but i want to talk a little bit about your journey in you lay out in this book you grew up in ventura county home of reagan library all of the reagan library. how did that kind of shape your worldview, your, you know, political view growing up. yeah, you know, i grew up in a home of lower income. latino, mexican-american, catholic catholic and was kind of imbued with sense of the world in many ways. it was not unlike the trajectory of a lot of ethnic catholics at the turn of the last century through ellis island. but we were imbued with a very strong sense of of looking out for the least among and having an obligation to the poor and and dedicating our lives to doing that. and politics became my parents were not politically involved but they were very politically aware and so very political discussions were part of that conversation and the more i listened to my father the he didn't sound like a democrat to me. and and i would point that out as a young son sometimes does and and your brother. yeah well no pretty directly and you know may desert time tough because by the time we got there the

it's burning in ventura county. it started burning yesterday alongside lake piru. the flames stranded several boaters, forcing them to shelter in place. firefighters also had to evacuate people from a nearby campground in canyon. the felicia fire is threatening a few homes. so far, it's burned about 350 acres. right now, containment at 30%. a major climate related ruling by the supreme court. today, the court upholding federal regulations aimed at cutting oil and gas facility emissions. today's ruling allows a recent environmental protection agency regulation to go into effect. the regulation was supported by the biden administration and aims to significantly curb methane emissions. in a separate action, the court also rejected a bid to block a separate regulation aimed at curbing emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal fired power plants. regulation had been challenged by republican states and various oil and gas industry groups. on november 5th, california voters will make decisions on everything from health care taxes to reforming past initiati

but i want to talk a little bit about your journey in you lay out in this book you grew up in ventura county home of reagan library all of the reagan library. how did that kind of shape your worldview, your, you know, political view growing up. yeah, you know, i grew up in a home of lower income. latino, mexican-american, catholic catholic and was kind of imbued with sense of the world in many ways. it was not unlike the trajectory of a lot of ethnic catholics at the turn of the last century through ellis island. but we were imbued with a very strong sense of of looking out for the least among and having an obligation to the poor and and dedicating our lives to doing that. and politics became my parents were not politically involved but they were very politically aware and so very political discussions were part of that conversation and the more i listened to my father the he didn't sound like a democrat to me. and and i would point that out as a young son sometimes does and and your brother. yeah well no pretty directly and you know may desert time tough because by the time we got there the

a wildfire is burning through ventura county, california, already torched over 300 acres of land. it is only 14% contained. evacuation orders are in place for the surrounding areas and about 500 firefighters are on the ground and in the air working to contain these flames. look at that the cause of this fire is so far unknown. also on a california. los angeles d.a. george gascon is re-evaluating the menendez double murder case three decades after the brothers were sentenced to life without parole for killing their parents. the d.a.'s office is reviewing new evidence, which is a letter written months before the killings that detailed their father's alleged sexual abuse. this could result in a new trial or reduced sentences which could set them free. reality star turned criminal justice advocate kim kardashian is calling for the release in an essay released yesterday she says, quote: they are not monsters. wow. those are your headlines, guys. these menendez brothers are getting a lot of attention especially with the docuseries out about them as well. >> brian: it's not them in it. >

is left to the state and i encourage two exhibits that given the closure of the hospital and ventura county closing cost we cannot expect people rural america and the jobs we need to develop the resources and is not just the silver bullet. we have to recognize it is getting through your job so we need to create more to allow private insurers that they will pay for hospitals. agriculture is a major way in the district, what would be your priority? >> i know firsthand the struggle looks in the agriculture community are experiencing and how vitally important food security is to the future of our next generation. we stand to lose 100,000 small family farms this year. the reason because of high inflation harder for american family farmers to have any source of economic events. most people don't realize for the average alabama family farm, over 90% liquid. most family farms are fairly raising by as it is and this administration find it interesting opponent policies are on the committee on his part of an administration regulating, over regulating agriculture on everything will front. the biden adm

. >> ginger: the fire in ventura county, california, started yesterday. with the heat that's been baking everything, drying out. all time record october heat for sacramento downtown, 103. so many people's record, grand junction colorado, tenth day in a row of record highs. coming up a ray of sunshine. a woman who has been serving her community and ice cream for 35 years. at mancini, sleep world out, california, there's a trojan horse on the november ballot. prop 33 is not what it claims to be. it's a misleading, anti-housing scheme. 33 would repeal more than 100 state housing laws, including affordable housing requirements and eviction protections. 33 would make housing harder to build and harder to find, making california's housing crisis worse. so join affordable housing experts and reject the trojan horse. no. >> on 33, a beautiful young nurse brutally murdered in cold blood. there was a bite mark. >> the bite came from a woman. >> investigators began zeroing in on veteran of the lapd 2020 tonight on. >> now from abc seven mornings. >> good morning. i'

but i want to talk a little bit about your journey in you lay out in this book you grew up in ventura county home of reagan library all of the reagan library. how did that kind of shape your worldview, your, you know, political view growing up. yeah, you know, i grew up in a home of lower income. latino, mexican-american, catholic catholic and was kind of imbued with sense of the world in many ways. it was not unlike the trajectory of a lot of ethnic catholics at the turn of the last century through ellis island. but we were imbued with a very strong sense of of looking out for the least among and having an obligation to the poor and and dedicating our lives to doing that. and politics became my parents were not politically involved but they were very politically aware and so very political discussions were part of that conversation and the more i listened to my father the he didn't sound like a democrat to me. and and i would point that out as a young son sometimes does and and your brother. yeah well no pretty directly and you know may desert time tough because by the time we got there the

so my question for you is, there is currently a lawsuit against the valley school district in ventura countys. with president trump recently mentioning abolishing the department of education, what specific actions will your administration take to uphold my 14th amendment right to direct the upbringing, care and education of my children? >> wow. i am so sorry this is happened to both of you. i cannot believe that your leadership has failed in this way. i promise that when donald trump and i are back in office you will have somebody that fights for you and fights for your right as parents. [applause] i want to know so much more about your stories and i know. so much more than we have time for, of course. i just think to take something that is so profound away from our moms and dads is such a violation of every right that exists. the reason we established government is to protect their light -- protect our rights not destroyed. such a difference in this race. you mentioned that education policy. one of the reasons why we have this incredible pressure, a 14 -year-old kid, 12-year-old kid , we kn

though it varies by county with increases in some large counties like los angeles, sacramento and decreases in others like san francisco and ventura, but the biggest spike came after the pandemic coinciding with the fentanyl crisis and peak homelessness in california. >> there's an intersection there according to the data. >> reporter: sacramento county d.a. and mayor matt mahan are among a number of democrats who support prop 36 which increases penalties for retail theft and includes a new treatment that's mandated. governor newsom passed a package of crime bills focused on organized retail theft and has been critical of the drug component of prop 36. >> i think it cuts to the core of the cycle of serious addiction, retail theft and unsheltered homelessness. >> reporter: they took us to what they describe as a microcosm of a bigger problem across the street from a target shopping center where shelves are lined with locked cabinets, tents are lined along the river. >> i feel some people have a drug problem. they chose to go steal something. >> reporter: he acknowledges some of his unhoused neighbors do steal from nearby stores and