California indians dont have the same kind of public image as say a warrior on a horseback, so they are not as bad ass in the popular imagination as the plains indians. I love this image because that guy is pretty fierce. He has some feathers going on. He looks like he could do some damage to your horse herd or to you, so i like that well into the gold rush era these mounted livestock rustlers in the Central Valley were kind of bad, bad, bad. Stock rustling also offered indians opportunities to thrive in the interior. Population explosion of horses. An english visitor estimated to see 3000 wild horses in todays travel in 1840. A miner on the eve of the gold rush claim that in the Central Valley, the Central Valley contained a larger portion of wild horses than any other part of the world to the same extent. On the san joaquin river, bands from 200 to 2000. These herds in addition to providing a lucrative source of trade provided a basis of subsistence for california indians living in t
Tomorrow in the sierra lamar case. Both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases today. Torres has been on trial for the last 4 months. Hes accused of kidnapping and killing lamar even though the 15 year olds body has never been found. He could face the Death Penalty or life in prison without parole. A warning from the sierra. Check out the unique birds eye view from sky drone 5. You can see theres a lot of snow out on the mountains and now comes the thaw. The numbers from the final snow survey of the season. Emily. Reporter the numbers are great. And you know with everything, thats a double edged sword. On one hand, we really need that water. But on the other hand, we need the water to melt slowly or were have flooding down stream. Its the last amendment of the year. And the final snow pack survey promises good things for californias drought. 2016, 2017, really good years in terms of the snow pack compares favorably with 2005 and 2011. Reporter in the northern sierra, the sn
Good jock. Just job. Just the facts. Thats our job. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. Its tuesday, may 2. Real news right here on cbs. We went from winter to summer. We missed spring entirely. What we didnt want to happen the quick warmup. Because the snow melts too fast and then we have flooding and were anticipating the merced river to overflow a foot in the yosemite area. Everything in my garden was wilted. I was so bummed when i went home. All that effort all weekend long nursing it taking pictures so proud of myself because of the rains and now, its all wilted. I got some nursing to do. All right. 59 degrees in santa rosa right now after realizing a High Temperature yesterday of 90 degrees. Calm winds around the bay. 12 in novato right now to 15. 12 in san rafael. These winds will be consistent northwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour later today ushering the pollen around so pollen count arent off the chart. Its the wind. Less problems with our allergies tomorrow. Today is hot today an
anny hong look for two more very warm days across our region. A modest cooling trend will start on thursday as coastal stratusreturns. Cooling trend continues friday into saturday when aslight chance of showers is forecast as an upper low approachesthe region. Locally windy conditions can also be expected over theweekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james our top story comes from San Francisco. Where the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and killed a 15year old. The shooting happened in the citys sunset district right in the middle of the day. Kron fours jr stone talked to people in the neighborhood who are stunned by what happened. Well if they are, they arent telling us. Only saying that no arrests have not been made in this case. One that ended within fifty feet from where im standing tonight. Sotim making lunch and it was kinda pow pow powall of a sudden boom boom boom boom at leas
No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Slow traffic on nb 880 leaving san leandro darya and we have Team Coverage monitoring the heat around the bay area this morning. mark kron 4s Terisa Estacio is live in lafayette this morning. Terisa. terisa it is going to be a warm day. Temperatures in some areas could hit the 90s. I will be out here talking to people about the heat and how they are coping with it all morning along. Back to you. mark thanks terisa. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya the search continues this morning for the gunman who shot and killed a 15yearold in San Francisco. Anny hong is here with the latest on the shooting. Anny . anny flash it happened in the sunset district yesterday afternoon. Right near st. Ignatius high school. Police say the teen was not a student at si. He was driving in the area when someone opened fire. People who live nearby say they are shocked this happened in a neighborhood thats usu