brown's opening remarks were that the state of california is now on the rebound. since the january budget the state's economy strengthsened and revenues surged upward. in the may revision it reflects a $6.7 billion increase in general fund revenues compared to the january budget. by the end of the year the state's rainy day fund will have a total balance of $3.5 billion, as far as education for k-12 schools funding levels will increase by more than 3,000 per student in 2015 through 2016. for higher education the may revision holds tuition for california undergraduates flat through 2016 through the 2017 year. on the drought the revision includes an additional $2.2 billion of a one time resources from 2016 to 2016 to continue immediate response to drought impacts. here's brown's statement on where the state is now. >> three, two, one. meanwhile,tons of people flooded the inside of the capitol upset over the revision and wanting to make sure the governor pays attention to all matters of the state. >> i don't want to get caught in the jaws of the persistent fiscal inst

the united states >> to the constitution of the united states >> the & the cojsitution of the state of californiaof purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter . and during such time as i thold office of >> and till the time i hold the office of >> san francisco city college board >> san francisco city college board >> of strust ease for the state and county of san francisco >> of trusty of city and county of san francisco >> con grat ulations. alex randolph. [applause] >> wow, that you can thank you so much. some of you know i'm not good with birthday parthies or event because i worry nobody would show up. i'm very grateful by the amountf support sw friend and family and see wright here in this room. good morning everyone. mr. mayor thank you so much for this incredible privilege to join my fellow trustee as on the board. i want to thank you for the strong smoret qu leadership over the last couple years for city college and all you do for pub lb education in the city. i want to recognize a fellow city college trustees here today, andr

the state of california to one billion dollars, one third of the support out of california state university'sies in about two years. everybody was suffering across the country, so was not california specific. but a more refined partnership between the federal and state governments on shared responsibility, we are all in this together, to help buffee those moments -- to help buffer those moments. >> we are a state public university system. just by that definition, that means the states should be investing in the higher education. knock on wood, i've been fortunate to be in maryland which has not cut higher education funding as dramatically as has many other states. but if i was in that situation i would submit that the federal money should have some type of maintenance of effort provision to it. why should a state abandon its responsibility and effort to funding its public higher education system and let the federal government pick up the tab, or the student or the parent? it absolutely is a shared responsibility. >> thank you. did you want to say something? >> really quick, history has shown us

california water shipped to western states during an unprecedented california drought. "it shouldn't be coming out of a place that has a major drought, that is prone to droughts." >> reporter: bob saunders is a water activist - recently taking aim at sacramento's nestle water bottling operation - he says starbucks should be ashamed. bob saunders/ water activist: both bob >> : bob "the thing about it is, at what point do they get to decide who gets water and who doesn't. how much do you pay for water and how much you don't, this is essentially why we have elected officials to act as agents, actually protect our resources." bowe wrapped >> grant: but starbucks' water comes from private springs, not public water sources. so, does that mean there's no effect on others' water supply? geologist mary scruggs with the department of water resources says, "no." mary scruggs/ geologist department of water resources: >> : mary "if there is too much water being pulled out upgradient or upstream, then it won't make it down to the other wells or to the springs that would end up >> gra

> it is a big thing to corral, but it's receiving a lot of attention both here in nthern california and the statef california and nationally. today the director of the white house office of national drug control policy is in roanoke, virgia announcing the 201 national drug control strategy. the very first thing on his st is the epidemic of prescription drug abuse the data is incredibly trubling, what -- the data we've been looking at recently. we have a 400% increasein drug overdose deaths. >400% increase? >> 400% increase. 60% prescription drug abuse deaths. 500% increase in treatment admissions in this country. we have reportedly more than 2 million prescription drug abuse addicts in this countr one piece of data thas troubling is that 1 out of 20 people in the country over the age of 12 report usg prescription drugs without medical need. >> so you're talking about a lot of kid >> we're talking about kids as well. >> easy access. >> it's true. unfortunately because i's a prescription, because doctors prescribe it and pharmacies dispense it, people -- including kids -- have the sense it's not da

