And that to me is a tremendous compliment, because madrones dont like people and houses. So if a madrone grows, you feel like youre doing things right. She spends much of her free time in her garder as her mother once did. My mother who had a house on this same ridge and who came from the east, was determined to put an eastern garden on a california hillside and she did so. So we had three lawns, two of which were very large indeed. But with no end in sight to the drought taylor is breaking with tradition. Shes gotten rid of her lawn. Like many californians, lawns themselves were east coast transplants. This is levittown, pennsylvania a new suburban community. After world war ii, when Home Ownership became a symbol of middle class achievement, lawns were a key feature in new housing developments. So all the houses are very much the same, and its patriotic. We just came back from the war, and now its embedded in our culture that we are taking care of each other by keeping our neighborho
Melendez, abc 7 news. The all clear has been given following an incident at chevrons richmond refinery today. Your company says flames visible at 11 00 this morning came from flaring during equipment depressuring. A viewer sent us this photo and chevron officials called it normal, but county emergency officials didnt take chances and they issued an alert warning residents with breathing problems to stay indoors for the time being. For the first time were hearing from the boy who was the focus of yesterdays amber alert and 8yearold brock guzman is talking about what happened to him and the at same time his parents ar filing a complaint against the department. Tiffany wilson is live to explain what happened. It seems like the best of all 16 ar yos brock was home safe. The car was returned and there was a person of interest taken into custody and today the family says they dont feel the case was handled professionally. Surrounded by family 8yearold brock guzman held tight to his his i jus
Fannage. He helped get the children off the second floor. It was time to leave, he noticed the building shaking so he jumped from the second floor. I jumped then, i started to grasp. I did not calculate myself exactly, but i fell on a concrete slab. You jumped from the second floor . Yes, sir. About 22 feet high. Well speak with him tonight at 11 00. Now, his wife has been in limited contact with him since he left. Leanne . He suffered a broken hand and leg. According to his wife, that will require surgery. She and their two children havent slept much after knowing he was injured. He was encouraged to fly to nepal following the first earthquake that devastated his country. His wife, deepa told us her husband has been a person. The 40yearold cab driver founded an organization to help an orphanage in a village in nepal. Her husband arrived a week ago and have been busy distributing foods and goods. Then, the second quake he was inside of the orphanage. He tried to save the kids. Half wer
James is been so long since they have missed injured the which probably talk about that. Its like a broken record every morning were walking up to the same conditions and with no one to complain too loudly we have some great and optimal conditions on top for today and tomorrow will have mild temperatures to talk with the mid50s no shocker but noontime we should double to the low seventies with a comfortable lunch hour for your trip on the outside that will be great and it will be cooler and one of to the mid may be the upper 70 for some spot right around 2 00 to 4 00 this afternoon of 7 1 6 to 77 degrees the high for san jose this afternoon and drop back down to the low 60s by 8 00 p. M. Tonight that is what we are expecting as temperatures and high will evolve over the course of the day in san jose in general were looking again for the cloudiness the fall temper and a low 50s allow the bay by 11 00 of the sun breaking in with inman not the east bay south of all of them with assistance
Whole lot. We are waking one overcast skys in the north bay, east bay, south bay and also along the coast. Concord 50, 53 in oakland. Along the peninsula 54 at sfo, low 50s over santa rosa, novato and napa. Thousand commute, sal . We are doing well when it comes to the commute. Look at the drive on the bay bridge. We will start there and traffic is moving along pretty well. Getting into San Francisco, no major problems getting into the city and the traffic looks good as you drive on the freeway once you get there. Also looking at the san mateyo bridge. That traffic looks good. The road work eastbound near the toll plaza the traffic looks good all the way through. The westbound traffic looks nice driving out in. If you are driving in the south bay, 101, 280 an 205 are all off to a good start. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. A plan to address our states ongoing drought is drawing criticism in frustrated residents in the silicon valley. Now more live from san jose to tell us about the p