gathered yesterday in and a local sheriff says today the crowd could swell to 70,000. union members like firefighters and teachers want to stop the governor from taking away most of their collective bargaining rights, opposing a plan to prohibit public health workers to contribute more to their pensions. walker says the cuts are necessary to cut budget deficits. in the latest developments from the persian gulf and north africa, human rights watch estimates that 84 people have been killed in a crackdown in libya, crackdown on antigovernment protests. in yemen, at least four people were killed during demonstrations on friday. today, in bahrain, the government ordered its military off the streets. that met a key demand of the opposition for starting a dialogue with the government. armored vehicles moved away from pearl square. the bahrainians honked car horns and waved flags, just a day after security forces opened fire on protesters and injured 50 people. five people were killed on thursday. prominent opposition leader wants guarantees that protesters can stage rallies without being attacked. the con extra kosta district attorney's office is reviewing all of the cases brought in by a drug task force commander charged with selling the evidence. attorneys say the suspect confessed he stole drugs from his own police property room and resold them. he is the man on the left with the dark hair in court yesterday. prosecutors say he sold drugs that his own officers had confiscated. his attorney says he was dealing with financial problems and a sick daughter. >> there are physical disabilities that will come out that he was dealing with. he has a daughter that needed a bone marrow transplant and he was the donor. >> prosecutors say he sold the drugs through a private investigator, chris butler, to an employee in butler's firm. those men are accused also of keeping chemicals that make up methamphetamines and selling them. butler has admitted nothing yesterday in court. neither defendant entered a plea. a bay area congresswoman shocked colleagues with an admission, leaving the house floor in silence. as grace lee reports, it all started with the debate about planned parenthood. >> nobody's saying that planned parenthood can't be the leading advocate -- it is child abuse, it is time to take a second look at child abuse incorporated, support the 10th amendment. i yield back. >> new jersey representative chris smith supports the plan to take away federal funding from planned parenthood. his words struck a personal core for congresswoman jackie spear. >> i had really planned to speak about something else, but the gentleman from new jersey has just put my stomach in knots, because i'm one of those women he spoke about just now. i had a procedure at 17 weeks, pregnant with a child, that had moved from the vagina into the cervix and that procedure that you just talk about was a procedure that i endured. >> reporter: her testimony was so powerful, the entire floor fell silent. >> i lost a baby. for you to stand on this floor and to suggest, as you have, that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous. >> we hear those stories, variations on them every day. >> reporter: planned parenthood president heather estes says the irony is not a penny of federal money goes to abortions. she says 5.1 million people rely on that funding for other health services. >> cancer screening, birth control, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, hiv testing, and men and women rely on those services, even more now in this economy. >> we have two options. >> reporter: the nonprofit has been battling a dose of bad press. earlier this month, the antiabortion group live action went undercover and unveiled a planned parenthood manager helping a man posing as a pimp get abortions for underage prostitutes. >> we're in the sex work. >> reporter: that manager was fired, but the damage has been done. planned parenthood will have a legislative fight in the coming weeks to keep its money rolling in, but they can rely on at least one representative. >> planned parenthood has a right to provide services for family planning. planned parenthood has a right to offer abortions. last time you checked, abortions were legal in this country. >> reporter: grace lee, cbs 5. >> while the house of representatives did pass the bill to -- it is not expected to pass the senate. bay area rapid transit is trying to figure out what led to major bart train delays during yesterday's evening commute that got pretty harrowing. bart shut down service in both directions through the transbay tube, after reports of smoke at about 5:40 in the evening. someone else noticed two pieces of metal on the westbound tracks outside the west open station. >> i've been waiting an hour and a half and, like, i think it's been, like, pretty chaotic. >> trains were running again about an hour later. bart says the metal may have come from a train, but that is still unclear this morning. trains are now running through the first new bart station in eight years. there's the ribbon cutting. the west dublin-pleasantton station straddles interstate 580. barta hopes this new station will alleviate pressure on the dublin-pleasantton station. the parking lot there has been filling up by 7:30 in the morning. eventually this new station will be a transit hub where people live, work, and shop. the first train stopped there a