there have been many efforts to codify that or to over turn it in montana but so far none of us have succeeded. and that brings us to californiaby the way, in november colorado also voted to pass this lawht to the next, and i'll be talking to the trade association about the california experience next year. california has an option act. it only took effect in june and at its heart, like all the other statutes i mentioned, it allows azv terminally ill patient to e his or her life by obtaining drugs from a participating position. pretty much every word÷ú in tha sentence accept the conjunction have a specific meeting. it's the most recent and i will say probably the most second to most recent andp i'll say most refined of the laws. the same organization that put forward the oregon law also put forward washington and vermont recently, colorado and we keep on -- they keep on removing it. it's becoming a more and more refined law. so very interestingly, you must administer the drug.p this is not, which can happen somebody gets a little bit too much. there are ways that people can÷ control drug intake, i presented with the physician w

i want to talk to you. ( complaining ) what's this about you leaving us? there's nothing that calls us to california. we have no friends or kin there. you're going because of what happened yesterday. that is the reason, isn't it? that has some bearing on it. well, it shouldn't have. i'm not jed otis's girl, in spite of what he said. i may have flirted with him a little, much as i like him. more, maybe. benjamin and i think very highly of thee, marian. well, that's just peachy. benjamin too, huh? is jed otis scaring you away? no. are you afraid of me? why, marian, if thou art an ogre, thou art a beautiful one. well, then, why leave? i just said that i liked you. you say that i'm beautiful and then you run away. i never met a man like you before. i'm exactly like any other man, marian. but i just can't stand to see a girl-- i told you to leave her alone! how many times do i have to warn you? if you had guts enough to put up that one good arm of yours instead of hiding behind that holier-than-thou hogwash, i'd push your face in so far you'd have to back up a mile to blow your nose! now, you listen to t

to senator mark leno for his effort in helping us to as a great advocate for this project to help us achieve and secure the funds to allow the california historical sovereignty to continue collaboration with the city of san francisco and the library and others partners to fully explore the design and rejection of this building senator mark leno thank you for your presence today. >> (clapping.) >> welcome everybody to this historic reasonable building which we all here have agreed is our responsibility to preserve, and to protect and finally to restore to its original grandeur so the generations can recognize and enjoy the treasurer it is and wouldn't have been possible leadership of the mayor and his office and, of course, ann they and her staff of the historical society keeping in mind the only thing older is the california historical society 3 years older. >> (clapping.) >> but when we were approached assemblyman it's on the tip of my tongue and i let me say it is a good thing when the folks are from san francisco that is our challenge because there are one and 20 legislators and through the budget progression will be one and 20 idea

california, from the northern rivers. they've been increasing the amount of water for decade. now they're asking to use this drought through this california drought bill to give them authority to take even more water despite a negative impact up on the salmon. -- upon the salmon. so that's why i'm troubled. and there's some key provisions that i thought are worth talking about specifically. because some folks have come to this floor and said, don't worry, be happy. nothing in here is going to change the provisions and applications of the biological opinions that control how we make sure that we sustain a healthy environment for the fish, and others have come and said, don't worry, there's nothing that changes the application of the endangered species act. but, unfortunately, that's just not accurate. and so i thought i would give some of the insights about how this works. there's section 4001 in the bill, and this provides an opportunity to bypass the biological opinions by setting up a pilot project and then studying the outcome of the pilot project. so it used a pilot project as a way to do an end ru

is correct, when the secretary asked us to stop the recruitment, we were able to do that within a week. for the cases that had been identified to us by the california national guard. that included the cases that we had internal to defast where we're recruiting from their military pay as well as any voluntary repayments that were under way as well as any cases we turned over to the treasury for recruitment. and that would include the category of private collection agencies. also we took action to rescind any reporting to the credit bureau reportings. so those cases identified by the california national guard to us, those credit ratings have been restored as if that never occurred. >> thank you very much. >> this is the one thing i would like to add in terms of one week. there are a handful of cases that lag the one week only because we had trouble identifying the individual involved. we had mistaken social security numbers that we were trying to clean up as we went along. >> okay, thank you, ms. davis. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you for being here. of all the attempts suggested and some in the legislation that you have been working on is there

