with male dogs uc-davis did a study and we are thinking that if we can avoid neutering dogs, male dogs might be able to slow down any orthopedic problems as they get older so they are recommending two years. >> they become better pets, too, more settled down. >> some dogs are sweet and have no problems until 2 years. if there are behavioral issues we neuter right away. >> when is the best time do it? >> it depends again. the small ones about 6 months. bigger dogs, we were just talking about uc-davis waiting two years to make sure that there are less orthopedic issues. but the reasons to neuter a male dog is because as they get older the, 10 years of age they may get testicular cancer, prostate diseases and tumors all preventable. >> gorgeous dog. >> thank you. we want to invite all you pet lovers send us your questions about their health and well- being. just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon. >> i want jill to bring that dog back in two months! >>> let's check some of our weather watchers aroun

. >> reporter: vanilla bean was transferred to the uc-davis veterinary teaching hospital where doctorsed the opening between her heart chambers was too small. not allowing enough blood to flow. >> vanilla bean's blood vessels to her heart are small enough that they would not carry the devices we would need to perform a procedure. >> reporter: they had to get creative. in the process the cat lost a lot of blood and needed several transfusions. >> but ultimately, um, she is a really lucky cat because she came through the procedure and is now off all heart medicine. >> reporter: it's now been four months since the remarkable miniature heart surgery and doctors say she appears to be making a full recovery. >> she and her brother chase up and down the house out the deck around the furniture. >> reporter: in mill valley, don ford, kpix 5. >> because it was such an unusual operation, most of the doctors volunteered their time on the case and the finally surgery though was just $3,000. >>> right now a school has been locked down and police are telling people in a san jose neighborhood to stay

>> steven mccone is a sophomore at the university and an aspiring videographer at aggie tv, the uc davis'student-run tv station. >> i would say the general reaction is sort of pretty upset that tuition is still going up and people are, you know, of course, angered by that. >> what begins as a week-long, peaceful exchange during the third week of november 2011 escalates into a global spectacle. >> set them free now! >> on thursday, november 17th, a few dozen students pitch tents a la occupy wall street and stay overnight on the campus quad. the following morning, campus police repeatedly warn them to break down their encampments. >> you've been advised that your actions constitute a violation of law. you have been given several opportunities to voluntarily cease your actions and leave this area. >> that afternoon, campus cops decide to take action. [ bell tolling ] >> around 3:00 p.m., we're all up there, sort of waiting in anticipation for how they're going to handle this, and the word sort of spreads around that there is, you know, 50 or so riot police that are approaching the campus. the

thank you, mayor ed lee for introducing me and hi, i'm lisa lamp a recent graduate if the uc davis from nutrition i wanted to attend culinary school but didn't want to accumulate nor debt i heard about this program that the city of san francisco offers 59 it's downtown campus and it is non-credit so tuition free so it is completely footage and another benefit that students receive a certificate upon completion of the program because this is a vocal program the ability to develop skills they take into the workforce or apply at home this is a great experience i recommended this program to anyone i'm going to turn it over to my colleague (clapping.) >> thank you lisa good morning. i'm from the backing program in my financial try merit i have a different background i come from finance and have a b.a. but at some point i decided to change access and looking for a certificate program to take this further and i evaluated the local colleges here and well, i have to say i didn't want to pay $30,000 for a similar program and so for this program it is free of cost but the other thing i really like

commissions x commissions she received her master in urban planning from ucla and her batches from uc davis. >> hi commissioners item before you is a mandatory discretionary review for ed everything beggar street. >> can you pull the mike down a little bit the project proposed to demolish a fwrnl from fire damage to constrict a single-family unit on the ground floor existing building is one thousand square feet one bedroom the proposed construction is 14 hundred square feet with rh1 with an the neighborhood and located with the architecture style sets back the project was previously handled by another planner thomas has retired and the notification was in 2014 with no public concerns or outside dr that's been reviewed by the planning code to date the department has not comments for the proposal the staff recommends the approval the demolition as proposed that concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions. >> dr requester. >> i'm sure project sponsor please please. >> hi this is my husband kevin harry i'm one the owners the property that got burned in 2002 that's where i w

. >> paul gets is a plant geneticist at uc davis and receives no funding from monsanta for research.acultyies do. he thinks monsanta is right to be concerned about the public is acceptance of genetically vegetables. >> you have direct consumption. resistance, whether it's rite for not may be more important for those crops. >> they like to call the marker technology as one that turns a light on in a laboratory of plant breeding, so we can see what is going on in the plant need. >> "techknow" knot a look at monsanta's dna marker lad in woodland california. here, hundreds of markers have been discovered for traits in fruits and vegetables. the first step in the process - pulverizing tissue samples so d.n.a. can be extracted by the robot. how do you extract d.n.a.? how does that happen? >> thankfully biology made dna water soluble. all we need to do is add water. >> once that has happened it is deposited into a center final, removing plant debris. >> at 3,000 revolutions per minute, it's hard to get rid of the cellular debris from the leaf or chip. the second purification is to put the l