few hours ago. okay, back to the weather situation, because that is something a lot of folks will have their eye on today. it is really wet and cold out there again, getting a little tired of it. >> well, we did promise last weekend that we were going back to a more normal winter pattern for this time of year. >> and here we are. >> we've swung a little too far. we've got a chance of snow with winter weather advisory up for the bay area. we're not talking tahoe. we're talking about the local hills above 2000 feet. we could see 2 to 3 inches of snow with the potential for snow down to sea level come next weekend. we'll talk more about that, coming up in your complete forecast here in just a few moments. and we've got a lot of pictures of snow in bay area locations that don't normally get it. we'll show you where and update sierra conditions. lot of folks headed there for the weekend. and a new trend for bicycle enthusiasts. why some people want to put the brakes on this trend. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, for the second straight day, mount hamilton road remains closed east of grant ranch park. and snow is also lower than usual in the sierra. chains are required right now on interstate 80 east of colfax, and u.s. highway 50, east of placerville, of course just in time for hundreds or thousands, or tens of thousands of people to be headed to the sierra for the long weekend, not good driving. >> no, going to be a slow go up into the highcountry, and ski areas -- i made that up. snow anything above 2000 feet. 2 to 3 inches of snowfall overnight with that much more expected through the day. so again, we have made a dramatic swing back to winter pattern. we've made up the rainfall deficit the last six weeks. we're back to 100% of normal on the year. as we look at the snow in the foothills, east of san jose here, wow, that's a pretty sight. no snow on the golden gate, but the long range models for next week indicate that we could see cold enough temperatures for snow down to sea level by next saturday. of course that's a long ways off, but still, that is an interesting pattern that bears watching, which we'll do right here after we look at ocean beach, where we see scattered showers out there roaming around this morning, and as we take a look at our live high- definition doppler, we see what those showers look like from radar, as, again, there are some moderate cells showing up out there in yellow around the bay. this all will taper off through the afternoon, as we take a look at the winter weather advisory currently in effect for the bay area until 7:00 tonight, as once again, we look for the potential for 2 to 3 inches of snow above 2000 feet. that's basically all the bay area hills, could see that. that will be hit or miss activity based on where those cells develop this afternoon, with the potential for scattered thunderstorm activity out there, which could likely produce some hail as well. so basically what that all amounts to is slow down, because traveling may be a bit dicey on local highways. this weather pattern continues with showers through the day. highs peak in the upper 40s to low 50s. here's the rain that moved up from the south yesterday across the bay. left a good amount of rain, about an inch to three quarters of an inch for most locations. cold air diving down along the coast here. that's what's on us today and it will continue with cold showers on and off through the day, tapering off tonight. should be pretty much gone by early tomorrow morning, as we see the cold showers continue this pattern into the beginning of the week. again, we'll dry out here late tonight, into tomorrow morning and look for another round of rain to arrive by midweek, which also will be on the cold side and carry us into next weekend. here's a look at the computer models expectations across the bay today. as you can see, we'll dry out through tonight, into tomorrow here before the next round of rain arrives, come early next week. taking a look right now at the highcountry, we see lots of snow up there, as you would imagine. we'll expect those conditions to continue here pretty much through the weekend, as we look for highs today in the upper 40s to low 50s for most locations. taking a look at the seven-day forecast here, brief break come the beginning of the week, before the next round of precipitation heads our way here, as once again we've also got chinese new year parade coming up tonight. the rain should taper off just in time for that, as our wet weather pattern will return come midweek, with the potential for more very cold air arriving come next weekend. >> no wet dragons for the parade? >> they may be damp, but they won't be wet. >> very good news. that is starting this evening, going to be huge. almost a million people expected to turn out in downtown san francisco. well, at first they were popular with bicycle messengers, but now a lot more people have them. they are known as fixes. as kiet do explains, the bikes are not legal because they lack something very important, brakes. >> reporter: they are called fixed gear bikes, or fixes, and they have been pedaling under the radar until now. here in san francisco's mission district, a 61-year-old woman was crossing the street last week. the light turned red before she got to the curb. that's when a rider on a fixe, weaving through traffic, crashed into her at full speed. she's