to senator mark leno for his effort in helping us to as a great advocate for this project to help us achieve and secure the funds to allow the california historical sovereignty to continue collaboration with the city of san francisco and the library and others partners to fully explore the design and rejection of this building senator mark leno thank you for your presence today. >> (clapping.) >> welcome everybody to this historic reasonable building which we all here have agreed is our responsibility to preserve, and to protect and finally to restore to its original grandeur so the generations can recognize and enjoy the treasurer it is and wouldn't have been possible leadership of the mayor and his office and, of course, ann they and her staff of the historical society keeping in mind the only thing older is the california historical society 3 years older. >> (clapping.) >> but when we were approached assemblyman it's on the tip of my tongue and i let me say it is a good thing when the folks are from san francisco that is our challenge because there are one and 20 legislators and through the budget progression will be one and 20 idea

go all the way through to gilroy and then suddenly some workers appeared with buses to bring us out here to california avenue. >> reporter: it added two hours to terry's schedule. buses took commuters between plant view and palo alto. this death is caltrans 11th of the year. in palo alto, betty yu, kpix5. >>> rogelio chavez and laron campbell busted out of the santa clara main jail the night before thanksgiving. now they used hacksaws to cut through the bars and then tied sheets together to rappel down the side of the building. tonight a source close to the investigation tells us an inmate in a nearby cell heard suspicious noises. they heard clanging and sawing and alerted the guards, but when the guards listened, they claim they didn't hear anything, in part because the medium security jail is so noisy, also because the gate the guards open to enter the cell area let's inmates know they're coming. well, the tip, by the way, came from a former san mateo police officer who was in jail facing sex charges. both escapees were recaptured after about a week. >>> three weeks ago tonight the ghost ship wareho

california state senate center kevin daly on. sen., i'm so looking forward to working with you as we in california provide a counterbalance to what's going to come at us from washington dc. we have a lot of work to do here in california and i know were going to be a strong progressive voice not just for california, but for the country to make clear what our values are in this state. so i look forward to that. >>[applause] i know that we are also going to work together to make sure that the state is supporting our urban centers. we know that our city needs a lot of help in particularly, communities that have not received the resources they need in the past. whether in san francisco or in oakland or los angeles, we need to make sure that we are working hard to support all communities. so center daily on as you've heard our third ab - 31 when he was a member of the assembly took his first look at that sign into law. that delivered $400 million to irvine park projects. we know that whether in the bayview were in the mission or in the sunset we, our parks are our front yards. when you live in the city you don't always have a front yard or a backyard great

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there have been many efforts to codify that or to over turn it in montana but so far none of us have succeeded. and that brings us to california the way, in november colorado also voted to pass this lawht to the next, and i'll be talking to the trade association about the california experience next year. california has an option act. it only took effect in june and at its heart, like all the other statutes i mentioned, it allows azv terminally ill patient to e his or her life by obtaining drugs from a participating position. pretty much every word÷ú in tha sentence accept the conjunction have a specific meeting. it's the most recent and i will say probably the most second to most recent andp i'll say most refined of the laws. the same organization that put forward the oregon law also put forward washington and vermont recently, colorado and we keep on -- they keep on removing it. it's becoming a more and more refined law. so very interestingly, you must administer the drug.p this is not, which can happen somebody gets a little bit too much. there are ways that people can÷ control drug intake, i presented with the physician who

to stop us. we'll look at the constitution of the united states and our california constitution and recognize thatas any other state, we will do whatever the u.s. constitution allows us to do to protect our people and advance our interests. >> one of the flashpoints already is clearly going to be the issue of immigration. this week democratic leaders in your state announced a bill that would ban state and local law enforcement from helping the ferg round up undocumented immigrants. another bill would require president trump to get approval from california voters before building a wall along the mexican border with california. if things like this get passed, if they get signed by the governor, if they become california law, do you expect you'll be defending these things in court? >> i would hope that the federal government would recognize that states have the purview to take on the protection of their people, the advancement of their economy. so long as we're not doing something that's against the u.s. constitution, we should have the right to move forward. if we don't want to see walls built along

