Americas salad bowl, Salinas Valley the worst drought of five categories. Abc7 news is live tonight where people are trying to cope. David . Theyre not only trying to cope this is their livelihood this, is where our strawberries and lettuce are grown. Crops valued over 2 million. And this week, with the att pro am, celebrities and visitors are being asked to do their share as well. Monterey countys 600,000 residents have been conserving water for years. Golf courses use recycled water. And visitors will be staying where conservation is a way of live a new generation of urinals dont flush the laundry is shipped out of the county so local water isnt used. Bathrooms have water saving devices the general manhattan ger of the hotel hopes guests will understand. Theyre not educated with our situation but they respect what were attempting to do as operators. The situation is this. The local Water Company under orders to reduce drafting of water by 70 by 2017 to save the water shed and fish. W
We begin with one of the top of 2013,nd companies twitter, and its ipo. It went public and began trading on the new york stock exchange, raising 1. 8 billion. The company has had a storied history. Its cofounders all came together to celebrate that chapter. Who were joined by the ceo grew the company from a scrappy startup to a Global Communications powerhouse. I caught up with them on the floor of the exchange on the day the twitter went public. I think the thing that may be surprised me most about the ipo is the almost spectacular understanding of the service that so many investors that we met with half. I would go in to meetings to sell them and they would show me tweets from folks like the likes. F sean white that. Ts of examples like the opportunity to go talk to ple who are your trying who you are trying to help understand your vision, its tremendous. Lets talk a bit about making money. You can turn a profit whenever you want. You can pull a little bit here and a little bit there
I received a tip that oakland animal control officers uncovered a major dog fighting operation. Now tonight those pit bulls are being held here at Animal Services following a raid that we were given exclusive access to. A total of at least 11 dogs. Reporter this is the backyard of a Single Family home on a residential street in east oakland. Some of them have obvious wounds. Reporter dave collin calls this raid among the largest dog fighting operations hes seen. Conan says he has spoken to the Property Owner by phone and is trying to interview him. So far no arrest. But they collected plenty of evidence. This is a homemade treadmill. Reporter one of three treadmills found at the home that were put together for a dog. Inside vests with weight that are designed by dogs. There was also medical supplies consistent with treating dog with wounds. Some of the dogs were aggressive. One bit cronan and the other officers. Others were friendly. Authorities are now connecting the dots. Weve had se
The bi line. Crowd makes an audible gasp. We look into the flight line. And then, i can see the smoke and plane andrinis web site tells of his long, storied web site hed been performing snunts a variety planes housed in half moon bay. Were getting more details about the pilot that died in that crash the 77yearold eddie andrini. Why residents say they lost a civic leader. A pilot in colorado was able to call 911 after his small plane tore through a home. He was able to drop out of the cockpit and call for help. Nobody was inside of the house at this time crash. Crews were able to douse the plane and then extinguished a fire inside of the home. Witnesses say the plane appeared to be struggling. Developing news out of san jose now. Police are on the scene of an apparent double homicide in a home in south san jose. They found two bodies inside of the house. Here is where it happened inside a home on norma jean way. The Alameda County Sheriffs Department says a deputy is a hero for saving t
Ask Emergency Declaration for georgia today. Bears down on the south for the second time in a matter of weeks, rain and snow is now falling in georgia and other states. Dozens of counties are preparing for what could be a repeat of last month, when atlanta experienced massive grid lock. Triothers were stuck in their cars for hours and children ended up sleeping at their schools. Thats about ten miles from downtown atlanta. And robert, its pretty dry where you are right now . Good afternoon, we had flurries earlier today. You can see this is a heavily traveled commercial area. A suburb, a lot of restaurants here. The streets are all good, not etch ice. Temperatures are pretty high, but half the street is closed. Half the street is open. As atlanta seems to have learned their lesson from about two weeks ago. Not taking any chances. The governor put in a new extreme weather task force, 32 members let all over it, and here is what he has had to say a little bit earlier today. The second wa