our next speaker is the president of the university of california. he is responsible for a university system that spans 10 campuses across the state and includes five medical centers and three affiliated national laboratories. since taking office in 2008, he has been a great champion for innovation in science and health, and we're very pleased to have him join us here this morning. [applause] >> dean, thank you very much. i want to welcome everyone to this great event today. we have so many distinguished guests today, and it really is an honor to be here. as i look out through the roof of our tent here, it is absolutely stunning engineering and architectural achievements. i'm a lawyer. i'm not sure why it stays up, but it does. [laughter] what is really important is what goes on inside, and i predict that the innovations and scientific brilliance that will go on inside the building will match the architectural and engineering achievements. with all the hand-wringing brought on by california's budget woes, it is sometimes very easy to get -- to forget

[captionibg made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> coming up on "california country," see how one farmer is breaking bread with his customers, literally. then we offer an ode to olives thanks to this historic company. and see how salads are getting a makeofer thanks to these long-time farmers. plus see how your flowers get from the field to the florist. it's all ahead, and it starts now. nestled into the hills of the quiet little town of ojai is where you'll find the rio gozo farm. "rio," which means river in spanish, and "gozo," which means joy, is run by former chef and now full-time farmer john fonteyn. and if you watch him work long enough, you'll realize just how much gozo is actually flowing around these parts. >> good morning. >> you, too. how are you all? i mean, my first love qith food wap really preparing food and cooking it. i just kind of felt like since food was a relationship i'm gonna have my whole life, and one i check in with 3 times a day, that it'd be good to really kind of explore it deeper. >> and john gets to explore his love f@r food every day, n

california are less healthy. do you have an explanation for that? >> i do. if you can bear with me, we will get there. what i do want to mention next is one of the big drivers in health care. if we look at the amount that wages and salaries have grown in the health-care market compared to other industries -- and health care market has grown significantly. we believe a big part of that has to do with the shortages we have seen in the market for skilled labor. here is where we start to go down -- supervisor campos: do those labor costs include health care? health care costs as well? >> yes, all salaries and benefits. supervisor campos: that is an important point. to the extent you are saying salaries are going up, but a reason is the cost of health care, which is the focus of this discussion, and that is an important differentiation. >> actually, i'd think what i said is part of the reason they are going up is because of the shortage of workers. so let's take a look at what california spends. i will drill down into

one of california's largest industries. but each year, public defenders and private providers of quality defense battle for every dollar needed to protect this constitutional right. the bar association of san francisco is committed to partnerering with, not competing with our public defenders. san francisco fortunate to have a strong public defender and a bar system committed to quality representation for the poor. to best guarantee quality indigent defense, our partnership with the public defender and bar association is essential. they are each other's complements. the sum of the part that makes the whole of criminal defense work so well in san francisco. a challenge for our profession will be to ensure that cities and counties fighting seemingly endless budget deficits do not fall prey to the burgeoning business offered through websites of contract services for criminal defense. our constitution mandates that people accused of crimes be represented by comp at the present time council. not the last expensive council. on a

what's the biggest lesson for california in all of this? >> i don't know. that's up to california. it seems like one of the less lessons we learned is it's crucial to be strong in the sense, do not give out too many allowances for free. that's the biggest temptation here. the industry would like to have a lot of allowances for free. >> sure. >> definitely. and in the first period europe gave out too many allowances for free. that was one of the lessons learned. >> industry would rather not pay for permission to put carbon into the air? >> fair enough. they are business. they want to be able to emit as cheap as possible. the whole idea in this system is that it is not just a tax. that is the difference for just having a tax. that the advantage of a cap and trade system is you also cap emissions. you make it attractive to emit less. you make an incentive for those who are very energy efficient, it pays off to be very energy efficient, whereas it is very expensive to be very inefficient. that is the whole idea behind this system. >> does it make sense, though, for california to go it

