. >> i'm john ramos in marin county, where they are clearing fuels that could contribute to a wildfire, but a new st >>> destructive wildfires have become an ever present risk for many north bay communities. >> and a new study showing why this may be just the beginning. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: marin, just like other north bay counties, has learned that fighting wildfires is now a year-round proposition. the brush and trees behind the golden gate housing community is so thick it is making it tocreate a defensible space. in marin, reducing fuels to prevent wildfires is now considered as important as putting them out. >> thing it is are drier. the fils are as bad as they've ever been, and in order to combat that, we just need to get out here and do what we're doing right now. >> the last four or five years, we've really seen an increase in temperatures, which definitely dries out the edge istation, stresses a lot of trees out, and all of that is, you know, kindling or unburned fuels for a wildfire to potentially ignite. >> reporter: firefighters have noticed how much drier

. >> i'm john ramos in berkeley, where a culinary program is helping people who were hard to >>> the pavano has we could havoc on the economy. >> but a program in berkeley is helping people in need of a second chance. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: a lot of us become chefs on thanksgiving, but there's an art to doing it every day, and that art can mean the beginning of a new life for people here at the bread project. the bread project began 22 years ago when a woman named loosey bookbinder created a program teaching people to bake. today they were baking 300 rolls for a thanksgiving feast for the homeless. >> it's not just a fun program for people who want to learn how to cook. u.s. really about helping people move and get involved. >> you have to think to do it, because it's too hard to do otherwise. >> reporter: it focuses on people who have a tough time finding work, such as the formerly incarcerated, or immigrants and refugees. the food they prepare is prepared by others in need. jay wants to live a life of service, but first must overcome people's vision is of him for ha

we have a whole bunch of hoop nets hoping for the best. >> reporter: john ramos, kpix 5 . >>> the state plans to reevaluate the entanglement risk on november 22. wildlife officials conducted some surveillance flights to count the whales. commercial fishermen and now hoping the season will open for them looking to supply the christmas holiday market. >>> the metropolitan transportation commission has released its annual report card assessing the bay area's roads, and the results, they surprise you. the agency shows the region 44,000 miles of roads are in fair condition. the bay area earned a score of 67 out of 100 points for the fifth straight year. according to nta, score in the 60s means roads have become worn to the point where we have may be needed to prevent rapid deterioration. cupertino had the best pavement conditions in the bay area, with a score of 85. dublin and palo alto were next in line, each earning the scores of 84. >>> looking live at san francisco now, where the city is taking a different approach to make tourists and visitors more comfortable and some of the city's bus

john ramos takes us inside the campaign to save it. >> reporter: the people who planted this garden 17 years ago say it does a lot more than just grow fruits and vegetables. they say it gives life to a community. >> from the street, and may look like an overgrown vacant lot and that is exactly what it was 17 years ago when a group of activists were looking for a place to create a community garden. >> we contacted the property owners and asked if we could start a garden on his property. we hit pay dirt with this owner. he was fine with it. and, those guys were fine, too. >> reporter: for all that time, the two vacant lots have served as the sb community garden, place for those who dwell on concrete sidewalks to get back to the earth and get their hands a little bit dirty. and, provide a place of respite for humans and home for the birds and the bees. >> the pollinators are responsible for our food. and, having core doors for those pollinators. hi honey! hi mommy! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. hush little baby...don't say a word... but if slow upload speeds t

in the east bay, john ramos. >>> new video that the bay area is not the only place putting the so-called horrors of climate change on display. demonstrators from the french ranch of the environmental group extinction rebellion held a halloween themed protest in paris ahead of the cop 26 climate summit in scotland and protesters gathered in costumes and face paint to warn of the horrors of climate change. >>> and out of the latest on the summit. today leaders reached a compromise to achieve climate neutrality or net zero emissions in the next few decades and in the meantime president biden also announced efforts to fix the supply chain bottleneck that is slowing down the flow of many goods and tom hansen breaks it down for us. >> reporter: on the summit's final day leaders tossed coins into the iconic trevi fountain and then got back into business. >> what we have seen again here in rome and what i think is the power of america showing up. president biden unveiled details with an agreement to reduce trump administration tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> ensure strong and competitive u.s.