states, in terms of actual first and not the fact is that accounts for 2% of the gdp of the state of california. 2% of gdp is taken at 80% of the water. jerry brown's plan is to reduce water usage in the state of california in urban areas. he's going to achieve 600 700 gallons every year. we made 11 to fill up only loss. here's the reality. 150 gallons of fresh water pumped in every year. another 250 are pumped out of there to help the salmon swim to their spawning places. we have to make sure they have usable water in san francisco bay. this is not exactly the best use of water. we are going to have to get over the old subsidies to industry as we like. i like farmers in central valley. beatty something incredibly worthwhile. the fact is if you are one segment of the population that represents 2% of gdp i may think almonds are more valuable. i may think that is more of a value to the united states. guess what, free country. i should go to pay for the water. the reason it's happening is the state of california. people in urban and agricultural areas. you would've thought competition for the wate

so far no delays at that second busiest airport in the state of california. temperatures in the 50s, west wind now at 10 miles per hour in the oakland area. west winds also in hayward up to 10. we do have nine-mile-per-hour winds in vallejo. these winds will be rotating southwest today 10 to 20 miles per hour. otherwise, below average temperatures will continue today but slightly warmer weather slated especially inland over the weekend. area of low pressure is right there off the san luis obispo coast. wraparound moisture will continue to spin some rain showers and thunderstorms into the high sierra. we have a slight chance of a wraparound shower today. so there's the thunder bumpers in the high sierra and in yosemite. otherwise today's numbers in the 50s and the 60s. low 70s toward saratoga and in los gatos. otherwise there's the gradual warmup and then temperatures close to average inland by memorial day. temperature span 59 to 74. don't count on much sunshine at the beaches but that's not going to stop these girls. oh, no! these ladies, boy, can they perfo

one is free states, california, new york, massachusetts. those markets are hypercompetitive. i think valuations and many of the cities and sectors are on the high side. emily: what are you doing to protect your own investments? we have been talking about liquidation and terms investors are building to make sure they are protected. what diligence do you do, what terms do you build into your deal to make sure that you are getting a good deal in the end? steve: we are investing larger sums in our growth investment versus $6 million on our startup and venture investments. we are looking for companies that already have traction, tens of millions of dollars of revenue, sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. we are more diligent than we are careful and make sure we understand the market opportunity. we do structure those growth investment in a way to not only maximize the upside but also protect us on the downside. emily: what do these trends mean for employees? investors are getting better terms, where does that leave people who are building these companies? do they

.) >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> (repeated.) >> against all enemies. >> (repeated.) >> foreign and domestic. >> (repeated.) >> and that i will bear true faith and allegiance. >> (repeated.) >> to the constitution of the united states. >> (repeated.) >> and to the constitution of the state of california. >> (repeated.) >> that i take this obligation freely. >> (repeated.) >> without any mental reservation. >> (repeated.) >> or purpose of evasion. >> (repeated.) >> that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> (repeated.) >> and during such time as i hold office. of. >> (repeated.) >> for the city and county of san francisco thank you very much congratulations everyone thank you (clapping) thank you all right.

california state prison. corcoran. when we interviewed these men, our crew was required to wear stab-proof vests. one of the corcoran inmates we san down with was christian knighten. nobody describes the daily pressures, the ups and downs of being a predator, like he does. >> it's seductive, you know what i mean? you can love the game, but the game loves nobody. you know what i mean? you could sit there and give it your all and think everyone's supporting you, and before you know it, just like that. get your throat cut. seen it, done it. >> knighten was serving time for murder and attempted murder. crimes he committed at the los angeles county jail while awaiting trial on an outside murder/robbery charge that he was convinced would send him to prison for life. but when he went on trial for that original murder charge, something completely unexpected happened. >> they find me not guilty, and it righteously blew my mind. i had to laugh. the irony of it it was classic. >> knighten should have walked away as a free man, in

california. i want to give him my suggestion is that we in washington state i transferred appear after graduated from college in california i fell in love with snow skiing they have lots of water appear -- up here. i am also the child of the army corps of engineer i grew up in australia and all over the world with the army corps of engineers to help people bin to to get there country's going. so i know how construction works and i was born my dad is one of the supers on the belts. >> host: where are you going with this? >> guest: why are we not doing something with regards to which scena diems and reservoirs' coming all the way down. >> host: i apologize i will stop you there. talk about the politics of water to one that is interesting because when it comes to the drought the environmentalism of california has tripled any efforts to build new diems our reservoirs we have a giant body of water it is just full of salt. israel figure out how to make desalination plants are expensive but we're spending money on a juju trained it does not exist we with the creek is spend money on how to get water to p

