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Mojave desert on my way to the tiny town of baker, california. Its halfway between los angeles and las vegas. Just a tiny dot on the map 800 people. It embodies the weirdness of both those cities, and its largest attraction, definitely its tallest, has become one familys rather strange inheritance. My name is larae harguess, and my father, Willis Herron, set out to build the worlds tallest thermometer. Hi. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Im larae. Nice to meet you. Its big. It is the worlds tallest thermom...

The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take booktv and American History tv on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we travel to laramie, wyoming. In about ten minutes, hear about the influence that the Energy Industry has in the state of wyoming, and then after that, a visit to ivanson mansion to learn about the early days of the city. Then, in about 45 minutes, hear how the sport of rodeo became a symbol of the american west. We begin our sp...

Interfering in the upcoming election. Da lin is live, and this could have been the first open seat race for the da position in a century. Reporter thats right, some say the incumbent now has a big advantage over her opponent, or 3 different opponents come the november 5th election. They say this is a political gift from the mayor to susy loftis. Six and a half minutes is now quickly the ceremony went. Ny. The time they went in and i if yo proud of youont have anything about it. Reporter after ma...

Neighborhood quarry watchdog coalition. Homes were built in close proximity to this quarry. The prior owner indicated it was going to close. That never happened. Our production levels have been lower. We are requesting more time to remove the reserves there. Reporter amy d i tra spent the day telling neighbors how the quarry works to be a good neighbor. We are come playing with 172 conditions there to make sure we mitigate any impacts to our neighbors. Reporter and she laid out the plan for anot...

Should have the ability to go into the private sector when its in their best interest, when the care is better or specialized care is available thats not in the da. I think we all believe that should be available. Watch booktv at the weekend on cspan2. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take booktv and American History tv on the road with support from our spectrum Cable Partners this week and we traveled to laramie, wyoming. Coming up we will speak with local authors abo...

Many are frustrated that thsame thcould happen again. It is unsettling. It is kind of scary. Reporter an emergency meeting in San Francisco did not help to ease the mind of pg e customers concerned about another possible Public Safety power shut off. It is hard to believe they expect us to have sympathy for them. They make too many mistakes. Reporter the ceo bill johnson was grilled about the ps ps. And what the Company Plans to do to mitigate fire danger. Unacceptable situation that should neve...

Service is watching for potential fire weather in the bay area next week. No plans to shut off the power as of tonight. That might become an option. The longterm solution to cover the wires and increase Vegetation Management is years away. What is the timeline you see for that . Better every year. Probably a 10 year timeline. They are clearly trying to put a bandaid on the wound. I dont know if they put the right bandaid on to solve the problem. Reporter aaron was left in the dark last week he f...

A new special relationship, boris and trump, perfect together, maybe. Well see. Investors like it. Stock prices jumped when the brexit news came through. We backed off a little since, but the dow is still going to open up about 70 points, up 9 for the s p and up, what, 34 for the nasdaq. The market clearly ignoring the really toxic politics so clearly on display in washington, d. C. Ive got two stocks to focus on today. New tech netflix, old tech, ibm. They are going in opposite directions. Star...

Studios this is kpix 5 news. The man dubbed the Hollywood Ripper learns his fate. The Oakland Hills fire. How the bay area is marking the solemn anniversary today. Possible fire werther in the coming days could mean lights out again and parts of the bay area. Good morning. I have your forecast for you today. We are waking up with cloudy skies out there. We are taking a live look out of our sales force camera. Stick around until the evening hours and there are more changes are ahead. 55, concorde...

Night lynn will be right back. Nightline continues. Here again, juju the story of mandy is the story of a young womans disappearance from a tightknit, rural community. Its the story of a family devastated and a whole community devastated. It was a big deal. I was initially appointed sheriff in 2003. I went out and spoke with mandys mother, mary, and told her that i was going to make every effort, that we would solve this case. I dont think i ever believed, ever, that they would catch the guy. Th...