now in critical condition. police did not cite the rider, but confiscated his bike, because it didn't have brakes, which is illegal. >> is this technically breaking the law? >> i do have a form of braking. >> reporter: by law, the bikes must be sold with brakes, but most fixe riders take them off. they say it clutters up the look of the bike and they don't need them. >> we can challenge the law, saying that i have a mechanism of braking. like i could probably brake just as fast as that brake would. if me and you were to race down here, i could brake as good as you. >> this is very, very counter intuitive. wow! >> reporter: fixes are not like normal bikes. when you stop pedaling, the pedals keep right on spinning. pedal backwards and the wheel goes backwards. it allows the rider to do elaborate tricks, but stopping a fixe requires a lot of skidding, strength, and skill. here at i minus d bike shop, they urge their customers to leave the brakes on. >> do you think because of that crash, more people will put brakes on their fixes now? >> not necessarily. i think some people, because of that coolness factor, are still going to run brakeless. >> reporter: riding a fixe, it's a fine line between being safe and being cool. in san jose, kiet do, cbs 5. book lovers have reason to run for the borders today. national retailer holding a farewell sale at a dozen bay area locations. but first, here's tony t with today's tips on pickling peppers. i got it out! there's red, green, yellow, even purple bell peppers certain times of the year. but oranges are my favorites because of the color and their mild flavor, but you have to select them and store them right, or otherwise forget about it. and these even go with sausage and peppers. the green and orange together, throw in the red, pretty colorful sandwich. when you buy them, nice and orange, just like this all the way around. stem has to be green, so important. if the stem is detached, do not buy it. make sure it's free from any shriveling around the crown whatsoever. at home, store 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welcome back. 7 minutes before 9:00 on a rainy bay area morning. first, it was state workers cell phones. now governor brown is looking to cut some costs by eliminating swag. the governor has ordered state agencies to stop spending money on those little promotional trinkets, like key chains, water bottles, and mouse pads, with logos on them. he was surprised to learn they cost california $7.5 million between 2007 and 2010. >> i had no idea that in a government this big, stuff goes on that, you know, people in other parts of government don't know anything about. yeah, it is shocking. >> the state faces a $27 billion budget deficit. the sacramento bee says the governor wants to hammer out a budget deal by march 10. he says that would coincide with his plan to get his proposal for tax extensions on the june ballot. beginning today, you can find great deals at a number of doomed bay area borders locations. the book seller filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week. borders plans to close about one third of its stores nationwide as part of a restructuring plan. the retailer will close more than half of its 21 bay area stores, including san francisco and san jose. locations on the chopping block will have liquidation sales starting today, with discounts of up to 40%. a full list of stores that are closing can be found on the borders website. even though more people make an effort to compost and recycle, the average californiaian still produces 4.5 pounds of garbage every day. but there's a family in mirren county that only produces two canfuls of garbage every six months. julie watts shows us how they pull it off. >> so this is our trash since october. >> reporter: it's been nearly four months since the johnson family tossed out the garbage. >> we've found this way of living is, for one thing, easier. >> reporter: this ecofriendly mom is shooting for zero waste. she started by declutterring their home and downsizing furniture, then shedding clothes and switching to household items that come without packaging. >> we bought stainless steel bottles, reusable water bottles, and shopping totes. we just try to eliminate as much as the disposables as possible. >> reporter: when it comes to items like meat, cheese, and jam, she uses glass jars. and as for liquids? >> i press oranges once a week. these bottles from the milk, you can take them back to the store. >> reporter: as it turns out, being ecofriendly also saves a lot of money, something more and more families are figuring out. >> i think in the last couple of years since the downfall of the economy, there's been this kind of return to back to basics. >> reporter: sun set magazine jesse chamberlin says it's actually cheaper to buy things without the fancy packaging, but if zero waste is too extreme for you, chamberlin says reducing your waste could be cost effective, too. >> instead of tissues at their house, they use handkerchiefs. instead of things like paper towels, they use micro fiber cloths. >> reporter: but the biggest difference has come from buying in bulk. yet no matter how hard she tries, she can't get rid of garbage completely. mirren county won't let her. garbage service is required, even if you don't need it. >> so we still have the can, but we're not using it. >> reporter: julie watts, cbs 5. high speed rail had a lot of support among california voters back in the day, but now, a lot of people are having second thoughts, even calling it the train to nowhere. in our next half hour, we visit the area where the first stretch of the rail system is planned. and a state lawmaker says too many smokers and drinkers are taking advantage of the well system. how he plans to put a stop to it. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, in the news this morning, a local narcotics officer accused of selling drugs now says he had no choice. a lot of californiaians are turning sour on a plan for a high speed rail system, why some are dubbing it the train from nowhere. and the train that didn't get away. a bay area event filled to the gills with trout. welcome back to weekend early edition. it is 9:00 on a saturday morning. it's a rainy one out there. i'm anne mackovic. >> and cold to boot, jim bernard with a look at your winter weather pattern for the bay area this weekend. looks like it will continue. snow in the local hills here. this is east of san jose. we've got snow levels down to about 2000 feet, a little lower in this picture, and most locations, there's cold air trapped down near the valley floor bringing snow down to about 1000 feet or less for many locations, but shouldn't stick very long. we'll talk more about the forecast, coming up in the at least forecast here in just a few moments. breaking news overnight from oakland, a pair of shootings, the first one happened at around 1:30. police say a man and woman were killed in a shooting in east oakland, and that was at 62 and avenue and hilton street. they were found in their car, according to police. so far, no arrests in that case. there was also a double shooting at a motel just south of the oakland coliseum. two people were hurt at the la quinta hotel on enterprise avenue. that's still being investigated this morning. the contra costa county district attorney's office is now in the process of reviewing all of the cases brought in by a drug task force commander charged with selling the evidence. attorneys say that norm wilsh has confessed he stole drugs from his own police property room and resold them. here is in court yesterday, the man with the dark hair on the left. prosecutors say he sold drugs that his own officers had confiscated. wilsh's attorney says he was dealing with financial problems and a very sick daughter. >> there are physical disabilities that will come out that he was dealing with. he has a daughter that needed a bone marrow transplant and he was the donor. >> prosecutors say wilsh sold the drugs through a private investigator, chris butler, to an employee in butler's firm. both men are also accused of keeping chemicals that make up methamphetamines and selling them as well. butler admitted nothing. yesterday in court, neither defendant entered a plea. the international revenue service is -- handles about $22 million in annual pot transactions. the irs is auditing the dispensaries tax deductions right now for salaries, overhead, and other expenses related to all of its sales. as you know, marijuana is legal in california, but that is for legitimate medical purposes. it is, of course, illegal under federal law. a former school district official in san jose is in very hot water this morning. antonio perez was a trustee for the luther burbank school district. he has pleaded no contest to violating federal conflict of interest laws. perez voted in 2009 to award more than $5 million in contracts to a construction company that he worked with on some other projects. perez was convicted on three misdemeanor counts and faces up to six months in jail and a $10,000 fine. he's also banned from holding public office for four years. sentencing in that case, scheduled for april 14. a heated debate on the floor of the house of representatives took a very emotional toll, when san mateo congresswoman jackie spear revealed that she had to abort a pregnancy. the revelation came yesterday during debate on whether to strip planned parenthood of its federal funding. >> you know, i had really planned to speak about something else, but the gentleman from new jersey has just put my stomach in knots. because i'm one of those women he spoke about just now. i had a procedure at 17 weeks, pregnant with a child that had moved from the vagina into ther is cervix and that procedure that you just talked about was a procedure that i endured. i lost a baby. >> for what purpose-- >> despite spear's flee, the house voted to end funding. the proposal now goes to the senate, where it faces more opposition. californiaians on welfare are obviously not supposed to use state money to buy cigarettes or alcohol, but state senator bob dutton says it can still be done if there is cash left on the cal works portion of a person's electronic benefit transfer card. now, the state's senate republican leader has introduced a new bill that would put a stop to that. >> these are supposed to create a safety net for the basic necessities that people require to kind of, you know, go on with their lives. but alcohol and tobacco are not two of those items they must absolutely have. >> store owners say the bigger issue is the cash back that can be retrieved on some of those cards. that can be used to buy anything. critics call it the train to nowhere. the first leg of california's high speed rail line is set to be built in the