welcome to this week in northern california. joining me tonight on our news panel are david bacon, associate editor, new america media. victoria colliver, health care reporter for the "san francisco chronicle." rachel gordon, city hall reporter also with the chronicle. and carla marinucci, senior political writer with the "san francisco chronicle." so carla you heard it. the governor said i'm going to find a way. to get a budget. what is he going to do? >> you heard his youtube message which came out on monday. this situation is just ugly, ugly, ugly. no other way around it. we were here just last week in this very chair. it looked like the republicans and brown were talking and things were going to get done. on monday, he came out with the youtube message. suspended all the talks with the republicans and said i just don't know what they want anymore. they don't seem to know what they want anymore. in fact, the republicans have put out a list of what they wanted. 53 items. seven pages including things like county fair management

activity among hospitals in california. we will let the facts speak to the case. we do not represent sutter. we do not represent them legally and we are not taking a position and legally. we do not know the facts. the facts will come out in the judicial system. supervisor campos: i agree with that. we have to allow the court proceedings take place, but we, as policy-makers, are being asked to make important decisions. one of the things that the complaint points out is a certain type of agreement, or agreements, between sutter and the insurance companies -- this is what the complaint says. "contains provisions which prevent health-care insurers, referred to as payers in the agreement, from challenging the reasonableness of the sutter hospital bill." this is accomplished through audit policies. these policies provide that question an opinion regarding medical necessity, reasonable of charges and the propriety of providers's usual and customary practices are beyond the scope of an audit and shall not be part of any audit permi

california statutes are of father genepos era and thomas king, credited for keeping california in the union. the state legislature passed a joint resolution to replace the star king statute with one of ronald reagan. star king's admirers say they didn't even have a chance to comment. >> star king was not only a minister but an activist and a naturalist. he wrote wonderful stories back east about taking trips around the bay and seeing the muster flowers in bloom. and about the sierra and he was an activist who really cared about holding california in the union during the civil war and preventing the importation of slaves into the central valley where the growers wanted to bring them to raise their cotton. king raised over half the money that was raised in this country to establish the united states senatary commission which is the beginning of the red cross. >>> when we come back on a second look. raising the war submarine that made history. >>> a bit later, how the civil war played a role in the naming of a san francisco landmark. >>> in august 1863 a confederate vessel made history.

schools as long as you don't live in california. 7 news schools as long as you don't live in california. 7 news begins in 60 seconds >> good evening everyone. more signs tonight there is stale long way to go before the u.s. see as full economic recovery. >> that's right. 3 big signs of distress today. standard and poors downgraded the long-term outlook for the nation negative sent stock plummeting and nationwide more states closer to 4 dollars for gallon of gasoline. something dealing in california and in the bay area for weeks. lillian is here with more on this latest economic news. lil yanl. >>reporter: it's already tuesday in asia and financial market there are sliding as much as one and a half percent. in reaction to what happened today on wall street. wall street ended the day with the dow down 140 points. worst day in a movement stock tumble after rating service lowered the outlook on u.s. debt from stable to negative. and said there's a 1 and 3 chance the rating on the debt could slip if washington doesn't come up with a plan. white house however tried to offer assurances. >> the

>> california watch did contact mr. vale. he declined an interview but said that he felt that this was sort of an attempt to smear him, this was all in the past and that everybody had moved on interest this years ago. >> in the course of reporting these stories, did anybody on the inside from the state, from the school districts, from the department of education, anywhere say to you, you've got to really look at this, this is a problem? because we hear a lot of excuses being made, a lot of fingers being pointed as well toward others, but who took responsibility? >> as you know, california watch has a team of reporters working on this project so for example, main reporter cory johnson was hearing from people inside dsa, either current or former dsa officials who were saying, look, there are problems but politically we can't get them out there, we can't talk publicly about them. >> what does that mean? >> that they felt like they wanted to talk about the fact that the bureaucracy in many ways was getting in the way of safety. b