notice that rain line to the north of us and we will stick over northern california and shouldn't go further. wednesday uneventful if you are joining us, wednesday, the first day of winter, thursday looks pretty uneventful nice and quiet. temperatures continuing to climb with each passing day. as we get to friday. we are looking at wet weather for the bay and perhaps by friday morning as we sweep across for the afternoon and i do expect this to change for several days out and we could have it in time for the evening drive on friday. saturday morning, christmas eve perhaps a few scattered showers and it looks like at this point we will be dry by saturday afternoon. and on christmas day. that could change. we will be tracking it for you. between now and then we have to get to the numbers. it has been the big story. temperatures cold and waking up freezing and there are no advisories in place. temperatures continuing to creep up, upper 20s in walnut creek and a cold start for you there. 40s for oakland and the south bay locations, 35 for san jose and afternoon highs will file suit and co

we have advisories for wind or mountain snow down to southern california and for us as well which weather advisories only up to the oregon border. nationally the system ejected on southern california and four corners right now is in the plains causing issues. the system coming for us and the pacific northwest as well. 30s and 40s on the temperatures, not as brutal as temperatures were on monday. this is in the plains could cause travel delays. temperatures in the 40s or 50s, the wind will kick out -- kick up. 37 of the truck he -- will start to see cold air filter in an that is cool air. that will go through saturday. that is the like him now. rainfall will not be that great. it will be okay. two thirds to an inch for about most of the area. this area -- the fear will have the most impact. hints of maybe another system next tuesday but that's too far out.>> tomorrow we cleared out for some but there will be often on shower activity and colder. christmas is looking fine just cold and breezy. >> off and on rain for the next day or so so keep a jacket and umbrella around.>>> 4:19 am. you cou

to do four things. if you believe that california would be better off as a nation, not perfect but better off, great. if you believe that we can only use legal mechanisms to get there, peaceful mechanisms to raise the argument and that california is about diversity and there is no room to argue for that, against that, then you are in. we don't really take policy distances on a bunch of other things, so we haven't taken stance on those issues. what we said is that it would be negotiated. >> but what do you think? as one of the driving forces, as one of the driving forces behind this? and as someone who is not speak going to move back to california under any circumstances? should i have something to worry about? are you nuclear armed left wing power like venezuela, for example but with nuclear weapons? >> so, i'm going -- i will answer the question. i absolutely believe in not deflecting. i get it but, yes, california has not taken a stance and we're not going to. because we only ask people for four things. but, in my opinion, obviously you look at the history of california and you can see where the characters are. california does not li

laboratory we figured out things how to help people improve their own heartache in terms of cancer and teach others and good around the bay area and california it is for us to take up this challenge he know in the past we're incredibly proud of really san francisco playground in the aids crisis i building we can play a similar roll in cancer and making that huge impact i need to thank all the partners organization and now i'll put on my glasses to read the list of the partners the city and county of san francisco, san francisco department of health san francisco consortium the eastern cancer society and the medical society and northern california hospital council kaiser permanente and sf health and chinese hospital and the projects and lastly ucsf this is trying to bring as many people pot center this is to be routine by the planning commission, and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote executive list we'll partner with anyone where we think this is value who think they can benefit and contribute to sf can having said that, i know move on to introduce tom of the san francisco that department of health. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good morning

to save money. kla us, thank you for joining us. >>> a dubious honor for us in california. >> fun to control and drones put to work in the medical field. how they are saving lives. >>> we have heard from the oakland officials so what about raider nation? we got a supporter right here and we will get his take on what it will take for silver and black in the bay area when we come back. >> earlier we told you about the alameda supervisors giving you the green light will the proposal and joining me now is a big time raider fan chris dobbins. i know you are excited about what we have seen but this raises the level of excitement after county, the supervisors gave their okay, umm? >> really excited and concern of the council and the board of supervisors may not prove it. the fact that they were able to pass it albeit there was no absenteeism. moving forward. >> what do you think about this plan? ronnie lott's plan that works. >> i think the fact that you have an nfl icon and hopefully the city council will approve it and it shows the nfl that we can get a viable plan. one of the bylaws says there is a plan in

