Coming. The governor signed a declaration. He asked californians to cut their water use for now. Mandatory rationing is to come in weeks. Were at the worse drought since records have been kept. Reporter the number of reservoirs are at the lowest levels in years. The Emergency Declaration sets into motion 20 steps to deal with the drought. They includes giving the state flexibility. Statewide conservations are logged and additional firefighters will be hired to protect our lands. Debora villalon join us now, and the drought is worse than its ever been recorded before. Reporter this town gets recycled water. Other lawns in desperate jeopardy. All the vegetations around the houses were dying. Reporter the drought of 76 77. A lot of people remember putting bricks in the toilet. Reporter brad davis remembers and tonight from inside the control room at the Sonoma County agency. Weve been ahead of this drought declaration for many weeks. Reporter the Conservation Campaign first ever in winter
Whats appropriate and when to be on the bay because so much is at stake. Thank you, joe vazquez. Governor brown says the federal government is trying to make california more dangerous. So he is taking the feds to court and it all that is to do with the states prison overcrowding problem. The situation, of course, better than a few years ago but cbs 5 reporter grace lee shows us there is still more work to be done. Reporter this goes back to 2009 when a federal panel of judges ruled that california prisons were overcrowded to the point of being unconstitutional. With the governors proclamation today he says that era is over and we should not have to comply with a federal prison population cap anymore. Today i have signed this proclamation stating that the troubled situation in california prisons has been remedied. Reporter that situation is overcrowding at the states 33 prisons with conditions so bad that a federal court ruled it was cruel and unusual punishment. The feds then ruled the
Be. Hi, carolyn. Low clouds and fog making an impact this morning. It will create a different story through the afternoon. The temperatures caller and the visibility has been reduced to the north bay. But the good news is the clouds bringing a comfortable start for the nike womens halfmarathon with 60 trees right now in San Francisco. It should stay that way throughout the 7 00, 8 00 hour. Still cloudy and just in the lower 60s. Enter the rest of the day. Here you will notice the low clouds and fog along the short line. Cooler 60s here. And 70s will keep it pretty seasonal around the bay. No 80s to speak of. They are well out into the valley. And tomorrow even cooler and most of you will see some showers. Ill explain coming up. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. Residents of one union city neighborhood are on alert this morning after a Mountain Lion was spotted in their area. Police had their guns drawn as they searched for the big cat yesterday afternoon after a group of women spotted it near
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Declaration. He asked californians to cut their water use for now. Mandatory rationing is to come in weeks. Were at the worse drought since records have been kept. Reporter the number of reservoirs are at the lowest levels in years. The Emergency Declaration sets into motion 20 steps to deal with the drought. They includes giving the state flexibility. Statewide conservations are logged and additional firefighters will be hired to protect our lands. Debora villalon join us now, and the drought is worse than its ever been recorded before. Reporter this town gets recycled water. Other lawns in desperate jeopardy. All the vegetations around the houses were dying. Reporter the drought of 76 77. A lot of people remember putting bricks in the toilet. Reporter brad davis remembers and tonight from inside the control room at the Sonoma County agency. Weve been ahead of this drought declaration for many weeks. Reporter the Conservation Campaign first ever in winter is ready. Official hose of 20