it is valley state's prison within a prison. while ad seg houses those on temporary lockdown, the other side of the building known as the security housing unit or shu is for serious offenders who are considered a more permanent problem. >> i was set up. i was set up. that's what i was. inmates were afraid of me and they put a shank under my mattress. >> they think i'm a threat to the institution. >> inmates in the shu are kept in their cells almost 23 hours a day. they are allowed out for only three showers a week and ten hours in the recreation yard. life in ad seg or shu isn't just a more intense experience for the inmate. correctional officers like diane vasquez are under the pressure of dealing with a different brand of criminal. >> working here in ad seg shu is very challenging. you deal with a lot of physical abuse, mental abuse, emotional abuse. it just depends on how much you let it affect you. you hear yelling. you hear cursing. you hear banging, kicking on the doors. this is how it is 24/7. at nighttime they don't slee

kern valley state prison opened its gates in june 2005 to help ease overcrowding at other state penitentiaries. it brings california's total number of correctional facilities to 33. 130 miles northeast of los angeles is california's central valley. known for farming and agriculture, it is also home to kern valley state prison. the facility costs $379 million to build, and it will eventually hold 5,000 men. >> we want to try to get the inmates to start programming and try to rehabilitate them to be able to get back on the outside and get their footing back into the community. >> there's no rehabilitation in the california department of corrections. and i don't care who tells you that there is, they're lying to you. >> this prison is supposed to be a model throughout the entire state. its specific purpose is to show society, right? that hardened criminals can be rehabilitated. okay, but that's not what it is. everybody's landing here and it's just exactly the opposite. >> behind triple-layered razor-wired fences, inmates occupy four housing units. open less than a year, the prison is still strug

. >>> here we are in beautiful valley state park.ou're seeing the crew from second screen company, and they are getting ready to launch someone into space. >> is it nick calderÓn? >> it's not. it's walter white. a walter white bobble head. turns out, 6,000 voters decided to send walter white up into the sky beating out a character from "the walking dead" and "game of thrones," and everybody knows white from "breaking bad," and as he gets up there, the glasses fog up like real glasses would. guess what? he's in temperatures low as negative 65 degrees fahrenheit, speeds up to 95 miles per hour, and altitude of 85,000 feet. >> oh! >> walter white's all over the place. that is cool. he spent six hours in space. here comes his big fall down. the bobble head part makes it. check this out. yeah, that's a neck injury. now the search. listen to the guy here. >> we are in wyoming. some 300 miles away from launch, and somewhere over there walter white. >> they found walter in one piece. broken neck, but that can be repaired. long live. >>> that

states. it may sound unthinkable but today a wealthy silican valley venture capitalist submitted petitions to bring up that topic. ken pritchett has how california would be sliced up. >> reporter: on this side of the golden gate i would be standing in the state of north california. cross the bridge over into san francisco and all of a sudden i'm in the state of silican valley. as odd as it sounds voters may have a chance to make it a reality at the ballot box in 2016. the golden gate bridge an international icon but could it also be a bridge from one state to the other. yes if california votes to split up the state. >> i think it's silly. >> i don't think it's a good idea. >> reporter: tim draper has an uphill fight but today he dropped off officers full of signatures to put his six california plan on the november 2016 ballot. >> you can govern yourself. you don't have to govern yourself from a bunch of the voters that are way away from you. >> reporter: draper says california is too big to govern. a state called jefferson up top. los angeles would be in west california. north bay county the

the brain, kidneys, liver, everywhere. >> reporter: the fungus is native to the san joaquin valley where two staterisons are located. valley fever infections at these institutions have jumped dramatically! since 2006, the disease killed more than 3 dozen inmates and prison staff, hospitalizing hundreds more. infectious disease specialist dr. neil flynn warns the state for decades about the problem. >> they should never have put african-americans there. >> reporter: while a federal judge has now ordered california to move high risk inmates out of the central valley, there's a new growing concern. the drought. >> there is no doubt drought favors of the growth of the valley fever fungus. >> reporter: valley fever spores can survive in dirt without water for decades. all you need are strong winds and those spores will travel. >> it did surprise us. >> reporter: during major drought in the '70s, strong winds near bakersfield created a huge dust storm that rose 5,000 feet like a tidal wave spreading dumping valley fever spores as far north as sacramento sickening hundreds and killing six. andria borba,

