the fog along the rocky coast gets thicker and thicker. it's a little place called humboldt county, the middle of nowhere, old hippie haven that's become an incubator for a new kind of american entrepreneur and where the ultimate earth mother went from poverty to prosperity selling more than $10 million worth of goat cheese last year. plus goats are adorable. i mean, really. ♪ took a wander ♪ and before i really knew it i found a place where people laughed and put their hearts into it ♪ ♪ it ain't the job ♪ it ain't the pay ♪ no matter how you view it ♪ a little work ♪ a little play ♪ somebody's gotta do it >>> doug is back on the shoot, by the way. those of you who watched my last gig will remember a tall, pasty albino gent somewhat dour, but he's the kind of guy who will say, yeah, it's 5:30 in the morning behind the scenes but light it like it's noon. if i give him any crap at all, fine, fine, then nobody will see you, i hope you're happy, then he'll pout for about three hours. we're here. >> hi, i'm jason. >> i'm mike. nice to see you. >> we're going to get yo

work force develop. to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 60,000 from the humboldt state university sponsored program foundation for the period of october 1, 2014 through september 30, 2015. >> thank you and we have the director, mr. joaquin torrez >> before you is a resolution authorizing our office to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of 60,000 from the humboldt state university sponsored foundation for the go biz capital infusion program for the period october 21st, 2014 to september 30, 2015. earlier we won a to host the spdec and local municipality match such as cdbg funds. this past september we responded to an rfp from the governor's office of business and economic development, known as go biz, this grant will be used to fund expert technical assistance consultants with a combined 46 years experience in commercial lending, credit management, loan brokering, microloan expertise and 504sba lending to perform the following services, business koupbsing, in the areas of capital access, credit worthiness, loan prepation and equity infusion. as a resul

humboldt county, you can still see scattered rain showers. upper parts of sonoma county and santa rosa over the next 1- 2 hours. it will happen by 1:00, a rain line moving sweeping across the south bay. behind this system we have gusty winds developing. we will talk about the windses windses and a christmas day forecast coming up. >>> a festive push to collect toys for kids who may not get a visit from santa tomorrow. >> i want to wish you a merry christmas. >> former mayor and police chief were on hand. they were lending their support for the annual toy drive. it was under way at 5:00 this morning. charities donated gifts to under served children. they wanted to collect 10,000 toys. >> take a moment and pick out something special for a kid. >> we want to take a chance to hook up the little kids. >> people are invited to drop off new, unwrapped toys. the 13th annual event goes through 11:00 toapt. >>> 11:00 tonight. >>> look at glide memorial church. the house of prime rib donated 2200 pounds of meet. the church expects to serve 3,000 people and that many tomorrow with a christmas turk

california make the top 20. they are california baptist, humboldt state, uc davis and california lutheran. >>> a car wash of a different sort in parts of the bay area this morning, but this time, the rain is not to blame. why some say they don't mind tiptoeing around these waters. >>> so it is not this rigid, fixed picture of what the family is. >> a new take on a famous norman rockwell painting. his daughter helps renew the portrait of the american family and what tylenol has to do with it. ,,,,,,,, female announcer: sleep train thanks all those who helped make a difference last year for thousands of california foster kids. thank you for helping foster kids. thank you for the school supplies! thank you for the new shoes. thank you, secret santa! and thank you for donating money. announcer: your generosity proves that while not everyone can be a foster parent, anyone can help a foster child. thank you! thank you! ¡gracias por su ayuda! [baby cooing] thank you. stories off a building in s -- and survived. . >>> nor the first time, we are hearing from the family of a window washer

is adopted. >> item 25, resolution to retroactively authorize expend a $60,000 grant from humboldt state university from the go business capital improvement program. >> same house same call. >> item 26, resolution to improve agreement with new flyer of america with low floor diesel l hybrid buses in an amount not to exceed 6. >> if you can call items 27 and 28 together. >> items 27 and 28 are [inaudible] apartment projects in the combined not to exceed amount of 65 million total for both projects. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. colleagues, you should have received copies of some non substantive amendments for items 27 and 28. these amendments update the session on page 5 on the resolution to clarify proper offices of the city are authorized to execute and deliver required documents associated with this bond inducement including indemnities or other security required by lenders. these two items are key components to rebuild alice griffith housing sites. with these bonds more than 30 million in grants we will be breaking ground on this revitalization next year. we will

