacher suspended for unlawful sex with a minor. they had been tracking hip as they were closing in. he told officers, quote he was going to kill himself. that is a cording to the bell police department. >> surprise aid lot d a lot of . i thought he was going to surrender. he didn't. >> reporter: witnesses at the location where he was hit said he seemed determined to get away. >> after the truck was stopped over here. the police told him to stick his hand out the windows. which he did for five, ten seconds. after that he rolled up the windows and took off. in the direction of -- down the street. >> reporter:

authorities say two cars hit a construction zone on interstate 405 south of los angeles.he drivers of both vehicles suffered minor injuries. they were arrested at a hospital on suspicious of driving under the influence. they could be charged with manslaughter. the freeway was shut down for hours as authorities investigated. >> john mccain slammed the obama administration today calling it shameful that the united states has not done more to defeat the government in syria. today he voiced concern that the government is now moving chemical weapons under the fog of war. >> media reports that chemical weapons are being moved around, israel being very concerned about some of those. the not to mention the death of 17, 18,000 people. >> he said the outsinneds to provide arms and equipment to the rebels. he called the un attempts to stop the violence a failure. >> in afghanistan three contractors were killed today when officials say a man dressed as a security member opened fire. so far this year 26 foreign troops have been killed by someone wearing an official afghanistan militar

he may be heading south to los angeles or new mexico. >> if he's thinking he will desolve into new mexico or return to the united states later under a different identity, he is dreaming. we are not going to forget this. >> the couple has three children in the home when they were killed. a vigil was held last night to remember the two. back out here live there are pictures of the family and children outside their home. the police officers association has set up a fund to help the kids with clothes and back to school supplies. if you want to help you go to our website at ktvu.com and click on web links. if you know where that 2006 black nissan maxima is or seen it give them a call. reporting live from san jose janine. >>> one person was killed at least five others were hurt as powerful thunderstorms rolled through the ohio valley. take a look at the damage in danbury, connecticut. here's some of the storm footage. it downed trees and power lines yesterday afternoon. a 66-year-old woman in pennsylvania was hit and killed by a falling tree. at least one tornado touched down in malia a, new yo

it should have been moved down south somewhere like los angeles. i know publicity would have followed it but the jurors down there weren't as involved as the jurors up here. >> did scott peterson kill laci peterson did he kill their unborn child? >> the jury came back with a guilty varied i respect that. yes, he did. he stands convicted he's on death row. >> what about the possibility that he will be executed. seems to michal cal is kind of repulsed by capital punishment these days although they keep sending people to death row. >> keep in mind they are talking about taking a person's life. california takes 20, 21, 22 years before we get there. it should take that long? he was convicted three times after the third conviction dna evidence he was on death row. shouldn't we be careful? absolutely. >> oo what is the biggest evidence in your mind? >> it wasn't any one thing, it was everything. we are talking 8 years post trial this november. my recollection isn't as solid now as it was then. there was a whole lot of things that called it not right. prob

calls for building a massive twinned with tunnel system to send northern california water south to homes in los angelesrs in the central valley the pundits say not enough has been done to assess environmental impacts that ron is listening and learning trip to london is turning into iraq is over who said what it's all over a comment that a british newspaper says came from an unnamed ron revise their the romney camp denies ever happens to the visor is quoted as saying and we are part of the anglo-saxon heritage and rummy feels that the special relationship is special the white house didn't fully appreciate the shared history half joe biden fired back saying " is a feeble attack by the army campaign to score political points this assertion is beneath the presidential campaign. it is our question behind bars in the colorado shooting suspect in your daily news reports that james holmes asked the jail worker if he had seen the new batman movie in town and it. in days before the massacre the suspect mail the package to a psychiatry professor at university of colorado reporter jon miller on the warning signs i

would but still influencing our weather with cooler air pattern from the south showers and thunderstorms flirting with los angeles and san diego and that system is going to come up at us tonight could be thunder south of monterey and hollister overnight that could head into tahoe during the afternoon. something to keep an eye on during tomorrow's morning show. right now 71 los gatos everybody else in the 60s. monterey bay inland to salinas 60s, 71 gilroy impartly cloudy today and tomorrow, afternoon temperatures cooler than average by the weekend, away from the coast summer warmth will return today we are two degrees cooler than average in san francisco, 66, 69 oakland, four degrees cooler than average napa 74 with san jose, 73 redwood city, 10 in livermore, 11° cooler than average today many here's the low notice it hanging out not moving stuck in the bottom of this trough it will start to move out tomorrow. today it will keep us cooler 60s around half moon bay, san mateo, san francisco and oakland mid to upper 60s there everybody else in the 70s with the warmest weather inland in the east bay valleys, mid to up

it should have been moved down south somewhere like los angeles. i know publicity would have followed it but the jurors down there weren't as involved as the jurors up here. >> did scott peterson kill laci peterson did he kill their unborn child? >> the jury came back with a guilty varied i respect that. yes, he did. he stands convicted he's on death row. >> what about the possibility that he will be executed. seems to michal cal is kind of repulsed by capital punishment these days although they keep sending people to death row. >> keep in mind they are talking about taking a person's life. california takes 20, 21, 22 years before we get there. it should take that long? he was convicted three times after the third conviction dna evidence he was on death row. shouldn't we be careful? absolutely. >> oo what is the biggest evidence in your mind? >> it wasn't any one thing, it was everything. we are talking 8 years post trial this november. my recollection isn't as solid now as it was then. there was a whole lot of things that called it not right. prob