splitting up california some estimates make the silicon valley the richest state in the country and thebecome the poorest. how does that help anybody or how does that create jobs? >> what you're talking about is the current regime. the current regime has made it so that people in central valley are the poorest. that makes no sense. all of these manufacturing jobs that are leaving the state could easily come and be grabbed in central california. right now california is doing nothing to keep those jobs in california. so central california could be a mecca for manufacturing jobs. for new jobs. all the jobs that are leaving l.a., all the jobs that are leaving san francisco. >> tim, quick, i'm running out of time. are you going run for anything in the future? >> no. never. >> all right. thank you very much. i appreciate your being with us today. thank you so much. >>> coming up, while the state is one, still. we'll tell you five things about california with a little bit of marriage advice on the side. it's important news. we'll be right back. in new york state, we're changing the way we do b

declining and that means that effectively people like some of the 900 murderers that we met in salinas valley state going to be getting let out on to the streets. so in order to have a chance for those people to assimilate effectively back into society you have to try something and these pilot program, these inspirational models that they're creating there, they are seeming to have some small trickle effect throughout the institution. the ultimate efficacy of those is still to be determined. it will be judged by recidivism rates and crime rates on the streets, but you definitely get the sense within the institution that we're on the precipice of a sea change of some sort. >> how much do the gangs fight the rehabilitation programs? >> i wouldn't say that they're fighting it head-on, but anything that undermines their power is a threat to the gang leadership and structure and one of the fascinating things that we saw and discussed when we were inside the prison is how much of the gang politics are driven by drugs and money inside the prison. the rehabilitation programs, anything that forces people of

>> we're seeing that universities like sag gnaw valley state university in michigan, they're coming outnt, and we're going to have to start firing some students. we're going to have to start giving them fewer hours, that's what we're seeing. universities are stepping in and saying because of an increase, we're going to have to start taking that money from somewhere else, and, you know, that's going to come from fewer student employees. neil: let me bring my all-stars into this. sabrina, what do you make of that, that, you know, if the law says you have to raise that minimum wage, you have to make adjustments to it, and if cal re doing just that. >> i think caleb's right on here, and i think this gets to the point of what andrew hemingway was saying in the previous segment. it's young people who are hurt the most by many of these policies. who is hurt by raising the minimum wage? it's people with the fewest skills like students, many women, moms. these are the people who are hurt. and we talk about income inequality in this country, now we're going to make it prohibitively expensive for

. >> we met earl hymer at california's kern valley state prison. >> i have a 37-year sentence.ewd acts on a minor, 14 years old. >> this was on hymer's first time in prison. nor his first sex offense. >> my wife deemed it necessary that i be arrested for attempted rape of your wife, as weird as that sounds. you come home drunk and try and take it, and she doesn't want it. that's still a criminal offense. >> hymer lives in the prison's protective custody wing. ironically during his first prison term, he was one of the inmates who targeted sex offenders. >> you know, i've participated in helping hunt for child molesters, you know. well, this guy he's a child molester and this is a child molester, and you catch him out in the yard and you go through his stuff and read his paperwork and see what he's really here for, you know? then, yes, he is, or, no, he's not. >> then what? >> well, generally somebody will catch him in a day room or tv room or whatever and punch him in the mouth, tell him to roll it up now. and if he blinks twice or hesitates just a little bit, like i was saying

other people have asked me, what -- won't this create the richest state in silicon valley and the poor states in central california? you have to turn that around and say, in the current regime, those are poor states because somehow, the government, the way it is set up, is not working for them. imagine central california deciding, we would like to be a manufacturing center. we would like to take those jobs leaving california for various reasons. it might end up being the wealthiest state. so i think we've got an opportunity with people in different parts of the state -- way up in jefferson they have been trying to be their own people for a long time. they feel that they have taxation without representation. there is this fire tax that we have imposed that only taxes them. the people in central california dolingat sacramento is out water one trip at a time and making them fill out documents the whole time. and they wish it was more efficient and operated in technology, the cloud or whatever. there are so many things we could be doing that we're not. ed would really love to encourage tho