in california, those laws are pretty heavily regulated. for example, the private screening firms cannot report of arrests -- or they are not supposed to -- and i cannot report convictions going back more than seven years. federal law does not even close, not nearly as good. that is consumer protection law. then, applicants are entitled not to report arrest on an application, so we are very familiar with lots of good laws on the books that are never enforced. the real challenge is to get about enforcing these laws. i do not know if you want to talk about it -- >> tell us about what is next. how can we be successful in taking -- you mentioned there are some good laws on the books. do we -- do they go far enough? how can we take it further? how can we essentially this reform? this seems to be critical. >> we had this huge proliferation of background checks. this huge proliferation of this industry that is collecting all these criminal records, and you have way more people walking around with a criminal record. one in five, as was mentioned. s

procedente de dor de california el gobernador de california, jerry brown, promulgó una ley fe vanguardia en lo universidades uso de compaÑias más detalles. >>> de acuerdo a nueva el s ue islación el 33% de las compañias, podrían venir dilo sol y viento, también crearía más trabajos indicaron. >>> con su firma el gobernador california daba luz verde a una ley única en estados unidos, que da plazo hasta el año 2020 obtener 33% de la energía renovable. >>> el gobernador el gobernador de california, jerry brown, dijo que california es un líder en el país y estados unidos en líder del mundo es un desafío porque china esta en la cabeza de la producción de energía, solar. >>> la ceremonia fue en san power (hablan en inglés) . >>> el senador, autor la ley, manifestó que este nuevo compromiso con la energía renovable es una buenas noticias para california significa hay re más limpio significa que se hará algo en relación al cambio de tiempo y también que se va a crear más empleo. >>> quién apoyan la nueva legislación, dijo que permitirá aumentar la confianza de los inv

i'm dennis newhall for "california country." >> that concludes today's tour of the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

first they took over the intersection at california and drum, then marched over here to california and spear. as you might imagine, i said earlier traffic out here has become a complete gridlock. you notice the san francisco police officers out here managing the crowd, keeping them to one lane and in just about the last five minutes or so bus traffic has resumed going westbound into the city. now, if we turn to the right, we can start to look over here and we can see that there is a rather large contingent of san francisco police officers here who are keeping an eye again on the scene. they are also blocking the street here trying to again manage that crowd. chonner -- chopper 2 is also overhead. it has been tracking it crowd. again, that crowd actually started these union members met right about 5:45 at 555 california, began marching through the streets of san francisco and they wound up here again at the foot of market just about 25 minutes ago. those marchers organized today as a day to show support for labor. they say that they feel labor has been under attack, they say that bills

cree que esta vez, la ley de los suenos de california tiene posibilidades de ser una realidad? take pkg topvo ---y esta noche los gigantes dieron cuenta de los dodgers de los angeles al ganar dos de tres juegos... ---4 a tres fue el resultado final del partido que se desarrollo esta noche en el at&t park... ---con estos triunfos los gigantes se prepara a enfrentar a los diamonbacks de arizona. stop open cu --- sabia usted sobre los modernos ultrasonidos a los que les llaman "de 3 dimensiones", y que permiten ver la carita del bebe, en el vientre de la mam? ----- alfonso gutierrez nos habla sobre este tema, y nos va a decir si son buenos o no para la salud tanto de la madre como para el bebe. take pkg ----esta pareja espera ansiosamente los resultados de su primer ultrasonido. ellos estan sumamente felices... no solo porque se van a enterar del sexo de su bebe, sino tambien porque podran ver claramente su pequena nariz, su boquita, y cada una de sus facciones. antes esto era imposible, ya que los ultrasonidos solo mostraban borrosas imagenes a blanco y negro. pero esto ha cambia

one is coming to california to make its permanent home. the space shuttle "endeavour" is coming to california to make its final home. the discovery will go to the smithsonian in northern virginia. the enterprise to the intrepid sea air and space museum in atlantic city. and the atlantis will stay in florida at the kennedy space center. the decision comes after the anniversary of the first flight. >>> a human being first traveled to outer space. today marks the anniversary of the historic mission on april 12, 1961. people all over the world are marking the day with celebrations. here in the united states, many are gathering at their local science museums and obser observatories where people are still in awe of the man-made feat. >> it's a huge risk. this was a very brave man who got inside and blasted off into space. >> he is on the books as the only space flight. >>> what is your favorite viral video? we have a look for which one is up for a webby. >>> 150th anniversary of the start of the civil war. we take a look at the unique bay area c

