We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields are thirsty without much water to go around. So it makes sense for critics to start searching for a scapegoat. But is americas numberone snack nut shown here in video provided by the almond board of california really as bad as its cracked up to be . Lets look at a recent report from the bay areabased Pacific Institute that draws on years of numbers from the department of water resources. It shows almonds and pistachios are actually tied for fourth in water intensity, the best gauge of wat
Finally donald trump theyre bringing drugs theyre bringing crime. Sam a tragic shooting in San Francisco and the arrest of an undocumented immigrant. A unique event, or really a link between immigration and crime . We uncover the truth in this edition of reality check. Sam and good evening, and welcome to reality check. Im sam brock. For the next 30 minutes, well take a closer look at topics making headlines, and claims coming from highprofile leaders, to separate the truth from the bunk. We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields
San jose city hall, where activists nearly took over the meeting. We have more now on the struggle over affordability. Reporter she left an abusive husband and spent weeks in a shelter with her children. Sometimes in the family car. [ speaking in spanish ]. No. Reporter she says what shes learned since then is that landlords wont rent affordable apartments to a single mother with several children. So she joined rent control advocates today in demanding the city implement immediate and stricter rent control in san jose. The group flooded the City Council Rules Committee meeting which was addressing the issue. The crowd was so large, the meeting had to be moved to the Council Chambers so everyone could get in. We need to do something now. Theres not many other avenues we have. We do have this avenue of renters rights. But some members of the council say they are not ready to make a decision without studying it first. We have to know what we can do legally. Reporter the vice mayor says la