if voters agree, the heart of the tech industry would actually become the heart of the state of silicon valley. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco, property posed northern border of that state. good morning, steph. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, laura. interesting idea. a long way to go though is the bottom line. fix california is the initiative name. the backer posted that it collected enough signatures for sacramento today. and of course, the plan backed and led by capitolist tim draper, let's look at how this would happen. it'd be six different states, jefferson, wine country, and sierra nevada area, then silicon valley right here, san francisco down to san jose essentially and monterrey as well. west would be l.a. and santa barbara and south california, that would be the inland empire region as well as san diego. let's look at the youtube video posted by california's in orange county. in it he says in 45 years, the state has gone from the best place to the worst place to do business. 47th in the country for k-12 education, and rates way too high. >> the land of t

the road that connects state route 120 with yosemite valley is closed right now. and so are three campgrounds in the national park. and the fire is 5% contained. >>> the sands fire in amador county is now 75% contained and most evacuees are heading home. the fire burned 3800 acres and destroyed 13 homes. >>> the man accused of starting a northern california wildfire is facing serious charges. 37-year-old freddie smoke iii from sacramento is being charged with involuntary manslaughter. a man's body was found in the fire zone earlier this month. mr. smoke was arrested earlier for marijuana cultivation and accidentally starting the "bully fire."

. >> the financial help for agencies working on the fire in pope valley the state secured a grant to cover some of the firefighting costs, allowing agencies to recover up to 75% of the costs. >> so that is encouraging news. so is, as well, a bit of a break on the fire lines in terms of weather conditions. spencer christian is live this evening. >> there has been modest improvements. down to ground level down to area of the fire, which, as you know is burning. these are the current conditions sh temperatures 91 degrees still very, very warm. not as high as yesterday at this hour, humidity still low. 33% but it's on the rise winds are fairly light. steady winds at only three miles per hour. but we do have gusts to eight mifrp. those aren't powerful, any gusts will make it difficult for firefighters to continue flames. we have a red flag warning from clear lake northward as a concern is that there may be dry lightning strikes but the threat is diminishing later into evening hours. >> dan? >> thank you. >> we'll have continuing coverage of the fire on air and online. our coverage continu

valley. >> reporter: state raw does not allow any treated sewer water to be treated. this will be recycled for use, industrial cooling and golf courses. otherwise, it would have been released back into the bay. also, more news out of santa cruz. people can face huge fines for using too much. but they can have those fines waved in they take a two hour course in conservation. one customer received a bill for $1,000. under the out to be a leak. those who get caught can only take the class once. kipde, kpix 5. >> results are due out in 2016. >>> the production line at tesla's fremont plant stopped running today. all part overlong schedule noon retool that factory. the retooling will help the and mr. increase production of the model s sedan and prepare for the roll out of the model x suv. the company promises investor are also it is still on track to deliver 35,000 model ss this year as planned. >>> former first lady hillary clinton is in silicon valley tonight wrapping up a question after a session on ; to wit,ter about her new memoir. this is video of her during her appe

(laughter) silicon valley (cheers and applause) silicon valley, the silicon valley would be the nation's richest state per capita and they wouldn't have to share their wealth with california other poorer per capita, so i believe their state bird will be this. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: meanwhile the neighboring states of central california would become the poorest state in the nation so, maybe instead of central california, a better name would be very west virginia. of course, if they break up into six states they would have to figure some stuff out. first they would have to win the election then get congress to approve it. and after that the only question remains is who has to keep mel gibson. it's a rom solid plan that needs no further explanation. here to explain it further is the architect of six californias, please welcome tim draper. mr. draper, thank you so much for being here. (cheers and applause) i think you've explained it just perfectly. you say california cannot be governed because it's just too geographically large, right? >> yeah. >> stephen: is that why states like rhode island

