200,000 acres that farmers would not be planting this year. Reporter its only expected to get worse. Now were facing a phenomenon of nature that makes us realize were dependent on rain, were dependent on one another. Reporter so thats what the states done. But this week already, federal officials declared parts of 11 states a disaster area due to drought conditions, and that includes alameda, contra costa county, and Santa Clara County. What that means is eligible farmers in those areas can qualify for lowinterest emergency loans that could help cover some crop losses. Coming up at 6 00, we look at another drought concern, how the lack of water could impact the price of food and how soon we could see that happen. Yes, it is big business. More details now on the drought. Turning out to be the driest year in record the state here. California has had nine other droughts in the last 100 years. 1987 to 92, 40 of the state declared drought emergencies including the bay area. And required man
Inwash scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. Mmm fresh and its been in the closet for 12 weeks unbelievable unstopables follow jimmy on youtube. Plane. They hope theyre r bowl champs. Were live in reaction from the 49ers lands in new orleans, the next time they hop on a plane they hope they are super bowl champs. Were live in the big easy with reaction from the team. Everybody in some way is affected by this and everyone gets involved. That means big bucks the impact offer peoples wallets in San Francisco. You can be part of the online revolution. The push to make the day after the super bowl a National Holiday. The 49ers are resting in their hotel in new orleans. They are days away from super bowl xlvii and hopefully their 6th nfl championship in team history. Cbs 5 sports director Dennis Odonnell is at the superdome with more reporter i think once the team arrives like the 49ers did tonight you start to feel the energy and room lift a little bit. The Baltimore Rave
Profile. This is say shot of him. Back on the other side of the fence. Fans did not mind waiting. The anticipation works. Every day or every other day i have been watching repeats of the last game. It is just so great. Reporter when the buses finally rolled passed the crowds they did their best to show their love. It is good luck. The more they cheer them on the more they are going to win. As they drove out of sight, fans did not need any reminders nobody got it better than us. Cbs 5. [cheers and applause] and chopper 5 was overhead as the team boarded a Delta Charter in san jose. As the plane taxied to the runway it got a ceremonial farewell from a couple of fire trucks. Ravens fly in on monday. Cbs 5 has a sports team in new orleans. Vern glen is heading up our coverage from outside of the superdome in new orleans, vern . All right, there, ann, we will have multiple locations, dennis is at the team hotel waiting for the squad to arrive. Meantime, yes, myself and the superdome will be
And roger craig. Here comes collin introducing a college offense to the super bowl. Duthink the over fence in did you think the offense in college would work in the nfl . I thought it would work to some exat the present time but not every play. There are too many guys good on defense here at this level. A comfortable factor. We have been here, we stayed in this hotel. We have done all that. We know the short ride over there. So, go over there and play. I mean this type of game i dont think you are are worried about those type of factors. Roll with the punches and get off and play. Do you think your players need to ease off on the pressure or are they okay no matter what with it . Well, the, shawn had a quote on the the quote board about 2 1 2 weeks ago that said we get fresher under pressure. So, that is good for us. Fresher under pressure, great saying. Coming up on game day live at 11 35. Eric davis, remember our former color analyst . Yes. He will be on the show. He will be talking
Off of the mississippi right now so we can feel a little breeze but we know how that goes in the bay area, right, lawrence . We do. One party at a timeout there, huh, michelle . They know how to celebrate. I hope youre having a good time. If you are heading out the door today we have a lot of clouds streaming overhead. The temperatures not as cold. We have some 30s and 50s outside. Looking forward to some warmer days ahead. We are going to talk about that coming up in just a moment. Aliza . Good morning, everyone. Just a small hiccup for the east bay commute in san lorenzo. A car hit a light pole with a small power outage at hesperian and bachmann. 1,000 pg e customers affected so far so if you are on the way out and run and run into a blackout intersection, treat it as a fourway stop. Well have another look at your commute coming up. Michelle, i want to know what you did to earn those beads. Thats the big question this monday morning. Just walk down bourbon street and they just throw