university in humboldt state and ran a program for veterans on the side. after graduating december 2011, i struggled finding employment even though i was a community organizer in a rural area and performed a lot of different activities, i always got categorized because i was a former infantry man. they told me you are pretty good for law enforcement or security and nothing else. with that, on my employment prospects were very narrow and i didn't know what i can actually do for gainful employment. upon graduating i ended up in an argument with my roommate and ended up couch is surfing for a number of months. the only thing i had was my pension from the va. i was good enough to have a good support system of friends that i didn't end up on the streets. it took about 8 months before i found my first job and before that i wasn't seeking treatment and i ended up self medicating and getting in trouble and losing my employment because of it. i ended up in a pretty bad cyclical repeat of unemployment with an additional dui on record and no drivers license. that's how i ended up with swords

heavy rain up towards humboldt county, up towards mendocino and eureka. a few scattered showers approaching the north bay. later on today especially at 5:00 or 6:00, the rain chances go up in the north bay but the real significant rain moves in overnight. a lot of advisories. a surf advisory kicks in. waves could top 20 feet. wind advisories will be a key component. could gust to 60 miles an hour. you could get on power outages and a flash flood watch with intense rainbands coming down, say, two, three hours. rainfall rates picking up, especially for the coastal hills. that flash flood watch could be turning into a warning for tomorrow. here is the forecast model. as you can see, 7:00 tonight, scattered rain showers. nothing too extreme approaching parts of the north bay but look what happens tomorrow. those colors begin to brighten up. really pushing into the bay area. this is the main rainband moving into part of the region. we'll take a closer look at the timing of the system as we head into the thursday portion of the forecast. we have a blizzard warning to talk about. more

prescription medication, to the continue band sold on the streets. a lot of cannabis is grown in mendocino, humboldt, and trinity un

him. he was trying to help the boy after he hit a telephone pole in humboldt county. >>> four detainees from guantanamo bay are back in their home in afghanistan tonight. 182 detainees are still at guantanamo as the so-called war on terror. the afghan government is expected to set them free. >>> a big turnout tonight for a memorial for the 132 children murdered in pakistan. hundredsover people filled the steps of the state capital to condemn the taliban attack. they say this has nothing to do with religion. it was a terrorist attack and the terrorists must be stopped. >> the terrorists have no religion, no color. they have no faith. okay? they are not muslims at all. if they believe they are muslims, no, they are not. and we all need to unite regardless of our religion, regardless of our age, regardless of our colors. we must defeat them. >> the taliban says it was pay back for the target of militants. bill maher was at uc berkeley where christin ayers shows us he got a mixed reception. >> reporter: median and talk show host bill maher greeted with applause and silent protest.

officer killed a drive in humboldt county this morning, responding to a car crash near willow creek. the chp said the driver attacked their officer, and the patrolman defended himself. the fatal shooting is, of course, under investigation. >>> san francisco based uber is promising to improve rider safety. just yesterday, an uber driver in boston was charged with kidnapping and raping a customer, among other things. users say it is creating a new team to respond to passengers. complaints about safety uber is trying to do something more. >>> richmond city council has unanimously adopted a resolution to accept president obama's my brother's keeper community challenge. the challenge is designed to make sure young boys and men of color have the tools they need to succeed. it calls for specific actions for each community to accomplish, setting goals in the areas of education, work opportunities, and violence prevention. >> we know that every single one of our young people, regardless of what race they are, regardless of what color they are and what stereotypes may be, placed on them, have the