. >> the financial help for agencies working on the fire in pope valley the state secured a grant to cover some of the firefighting costs, allowing agencies to recover up to 75% of the costs. >> so that is encouraging news. so is, as well, a bit of a break on the fire lines in terms of weather conditions. spencer christian is live this evening. >> there has been modest improvements. down to ground level down to area of the fire, which, as you know is burning. these are the current conditions sh temperatures 91 degrees still very, very warm. not as high as yesterday at this hour, humidity still low. 33% but it's on the rise winds are fairly light. steady winds at only three miles per hour. but we do have gusts to eight mifrp. those aren't powerful, any gusts will make it difficult for firefighters to continue flames. we have a red flag warning from clear lake northward as a concern is that there may be dry lightning strikes but the threat is diminishing later into evening hours. >> dan? >> thank you. >> we'll have continuing coverage of the fire on air and online. our coverage continu

so will there be a state of silicon valley or a state of north california? there's all sorts of them that they have got there. we'll have to wait a few years to see. >>> by the way, you don't want to miss this. my new 10:00 a.m. neighbor, jose diaz-balart will talk live with tim draper himself, spending millions of his own money to try to split california six different ways. >>> up next, a deep dive on immigration reform in the southwest. with a look at some stark differences in how border states handle immigrants, both legal and illegal. >>> plus former new mexico governor bill richardson joins me to discuss that current crisis. frankly a lot of the hot spots around the world. first in today's tdr 50 trivia question, who was the first hispanic woman to be elected governor of any u.s. state? the first person to tweet the correct answer will get the on-air shoutout. the answer is coming up and more on tt d. are. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, are. d. are. d. are. r. are. relieve arthritis pain re. e. . so your

states. the silicon valley venture capitol tim draper is pushing the idea and has collected enough signatures to get thinks proposal on a state ballot. the six california proposal could go up for vote in 2016. we spoke with draper earlier and asked why he thinks that they cannot function with one capitol in sacramento. >> they're trying too handle 38 million points of view from this one location. it's hard to get to. it's very awkward, and we really want t a state that is close to us. we want them to be local and we want people to have a choice as to which state they want to be governed by. >> let's look at the map, and let's assume for argument sake that the voters approve of this and then it goes up to a national referendum if they were to become states. you're looking at three solidly democratic states or constituencies. two that are sort of in the middle, could go either way and one republican. it's simply because that have dynamic it would never get approved unlike a previous plan to divide california into north and south and then it would be more equal. >> we have one state and it's a m

most of the bay area, as you can see right there in the yellow, would be in a new state called silicon valley. >> i want to be well represented. i want my state to reflect my interests, and i think all of californians feel the same way. >> it would take billions of dollars to try to dissolve our prison system, pension system and water project. i don't think we need more politicians to solve the problems. >> it has passed to be on this year's ballot. if approved, voters will decide in 2016. this isn't the first time tim draper's tried to shake up the system. for more on the maverick venture can capitalist, go to our website and search tim draper interview. >>> the city that wants cell phones to carry warnings for cancer. similar efforts failed in san francisco back in 2010. the cell phone industry says radiation from cell phones falls well below federal safety limits. and no study has found a definitive link between cell phone use and brain cancer. berkley city council will debate the issue in september. >>> jeff ranieri is back with us. any more rain or anything going on? >> it's going to be

states. severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, hail and possibly tornados are possible from the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic states. the danger exists through this evening. >>> the severe weather is moving ow of the eastern tennessee this morning after powerful storms destroyed at least ten homes there yesterday. rescue crews are conducting door-to-door searches. trees and power lines were knocked down. there are no reports of serious injuries. forecasters are trying to determine if a tornado was responsible. >>> and this morning firefighters in northern california are battling a fire that destroyed at least 13 homes east of sacramento. the sand fire is 50% contained, but six square miles burned since friday. the fire started when a truck drove over dry vegetation. more than 500 homes remain at risk and are under evacuation orders. >> too close to the house and we're not allowed to go home. >> the worst is the winds. nobody knows if it's going to change, get worse, bebetter get put out. you know it's scary. >> 150 miles to the south, a fire near yosemite national park quadrupled in size