we asked john ramos to give us a crash course on what is triggering the inflation. >> reporter: inflation occurs when too many dollars are chasing too few products. that's what is happening now, and much of it is our own doing. the most obvious price hikes have been at the gas pump. katy was aghast at the price when she gassed up her car today. >> i literalry was, like, oh, my gosh, it's almost $5 a gallon. it's crazy. they haven't same is true at the grocery store. >> you know, you finitely pay 39 cents or 40 cents for potatoes. now $3.99 for a bag of four or five tomatoes. >> reporter: much of it is happening because of the government's response to the pandemic. ceo scott horton said when the feds handed out thousands of dollars to unemployed people in multitrillion dollar aid packages, it had a predictable effect. >> when you print money out of then air and distribute it to people, they're going to spend it and invest, and i that pushes prices up. >> reporter: horton said it's important to invest money in ways that can keep it above the rate of inflation. those who have cash sitting in

. >>> john ramos was at the unveiling and has the story. >> reporter: it is remember not just for a victory for south vietnamese forces but to the courage of any soldier who wages a fight against overwhelming odds. at history park in san jose there was a ceremony 50 years in the making. in 1972, with the u.s. getting out of the country, north vietnamese forces overran the provincial capital and its ancient stone citadel. but the army of the south fought back against overwhelming odds and, after three months, recapture the fortress. >> directed the flight and that is the image of the soldiers at the citadel signifying the victory that was hard-fought. >> reporter: that image reminiscent of iwo jima is cast in bronze on the victory monument unveiled today. it is a source of tremendous pride for those who still wear their uniforms. from the bygone days. >> it means that, at the time, when the u.s. was abandoning its allies in the vietnam war, we fought back with what we had and we won against overwhelming enemy forces. that is the significance of the battle. >> reporter: 7700 south vietnamese

. >> as john ramos shows us in an original report, the buck institute in novato has become a major player in the effort to find out why the body ages and then how to stop it. >> reporter: so is it the fountain of youth? not quite quite, at least not yet. there is an air of excitement in dr. judy's laboratory. she and her young research team are studying the effects of aging on tiny warms in a process where normally cells will either continue dividing to rejuvenate tissue or they die. however the cells seen here in blue stop dividing, but they don't i do, instead creating toxic enzymes, creating inflammation. >> they start to show low levels of chronic inflammation, and eventually that will destroy the tissue. >> reporter: at around 65 years old, human bodies start to generate diseases, and this group is studying in these cells can cause it. >> these sinesis cells can contribute to all of the diseases we see go up with age, which is 99% of the diseases you see in the clinic. >> things like cancer, alzheimer's, even diminishing eyesight. they all may be affected by this process. >> and the

. >> john ramos reports on the struggle with alzheimer's disease that is slowly silencing the iconic singer. took it will be bitter sweet tonight when he performs his farewell concert. alzheimer's is taking him from us but coming at a time when medical researchers have never been more mystic. >>> when tony bennett takes the stage with lady gaga in their one last time to what concert, he will be singing a lot of the old standards from his past, and it will be alzheimer's that will be dictating his playlist. >> the early phase, probably the phase that he is and now is that he can't really remember anything so we probably couldn't learn a new song that he can remember all the old songs. took this professor doctor michael weiner says alzheimer's occurs when the brain develops plaques and tangles in the nerve cells leading to a degeneration of the memory and eventually the basic function of the mind. nola woods knows all about it. >> that is why they call it the long goodbye because you do lose them well before they are physically gone. >> reporter: she is a former reporter for kpix 5 and

. >> john ramos on neighborhoods who feel their city is changing, and not for the better. >> reporter: the most recent shooting happened here last night, at what police described as a peaceful vigil. a group of gunmen drove up and began firing into the crowd. three people were hit. a 17-year-old juvenile a man and woman both in their 20s. luckily none of the injuries were life-threatening, but that wasn't the case on wednesday at this sinclair gas station on lone tree way, when a pair of men in a car got into some kind of an argument with people in another car and began shooting from went to the hospital with critical injuries. one later died. then on saturday, a 36-year-old man was found shot to death on the sidewalk in the 52ock of trev isio way. six shootings, and to deaths in less than a week. >> now they are showing rap videos. they're all sounding the same. >> reporter: do you think they're responding to that message? >> yeah, they're responding to what they don't understand. >> reporter: this man said that young people are being influenced by what they see and hear every day an