. >> this is coming from uc davis i oh them $20000 for going to class here i get money to go to class. >> it doesn't teach coding skills, more about building a foundation for young people that like technology but never thought they can have a career in it. >> this gives an opportunity to be more do more. >> if running a company you can see graduating classes that are white and asian males how do you balance your work force? >> that is why they held the hack day event. >> hopefully i'll meet people here. >> she applied for an internship. . >> i wanted to mick a change and make a difference. what better way to make a difference than to bridge the gap of diversity? >> have you seen this man? michael finney is looking for female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event! ends sunday. it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train

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there beautiful animals the biologists from the mammal center at uc-davis will form a necropsy on thel to try and figure out how died they determine that it was a female backed this up the dramatic injuries she had four broken vertebrae are broken but it was damaging the kind of ended out as an expectancy of the animal been struck by a passing ship but in this case they do not know for sure if that is what happened the samples will be analyzed to see the animal died and some other way the did that cause of death may never be known. in the is been dead for a week or so >>reporter: is unclear if the well will be left on the beach or remove some how it is still their bad decomposing and quite possible that the news the latest beach will was likely hit by a ship the same week their researches stamford rebuild groundbreaking information about why so many blue whales are hit by cargo ships. research you gps to track the whales and track ships nether long beach waters and is quickly suomi to people water it was loaded disembowel really changing their body position is a relatively new to the

uc-davis and central texas and is all about the passion and the life he lived with the degree that youd apply it. that is success. charles: your chance to make amends. [laughter] >> one reason i love the bronx because it creates americans and to always come to the bronx so that is part of the mix to hustle people. of course, you have to go to a fancy school? no. i was lucky. but you do not have to. charles: you went to community college? >> i did. it was an important experience because i was there to learn the nuts and bolts. that was as valuable to me as my four year degree. >> something else that is amazing. you are very personal. >> it is very revealing. [laughter] >> you always thought you had been made but consider the struggles. >> if you read the book people close to be said of the dead not know all of that. sometimes they said a look like you have not had troubles are problems. you have had a lot of problems and things that have happened in your life. i one touche share they have a choice where to spend their money and time. said talk about losing my mother and father and the c

this is video from uc davis where they've been flying the test drone. it's 200 pounds about the size of a motorcycle. it is the first drone with full approval for farmers. >>> an important court case coming out of the deep south this morning involving a man accused of a series of robberies. police were able to tie him to the robberies by obtaining cell phone records from metro pcs which showed he was in the area of every single robbery. but police did so without a warrant. the 11th circuit court said defendants should not expect the records after the a cell phone company to be private because it's not their property. it's a major development over the battle in privacy and technology. though it doesn't affect california because we are not covered by the 11th circuit. it sets up a potential conflict between the various appellate courts which means the case could go before the streamupreme court. we'll continue to track this. >>> encouraging kids to learn more about technology computers and history with a new book called "the thrilling adventures of love l

right now uc davis is beginning a stuffed 1800 families for the first time asking if autism's brain misst in part caused by these hormones before or during birth. doctors are cautious because autism is complicated. >> i don't think there's going to be unfortunately the magic bullet the one thing that solves the problem of autism. but certainly a sight we need to follow the leads that seem incredible to us. >> reporter: feign those leads come from horses down on farm. john fowler, fox news. >>> wow! >> what an interesting study. >>> pennsylvania teen built her dream house arc teen. make that her dream tree house. you know what, it's all awesome. >> but now the township says wait a minute. tree house has got to go. this free-year-old she built the tree house all by herself in the front yard of her pan's lee township home. the two level fort features a t tv harrow potter decorations clear roof so she can watch the stars at night but the parties coming to an end after the summer after neighbors complained the township said that sort of tree house is not allowed. >> at first i was i thought i