the rest of the bay area would be in the state of silicon valley. ven if voters approved a split, congress and the state legislature would still have to agree. >>> happening today congress will examine the mishandling of dangerous bacteria. the centers for disease control and prevention admits to mismanaging samples of smallpox, anthrax, and the bird flu. lawmakers are also trying to find out why they were not notified about a 2006 anthrax case until last week. >>> end a decades ban of gay and bisexual men from donating blood. it urges the fda to change its policy on blood donors. the ban started in 1993 when blood testing wasn't what it is today. >> it's depriving our country of a lot of blood that could be donated to help save people's lives. >> i think it's good for the government to take a regulatory self and shove it. >> the board of supervisors it expected to pass a similar resolution. >>> time is 5:45. big news this morning if you're a fan of marvel comics. there is a new super hero in town. you heard of thor from the new legends. marvel comic

through the evening, ohio river valley, tennessee river valley, the state of tennessee now into portions of virginia and north carolina on alert for tornadoes. back to you. >> thank you, important warnings. >>> this just in in california. they tell us eight people have been struck by lightning on a popular venice boardwalk on santa monica bay. at the same time, we get a report a ninth person was hit by lightning on catalina island, 22 miles off the l.a. coast. the conditions of people hurt in venice we don't yet know. the victim on catalina, a 57-year-old man is said to be in stable condition. the lightning strikes happened during a series of thunderstorms. rare for southern california this time of year. >>> and this is also a fox news alert. out of control wildfires, burning out west, forcing people from homes and scorching several states. dominic de-natale has more. >> reporter: hey there. been quite a weekend for wildfires. let's show you a map of where the main concern is in california. the sierra, nevada hills. we have the sand fire. it consumed ten homes, six square miles of land c

first of all, i'm standing in the main street of what would be the state of silicon valley. you go across the golden gate bridge, you would be in north california. further north is the state of jefferson and then you could surf in west california. go to central california, south california. no one thought it would get this far in the political establishment. very few people did. but what i found out is maybe they shouldn't be so surprised. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: ready for the 55 united states? flag makers would see good business. >> six californias gives us the opportunity to live in this glorious state and have great government services, too. >> reporter: silicon valley billionaire tim draper wants to divide california into six states to make government more responsive. >> six californias is the worst idea. >> reporter: but almost everyone in the political establishment thinks it's pretty dumb. it will never pass, they say. congress would never go for it. a waste of time and money. which leads to the question, if it's such a bad idea, how did it get over 800,000 signatures?

. ~ sunol water valley lines 3 through 7 on page 1, it should be revise today state, quote, resolution approving emergency public work contract between the san francisco public utilities commission and monthery mechanical under the san francisco administrative code section 6.60 to perform immediate work to repair sunol valley water treatment plant, san antonio pump station and infrastructure in an amount not to exceed 5,137,000. on liedxctionv 3 through 5 on page 4, that should be revised to state, whereas repairs to sunol valley water facility is to extend sfpuc water supplies estimated project costs of 8.5 million, and then on lines 16 through 18 on page 4, that should be revise today state, resolve that the board of supervisors approves the emergency contract between the pu crushtion and monterey mechanical under administrative code section 6.60 for the amount not to exceed 5,137,000 dollars and we recommend you approve the proposed legislation as amended. >> okay, thank you, mr. rose. seeing no questions, we'll open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 5 or 6

this is as showers and thunderstorms across portions of the ohio valley plain states, some showers makingnight to western pennsylvania over next couple of hours. don't think they will make it as far as fill to today. temperatures in the 70's, anywhere you turn, dew points air above 60. it is humid, uncomfortable. dress for hot weather today. fox future cast shows we will seen nothing but sunshine, just some cloud mix nothing, hazy, a warm summer afternoon but we will wait on the rain until tomorrow afternoon. 4:00 o'clock wednesday is our first chance of showers and what looks to be potentially strong thunderstorms sweeping through. we have a cold front cutting in hot air mass. even though it does president look too threatening i would bet on strong storms with heavy rain tomorrow afternoon. your seven day forecast shows 91, hot and humid. very hot with heat index values of hundred degrees in the afternoon. following that will be the thunderstorms, and then we would normally clear out but what is a tropical depression that formed off the coast have of florida will move northward will inte