central valley. that would stretch 65 miles from borden, a virtual ghost town, to cochran, home to a state prison. at first, neighbors were optimistic about what a project of this size could do for the area economically. mark sayer shows us what's changed. >> reporter: jim eriksson is a third generation farmer in make der ray county. >> basically we're going to lose 100 feet. >> reporter: eriksson says in the early going, people in the central valley were excited about the high speed train. >> i think it was because of the perception it was all good and it was so big that nobody really fought it. now that we're starting to see that there's a lot more to this. >> reporter: now eriksson and others whose land, businesses, and quality of life could be disrupted, are sounding a growing chorus of disenchantment. >> they were saying there won't be any problems. we'll make it right, but they won't give us any numbers, won't tell us what they are really going to do. >> reporter: eriksson's farm stands on the edge of highway 99. he could lose a three quarter mile stretch of land. >> they are saying at this point, it would be 100 feet if it goes aerial, could be only 60 feet. >> reporter: to be sure, individual counties and cities in the central valley have taken formal positions of support for the project. >> but it has always been a contentious issue within the devil in the details. >> reporter: but madera county says support is waning. >> i think our surrounding constituency base is recognizing that what we once thought might be action of excitement for an enhanced way of traveling is not penciling out as it was presented. >> reporter: here in the county, the high speed rail project could take two possible routes. one is along existing union pacific tracks, next to highway 99; the other about 2 miles for the east. but there is no planned station anywhere in madera county and no guarantee that a heavy maintenance facility that would bring permanent jobs would come to this county. >> it's hard. you got to get what you can get. >> reporter: we met danielle at the county's work force assistance center, with an unemployment rate of 15.7%. they say jobs would be a good thing. >> enough to build the train, you know. i would build a train if it gives anybody work, it's good. >> reporter: jose garcia is also unemployed and could lose his house. >> we would have to be on the streets, simple as that. >> because you can't find job? >> i can't find a job. >> reporter: but at this point, the real long-term jobs benefit for madera county is simply not known. >> all we get is the 3 seconds that the train goes through town, saying whoosh each time to goes by. >> reporter: if the overall project is abandoned after the first tracks are in, linking would happen near borden, where a small cemetery remains where workers are buried. they died putting in the original tracks. >> farmers frustrations are valid, say a spokesman, but specific questions can't be answered until final decisions are made about track routes and designs. the house of representatives made good overnight on republican pledge to tray to reduce the reach of government. the bill passed in the wee hours this morning would cut $61 billion from the current federal budget. by the time the final vote took place, it was after 4:30 in the morning in washington, dc. that vote largely along party lines. the bill is now going to the senate, where majority democrats want to keep spending at 2010 levels. president obama threatening a veto, if necessary. the bill would cut aid for schools and for the poor. a change approved yesterday would take away every dollar set aside for healthcare reform. other provisions would shelter coal companies and oil refiners from new regulations. back to the weather forecast for anybody who didn't catch it the first time around. it's going to be wet again. it is freezing outside! >> all you got to do is look out the window and you'll see that showers continue across the region. cold showers here this morning. we do have a winter weather advisory up for the bay area. snow showers above 2000 feet in the local mountains. all that means is the highways and biways are likely to be slick, so slow down and be careful out there. could be hail, slush, black ice, all of those winter factors coming into play the next couple of days. more coming up in the complete forecast in just a few minutes. and of course that's coming up, the time for everybody to travel for the three-day weekend. who needs to go to the sierra when there's accessible snow in the bay area? we'll show you where it is and update you on the latest road conditions. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in sports today, the san jose sharks host the colorado avalanche, tonight at 7:30. this follows two games yesterday between the sharks and hurricanes. in college basketball last night, san jose beat weber state 662-46 at the event center. keith shamberger scored 24 points, becoming the first freshman to score more than 20. will carter had 16. st. matters hosts utah state, stanford at usc at 7:30. san francisco on the road to face gonzaga at 5:00 p.m. well, the bay area, as you noticed, has been getting slammed with heavy rain and winds. yesterday's stormy weather brought down trees and power lines in alameda county. in oakland, crews worked to restore power after this tree came down across thorn hill road. in berkeley, a giant tree came crashing down in the claremont neighborhood. crews had to cut through the middle of that tree so traffic could get through. and you know it's a very cold storm in the bay area when there's snow in the santa cruz mountains. this was the scene yesterday along skyline boulevard in the hills above western. santa clara valley. there was indeed enough snow for snowball fights. you can see those guys building snowmen. snow is a bit more common on the higher levels of the diablo range above the eastern side of the valley. in fact, mount hamilton got its share of snow for the second straight day, the road remaining closed east of grant ranch park. snow is lower than usual in the sierra. chains are required right now on interstate 80 east of colfax. there's even snow in colfax. chains are also required on u.s. highway 50 east of placerville. and a really quick programing note before jim tells us more about the rain and snow, because of college basketball, weekend early edition will be seen for just half an hour on the next two saturday mornings between 8:30 and 9:00. sunday schedule is unchanged for both of the weekends. mount hamilton, we went up there yesterday morning, and the roads were awful. we ended up having to come back down. we shot video and had to come back down. our truck was sliding. in fact, i got out of the truck and let our photographer put his own life at risk. watched him slide down the road with wheels locked. treacherous out there. >> it is. >> it was pretty, i have to say. >> winter travel conditions throughout the bay area. we don't have to go to the sierra. you can see patchy ice, slush, snow, hail possible through the day, as we look at cold showers continuing across the bay area. keynote, slow down and be careful. your 4-wheel drive suv won't help you if you hit ice and lose traction. taking a look around the bay this morning, lots of clouds, scattered showers and a winter weather advisory up for the bay area. hmm, we don't see that too often. looking east of san jose, we see the snow in the foothills down to 1000 feet and lower in some locations. the basic snow level's about 2000 feet, where it's sticking. but there is cold air trapped in some of the inland valleys, which brings snow levels lower and of course the potential for ice, as i mentioned, will be with us the next few days as well. especially clearing out tonight, into tomorrow, we'll look for the possibility of some patchy ice and black ice out there first thing in the morning. looking at our live high- definition doppler right now, we see shower activity scattered around the bay, hit or miss all day long with some moderate cells showing up in the yellow and the potential for isolated thunderstorms with us all day long as well, which could produce some hail. that's the frozen ball bearings out there on the highways. that creates a whole 'nother set of issues there. again, key factor, slow down, as this winter weather advisory will be with us through the weekend. we could see up to 2 to 3 inches of snow in the local mountains tonight, but the freezing conditions will likely continue into tomorrow morning. so black ice, a potential. i think i've hit on that enough. we'll move on to the overall pattern here, which will continue this cold weather through the day and into the beginning of the week, potential for thunderstorms out there as well, but showers tapering off through the afternoon, into tonight. should be pretty much gone by tomorrow. those clearing skies will result in temperatures down to or just below the freezing mark come tomorrow morning. here's the moisture we saw yesterday, left about an inch of rain across the bay area. the feature hitting us today is a center of circulation right here. it slid south along the coast, now coming ashore here. that will continue with the cold shower activity on and off through the day and we will hang on to the cold air even as showers taper off into tomorrow. now, the computer models indicate that, again, by tonight we should be pretty much out of the rain for the chinese new year's parade. that will be a good thing. as we hang on to the shower activity through the morning hours here, for most of the bay area, some moderate returns showing up in there as well. and then by tonight, those showers becoming more widely scattered and pretty much staying offshore. as we get a look at our seven- day forecast, cool and unstable today, with the potential for isolated thunderstorm activity. showers winding down through the wee hours of the morning. we'll stay dry into the beginning of the week, but by tuesday, into midweek, next round of rain will head our way and that will likely continue into, if not through next weekend. at this point, the models are pointing at some very cold air down, bringing the snow level down to near sea level by next weekend. that's a long way off. we'll have to keep an eye on that through the week. but nonetheless, continued cold. >> at least that's good news for the chinese new year parade. showers should taper off just in time for that. >> they were already setting up. >> they will be ready for either condition. it is a celebration of fish, coming up. just ahead, the bay area event where trout is king. >> it's a chronic disease, and nobody was treating it except just a couple of doctors. also ahead, how a bay area woman is fighting a disease that is crawling all over california. we'll talk