that brings us to california. by the way, in november colorado also voted to pass this law, so they are next. i'll be talking to their trade association about our california experience next year. california has an end of life option act. it only took effect in june. at its heart, like all the the other statutes i mentioned, it allows a terminally ill patient to end his or her life by aid and drugs with an attending physician. pretty much every word has a specific meaning. it the most recent and probably most refined -- second most recent and most refined of the laws. the same organization that put forward the oregon law put forward washington and vermont and california and most recently colorado. we keep on -- we, they, keep on removing the nits, so it's becoming a more refined law. very interestingly you must self-administrator drugs. it not euthanasia. other things you hear about are induced coma with too much morphine. there's ways people can control drug intake. i'm not a pharmacologist but presented with physi

to take water in the wintertime and store it for use later. >> good morning. >> hi, how're you doing? >> fantastic. the old back is hurting a little bit. >> reporter: cannabis has been legal to use in californiaedical purposes since 1996. >> it's got a great look, it's got a great smell. >> reporter: patients could also grow cannabis and supply it to dispensaries as long as they didn't profit from it. but all that will change in 2018. that's when california will begin issuing licenses for commercial medical cannabis activities. until then, counties and cities are trying to regulate the cannabis industry at the local level. >> basically, now we can call a spade a spade, profit is part of being a farmer, whether you're growing cannabis or tomatoes. >> reporter: maybe so, but it's still illegal at the federal level to grow or sell cannabis. >> every cannabis cultivator lives with the fear of having their children taken away from them, having financial ruin. everybody lives in fear of law enforcement. >> reporter: 2,300 people in humboldt have come forward to register with the county's new program. but according to the local sheriff, only a fraction of the county's pot goes to patients. >> i'd sa

to catch a catfish. abc's ron claiborne tells us what we need to know as the clock strikes midnight. >> reporter: at the stroke of midnight you can toke at midnight in california, nevada, massachusetts and maine. recreational amounts can be used and sold legally. the deadly 2015 accident between a fedex delivery truck and a california law requiring charter bus drivers to provide better safety instructions to passengers. sgle. >> 911. >> we have an accident -- >> ma'am, listen to me. take a deep breath. okay, is he still shooting? >> oh, my god! >> reporter: in the wake of the 2015 san bernardino massacre that claimed 14 lives, new gun laws in california will ban easily reloadable semiautomatic weapons and prohibit magazines of more than ten bullets. that spurred a rush to purchase just those kinds of weapons. illinois is expanding the fight against domestic and sexual violence, ordering training for kos met tolgss to recognize signs of abuse. 20 states will raise their minimum wage, ranging from missouri where it goes up by a nickel to arizona where it jumps nearly $2 an hour. and starting next year in illinois, you'll be able to use a pitch fork, a spear gun

laboratory we figured out things how to help people improve their own heartache in terms of cancer and teach others and good around the bay area and california it is for us to take up this challenge he know in the past we're incredibly proud of really san francisco playground in the aids crisis i building we can play a similar roll in cancer and making that huge impact i need to thank all the partners organization and now i'll put on my glasses to read the list of the partners the city and county of san francisco, san francisco department of health san francisco consortium the eastern cancer society and the medical society and northern california hospital council kaiser permanente and sf health and chinese hospital and the projects and lastly ucsf this is trying to bring as many people pot center this is to be routine by the planning commission, and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote executive list we'll partner with anyone where we think this is value who think they can benefit and contribute to sf can having said that, i know move on to introduce tom of the san francisco that department of health. >> thank you. >> (clapping.) >> good morning

and now, finally, in california, because of extraordinary leadership, decoding dyslexia, and other leaders, we have a bill that allows us tohave a protocol in california, finally, to have our teachers and others take a look and begin to assess students in california that may suffer from the same struggles. >> final question -- you're a dad -- four kids in your life. >> yeah. >> you worried about this? >> i'm not worried about it, but i'm focused on it. if our kids are -- just turned 6 and 4, 2, and a brand-new baby -- if they're dyslexic, fabulous. and that just allows us to have the opportunity to see them grow a little differently. and i'm for different. i'm for people being aittle bit, you know -- i'm for authenticity. i'm for personality. >> you are a message of hope, gavin. >> i appreciate it. thanks for having me. >> appreciate it. all right, and when we come back, you're going to meet an 11-year-old girl with dyslexia whose youtube video went viral. she and her mother will join us in just a couple of minutes. stay with us. we'll be right back. >> welcome back to "beyond the headlines." joining me right now, 11-year-

