is something that is the south central los angeles nothing happens it's just another nigga big day the day. was this is my grandson his name was mark. is seventeen years old there promising young boy and in one thousand nine hundred six he came here to los angeles to visit me. from yuba city california. to visit me he was here three weeks and he was shot. there ready in the morning walking across the street headed for the door i see high school. he didn't have gang. he didn't even know too much about the game as a matter of fact he said to him when i warned him about where to go and where not to go he said grandma. this is america and. this is. where we're supposed to be free this is where we're supposed to be able to walk down any street we need to use. and the next day he died doing what he thought. was his right. def which is a way a live man. and optimism and. can you imagine a society where mothers are burying their children instead of their children burying their mothers. were were. were . why. it's ok to cry and have to cry. i had to cry in order to to to keep gone. have to cry

i began as a young social worker in south los angeles. with gang 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 lesso

comparison of twin psychological studies by the lancet and rand corporation indicates the children in south los angeles are exhibiting greater levels of post-traumatic stress disorder in children of a similar age in baghdad the war torn camp fire back. in if they don't get resources but it's youngsters what's going to happen you've got another group of angry children another killers. bit. older. i. thought. that in the street. and i. wish i was. a lot of good bill. the amount of minimal. amount by no means a little bit. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture. if someone right now said what you want your life to give you anything you want to . name one thing this one thank freedom. would be for crips and bloods. to realize that a bios is against us. and if we all come together it. is going to be over for us so if the resources were here you're saying these kids wouldn't choose to. known

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in south los angeles. life wasn't always this way. to. the one nine hundred fifty s. three friends from south l.a. ron byrd. grew up reaching for the piece of the american dream. the most significant thing was when i went to join the boy scouts good boy scouts of america. my mother takes me up to the scout to be good you're robert plant with the original blue if one thousand nine hundred thirty three to nine hundred eighty three parked in the neighborhood right there so i go up there to join the boy scouts my mother did not the scoutmaster. it was nice but he chose my mother well i don't know what some of the parents might object because it was a white troupe. to say be prepared do a good turn daily the scout is is trustworthy loyal friend he could just kind of be cheerful brave clean and referee the that's the boy scouts of america bunch of races. with names like the business men to gladiators and slawson black teenagers begin forming their own st clement's returns to its. credit i'm a wood was situated in an area where we were assigned and designated to smallpox in s

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chrysler ford good you and firestone all establishing factories in south los angeles. and we're going to. factory you got the benefits you got my house you could buy a car you could raise a family you could live a working class or lower middle class life. it was a moment of unprecedented black prosperity in which the two jacks three of black america was on the rise people were getting jobs were buying homes were buying cars sending their kids to college this was a moment of real optimism. in the late one nine hundred fifty s. you begin to get the first. wave of what came to be called the industrialization. the american economy is changing we're moving from one of those really cami to an economy based on service based on information rooted in technology that is it's high skilled high wage high training on one very low skilled sweatshop labor on the other. lacks find that their skills don't fit into either those demands. they don't have the education or the skill or the training because of historic discrimination to work in aerospace. another hands they don't feel any de

. >> 74-year-old dorothy paton raised herself enchildren in this south los angeles house. >> i wanted to live and enjoy my home. and then when i get ready to enjoy it, it's taken away. >> she was living alone after her husband died in 2007. she says that is when bank of america approached her with a new mortgage and a $110,000 home equity line of credit. she didn't understand her payments would jump 1200 dollars a month. paton and her bank could not work out a loan modification. she lost her home to foreclosure. >> do you feel that you were cheated. >> i was cheated. i was cheated out of my home. >> paton is applying to the federal independent foreclosure review program. the government ordered 14 big banks to take part in the program after it was discovered they improperly processed foreclosure paperwork or made other misrepresentations about mortgage terms. harmed homeowners can be compensated up to 125,000. but critics like new jersey senator robert men ensdez complains the banks control the review process. >> who they choose are very often lawyers and consultants who have worked wi