because the most populated state in the union be split up well that's what one tech billionaire in silicon valley wants to do tim draper a venture capitalist wants to break california into not two not three not even four but six smaller states and his vision is one step closer to going up for a vote draper announced this week that he collected a one point three million signatures in a petition to put his proposal on the california state ballot in two years well over the eight hundred eight thousand needed and with just over thirty eight million people in california if it were its own country it would have the eighth largest economy in the world but if draper has his way the landscape could change dramatically now much of the bay area plus santa cruz and monterey counties they would become the state of silicon valley and california is most northern parts they would become jefferson as some counties that there have already wanted for years and some north bay counties would become part of north california leaving stockton fresno and bakersfield they would become central california los angeles been t

the man who wants to split california into six states has gathered enough signatures to put the idea up for a photo. silicon valley venture capitalist submitted signatures today, saying 1.3 million voters signed his petition. california doesn't get the representation it deserves in washington, so he wants it divided into six states. a large portion of the bay area would be in a new state called silicon valley. the deadline has passed for the initiative to be on this year's ballot, so if approved, voters will cast their ballots in november of 2016. >>> up next, team germany returning home after winning the world cup. [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. that's why, coming soon, xfinity will double the internet speed on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. double the speed. [ heart beats ] >>> a hero's welcome in berlin. the champs are back home. the german national soccer team back in the spotlight. here's their airplane coming in f

the silicon valley venture capitalist, by the way, who wants to turn california into six states says he's gathered enough signatures to get that measure on the ballot eventually. the measure needed 800,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. tim draper reached that number. the deadline for this year's election has already passed. it means the measure could qualify for the november 2016 ballot, which gives draper plenty of time to get support for the plan. he's not actually said how many signatures he has. under the measure, most of the bay area would be part of a new state called silicon valley, were it approved. >>> still to come, who you hang out with may be predetermined at your birth. new research about your friends and your genes. >>> plus, new trends about what we eat and when we eat it. how companies are trying to keep up with new healthy snack crazes. after people find a dentist through us, they often say, "i wish i had done this sooner." don't put it off any longer. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ >>> san francisco firefighters say short staffing and higher demand are leading

. >> gene hagison, "abc7 news." >>> well, the silicon valley billionaire now says it's up to the voters. he's turned a petition in to turn the state zoo into next part. jefferson, north california, west california, south k and silicon valley. it's exceeded the 800,000 signatures needed to get the referendum on the ballot. >> they say why not two states. two choices are certainly better than one. remember when there were just two choices of ice cream? vanilla and chocolate. two is better than one, but i'd rather have six. >> that's going to be expected to be tough to get. >>> after four years of working without a contract, concession workers finally have a deal that provides food for at&t park. last year they called a strike over wage disputes. details kind of scarce but they say the new contract provides health care, benefits and job security. and uniworkers ratified their contract. a 14.5% raise over three years and requires workers to pay into their own pension plans. during negotiations last month, operators stage add three-day sickout around san francisco. it caused major headaches for commuters. the pay increase will go into

becoming part of the state san francisco, san jose, and the the state "silicon valley". the smell of walking to a possible and a man refuses when he shows it can demand cooperates. police described as a medium man with a medium build. of the victims were not aired after cooperating with this man. but the phillies department does not want to wait until a nest in happens we're trying to the reaction from the and this morning. one man with two armed robberies. >>: the lawsuit names as a defendant which includes sexual harassment and wrongful termination. yahoo has a face to respond to the court. >>: home depot is taking its first major step into the 3-d printer market. under a pilot program, it began selling markerbot printers in a dozen of its stores in the printers are used to make 3- d plastic objects. each store that sells them has a kiosk staffed by makerbot workers to demonstrate how they work, and print small keepsakes cough for customers. the home depot has been selling the printers on its website for the past three months, but this is the first time it has sold the