but don't get too used to that sight. the california department of motor vehicles has already sent uber a letter... ordering the company to stop the service until it gets a state permit. but uber says it doesn't believe it needs permits... because a person is still behind the wheel monitoring the heicles. in the 24 hours since the cars have hit the streets... a taxi driver has already posted dashcam video of an uber self driving car running a red car service is blaming human error... and says there weren't any customers in the car. straight ahead - details on the social media giant... that's preparing to take on netflix and amazon prime. could michael phelps' son boomer soon have some new competition in the pool? how a longtime rivalry is about to at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps... ...to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. like putting oregano in their water. it has natural antioxidants and we don't have to use antibiotics in their diet. perdue. over 200 products. at perdue, we take some unexpected extra step

big oil companies selling oil waste water to farmers who use it on california crops. new tests reveal about the potential danger to our food. ,, take the next steps in the investigation of the oakland ware >>> our top story at 6:30, forensic teams are moving in to take the next step in the investigation of the oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people. today, the atf says it ruled out a refrigerator as a source of the inferno. >> right now, it's a time for grieving the victims of the fire. eventually someone will be accountable and someone will pay when the lawsuits come. kpix 5's melissa caen went looking and what she found might surprise you. melissa. >> reporter: allen, tragedies like the oakland fire are often followed by lawsuits. in this case, the likely targets could be the property owners, master tenants, even a party promoter. but it's not clear any of those people have the millions of dollars to compensate victims' families. you know who does? the city of oakland. the city probably won't have to pay a dime according to one expert. >> our records didn't sh

. >>> thousands of illegal phones have flooded california prisons used to call in hits or coordinate street crime. the equipment includes sophisticated metal detectors, x-ray machines and scanners that can detect signals hidden inside the human body. $17 million for the new security. >>> california's public employee system is facing criticism for considering investing in tobacco companies. this comes as the staff are recommending the fund end a 16-year-old ban on investing in tobacco companies. it concludes that the ban has cost about $3 billion. critics say it would be a, quote, morally bankrupt idea. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 9:00, a toy wonderland welcomes in underserved families in a special bay area event. could we see cold relief? drew tuma up next with the forecast. >>> the raiders defense shut the door on phillip rivers today in san diego when it counted as reggie nelson came up big to send the raiders to the >>> a little donation goes a long way do the hole day season. hundreds of volunteers with sacred heart community service sorted out, donated toys that will go to low

an effort is underway to permanently ban new offshore drill off the california coast before president-elect donald trump take office. governor brown is asking president obama to use his authority to permanently prohibit new oil and gas leasing off the california coast. in president obama agrees it would set up a she down with the incoming trump administration. brown does future necessity in the president-elect with is the authority to overturn a prohibition imposed by president obama. >> this is a drone video showing a giant of the sea devouring another predator in monterey bay. an orca cap they then for hunting large sea creatures. all right, orca, the circle of life. >> the federal government wants all new cars to have technology that would reduce crashes, vehicle to vehicle communication warning of oncoming accidents and the department of transportation said it would limit severity of 80% of non-impaired crashes. >> rain is back in the bay area. we are getting a taste of what is to come. next at 5 o'clock a.m. we are tracking the strongest storm in months on the way. >> big win in the battle to keep the raiders in oakland. there could be an even bigger victory

to us. and if you want a law that does apply to us, you need to go back and rewrite one. >> reporter: late friday, the california attorney general's office told uber if it doesn't get its self-driving cars off the road immediately, it will end up in court. michelle, uber has not respond. >> miller: wow, carter evans, thank you. president-elect trump has nominated south carolina congressman mick mulvaney as his budget director. mulvaney came to washington as part of the tea party movement in 2010. mr. trump wants to put him in charge of moving his spending proposals through congress. in recent days, the trump transition has been overshadowed by allegations of russian interference in the presidential election. here's errol barnett. ♪ ♪ ♪ sweet home alabama >> reporter: president-elect donald trump concluded his thank you tour today in mobile, alabama. >> i just want to thank you. this is our last stop, and i'll tell you what. there is no better place to celebrate than right here. okay. ( cheers and applause ) so thank you. >> reporter: mr. trump avoided any mention of russian hacks during the election, which intel