most live this giant temperature controlled tanks at uc davis. >> i'm going to go ahead an inject the tag. >> reporter: researchers artificially inn system nate eggs to keep the species alive. >> are fisheries more important than farming? you know, we're making choices. personally fisheries have gotten the short end of the stick for years. >> when we start choosing fish over people that's a problem. >> reporter: researchers found just one smelt in the entire delta in april, farmers want the species delisted so the water flows without restrictions. environmentalists say that's not going to happen if it's not the smelt they will find another fish here worth protecting. chris. >>> william la jeunesse on the smelt beat in california. william, thank you for that. >>> stocks were down today, the dow lost 195, the s&p 500 was down 21. nasdaq fell 82. no grapevine tonight so we can bring you another installment of our series the presidential contenders. tonight a man who helped new york get past 9/11 but is probably not the one you're thinking of. >>> tonight on the presidential contenders a

right now, i'm working on a scholarship to go to uc-davis for track.eve: well, let's do it. y'all a singing group or something? aqel: no. what our family does we have a praise dance ministry. steve: oh, ok. aqel: so we go around praise dancing to different churches, different community events. steve: yeah, yeah, yeah. y'all got one? aqel: yes, we do. steve: let me see one. [applause]

. >> reporter: david block is one of more than a dozen researchers at uc-davis looking to keep you raising a glass instead of inducing sour grapes during the drought. >> if you walk through a vineyard like this one, not every vine needs the same amount of watered. >> reporter: with a specialized system that includes using rainwater, the group is irrigating 640 vines giving each individual one the exact amount of water it needs. >> it's all wireless technology and so the goal is to be able to be sitting somewhere remotely from the vineyard and be able to control the amount of water that each vine is getting depending on the amount of water it needs. >> will these grapes eventually look smaller because you're not putting so much water into it? >> so it's -- it's possible that the grapes might be smaller. and the other key thing is, is the ability to clean this in an automated way. and so these are set up to cip technology. >> reporter: cip, or clean in place technology, allows automated cleaning of fermenting tanks which researchers then reuse. >> we'll save that in a tank and the cleaning s

. >> it's the best thing in the world coming from uc davis where i owe them right now $20,000, you knowget money to go to class. >> the program does b teach high-level coding skills. it's more about building a foundation for young people who like technology but might never have thought they could have a career in it. >> it is inspiring, these economically disadvantaged kids of color to be more to do more. >> at a time when the industry needs them. >> if you're running a company and you see the graduating classes that are overwhelmingly white and asian male how do you balance your workforce? it's not easy. >> that's why they invited hack the hood to the annual conference holding the hack day event right under microsoft ibm and oracle. >> she already applied for a internship. >> i always wanted to make a change and make a difference. and which better way to make a difference than to bridge the gap in tech with diversity. >> in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> still to come, a decade old mystery finally solved. with a cupertino couple uncovered a check for $11,000 that they mi

volunteers keep their eyes peeled for dead animals on the side of the road and report it to a database at uc-davisof this grisly activity is to get an idea of just how much impact literally cars are having on wildlife. >> you can't think of a single animal to withstand the 5 tons of glass and steel at 65 miles per hour. >> reporter: they document species information, photograph, gps locations to help researchers understand what is being killed and where. >> the project isn't just for creepy people who like to look at dead animals but it's for people interested in the relationship between humans and wildlife and how to reduce that impact. >> reporter: created in 2009, the system is helping researchers understand which roads pose the greatest threat to wildlife. for example, highway 13 in oakland is considered a dead spot because of cars moving so fast through the heavily wooded area. make no mistake, this is a big threat. the data suggest that is 100,000 animals may die each day on california roadways. >> it's showing trends in wildlife mortality but it's also showing where maybe, um, we can be bet

members of the oil wildlife care network at uc-davis are now in the disaster area to see if they can>> a grand jury has indicted all six baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. gray suffered a fatal spinal injury during his arrest last month. his death set off huge protests and led to charges against the officers including second- degree murder. attorneys for the officers say they are the victims of overzealous prosecution. >>> the boy scouts ban on gay adult leaders may be coming to an end. the president of the organization now says the policy is no longer sustainable. speaking at the scouts annual meeting robert gates says it's time for a change to avoid any more legal battles. councils in new york are already defying the ban. the policy banning gay youth ended last year. >>> police now have a lead in the murders of four people inside a multi-million dollar washington, dc mansion. cbs reporter craig boswell on how a pizza helped police identify the suspect with a long criminal record. >> reporter: police are hunting for 34-year-old daron dylo

researchers at uc-davis are trying to reduce that to a 1:1 ratio.h a specialized system, the group is irrigating 640 vines giving each individual one the exact amount of water it needs. >> wireless technology to be remotely from the vineyard to be able to control the amount of water that each vine gets depending on the water it needs. >> the researchers say their goal is to make their work operational in wineries across the state within five years. >>> 18 minutes after 5:00 on this friday morning. plans for super bowl 50 are well under way. it's 254 days away! but who is counting? and we already know where the teams will practice before the big game. >> reporter: and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, a-rod comes to town. got a little surprise from the oakland a's. and the rookie pitcher on the mounds for the giants. we have the final cut straight ahead. >> think you have silicon valley's next big idea? jill schlesinger has advice for taking it to the next level. >>> reporter: ever wonder how to turn your great ideas into a profitable business? may is