. >>> i'm john ramos in berkeley, and the crab fishing season has once again been delayed. this time it is affecting a whole new group of fishermen. we have that story coming up. >>> >>> there is new hope for the monarch butterfly population in california, which some scientists had feared might be inching to the edge of extinction. >> researchers discovered the monarchs may have found a refuge in gardens and backyards on the peninsula. >> reporter: scientists were concerned that the monarch population had dipped so dangerously low that perhaps they had reached a point from which they cannot recover. maybe even on the edge of extinction. and then came this new and surprising discovery of a population that didn't migrate the mother did not travel up and down the coast, and remained permanently, it seems, on the peninsula. so majestic monarchs appeared to have found a winter oasis in places like this community garden in palo alto point >> even last year, there were more resident monarchs and people's gardens that are not migratory. >> reporter: monarchs typically migrate thous

john ramos has details. >> reporter: the dipsea race is back after being sidelined i covid-19 last year, which is a bit ironic considering the whole idea of a running race is to put as much distance between yourself and others as possible. >> reporter: it started when two friends visiting mill valley made a bet about who could get out to stinson beach first. >> that was in 1904 and they made the bet, and a year later about 90 people showed up at the starting line, and that was the first official running of the dipsea race. >> reporter: over the years of the off-road trail race became part of history and tradition for runners of all ages and abilities. the start is staggered with slower runners percent first while the faster are held back in that way whoever crossing the finish line 1st, regardless of their time is the winner. took do have advice for your little sister running it for the first time? >> definitely pace yourself and the stairs are demons. >> reporter: those demons stairs of the first major obstacle, 680 of them. from there it only gets more brutal. the race is 7.5 miles lo

in oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. >> the residents say the vandalism happens between midnight and 6:00 a.m. , after the security guard goes on for the night. we tried contacting cim group for comment, but have not heard back from them yet. >>> stanford university has more than two dozen new student covered cases, six of them in a row house. now the stanford daily reports some rowhouses and student groups have canceled or postponed their social events. the university spokesperson told the daily that students who tested positive have been isolated, and those at high risk for exposure have been quarantined. >>> it would be averse for any city in california. right now, the sacramento city council is discussing a proposal that would make housing a legal right. reporter melissa perlman shows us what would change. >> reporter: a sweeping plan at city hall to tackle homelessness. drawn 13 shows the growing sites along the freeway, and the safe ground camping sites were hundreds are staying. >> this is our family point >> reporter: under the plan, when the city offers a homeless person at least

john ramos has that story. >> reporter: residents of channel has pay more than $3000 per month for their apartments for that they expect a little security, not just for themselves, but for their cars as well. the huge complex that jack london square has 400 units, but only 80 parking spaces in its underground garage, so residents pay $150 per month for a space in the garage across the railroad tracks, owned by the same company. that there is a problem with that. >> within a month, my car has been broken into three times. three broken windows and listen 4 weeks. >> reporter: in one night alone, there were 14 reported break-ins, and fed up residents say windows are being smashed on almost a nightly basis. it has gotten so bad that page gets up at 6:00 a.m. every day to check if she should go to school, or call her insurance company. >> it's a bit of russian roulette if whether or not in the morning i wake up my car will still be intact, and i do worry about potentially catching these vandals in the act. or magid has been happening for months, and drivers have learned not to leave anything

john ramos explains why it's happening. >> reporter: with the huge backlog of ships in southern california ports, you would think oakland would be an attractive alternative. but that's now how it works. despite a ship backlog of up to two weeks, the southern california ports simply cannot be avoided. >> there's no replacing los angeles port of l.a. individually is the largest port in america. port of long beach is the third largest. >> andrew wong said ships are spending so much time in southern california, they don't have time to sail north to the bay area before heading home. >> because of that they can mass oakland and go directly back to asia. >> reporter: because oakland used to be the final stop in the supply loop, it served a convenient place to export perishable product to consumers in asian countries. >> their normal ships routes are completely disrupted. so what used to be a quick hop to japan, korea, china, is no longer that, and now it's a convoluted three weeks, five weeks. >> reporter: john lee owns a transport logistics company in oakland and said his customers investigator

. >>> destructive wildfires have become an ever present risk for many north bay communities as john ramos reports as we ramp up efforts to prevent fires. a new study shows it could be just the beginning. >> reporter: marin just like other north bay counties has learned that fighting wildfires is now a year-round proposition. the brush and trees behind the golden gate housing project are so thick it makes it a challenge to create a defensible space. they are seasonal firefighters and will probably be off work now and and marin we prevent wildfires by reducing fuels and considered as important as putting them out. >> things are dry in the fuel is as bad as it has been and in order to combat that we need to get out here and do what we are doing. >> for the last two years we have seen an increase of temperatures which dries out the vegetation and stresses a lot of trees out, and all of that is kindling or unburned fuel for a wildfire to potentially ignite. >> reporter: they have noticed how much dry air and more flammable the vegetation is and a new study says why. climate change has caused w