the volume from freight, the 5th largest in the united states actually second largest in the state of california california is predicted to go 20% by 2020, and the people living here by 2030, that statistic, becomes more alarming, when you look at this for the 7.2 million people here now, they drive 5.7 vehicleses, moving the elderly, and young that means some people are driving two cars every day with a million extra people coming here, you are looking at 800,000 vehicles on our roads and highways so, what is theling whiage of those vehicles, to greenhouse gasses and climate? 40% of our criteria unhealthy pollutants i talked about, and 30% greenhouse gas inventory, comes from these vehicles -- in terms of regional policy for emissions reduction, we have 15% per capita emissions reduction, in greenhouse gasses, set for 2030 been our metropolitan transportation, commission -- targeting, 80% reduction, in greenhouse gasses, by 2050 below 19/90 levels -- electric vehicles, are the key to us achieving those goals, in terms of taking a look at what that means in raw numbers, that means by the year 20

it's the largest destruction of tobacco products in california history. the statel of these products were secretly transported into california from other states and countries, which means none of it was properly taxed. >>> glazer received 55% of the vote in the district 7 special election. he defeated fellow democrat susan bonilla. glazer is a moderate backed by business. he hopes to ban strikes by b.a.r.t., labor unions. >>> a new field poll ranks the candidates vying for barbara boxer's seat. harris is in first with 20%. sanchez is in second with 8%. rocky chavez was the choice of 6%. tom dell decaro had 5%. 60% of the voters had no preference. the primary is still a year away. >>> the warriors take on the houston rockets in game 2 of the western conference finals tomorrow. but how much do warriors fans really know about the rockets? >> reporter: a new playoff series means a new playoff test, not only for the warriors, but also for the fans. time to see how they stack up with another round of know your opponent. first question, which comic book hero is also the n

state. california department of health does not know the source of the outbreak. but most of the people who got sick reported eating sushi containing raw tuna. symptoms are nausea, involvementing and ten people are in the hospital. don't ignore the symptoms. >> it's very important to get cultures because if we don't have the culture, we can't do the outbreak management which public health does so well. >> health officials now working to trace the outbreak back to its source. salmonella is the most common type of food poisoning in the u.s. >>> harris ranch beef says it was not glass but salt that was found in an oakley couple's ground beef. the couple posted photos of the meat online saying two shiny objects were pieces of glass. harris ranch beef says the tiny objects were ground salt. the company is doing more testing to make absolutely sure the beef does not pose any danger. >>> governor jerry brown talking toilet water in outer space to beat the drought. kpix 5's devin fehely explains the governor's new plan. >>> reporter: >> i know people don't like toilet-to-

but up and down the state of california this is a very, very safe bridge. this is a well-designed, well-constructed, well-planned-out and in the future, i hope, i trust it will be well maintained and always be safe. you have a great bridge here and should be proud of it. >> jaxon van derbeken you have been covering this story extensively. what are independent bridge engineers telling you? >> it's not a matter of whether it is safe now or it's more like how it was constructed and whether they borrowed into safety margins when things didn't go well, you're supposed to keep a safety margin in reserve so to speak because you don't know how materials are going to behave or whether they will be uniform. you want to have a comfort zone and what a lot of experts question is that when components came in such as the bridge decks and they didn't align properly they had to cause these welds and they are not to caltrans' standards. they had to take safety margins and eat into them. in this tower you have another issue where components that were designed to last 150 year

priority and currently the state of california invests about 8 and $9,000 per year per student to educate a k-12 student yet they spends about 60 or $70,000 to incarcerate juveniles in california you tell me where the priorities and juxtapose that for the district and i'm going to tell you we have a long way to go but swim upstream and want more people to swim with us. >> i want to congratulate the team for a tremendous amount of work and clearly that is making real with the resolution put down on paper i want to make clear my expectation that the budget will include even more progress and reflection how to implement the matrixs i think we've heard a lot of testimony from the public about the need for a location for students to go to what when they're having difficult managing their emotions and noting not removed from the school but that classroom investment and how to with limited classrooms and heard a lot of public testimony about the need for par and folks to accompany that one student in managing a situation i'm expected as we move

decided process throughout the state of california, however, one hardship more san francisco we had our own system in place so we had believe r essential a dual system so we had some people establishments that of certified through c a mp c and we also had another certified there the dpw and through the process many were left out of either system there's establishments and businesses that are not certificate through the organization so 2013 some legislation was passed by the city to actually give our city departments tools to work with and in 2014 our govern stained i signed into law after the hearings of the citizens they've found the state realized it is important to return the land use and regulatory controls for massage establishment that's why we're here today so in 2015 that's why i have proposed academies to codify some of the changes through ab 1147 in support more short for the health care provisions i'll go over highlights the city health code the permit for establishment employing all c a mp c athletes if you're employing th