would but still influencing our weather with cooler air pattern from the south showers and thunderstorms flirting with los angelesnd san diego and that system is going to come up at us tonight could be thunder south of monterey and hollister overnight that could head into tahoe during the afternoon. something to keep an eye on during tomorrow's morning show. right now 71 los gatos everybody else in the 60s. monterey bay inland to salinas 60s, 71 gilroy impartly cloudy today and tomorrow, afternoon temperatures cooler than average by the weekend, away from the coast summer warmth will return today we are two degrees cooler than average in san francisco, 66, 69 oakland, four degrees cooler than average napa 74 with san jose, 73 redwood city, 10 in livermore, 11° cooler than average today many here's the low notice it hanging out not moving stuck in the bottom of this trough it will start to move out tomorrow. today it will keep us cooler 60s around half moon bay, san mateo, san francisco and oakland mid to upper 60s there everybody else in the 70s with the warmest weather inland in the east bay valleys, mid to uppe

the idea is to send northern california water south to homes in los angeles and farmers in the centraly. >> any plan of this magnitude will drawl many levels of criticism, and concern and questions. so we're taking them all. >> and indeed, opponents from environmentalist to farmers and fishermen and lawmakers, they were quick and loud with their objections. >> it does not make sense to me. it is another half baked idea. the environmental studies are not complete. >> the plan calls for the restoration of the sacramento san joaquin delta, a vast area of water and wildlife that has suffered a steady decline as the state's cities

south. i have worked in los angeles county and orange county and our traffic is not as bad as theirs. when my engineering team works 24 hours a day to keep a very outdated infrastructure at st. luke's st. luke' -- at st. luke's together, i cannot tell you what my team has gone through, both at st. luke's and california campuses. i encourage you, i implore you to reject the appeal, except the eir. if you choose not to do that, decide to keep the dialogue open and continue this for tubing weeks. >> my name is rick stevens, recently hired as the new chief administrative officer for st. luke's. one attraction was the rebuild of an aging building not seismically safe. being part of the construction team, i can tell you we are building a better st. luke's. it will aid in the healing process of patients and families. the new facility is being built to support current services provided such as an er which will be state of the art. x-ray, pharmacy, and intensive care units, infectious disease, appellative care, and more. i see that the hospital needs to be rebuilt for the citizens south of mar

los angeles. mid '80s for the south land or south bay, for the east bay will look it readings in the '80s again. 83 at santa rosa. 89 sausalito. look for extended sunshine inland. we warm up mid-week until we cool down by the end of the week will be back in the mid '80s inland. plenty of sunshine for everybody. >>> 9 and allowed to export get but it is a big deal in finland. the 20th annual wife karen a championship 34 couples ran a 277 yd course with obstacles, the woman asked to be at least 17 years old and weigh over 108 lbs. but she does not have to be his wife, why do this? the top prize is the woman's weight in beer. a truck crash caught on surveillance tape wait until you see what happens >>> once rules seeker cord and a leg and others injured in the annual running of the bulls and pop loan is span. part of the san fermin fiesta which attracts tens of thousands of tourists more than 200 runners injured mostly from falling. a frightening tractor-trailer accident, a semi qur'ans of the interstate and over turns into a gas station in akron, ohio. surveillance video catches workers pouring into

south coast, 85 degrees in los angeles.rea tomorrow there is a warm up continuing with high temperatures climbing into mid to upper 70s. there is 81 in san jose. inland east bay, 88 in livermore there is 82 in nappa. we're not going to see many loks hitting 90 tomorrow. and there is warmer weather coming our way and going to last for a while. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 a dream come true in redwood city. major animation company ready to do a lot of hiring. abc 7 news will take us live to dream works. >> and there is laundry day and which pods will get your clothes cleanest. ♪ ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the moist, chewy, deliciousness you desire. mmmm. thanks. [ man ] at 90 calories, the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. [ female announcer ] and now, try our new chocolate chip cookie 90 calorie brownie. >>> a major animation studio making a commitment to expand. >> it's part of the new dream works campus along seaport boulevard on highway 101. >> that i

you can go to south central los angeles.ur country when government controls health care to where it can take you an hour-and-a-half to get to an obgyn. it can take you an hour-and-a- half to get to the hospital. government dries up opportunity. it is hostile to the free market. we can start to change those who have been high -- those web been hit hardest by government. we want to get them from those campuses into our think tank here in washington, d.c.. we can move on to other cribworks that were mentioned earlier here today. your role is to make sure that when you finish your college studies, did you decide you're going to come to washington, d.c., is to come here and take this seriously, the cultural war. the reason i'm talking like this is because these are the principles that i believe. what i want you to know most importantly is that those ideas are what really worked effectively. we to keep our resolve. one of the beautiful things about america is a big opportunity to change. you have heard from many great speakers tod

los angeles. >>> follow-up on that south florida lifeguard fired after leaving his post to help save a drowning. tomas lopez lost his job to rescue a tourist in trouble. the company he worked for now admits it made a mistake and offered to rehire lopez. he has said no hard feelings toward his bosses, but he doesn't want that job back. >>> a temporary disney exhibit opens today at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. nancy reagan was on hand for a ceremony for the exhibit. yesterday. it features never before seen artifacts from nearly 90 years of history. minnie and mickey mouse sang happy birthday to reagan who celebrates her 91st birthday today. you go ms. reagan. >>> coming up after your local news, the five travel websites you should know about before you plan your next vacation. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." . this is th "cbs morning news." this is the" mid grade this is the" dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs bag of ice anti-freeze wash and dry di