about that. ♪ [ male announcer ] not all steel is created equal. not all manufacturing processes are created equal. not all engineering standards are created equal. which is why not all luxury vehicles are created equal. the hard way means never taking short cuts. the hard way is how lexus inspires absolute confidence. this is the pursuit of perfection. postal rates are going up in april, but not the price of a first class stamp. that will stay at 41 cents for the first ounce. each additional ounce will cost 20 cents, up from 17. postcards rise a penny to 29 cents. letters to canada or mexico will increase from 80 cents, up from 75 and 79 cents respectively. prices for express mail and priority mail will not change. the rate increases follow a formula that permits price hikes within the rate of inflation, taking effect on april 17. a bay area woman suffered for years before she knew she was even officially sick. now she's fighting back against a misunderstood disease that could affect any one of us. here's kate kelly with this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: phyllis mervine spends a lot of times outdoors. she and her family moved to this 80-acre ranch in rural mendocino county in the 1970s. it wasn't long after that she started feeling sick. >> i just started feeling really run down and extremely tired and achy. >> reporter: for 10 years, phyllis lived with debilitating symptoms. a neighbor at her weekly pottery class suggested she get tested for a newly discovered bacteriaial infection carried by ticks, called lyme disease. >> she saw me dragging in week after week. she said phyllis, you ought to get tested. >> reporter: phyllis did test positive and quickly realized she wasn't alone. >> i called all the neighbors and i said, you know, i've just been diagnosed with lyme disease. have -- do you know anything about it? have you got lyme disease, or, you know, do you have any of these symptoms? quite a few people had lyme up here. >> reporter: that was the start of a 20-year jersey that made fill lice mervine a pioneer in fighting lyme disease in california. her ranch became ground zero, collecting ticks and studying the disease they carry. ticks have been documented in 42 california counties. with numbers like those, phyllis saw a need. in 1989, she founded the california lyme disease association. >> it was desperately needed, because it's a chronic disease, and nobody was treating it, except just a couple of doctors. >> i've got about 45 or so. >> on this group, we have 1115. >> reporter: in addition to support groups, her website offers information and resources. calda also reference to doctors. >> this is not somebody with a swollen knee or somebody who's got a headache, this is draining our country. >> reporter: susan is writing a book about lyme disease and credits phyllis with improving patient care. >> she's educated doctors, gone to congress, to the nih, put out the newsletter, started patient support groups. i mean, she has been involved in everything. >> reporter: and while phyllis' own battle with the disease was helped by antibiotics, she says she's not cured, and much work remains to be done to protect future generations. so for doing something to help educate and eliminate the effects of what can be a crippling disease, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to phyllis mervine. kate kelly, cbs 5. 9:25 now, and a bay area event on a scale with the best. a celebration of fish. as we,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bay area fishermen may have a new spot. the catch is so plentiful, it's being dubbed a trout apalooza. 18,000 pounds of trout were introduced to the body of water, eight times the normal population. the reservoir was retrofitted for earthquakes in 2005 and is only now back to capacity, creating ideal conditions for fishing bonanza, which are few are taking advantage of, even given the rain out there. >> just this week alone, we've put in 18,000 pounds, so it's a big difference. >> we got probably about, we're looking at probably 8 to 10 fish, 11 fish. >> how long did it take you to catch those fish? >> probably about 4 hours. >> those hearty souls were among those braving the soggy conditions yesterday. it happened to be the opening day of the fishing season in the bay area. good luck braving the soggy conditions out there! good day, and enjoy the ,,,,,,,, > i'm michael alden. folks if your one of the millions of americans suffering with arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia even gout, your not going to want to miss this next half an hour. my guest today is one of the nation's foremost sought after health and wellness experts, and he is here today to introduce to us a revolutionary all natural product that is helping thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people live pain free. please help me welcome mr. jim shriner. > pleasure, a pleasure to be here. > thanks for being my guest >you know jim, for those of are viewers who don't know you, why don't you just tell us a little bit about how you got involved in the world of health and nutrition. >> old i was actually paralyzed by a tumor in my third vertebrate. ah, they rushed me up to riley children's hospital up in indianapolis, indiana. specialists told me that i'd probably never walk again. i spent quite a few years laid up in the 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