commissions. >> and so, without the other similar bodies elsewhere and in other county in the state of california who are your partners around the state? that you are working with to help, look at changing state law. >> yeah, so, we are working with a little hoover commission and we presented testimony before the little hoover commission in the fall of 2012 and again in the spring of 2013. and they have been on the state level, spear heading the efforts and associated with the creating the state level sentencing commission and we are also, working with the senate and assembly and also the governor's office and to reinforce the value of a state level sentencing commission. >> great, thank you. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you, i wanted to give a brief description of the amendments for the folks that are listening at homes and for those that don't have the legislation in front of them and on page 3, lines 12 through 13 we have added the language that indicate that the me

. >> yes, every mother in the state of california should go home from the hospital with a kit for new parents. it's one of our flagship first five california, you go home because babies don't come with an instruction manual. >> they don't. >> so the kit has children's books but also has information and resources for parents on what to do for immunizations and vaccinations for your baby. what to do when your baby is sick. really fun activities to do with your baby. it's just -- it's something that has been so successful. people can't get enough of them. they call in and say, i've heard about your kit, how do i get them? >> very successful. >> and you are a mom and now a new grand mom. >> i am. >> did you raise your kids this way? >> i did. all of my graduate work is in literacy and language development. my boys were read to and sung to and talked to -- i don't know how much they loved it but i loved it. and they are wonderful adults today and my oldest son has a 1-year-old daughter, brooklyn, and she has -- she's surrounded by loving adults who talk with her and read with her and sing

. >> we will be seeing more of this in the future and not just california, but across the whole southwestern united states, a more prolonged drought could become the no normal here. >> the perspective is unique. you get a holistic view of water storage and how it's stored over time. over the last three years, california has lost 4 trillion gallons of water per year. that is more water than all 38 million people in california use each year. >> what are you seeing with your satellites? >> we are seeing in california the last wet season last winter was dryer than most of the previous dry seasons. >> our wet seasons are so dry, they're worse than a dry season. >> that's unbelievable. >> it is. >> much of the united states has been in drought for the last 15 years, but what california is experiencing i go exceptional drought, the most intense categorization. satellite generates impressive data that not only backs what we see on the ground but shows a dangerous tipping point. >> economically, what's that going to do to california? >> it's going to have a big impact on the agriculture industry, of course. we nee

states. california, nevada, michigan, and florida, plus the district of columbia. >> this is a case where the technology is moving faster than the lawmakers. >> reporter: while daimler's semi is now licensed to drive on public roads in nevada, the company wants to conduct more tests and ignite a conversation about driverless driving. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we're back in a moment with the reason why pope francis might want to start working on his jump shot. >>> former speaker of the house jim wright has died. he had a career in politics spanning decades. but the texas democrat will go down in history as the first speaker to resign amid scandal. wright stepped down in 1989 while facing a house ethics investigation over his financial affairs. a battle that some say marked the beginning of today's hyper-partisan climate. speaker wright was 92 years old. >>> employees at a florida pizza hut noticed something strange on an online order. a cry for help. police say a woman persuaded her boyfriend who was holding her and her children hostage to let her order pizza. she did so through a

the up date to the state of california budget and the controller three forties on the six month and the nine month report as well as the 5 year financial plan and the ten year capitol plan and we also have the forms of the official notice, and the notice of intention to sell as well as the continued certificate to buy approving of that transaction you are allowing us to make the forms to the package and complete and the accurate final forms of distribution to the mocker ket. and next is the certificates of participation for the war memorial veteran's building and the improvements and if you recall that the board approved this item in 2011 and we nr front of you today to again allow us to present the updates to the preliminary official statement that is in the final form that has been included of the other items and updates and the board has approved the items and saying that with in the times of the mayors and the controller's budget report and the five year financial plan and the ten year capitol plan and what we have been doing is we have used the commercial program and we have used a

