Santa Barbara's Jesusita Wildfire
More than 2,000 firefighters are battling the Jesusita Wildfire in the coastal communities of Santa Barbara County. Dozens of houses have been destroyed, and at least 30,000 residents are under order to evacuate. We spent the day along the fire line, talking to those fighting the fire and to residents who were reluctant to leave their homes behind.
Gay Activists Look Beyond Prop. 8
The State Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now on the validity of Proposition 8 -- that's the ban on same-sex marriage passed by voters last November. But gay rights activists are already gearing up for another battle at the ballot box.
Moms in Prison
Sunday is Mother's Day, perhaps the only day of the year when moms get doted on by the rest of the family. But this Hallmark holiday has a very different meaning for mothers in prison. Some 11,000 women are incarcerated in California, and three quarters of them have children under the age of 18. Each year, some of these kids ride a state-sponsored bus to the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, home to California's two largest women's prisons. We hear the voices of the families visiting their loved ones -- and the women struggling to be parents from behind bars.
Building 101
Artists tend to gravitate toward blighted urban neighborhoods for the cheap rent. Over time, the galleries and coffee shops 'gentrify' these areas, making them attractive to condo developers and eventually, unaffordable for the artists. But in San Francisco, the biggest artists' colony on the West Coast appears to have found a way to share space with a massive new development.