to buy more support from progressives. >> thanks very much for joining us, coming all the way from california to do so. before i turn it back to jerry, just a couple of quick housekeeping notes i've been asked to remind you folks. anybody who decided to go to the sponsor dinner tonight. the shuttle leaves at 6:15. at the french ambassador's residence. there's a couple more seats left if some of you folks want to join. i'll see you may 16 at the tokyo house hotel. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> i think the toughest job in the world is being the losing quarterback in the super bowl and having to do the press conference after ward. that concludes this wall street journal ceo council. thank you for coming. a particular thank you to our team who worked so hard to make this such a great event. make it go so smoothly. particularly, as you can probably tell from the agenda, we had to scramble pretty hard to make sure that we had an appropriate, relevant topic on the agenda for you to enjoy. i hope you enjoyed it. thank you very much for coming. reminder, these sessions and the discussion

the pushed by democrats trying to stop trunk is to say, we will cast our votes for different republican in solidarity with you if you join us. california has the largest block of votes that could concede to that effort. it is unclear if they got any signal that that is their intention. host: 29 states requiring the electors to cast their ballots based on results in the states. that means there are a number of states that don't require that an is no federal mandate. guest: this even some debate as to whether thoseguest: footie eight state laws are enforceable. best those 28 state laws are enforceable. such an automatic vote that even the handful of stray votes over the last couple of decades have not been challenged. we could see some of those tests today if election officials decide to start cracking down. host: we're talking with kyle cheney of politico. and?about chris cooper he claims he is more that will -- as he saw from the web video it will take 37 republican electors to flip in order to deny donald trump the presidency. guest: it seems highly unlikely to approach the number. we see no evidence. chris hails from a state where th

drivers in cars, california has been hands free, but starting sunday, when it comes to almost anything this phone can do, it will be hands off. california about to get tougher on cell phone use by the state's 25 million drivers. are they obeying laws on the books? >> ride with people and they're playing with their cell phones, they're nervous. >> how will they do with a new law that bans holding a cell phone any reason? >> a lot of people depend on gps to get almost anywhere. especially in the city. >> and it seems the ship sailed when it comes to drivers and phones. with the law, the devices must be mounted and the driver can only make a single touch or swipe. how is that going to work for uber or lyft drivers? >> do you think it's practical? >> who is counting? >> some want to take it further. >> some people are on board and hopefully, safe lives >> i realized she's paying attention. >> that is the hope. more drivers will just pay attention. >>> more local crab fishermen are refusing to get on the water, fishermen from canada went on strike. now, crab fishermen at half moon bay say they won't fish today throughout the weekend. >>> don't leave your new year's eve plans to c

to go. come january. california will be scaling back on the use of group homes for foster children. as a result, counties across the state are scrambling to recruit more foster parents. kron4's lydia pantazes shows us why they are being phased out. >>:"i'm a black man in america." >> reporter:19-year old justice woods writes lyrics everyday. >>:"don't shoot its the only thing the brother know to do." >> reporter:he raps about the struggles he's lived. >>:"i was in a group home from the age of 8, all the way to 17 and half." >> reporter: he compares group homes to an institution. and says it doesn't provide the family atmosphere children so desperately need. "so, it's like a jail. pretty much." which is why woods supports the move by the state of california to phase out the use of group homes for long term use. its a plan that begins next month. "phasing them out i feel like it is a good choice but the fact is there's not enough foster homes." "do you have room, do you have room in your house for one more, do you have room in your heart." aida amezaga is a child services supervisor fo