. >> reporter: 74-year-old it porthee patten raised her seven children in this south los angeles house. >> i wanted to live and enjoy my home, and it was taken away. >> reporter: she was living alone after her husband died in 2007. she says that's when bank of america approached her with a new mortgage and a $110,000 home equity line of credit. she didn't understand her payments would jump $1200 a month. patton and her bank could not work up on the a lone modification. she lost her home to foreclosure. you feel you were cheated? >> i was cheated. i was cheated out of my home. >> reporter: patton is applying to the federal independent foreclose review program. the government ordered 14 big banks to take part in the program after it was discovered they improperly processed foreclosure paperwork, or made other misrepresentations about mortgage terms. harmed homeowners can be compensated up to $125,000. but critics, like new jersey senator robert menendez complain the bank controls the review process. >> who they choose areoften lawyers and consultants who have worked with the bank before,

chance of showers in the south bay, los angeles at 60 degrees. basically the accuweather forecast shows dry days into new year's day. just some cool temperatures in the early morning and overnight hours. >> so kind of hitting the jackpot there with the weather? >> that's right. very nice. well, that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with frances dinglasan, who is sitting in for lisa argen. abc7 news continues at 5:00 tonight. if you received the new tablet computer or smartphone as a gift this holiday season, remember, you can be connected with abc7 news all the time through our apps. you can download our hit alarm clock app for your i-phone, your android or tablet and the kindle fire. our abc7 news app is available for all those devices, as well as the ipad. get them for free from apple's app Ñes >>> hello. i'm eric thomas. for the past 24 years from our series we have been featuring bay area residents that make important contributions to the community. we are celebrating

a huge tree came crashing down on this truck in south los angeles. the driver was inside when it happened. he was stuck for quite some time. but he suffered no injuries. luckily. high winds in the area, they brought several trees and power lines down yesterday. it's amazing. >> all right. now, ladies and gentlemen, at 15 minutes after 6:00, time for a bent metal update. let's see what's going on on the roads. >> there is some bent metal out there along 580 causing a backup. westbound 580 as you work your way towards pleasanton, now the accident is just east of there. i'll show you on our maps here. westbound 580 at vasco, two cars tangled up the number 3 lane now down for the count. you can see a line of red building behind it so less than 25 miles per hour as you work your way out of the altamont pass into livermore. so that is increasing your drive time at least now 28 minutes about between that area all the way towards 680. so give yourself some extra time. elsewhere if you are headed along 680 we are still dealing with an accident on the off- ram

something that we in the inner city in brooklyn and harlem, southeast washington, d.c., south central los angeles have been dealing with and it's become all too familiar. this summer in new york city was a summer of great violence. as you know, you helped to shine the spot light on some of the things that were taking place in new york. the problem now is one that i think can no longer be ignored by the congress. and the newtown tragedy has made a claim that it's no longer possible and should no longer be possible for the second amendment to shield the go government's ability to enablgt sensible gun safety measures. for too long, the second amendment has been used as such a shield. it protects responsible gun ownership, but it cannot protect the ability of people to possess high capacity ammunition clips, assault weapons, that can unleash mayhem on a community, on a school, on a neighborhood in a matter of moments. and i think there is going to be a moment in the early part of the congress, the democratic caucus, under the leadership of nancy pelosi has led to it. and i begin to see cracks in the

who's operated on tens of thousands of people who have been injured in the gang wars in the south of los angeles. make no mistake about what these guns do. i'm come to you in one second. make no mistake. wait one second. about what these do, a surgeon who carries out these operations, these bullets enter from these semiautomatic weapons and they explode inside the bone. they shatter the bone, the tissue on, leading to multiple amputations, even if you're lucky enough to survive. he said they're weapons of mass slaughter. he has no comprehension what they're doing on the streets of his country. this is an astonishing picture. this is a car outside sandy hook school. that is a bullet hole from a ricochetted bullet fired from inside the bullet. look at the power. look at the impact. imagine what was doing to a little child, 6 or 7. john, your answer is more guns makes america safe, even though if you look at the statistics, you have 300 million in circulation, and you have the worst gun murder rate of any of the wealthy countries of the world by a massive multiple. how do you justify the claim, mor