states. yesterday silicon valley venture capitalist jim draper dropped off boxes in sacramento. more than 600 signatures are needed. draper claims he has more than one million but still has a lot of voters to convince. >> my first thoughts was this is silly. >> well, i don't think it's a good idea. >> now here's a look at how the six states would be split up. a state called jefferson would be up north. los angeles would be in west california. counties east of nevada would be north california. the rest of the bay area would be in silicon valley. >>> happening today congress will examine the mishandling of dangerous bacteria at federal laboratories. the centers for disease control and prevention admits do mismanaging smallpox, anthrax, and the bird flu. in this morning's hearing, lawmakers are also trying to find out why they were not notified about a 2016 anthrax case until last week. >>> the resolution was introduced yesterday at the board of supervisors meeting. it urges the fda to change its policy on blood donors. the ban started back in 1983 at the start of the hiv, aids cri

valley. melissa: everyone did. >> don't want to pay welfare in their own state. melissa: that is true. look at map of silicon valley want to carve itself out and central california which would be poorest of these states. farm region. they have got fresno. they have a lot of immigrant workers. they're like, you all fend for yourself and we'll keep our silicon valley dollars. that is amazing. >> where is l.a.? melissa: west california. you would think they call themselves hollywood. include santa barbara and los angeles. they're okay with the santa barbara people but that's it. >> people are spending actual money to make this happen. melissa: this will not happen. getting a lot of traction. first it was a joke. >> still a joke. melissa: still a joke but -- >> isn't there political element here? why are the silicon valley liberals looking to stiff the poor people of california? melissa: right. >> that's what i like to know. melissa: because it is all about money after the all. >>> beatle and buffett hang out on a bench in omaha. one lucky 16-year-old take as selfie. this is amazing story.

. >>> back in california, split into six states, silicone valley billion air tim draper submitted signatureo have a measure on the ballot. he said, the the plan got more than 1 million signature more than the 108,000 needed. draper says callus too big, too diverse to have one government. >> you could frame your own constitution, your own system of government, your own services and your own state bird. >> this is how would it look but a poll find 59 percent of callow pose the plan. they say congress will not go for it. >>> i appreciate you can have your own state bird as one of the top reasons. >> i don't know if that is enough reason. >> exactly. >>> it is being called customer service call from hell. >> you have to hear when a man tries to cancel his comcast service. cable company responds to this call going viral. >> derek jeter gets a special send off after shining in his final all-star appearance. philadelphia's park on the parkway returns for second summer season. lets give you a live look at the oval along the parkway ahead of tonight's kick off celebration. food truck, a newly design

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. >> in an isolated part of california's central valley is corcoran state prison, one of the state'saximum security institutions, housing many of its most violent criminals. now, corcoran first opened in 1988 and was the site of so-called gladiator fights in the 1990s in which inmates fought to the death in concrete yards while guards allegedly looked on. the guards were charged and acquitted of subjecting prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, but when we first brought our cameras into corcoran in 2000, the prison was still recovering from that scandal. in this hour, we will take you back into the highly charged facility to see whether it has overcome its notorious past. >> my life is in danger. fy stay in there, i'll end up getting stabbed. >> corcoran under extreme pressure, it's a powder keg. a powder keg. >> basically pure hell. it's hell up in here. it's hectic. >> it's nothing here. ain't no roses growing up out of here. >> bottom line, it's punishment. there's nothing rehabilitative about this. >> you lose your freedom, man, you lose everything. >> it's not the place to b

. >>> a silicon valley based billionaire submitted his petition for 2016 ballot. it would create six new states called jefferson, central california, south california, west california and silicon valley. others disagree. >> it will never happen. congress will never allow the united states senators it's costly. it's going to cost the state billions of >> a bay area family about to be reunited thanks to sharp eye of one east bay woman. last saturday, renee spotted a memory card perfect a digital camera in the partialinging lot of a michael's craft store. she didn't pick it up first, but had a change of heart. i sat down and thought what if? what is f.that is my pictures? my family photos? >> it was loaded with dozens of pictures of family vacations and after our story aired the memory card owner got in touch with renee. >> it ends well. >> we have more tonight here on abc7 news at 6:00. why many california farmers say the shortage is a result of short sighted policies >> a prediction from silicon valley. costing more to drive our cars than to let them drive us. [ female announcer ] the internet g