they are able to determine how the babies died. >>> a chp officer in humboldt county shot and killed a man he says attacked him. the officer went to the scene of a crash in willow creek yesterday and the driver attacked him with a deadly weapon. they did not say what kind of weapon. the officer shot the driver and the man died at the scene. the officer was hospitalized with major gyres. >>> a federal judge has set a date for leland yee. opening statements will begin three weeks later. yee faces a long list of felony charges including bribery, corruption, and gun trafficking. he's among 28 people tied to this massive corruption case. >>> michael peevy presided over his final meeting. many thanked him for his years of service but his critics also showed up. they claimed peevey had became way too comfy with those involved in the san bruno disaster. >> i want you to go away. because really you belong in jail. >> thank you for your service to california and to planet earth. >> private e-mails that became public earlier this year shows pg&e went judge shopping in a critical race setting case

prairie to humboldt's gift, and i reread that book this last year, and it was, it was fascinating because i remembered every word of it. it was completely imprinted on my brain. and also when my grandmother was dying ten years ago, i was having a really hard time finding the right thing to read to her, and i ended up reading her all of the little house on the prairie books again which really have a lot of problems. >> yes. [laughter] >> he was really difficult. but, again, i could almost close the book and recite the next page. your brain is such a sponge when you're young, and all of those things really stick. >> one of the great things i'll recommend is actually listening to charlotte's web, there is an audio recording that e.b. white does himself, and it's so amazing to hear, you know, how he imagines the goose and her little idiosyncratic speech patterns. when i asked you who your literary hero was, anne, you said wilbur. why? >> well, i lived on a farm in tennessee when i was a kid, and i wanted a pig. i got a pig for my ninth birthday. not one of those little pot-bellied pig

playground and humboldt square and kimmel and the buchanan street mall and took the members and i think the members appreciated it was a activity. it was a chance to engage in information and questions and for people to really see when you look at the map of all the 130 red dots it's difficult. you know your own playground but you're not sure of what is out there in the system so we tried to provide a sample her of playgrounds and we talked about the anatomy of a renovation and what are the major features we try to deliver besides the play structure itself. we provide seat areas to view their children at play. protective fencing sometimes. clear signage. we talked through these are the elements we consider core to a playground renovation. and the third meeting we continued to kind of try and narrow down the criteria that is most important. we had a huge exercise where we brainstormed all the different ideas and factors that you could think about and we decided to go with the tiered approach which is different than what we have done in other task forces where we ranked precisely it

canada, a grant recipient from the alexander von humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. dr. herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. he has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of "the first world war germany and austria/hungary, 1914-1918" that won the norm lynn e. tomlinson prize for best book. another important book is "the marne 1914." dr. herwig will speak to us did about battle of the marne. of that engagement he writes he wanted to write about it because i regard it as the most decisive land battle since the allies defeated napoleon at waterloo in 1815. i regard its impact for have been spectacular. germany was denied victory and had germany over europe france was spared occupation britain maintained its foothold on the continent. without the marne, places such as verdon and others would not resonate with us as they do. without the marne, no lenin, no s

valle held their event outside a school in humboldt park that emanuel closed last year. a woman in california is making piling presents under her christmas tree much more challenging check it out -- sherrri aguilar of san diego, attaches her christmas tree *upside-down to her living room ceiling. she says she keeps it inverted by attaching the tree's base to eyebolts. the upside down tree is a tradition for sherri -- she says the upside tree has been a center piece for the last 27 years. she admits she does not know why she keeps doing it. maybe it's the attention. >> we're starting off with fog and drizzle. temperatures are starting off a mild. we will be 15 degrees above average. brie's picking up it will be breezy. dense fog advisory for the western suburbs. this will go all the way west outports mississippi. temperatures are in the low 40's in places like west chicago. these other cold reading spirit many areas are near 50 degrees or the upper 40's. cloud cover and fog and drizzle. relieved lot of rain showing up this should arrive this afternoon. some light reading this aftern

