geographically but also the character of the people here. you know, they endured. anthony: as you might have gathered by now, this is a working class town. and unusual in that it s a union town. a proudly union town in an otherwise very red state. bryant: butte is the most interesting, important town in america that nobody knows about. anthony: bryant mcgregor is the owner of the silver dollar saloon in what was once butte s chinatown. amanda: so we call ourselves butte, america. anthony: amanda curtis is a former state congresswoman, was born of the labor movement. she s a unionist, an advocate for workers and this solidly union city she calls home. amanda: when you got off the boat in ellis island it said butte pinned to your shirt. and it wasn t butte, montana, right? it was butte, america. we were founded by european immigrants who came from socialist countries with all these crazy socialist ideas. anthony: would you say
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18-month-old behind. she turned herself in about 6:00. police say she dropped her 18-month-old son in the san pablo son and took off in a taxi. she saw the media reports around 6:00 this morning and contacted us. we brought her in for a interview. what do you think? basically she is telling us she felt she was an unfit mother and somebody else would be able to care for the child rather than her. she does have a than arrest record but would not go into details. the boy is now with contra costa family services. the child is in good care. i don t expect they are going to release that child back to her. and the mother may be in prison for a while, the family services director the best option for the child would be able to find a relative to care for him. california does have a safe surrender law allowing parents to drop a newborn at a fire station or hospital but that only applies to a child up to three days old. besides, this child was not dropped off at a safe l