the low pressure is south in the southland. los angeles is wet but will be dry. next possibility of rain is coming in on friday and bundle up tonight it's going to be chilly. pinpoint forecast as we pull back. snow showers in tahoe and lingering in the foothills of the sierra and yosemite valley might get a few showers, as well. for us heading out of sfo tomorrow looks nice mosey funny thursday, high 565 degrees. looking ahead the numbers are going to be in the 50s in los angeles, not that much cooler in denver partly cloudy for denver, chicago and for new york city. cool tonight. 33 livermore. here in the city down to 43 degrees. san jose in the upper 30s. wet on friday. the weekend looks unsettled. we'll see. and then in the early part of next week there's not a model that agrees on what's going to happen. we'll broad brush it as partly cloudy. how much meteor showers have you seen in the course of a lifetime? >> maybe one. >> have you gone out? we have a great opportunity coming up tomorrow night and we are going to talk about at 6:00. >> the only reason i was

part of the south, 70s in los angeles tomorrow, warm in palm springs. high of 78. bay area, after chilly overnight and early morning period we're going to have relatively mild weather, we'll see high clouds passing through from time to time. and mainly sunny skies tomorrow, high temperatures will be into low or low to mid-60s. look for 61 in san francisco. 63 in oakland and fremont. 62 in antioch. and about 60s in half moon bay. lovely day and it will continue to get milder still, sunday and monday. >> what a treat. >> spencer and i know, only ice we want to see is inside of a glass. >> sometimes, even then, straight up. >> that is enough of that. thank you. >> just ahead on abc 7 news, results of a study may help you decide whether or not you want to be a parent. >> with todayÑks-÷'s q and a, rs going up. the economy rebounds. how much of a hike is too how much of a hike is too much? you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than

we see the rain, it dies down toward the south, maybe rain in los angeles then a break for the day tomorrowthen the next storm moves in on tuesday. all of the pacific northwest to northern california again. after that, we start to see things calm down. we have to get through the next couple of days with heavy rain. the heaviest in san francisco, up around sacramento. a lot of the rivers here are well past flood stage. a couple of them likely even getting toward the all-time records. one other thing, a little rain moving to the northeast today. not any huge problems. i have a long with it, very warm conditions. we are going to see all kind of record high temperatures broken. in the 60s across the northern plains in early december. that is very, very warm. >> jamie: that part i can't believe. we hope folks will be safe out there. rick, thanks. >> eric: you know the clock is ticking, neither side is budging on the talks to avoid the fiscal cliff. coming up, chris wallace sits down with treasury secretary tim geithner and republican house speaker john boehner and he will explore what is keeping

[ slow tempo music continues ] >> after making the rounds at south by southwest, carney returned to los angeles> brittany: so, tell me. what does it feel like getting ready to play a show, especially one that you get to play all your new material for the first time? >> we try to, like, bookend the new material that we're a little bit nervous about with things that we know they're gonna like. so in case it doesn't go well, then it's like, "all right, we're back in," you know. >> it's been nice having an album out lately because we used to do a lot of opening and a lot of shows where we didn't have a lot of time for sound check. lately we've had a little bit more time. so it used to be literally just sort of plug in and spend about five minutes making sure everything works, and now it's nice 'cause we get to actually, like, set our tones and, you know, get our monitor levels right and all the mics are working. >> it's nice 'cause it gets you comfortable with the stage and kind of walk around and hear how the set feels, and then you're not as timid during the performance. >> i actually don't like

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and this, even though same colors used here, the wind gusts, look at how south, it goes to los angeles, great falls, montana. lot of places not only just talking about that but the snow. and the snow, the snow levels have come down, starting to see a little bit more of that freezing. sun valley, jackson hole and mount baker, all going to get in that foot area. that's some good news. after today, you get a break tomorrow and storm number four, if you can believe it or not, not that strong, but it's going to hit on tuesday. a look at the nation's weather in a couple of minutes now back to dan and bianna. >> storm number four. >> last thing they need. >>> lot of other news developing overnight. as always, we turn to mr. ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. >>> u.s. forces in afghanistan have helped repel an attack on a joint u.s./afghan base. taliban suicide bombers assaulted the jalalabad early this morning. detonating two vehicles packed with explosives and striking a gun battle that lasted two hours. all of the attackers were killed. two civilians were also killed. four afghan tro