support. >> where you paroling to. >> humboldt county. >> how you getting there? family picking you up? >> yes. >> step there. >> i'm hoping this is the last time i'll ever be behind bars. hopefully this the last cage i get locked in. i'm ready to get out and start over. >> so, what are your chances you coming back and seeing us again? >> no, i'm done. >> you're done? you got -- >> i got a job. >> hooked up, everything? >> i got a lot of family support. >> they tell me that but i see them back in a few months. they'll be with to you process you out. >> okay. >> this is the information on three strikes laws. make sure you read that before you go out. what i need you to do is sign your name here and print your name right underneath there for me. >> okay. >> i got $200 on you. i give you this money for the train station, all right? do you have any children? >> yes, i got a son. >> how old is he? >> 18 months old. >> that's your best bet you don't come back. be a good role model for your son. okay? >> i will. >> all right. you ready to roll? >> yes. >> i have responsibilities, i got a son

held their event outside a school in humboldt park that emanuel closed last year. governor- elect bruce rauner spent part of his weekend at church on chicago's south side. rauner stopped by the salem baptist service inside the house of hope. he told the congregation he plans to make a habit of attending churches all over the area whenever he can. he also discussed his plans to improve the quality of education across the state. he says it's not just about providing funding... it's about giving parents more options for their children. >> talking about government monopolies. >> rauner also plans on making the economy a top priority once he's sworn in. brookfield zoo is celebrating the arrival of a special holiday gift. the zoo announced the birth of its 8th male, bottlenose dolphin. the calf was born on friday to 9-year-old allison. he's 3 and a half feet long and weighs 35 to 40 pounds. the exhibits underwater viewing has been closed indefinitely to allow first time mom to bond with her baby. the first thirty days are critical in a baby dolphin's development. a birth is not consider

75,000 acres of wilderness in humboldt and lyon counties in northern nevadas, the first new inductions in the state since 2006. one of those areas is named after a famous indian, wovaka. there was a man who was a famous indian. he established a dance that really brought these native americans together, even though it started in nevada, it swept the country. this is going to be in lyon county. bighorn sheep habitats, some of the best fly fishing opportunities in nevada and the nation. now there is a plain forest wilderness in humboldt county that has been championed by the local community. they have been working on this for years. we couldn't get it out of the house of representatives. and over here, of course, it was a lost cause. i wouldn't think about getting it out of the energy committee. environmentalists, ranchers, interrers came together to protect 20,000 acres, with amazing rock formations, sage habitat. mr. president, it also allows a mine there to have some more land, the federal government they need from enlarging that land. it's a copper mine. it's extremely important that

really focused to our north, up along the north coast, toward humboldt county, mendocino county as well, and some of this energy will be sliding to the south over the next 12 to 18 hours. in fact, here's the forecast model showing you this. overnight, the fog regrouping in the central valley, up to our north and west. a few scattered showers approaching the bay area. nothing too significant, but still a chance, even if you're not covered, the chance of a few pop-up showers for tonight and into monday morning. you can see right around 1:00 monday afternoon, we could have more organized rainfall approaching. the big story is not for tonight, not for tomorrow, but later in the week. as we pointed out, that very active storm track and strong storm developing, set to move into the region on thursday. you definitely want to stick around for the forecast because we'll have a lot to talk about with this system in terms of significant rainfall and very strong winds. more coming up in about 10 minutes. >>> santa rosa police have arrested two teenagers in connection with three drive-by shooti

amazon like alexander von humboldt. his idea was to go to florida and catch a ship that would go down. he made it as far as havana, cuba. apparently, when he was sleeping in savannah, georgia, a famous cemetery there, he got mosquito bites, and he got malaria. so by the time he arrived in cuba, he was so ill with that, he realized he was not going to make it on this trip to amazon. he changed to another boat that would come across to california, because he heard about yosemite. it was supposed to be a side trip on the way to the amazon, and it was, because in 1911, a few years before his death, he finally did make it to the amazon. at that point, a 76-year-old man. not quite as rugged. but he took a haute trip as far as the upper reaches of the amazon. took canoeing out to see some of the flora, the special plants that lived in that area. he did fulfill a lifelong dream to get down to that area eventually. >> can you talk a little bit about how john muir and differed pinchot -- gifford pinchot met, and the ideological split? >> there was a commission gifford had been chosen on to