to senator mark leno for his effort in helping us to as a great advocate for this project to help us achieve and secure the funds to allow the californiatorical sovereignty to continue collaboration with the city of san francisco and the library and others partners to fully explore the design and rejection of this building senator mark leno thank you for your presence today. >> (clapping.) >> welcome everybody to this historic reasonable building which we all here have agreed is our responsibility to preserve, and to protect and finally to restore to its original grandeur so the generations can recognize and enjoy the treasurer it is and wouldn't have been possible leadership of the mayor and his office and, of course, ann they and her staff of the historical society keeping in mind the only thing older is the california historical society 3 years older. >> (clapping.) >> but when we were approached assemblyman it's on the tip of my tongue and i let me say it is a good thing when the folks are from san francisco that is our challenge because there are one and 20 legislators and through the budget progression will be one and 20 ideas as

drivers in cars, california has been hands free, but starting sunday, when it comes to almost anything this phone can do, it will be hands off. california about to get tougher on cell phone use by the state's 25 million drivers. are they obeying laws on the books? >> ride with people and they're playing with their cell phones, they're nervous. >> how will they do with a new law that bans holding a cell phone any reason? >> a lot of people depend on gps to get almost anywhere. especially in the city. >> and it seems the ship sailed when it comes to drivers and phones. with the law, the devices must be mounted and the driver can only make a single touch or swipe. how is that going to work for uber or lyft drivers? >> do you think it's practical? >> who is counting? >> some want to take it further. >> some people are on board and hopefully, safe lives. >> i realized she's paying attention. >> that is the hope. more drivers will just pay attention. >>> more local crab fishermen are refusing to get on the water, fishermen from canada went on strike. now, crab fishermen at half moon bay say they won't fish today throughout the weekend. >>> don't leave your new year's eve plans to

used to use. >>> top of the hour. i'm poppy harlow in new york. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." we're live in oakland, californiaed at least 33 lives. officials in oakland just wrapped up a press conference. once again, increasing the death toll from the blaze. it broke out friday night during a party. here's what we know at this hour. officials fear there may be more victims. oakland sheriffs saying tonight they simply don't know how many people were inside the party and, therefore, they don't know how many more may be dead. they have completed searching just 35% of the warehouse. they have a lot more to go through. stephanie elam is live for us tonight in oakland. and this is also incredibly personal for them because one of the sheriff's deputies we learned tonight has lost their son. it is shaking the entire community. what else did we learn from these officials? >> reporter: so many people affected and they're saying that the investigation is a tremendous undertaking, poppy, because they have so many witnesses they need to interview, as well. but when you listen to what the priorities, the mayor of oakland s

to senator mark leno for his effort in helping us to as a great advocate for this project to help us achieve and secure the funds to allow the california historical sovereignty to continue collaboration with the city of san francisco and the library and others partners to fully explore the design and rejection of this building senator mark leno thank you for your presence today. >> (clapping.) >> welcome everybody to this historic reasonable building which we all here have agreed is our responsibility to preserve, and to protect and finally to restore to its original grandeur so the generations can recognize and enjoy the treasurer it is and wouldn't have been possible leadership of the mayor and his office and, of course, ann they and her staff of the historical society keeping in mind the only thing older is the california historical society 3 years older. >> (clapping.) >> but when we were approached assemblyman it's on the tip of my tongue and i let me say it is a good thing when the folks are from san francisco that is our challenge because there are one and 20 legislators and through the budget progression will be one and 20 idea

welcome news to california fast food worker ashlee adams. us i had just had my son. i don't make enough to go to college. >> reporter: california's minimum wage will rise 50 cents on new year's day, to $10.50 an hour. other states will see more ilamatic hikes. workers in maine will make $1.50 more per hour and in arizona minimum wage workers are getting an increase of almost $2 per hour, a 24% raise, which restaurant owner bill riddle warns, comes with consequences. >> it will be reflected in menu prices. food will cost more, definitely. >> the sad truth is that iserybody thinks that this is a free lunch. >> reporter: rick berman, direutive director of the olployment policies institute, says rising wages could put jobs at risk. >> small labor cost increases get passed on in price increases. when you can't capture it in price increases, you start to oay off people. you start to cut hours. >> reporter: higher wages could inso push employers to invest in law technology that will replace some workers all together. but minimum wage advocates say those are scare tactics and