--el contingente tambÉn pasara por "texas" y "california" y en mayo ira a "washington d.c.", "florida" y "nevada" entre otros estados. --esta noche la autopista 101 esta abierta en su totalidad, luego de que hace varias horas, unos cables telefonicos se vinieran abajo bloqueando esta transitada via.--las patrulla de caminos tuvo que cerrar 4 de los cinco carriles en direccion sur y dos hacia el norte, a la altura de la ciudad de "millbrae".--ahora las autoridades estan tratando de determinar que causo la caida del cableado.--algunos reportes indican que un vehiculo podria haber sido el causante. --el incidente movilizo a policias, bomberos y cuadrillas de "at&t" y "pg&e". ---la proxima llamada telefonica que haga detras del volante podria salirle muy pero muy cara.---eso, si los legisladores estatales aprueban una medida para aumentar las multas por hablar por teÉfono o mandar mensajes de texto mientras se maneja.---la multa, que ahora cuesta 20 dolares, aumentaria a 50... ademas, si el infractor es sorprendido violando la ley por segunda vez en menos de un aÑo, se le aÑ

that's what we used in this california assessment. for the scenarios they were all down scaled to twelve kilometers covering california and nevada. it's not totally adequate and i'm not saying this is a solved problem. the premium grape growers want to know what's going on in napa, valley but for a lot of water related problems i think we're okay. [inaudible] >> what's the long-term climate - >> hopefully, we get on to that green emissions trajectory which would have co2 levels leveling off and declining. there's a lot of inertia in the system. we all have cars and you can't change power plants overnight and et cetera, et cetera. but in fact the earth response to climate is not going to make too much difference until about the middle part of the century between all those scenarios. through 2050 a climate model is sort of a climate model no whatter what you do with it. in fact if you stop all , co2 emissions today. fossil fuel is the reason it's increasing because fossil means it's stored in the ground and now we're putting it in the a

california's hard-hit areas with some federal aid. governor brown asked for funding to help pay for the more than $48 million in damage sustained in 6 counties along our coast. work in santa cruz expected to begin in the next couple weeks, the harbor there sustained about $28 million in damage. >>> the deadline is just two hours away, now we're getting a look at the president and first lady's taxes. they made a lot less money this year, turns out, than last. in 2009 it was about $5.5 million, in 2010 their gross income dropped to 1.7 million, most of the money comes from sales of the president's books, they paid more than 40 -- $50,000 in federal taxes, about a quarter of their income, and they gave away nearly a quarter million dollars to charity. more than half to the fisher house foundation. that's a group that helps u.s. armed forces and their families. >>> he bad mouthed his boss and lost his job over it. now the investigation is over, what the pentagon is saying about general stanley mcchrystal's interview in rolling stone magaz

tax extensions and told california hospital association today uc fees could go up as high as $25,000 a year if forced to cut another $15 billion in spending. >> this is not free f you want to have the fire department there, this costs money. investing in a great university costs money. that is where we are. >> brown says he'll resort to painful cuts if the legislature pro fuse -- refuses to put his proposals on the ballot. >> more jobs left california for texas. and there is a delegation headed to the lone star state to figure out how it's luring company as way from california. >> costa mesa based tickets.com announced it's shutting down it's call center. a texas firm's software will handle jobs 125 californians

go to california watch.org. >> tickets for distracted driving seem to be soaring. according to media partner mercury news, officers issued more tickets in two days than they usually write across the state. more than 250 police agencies around the state are taking part in the most intensive crackdown since the hands-free cell phone law went into effect. 979 tickets were written on monday and tuesday in the bay area, including santa cruz. last year they issued tickets, 800 every two days statewide. crackdown runs through april. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser is here. we're finally seeing spring weather. >> low clouds and fog moving in, typical for this time of year. we are looking at partly cloudy conditions. some parts of the bay area right now, we're going to warm up a few more degrees tomorrow. this is nice shot from high definition sutro camera and looking down towards san francisco. you see the bay bridge mountain become ground. we were in the 40s. cloud that will come in tonight will have to insulate us a little more so. last night temperatures were near the fr