anticipating outages throughout our service area. as we see the storm come down from humboldt county into the north bay, we have crews staged and ready to respond. >> reporter: it's a large mobilization to cover a large area. extra crews are on duty. extra trucks are on the road and pg&e says extra caution will be needed. >> if customers see trees coming into contact with lines, if there are concerns and most importantly if they see a line down, please assume that that line is energized, call 911. >> reporter: homeowners like jeff are getting ready too trying to get his culvert clear and avoid home flooding. >> keep the gutters clean and basement dry. get the pumps going because if it's coming dry, there will be a problem. >> reporter: without power, that's the concern keeping trees and power lines apart. even with the best of preparations, considering a storm of this size, expect sporadic power outages. in san rafael, don ford, kpix 5. >>> high tide and heavy rain last week led to severe flooding in parts of the north bay. cars ended up getting stuck in the water. it could be a preview o

thicker and thicker. it's a little place called humboldt county, the middle of

south america. he wanted to go to the amazon, like alexander von humboldt. his idea was to walk to florida and the catch is shipping go down. he actually made it as far as havana, cuba. but, apparently, because when sleeping in savannah, georgia -- he got mosquito bites and he got malaria. he arrived in cuba, that that he with realized he wasn't going to make it. so he caught a fruit boats that was going up to new york so that he could change to another boat so he could come to california. he wound up in yosemite. it was supposed to be a side trip on his way to the amazon. and actually, it was. in 1911, just a few years before his death, he did make it to the amazon. at that point, he was a 76-year-old man. as far as boat trip manaus and the upper regions of the amazon. he took a news out to see some the special flora and plants that lived in that area. he did for the lifelong dream to get down to that area, eventually. >> can you talk a little bit john muir and -- met? >> i guess how they met -- much i think, was to a was on to that he survey the landscape of the force of the unit

thousands of plants in northern california's humboldt county. many run by eastern european organize crime groups. some argue the solution is to legalize it. not everyone agrees. >> you have such a black market and dtos, drug trafficking organizations, set up through the california. they are networked at not just down in mexico and latin america but up in eastern europe and bulgaria and other places. they are just waiting. they are licking their lips and really rubbing their hands together waiting for legalization because then without -- with impunity they will control that drug trade. >> we'll bring you those stories and much more in our special report on california's green rush. tomorrow night at 9:00. and that's part of a special saturday night line-up on kpix 5. it all starts at 4:30 with pre-game coverage. 49ers versus the san diego chargers. after the game, join us for the "5th quarter" at 9:00 california's green rush and that's going to be followed by a special simulcast of bay area nightbeat at 10:00 on kbcw and kpix 5. >>> here we go again. if you shop for office supplies th

grant recipient from the alexander von humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. dr. herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. he has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of "the first world war, germany and austria/hungary, 1914-1918" that won the norm lynn e. tomlinson prize for best book. another important book is "the marne 1914." dr. herwig will speak to us did about battle of the marne. of that engagement he writes, he wanted to write about it because i regard it as the most decisive land battle since the allies defeated napoleon at waterloo in 1815. i regard its impact for have been spectacular. germany was denied victory and had germany over europe, france was spared occupation, britain maintained its foothold on the continent. without the marne, places such as verdon, and others would not resonate with us as they do. without the marne, no lenin, no stalin, no

could be harmed by this legislation is a tribe in humboldt county dependent upon the water. their economies is dependent upon it, the tourism is depended on the river. we already saw this year emergency water releases from the river to prevent massive fish kills. the water is all pummedped out of the dam before then--pumped t of the dam before then, it won't help the economies. as a minimum we should pass my amendment to ensure this reckless action of this bill's sponsors do not result in significant harms to our tribes, fishermen, and neighboring states. one of the rationales for passing this bill by the supporters of it is that this matter just flows to the ocean. that's the way god created the plain. but the fact of the matter, it doesn't just flow to the ocean. as it goes to the ocean, it leaves the mountains and comes down the state, it goes past the cities of sacramento. it goes past the cities of concord, pittsburgh where hundreds of thousands people live and depend upon it for their drinking water supply. clean water. it goes past the united states steel mills that uses an