researchers at uc-davis are trying to reduce that to a 1:1 ratio.specialized system, the group is irrigating 640 vines giving each individual one the exact amount of water it needs. >> wireless technology. so the goal is to be able to be sitting somewhere remotely from the vineyard and be able to control the amount of water that each vine is getting depending on the amount of water it needs. >> the researchers say their goal is to make their work operational in wineries across the state within five years. >>> competition was fierce at the scripps national spelling bee. history was made for a second straight year. >> n-u-n-a-t-a-k. nunatak. >> correct. >> s s-c-h-e-r-e-n-s-c-h-n-i-t- t- e. >> correct. >> they are amazing, aren't they? for the second year in a row the spelling bee ended in a tie after 10 perfect rounds between 14-year-old gokul venkatachalam of missouri and 13-year-old vanya shivashankar from kansas. >> spell that. >> it came down to the final words. >> nunatak and scherenschnitte. >> vania and gokul will receive more than $37,000 in

we have video from uc davis. they've been test flying this particular type of drone. we're going to talk to traus ras about these drones in a minute. this drone is 200 pounds. about the size of a motorcycle. really it's a remotely piloted helicopter. the first drone with full approval for farmers. big news for california this morning. >>> the last time tesla issued a financial report it also announced it had new instructions for its model s cars. allowing them to drive autonomously. it just hadn't turned out software yet. we're expecting bing things today. next quarterly report is today. looking for how many model ss it was able to manufacture, plus any word on when the model s suv willer a i've. >>> musk's other company spacex will report a test on the dragon capsule today. this is animation of its return to earth. it's never carried people. it's not carrying people today either. but it is going to carry a crash test dummy and test the escape system. they'll launch the dragon just a bit into the air. n not very far. fire off the escape system. if it works they are pr

uc davis, massive drone. it's really a remotely piloted helicopter about the size of a motorcycle.the faa has given full approval for a drone and its use without restriction other than the obvious restrictions like don't fly it next to an airport. tesla reports its financials after the closing bell this afternoon. we will watch to see how many model s cars it was able to build. with other car companies we carable how many they sell but with tesla they sell everything they make. really it's more of a manufacturing question. also will there be any updates to the model x, the suv that is due out sometime. >> how many will that seat? >> we don't like one now, let's put the whole family back there. >>> one final check of the top stories. new report shedding new light on a germanwings copilot suicidal plane crash into the french alps in march. the pilot rehearsed controlled descent on a flight just before the one that ultimately killed all 150 people onboard. >>> scientists hope to get answers today about what caused the death of a humpback whale that washed ashore in pacifica. biologist

from this morning biologists from the marine mammal center in california academy of sciences and uc-davisrming a necropsy on this well discovered is a female home that will 32 ft. long that fog that has four broken vertebrae in fact a broken rib and those that and is injuries consent stand that do not know for sure that this well may have been killed by being struck by a passing ship the also taking some tissue samples and testing the concept and figure out of maybe a dyed by some other means but this was the dead about a week and they may never know for sure exactly how i died. >>: will work together to see of the organs and bones and determine why it died natural causes might be hard to tell the samples may not be as fresh. this is the second well and about a month to watch a store the other was a sperm whale house and 50 yds down for i am standing and does not look like a well because the decomposition of the members of the said this is more likely a coincidence a sprung up as a home that what they're different wales likely a coincidence that wash ashore. >>reporter:today, the water co

the day, teams of biologist from the marine mammal center, the california academy of science and uc davis performed a necropsy on the whale to try to figure out how it died. by the end of the day they had determined that it was a female humpback that had suffered traumatic injuires. the whale had four broken vertebrae a broken rib and was hemoraging. those are the kind of injuries biologist would expect to see if the animal had been struck by a passing ship, but they say that in this case they don't know for sure that that's what happened. >>reporter:they also took tissues samples from the whale and examined the contents of its stomach. those samples will be analyzed in a lab to see if the animal died in some other way. unfortunately, the exact cause of death may never be known. >>reporter:regardless researches say that it's rare for a humpback to wash ashore and this gave them a unique opportunity to examine one up close >>reporter:this is a great opportunity to get some basic information. some measurments and information that we can take back and learn from for the future. >>james:in na

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