. >>> the state of california is joining the legal battle to stop a bay area billionaire from restricting public access to a popular beach. he owns a piece of land near martins beach in half-moon bay. modern law says he has to allow access to the beach but coastal claims the property came with rights that date back to the time with the treaty with mexico and under those laws he says he can block access to the beach. that matter will now go to an appeals court. >>> a bay area man wants to start a class action suit against wells fargo. the campbell man asked federal court to certify the lawsuit yesterday. it mirrors accusations in a suit filed last week by a city of los angeles. both complaints claim the bank encourages employees to fraudulently open new customer accounts with the culture of high pressure sales. wells fargo denies the allegations. >>> your parents tell you when you meet someone for the first time look them in the eyes and give them a firm handshake. a new study linking rip grip strength to increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and early death. researcherss a seas the grip

money will come from federal and state grants. >>> california lawmakers are taking aima at sugary sodas. a new bill will tax them statewide. they will have to pay a 2 cent an ounce fee in any beverage sweetened with sugar. part of it will be passed on to consumers and reaction is mixed. >> if you are saying it is fair to do it for this, then what are they going to try to tax next? >> to tell you the truth they should of had that when i was a kid. >> the money would fund health programs across the california state. natural juices and diet drinks will be exempt. >>> it was a musical masterpiece, lost in time. [music] >> tonight, how a pair of bay ♪ with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >>> tonight, a remarkable story of lost and found. sharon chin on the jazz legend who lost a treasured piece of music and the east bay heroes who just brought it back to life. [music] . >> reporter: lionel, jazz headband. but after a 5 alarm fir

this year the state has a big revenue surplus. california schools could get more than $7 billion in additional funding. joining me now to discuss how that money might be spent is tom torlekson, the state superintendent of public instruction. good to have you with us. >> great to be here scott. >> as you well know, california has a new formula for deciding how much money school districts gets and it's intended to help districts with a lot of low-income, foster care kids, english learners. and yet, there have been studies that show that in the first rounds of that funding, it isn't really getting to the students that it's intended to help. how is the state going to make sure that it does? >> well, we have a system of checks and balances with the county superintendents and my office, ultimately, making sure that that does happen. i believe it is happening for the greatest part, that the money is going towards the students that need it the most kids from poverty, english learners, foster kids. and we're also seeing again, the chance with the bud

the entire state of california getting soggy. we are off the bat tomorrow morning as the rain is billing to our north. the sierra. how about this winter storm warning in effect. four to six inches of snow widespread. up to a foot of snowfall. it is happening. two low pressure areas. one that missed us. really gave us the on shore flow. struggling to hit 60 year the water. that missed us but this guy will hit on its way to southern california where they will receive two or three inches of rainfall in the higher elevations there. this guy will make a close path to us tomorrow. destabilizing the atmosphere. future cast say it is rain may hold off until sunrise. showers begin to bubble up at 1 2:00 in the afternoon. it will not be raining everywhere at one time. some of you will be getting heavy showers while some may be getting sunshine. check this out. first time i have seen this in a while. the entire state of california from san diego all the way up to eureka. showers beginning around sunrise. there is the chance of a few isolate

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why prison realignment hasn't worked out as well as the -- to be expected. >>> the state of california has finally complied with a federal court order to reduce overcrowded state prisons. the order resulted from a lawsuit that contended the conditions subjected inmates to cruel and unusual punishment at the violation of the eighth amendment of the constitution. but has the program worked as intended? nbc bay area analyst larry gershwin is here. has the state concluded its obligation? >> technically, yeah, but it's taken six years to check that off. but look, the state prison population has dwindled from a peak of 760,000 to 112,000 in 2015. the prison population now stands at 135.8% of capacity. what's exciting about that, it's below the ceiling of 137.5% of capacity imposed by the u.s. supreme court in 2009. now, some of the prisoners have been sent to other states, but most, vicky, have been relocated to county jails throughout california as part of governor brown's realignment plan. now, the idea is pretty simple. relatively low risk prisoners would complete their sentences in count

states. california is in the middle of a devastating drought that is affecting agriculture and the state's economy. last year alone, we saw record wildfires in washington state another extreme. there were record snowfalls in the buffalo, new york region and record temperatures from the polar vortex, another extreme. overall, noaa said 2014 was the warmest year ever recorded. another extreme. many scientists say that climate change and the increase in severe weather are clearly connected. now, texas is facing devastating severe weather in the form of record floods, and of course, in houston, it is so sad, along with 11 inches of rain falling in the last 24 hours. unfortunately, some elected officials in texas are denying the science of climate change. on tuesday, texas governor greg abbott and senator ted cruz gave a joint press conference on the deadly flood. cruz has made clear many times he denies the science on climate change. >> the debates on this should follow science and should follow data. and many of the alarmists on global warming they've got a problem because the science doesn't back th