---de hecho, hoy, hubo manifestaciones en los 23 campus de sistema "csu" en todo california.---"santiago lucero" tiene imagenes de las protestas. --un comite de la asamblea estatal aprobo una propuesta que busca acabar con el acoso en las escuelas.--se trata de la medida "ab-9" mejor conocida como la "ley de seth", bautizada asi en memoria de "seth walsh" un adolescente gay de 13 aÑos que en el 2010 se suicido tras sufrir de constantes y despiadadas burlas por su orientacion sexual.--la "ab-9", del asambleista "tom ammiano, obligaria a las escuelas a implentar o actualizar sus programas y politicas contra el acoso y la discriminacion ya sea por orientacion sexual, identidad de genero, raza, nacionalidad, genero, discapacidad o religion.--la medida ahora debera someterse a votacion ante todos los legisladores. --el gobernador de california sigue buscando apoyo republicano para su propuesta de mantener el alza de impuestos, y su estrategia ahora ataca un nuevo frente: el de la seguridad publica. --hoy "jerry brown" llevo al capitolo a representantes de las asociaciones de algu

coming up, we will take you to the northern california cherry blossom festival. stay with us. >>> thousands of people turned out today for the annual northern california cherry blossom festival in san francisco's japan town. ♪ >> this is the 44th year people of all ages enjoyed the festivities, celebrating japanese culture with food, live bands and cultural performances. this is said to be the second largest cherry blossom festival outside of washington, d.c. if you missed it today, you can check it all out tomorrow. there were a lot of people enjoying fine food, wine and music while raising money to help earthquake relief efforts in japan. yoshi abouts jazz club in san francisco teamed up with several other restaurants to host. one of the chefs was in japan when last month's deadly quake and tsunami strong. the general council of japan also attended the fundraiser. all of the proceeds from the event will go to the red cross efforts in japan. is it for abc 7 news. hope to see you back here at 11:00. don't forget for news 24/7, abc7.com. captioned by closed capt

a la educacion propuestos por el gobernador de california. --beatriz ferrari nos cuenta que pidieron hoy los integrantes de la asociacion estatal de maestros para evitar una catastrofe financiera que estrangule diversos servicios publicos.... beatriz. en la conferencia de hoy, lanzaron un llamado de alerta acerca de las serias consecuencias que tendria la reduccion de fondos en el funcionamiento y eficiencia de escuelas, seguridad publica y servicios comunitarios en general coalición de profesores ofreció una conferencia en santa clara ante un estado de emergencia en california si no se mantienen los fondo que habían establecido, anteriormente. >>> la consecuencia de una baja en los ingresos serían serias. >>> tendremoss muchos niños en cada clase. >>> para nosotros es problema para hacer nuestro trabajo. >>> (hablan en inglés) . >>> por su parte un bombero de san josé, decía que si hay recortes la comunidad estaría en un mayor peligro. >>> hoy pormetieron seguir con mano fifestaciones para hacer llegar sumen eje a la autoridades. >>

i have an exand pl in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and they are reported to supply several millions of dollars to demonstrate the viability of product that can be commercialized. all the good establishments in urban areas to convert to bio diesel fuel. these collaborative opportunities are available and have been used for many years now throughout the various states and, i think the opportunity is right in front of us to take advantage of these opportunities. in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer

no one on the ground was hurt. >>> scary moments elsewhere in the california skies today. an alaska airlines flight carrying 163 people had just taken off from sacramento. it was on its way to hawaii when a bird struck one of the plane's engines. the passengers boarded another plane to maui after the pilot landed it safely. >>> police are once again look for a convicted con artist. allen young. poses as motown celebrities to get wine and dined at bay area restaurants and bars. he was arrested back in october and is now wanted on a parole violation. >>> the highway patrol's crackdown on distracted drivers is paying off. the chp says it wrote 979 tickets in the bay area in just two days. that's more than deputies typically write state wide in the same period. the campaign dubbed not worth the risk continues all month. >>> and the name of san jose's airport could soon be quite a mouthful. some city leaders including the mayor want to rename it san jose silicon valley moneta international airport. it could boost business at the struggling airport which just underwent a 1.3 bil

published a report titled, changing climate, assessing the risk to california. the report looked at 3 scenarios for cutting the amounts of emission that we pump into the atmosphere and depending on whether and how much green house gas emissions can be brought under control, the report projects by the end of the century average temperatures in california will rise between 3 and 10 1/2 degrees centigrade. one of the most publicized impacts of global warming is a predicted increase in sea level. and here's a graph showing sea level rise in san francisco bay. now, i want to note one very important fact about this graph. it does not show predicted sea level rise. it shows how much the level of the bay has risen over the past century. since 1900, the bay waters have risen 7 inches. and we at bcdc have been monitoring this increase for decades and we have been especially concerned because ground elevation, particularly in the south bay, is sinking because of ground water extraction. so even if there's no sea level rise, we expect more flooding as the low-lying areas co

-- in northern california between 1990 and 2010. thank you for being here today. >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: [laughter] yes. >> [inaudible] oh, thank you. hello again. in the co-director of the center for policy analysis. i have a doctorate and master's degree in public health. i believe the reason -- the reason i'm here today as i have worked on health care reform at the national level in the u.s. senate and the 1990's and more recently on this effort. also here in san francisco in the 1980's between the master's and ph.d. in the senate, i helped organize a group in san francisco called the community health coalition, which advocated for the department of public health's budget. i share with some of the people in this room is a memory of some of the hospitals and capacity that i'm going to talk to you about. i'm really just going to remind us what hospital capacity use to look like and what it looks like now, largely to make the point that as we started discussing, the issues of cost and quality are not going to be resolved s

for "california country," i'm tracy sellers. >> today, we're going to make a mushroom quiche, one of my favorites. so, let's get started. let's start over here. so, we get the quiche. just use a regular pie dough. and don't be afraid of your dough. get it rolled out. i'm using a mac daddy rolling pin. it's serrated, but it rolls and doesn't get the dough sticky. so, from here... you get it rolled out to the size you want. and it's pretty fast if you work quickly with a nice, cold dough. and from--i think at this point, you have a nice shape. put this in the refrigerator and chill it down just as it is, and you can fold it. it's really tough. so, what you want to achieve i i would get here a nice fluted pan. pie dgh is inside. just spray the inside and press this in and chill this for another 20 minutes. so, we get started with that. i'm going to slice up some of these shallots. and you can be messy with them, 'cause you want to taste them. you don't want them too fine. you don't know what they are. so, just a few on the bottom.

when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one of his talks to the people, "the test is not whether we have more, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". it's a different philosophy than that which we have become used to. what i am going to show you is a lost civilization. it's a strange place. and yet, it becomes oddly familiar after a while

were barely heard things like the right isn't going to end anytime soon at least for those living in california also you just how much the golden state living in. and the verdict is in a russian pilot arrested in liberia is found guilty of drug trafficking by a court here in the united states but why exactly is the u.s. involved to begin with. and first it was libya and now syria finds itself in the middle of deadly violence so what's the criteria for a u.s. intervention we'll take a look at cherry picking in the arab spring. for a top story today some disturbing numbers out about the economy when it comes to jobs recovery it has been a bumpy ride i know one of those fun rides it's been a slow and unpredictable one last week applications for unemployment benefits jumped to four hundred twenty nine thousand that's an increase of twenty five thousand making it the highest total since late january while there still is some positive growth it seems to be just going a little too slow to get anyone really too excited. take a look you can see here the seventh straight quarter of positive g.d.p. growth