to the stores today. . >>rebecca: very cool temperatures storm track and showing us the system seven california you to see all>>rebecca: 56 for oakland and for hey were expected to that below the mid '50s but overnight lows will be in the 40's and in the chilly 30's if you're traveling out of the north bay this morning this is going to be flawless all the way into san francisco. >>darya: do not assume that you can return and you have to look at the deadline mart has a new schedule for the holiday for the next week if you're taking were you want to know they're limiting the number of trains that will be running on the pittsburgh bay 0.9. >>darya: if you obviously the stand taken off to you have to take everything off 2016 a devastating year. >>reporter: in all this catastrophic flooding in days of persistent heavy rain caused rivers to overflow more than 60 called homes damaged in the least 13 people were killed the red cross to the louisiana flooding is the worst u.s. disaster since turkey nine soldiers were killed in june when the army truck overturned and floodwaters the center of the storm stave off shore

had to use the rope system because the ladders on the fire truck only weren't long enough to reach the ride. >> more ride than they bargain for. >>> 'tis the season for new la law. here in california that means a tightening of restriction on cell phone use by any one behind the wheel. not screws hand free. we are talking about hand off now. big change. laura has the story. >>reporter: california is about to get tougher on cell phone use by the state 25 million license drivers. but are they obeying the law already on the books? >> ride with people and playing with the cell phone and as a passenger you are very nervous. >>reporter: so how will they do with the new law that bans holding the cell phone for any reason while driving a car? >> i don't know how successful it will be. a lot of people depend on the gps to get almost anywhere these days especially in the city. >>reporter: indeed. it seems the ship sailed when it comes to drivers and phones with new law that the device must be mounted then if a driver hand made contact it can only be a single touch or swipe. how is that going to work with uber or lift drivers for instance who fend on their phone for the livelihood? and direct

of the aisle to craft this bipartisan wrda bill, and i want to thank the senator from california for her tremendous work listening to all of us, incorporating our ideas and making sure that this reflected the needs of our -- of our states. i personally fought for critical provisions in this bill important to washington state, making sure our colombian basin basin -- columnian basin descendants have an opportunity to give their loved ones a final resting place. i thank my colleague for putting that in this bill. and our ports in the global maritime economy and making sure our work force is strong. i'm proud that it addresses the needs of flint, michigan. and i see my colleagues from michigan here tonight. communities that have been dealing with lead in their drinking water. so this was a good bill. it was a good bill. but as you have heard, at the last minute, a poison pill rider concerning california water management in the face of a long-running drought turned on another bipartisan bill into a very, as you have heard, contentious, divisive bill.

used to break into cars without even touching them. thieves are using 21st century technology to capture your keys, they're near you, you don't even know it's happening. details from national correspondent jeff rossen. >> reporter: in california, this suspect is using a mystery device to break into this suv, stealing a expensive bike. in seattle, another suspect holding his backpack close to the car door, boom, he's in. it's happening across the country. but now, officials at the national insurance crime bureau say they may have solved the mystery. this device that fits in a small pag could be what thieves are using, showing us how it works. >> all right. because the device comes in two different pieces. your piece, my piece. my producer gi ovana will play the victim. any of you that park at a big parking lot. here's what happens, you and i will play the suspect, we would be in the parking lot talking amongst ourselves, nothing suspicious. meanwhile, you would park your car. >> getting out of my car, locking my door like i normally would and walking away. >> what she doesn't see are suspects traili with the device, cloning the signal of her car's key fob in just second. >> here i got the green light. i got a signal for the fo

to go grab some hot chocolate. but don't you go away, we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, recreational use in california... e state launched a new campaign to crack ing called the >>> new this morning, marijuana is now legal for recreational use in california. but the state launched a new campaign to crack down on what's being called the new dui. a quick breathalyzer test can prove that someone has been drinking and driving, but nabbing drivers high on marijuana is trickier. they say driving under the influence of marijuana is just as bad as alcohol so the state is launching a million-dollar campaign about driving while stoned. >>> . >> california, we know that 36% of fatally injured drivers tested positive for drugs with marijuana the most prevalent. >> since pot became legal last month, traffic safety experts have noted a spike in drivers using marijuana combined with alcohol. >>> most of us pay about $100 for our christmas tree but $1,000? well, a tree with that price tag was found in new york city. the tree was for sale in new york's posh greenwich village neighborhood. the business that sold it also ha