and in fact we need chains on 80 and five this morning if you are heading to the south watch out for rain around los angelesand san diego, mid 60s. >>> 6:24. queen elizabeth is making history today. this morning, the queen became the first monarch in britain in more than 100 years to sit-in on a cabinet meeting this is new video of prime minister cameron breathe greeting her at the door. queen -- victoria was the last monarch to sit in. >>> recall on this morning for a popular toy, the toys expand when placed in water sold under the name water balls, growing skulls, and fabulous flowers the size of a marble can expand to 400 times original size underwater big trouble if a kid swallows one, liquides in the body can cause them to expand. >> -- >>> another toy company changing the way it markets one of its most popular products to be more gender inclusive, easy back oven has been a favorite of girls for generations until now it was only in pink and purple after a 13-year-old girl from newt gingrich started a petition hasbro agreed to -- new jersey started a petition has agreed to make it in more gender neutral

sacramento, 58 travel problems look like up in the northern portion of the state down south, palm springs 68. 67 in los angeless friday. not exactly for tomorrow afternoon, scattered showers, breezy. upper 40s to upper 50s for your highs and hang on to umbrellas. we're going to be facing a wet and windy morning commute. more rain is coming for the weekend. so any last minute shopping will require umbrellas and travel plans could be dicey heading up to northern california or central sierra. >> thank you. >> up next, how eating as a family can improve a child's eating habits. >> and a big fail for america's popular car. results of the test on the toyota camery. >> two little girls making añ÷ public debut separately more than nine months after being born joined at lower chest and abdomen. >> nasad: prototype looks lika suit worn by the famous animated astronaut. look familiar to you? stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> checking healthy living news british researchers say chances of a man developing cancer in his lifetime increased. research uk says men now stand a one in two chance of developing kabser large

the decision facing president vladimir putin that could >>> the "los angeles times" has published thousands of files if the boy souths of america detailed allegations of sexual abuse by employees and volunteers including alleged incidents that happened between 1985 and 1991, the scouts kept many files private, until now. the alleged abusers include doctors, teachers and priests. in 2010 the organization mandated that any suspected abuse be reported to police. we have a link to the database on abc7news.com. look under see it on tv >> russia's parliament has approved a measure to ban americans from adopting russian children. now president vladimir putin is debating whether to sign it. the bill is in response to a new u.s. law calling for sanctions for russia found to have violated human rights 46 children about to be adopted by u.s. citizens will stay in russia, if the bill is signed. >>> president obama is cutting short his holiday to resume fiscal cliff negotiations. the white house says the president will leave hawaii tonight on a red-eye to washington. lawmakers have less than a week to come up to agreement on how

. >>> the "los angeles times" has published thousands of files if the boy souths of america detailedllegations of sexual abuse by employees and volunteers including alleged incidents that happened between 1985 and 1991, the scouts kept many files private, until now. the alleged abusers include doctors, teachers and priests. in 2010 the organization mandated that any suspected abuse be reported to police. we have a link to the database on abc7news.com. look under see it on tv >> russia's parliament has approved a measure to ban americans from adopting russian children. now president vladimir putin is debating whether to sign it. the bill is in response to a new u.s. law calling for sanctions for russia found to have violated human rights 46 children about to be adopted by u.s. citizens will stay in russia, if the bill is signed. >>> president obama is cutting short his holiday to resume fiscal cliff negotiations. the white house says the president will leave hawaii tonight on a red-eye to washington. lawmakers have less than a week to come up to agreement on how to avoid tax increases

destinations plan to connect into the major metropolitan areas, san francisco to the north, los angeles to the southay be true in three years or so we can finish that leg appeared the total cost is about $6 billion. -- that leg. the total cost is about $6 billion when we get through. in the report we have from california is that the total project is going to be $68 million with a completion date of 2028. the latest plan, that raises questions if it is $6 million or $8 million. that leaves $60 million. it would take a substantial federal commitment in the future. we have the next four years. we have 39% of the stimulus money obligated to the california project. along the return of commitment. -- a huge return of commitment. the other criticism i heard was that they are looking at they could save some money, but they're going to use current right of way to san francisco and los angeles. it is not a dedicated highs the alignment. the future federal support is estimated at $42 billion. how do you see that playing out? >> we have a very strong commitment from the governor who has appointed new people to