Black men pumping iron at a gym.

New story - TWA meeting room in Pleasanton, California packed with people attending a meeting having to do with a sewer system. Councilmen seated at a long table face the audience. News reporter talks unseen.

A man at same meeting at the podium holds up a chart with the potential costs of the pipe. A speaker from the Sierra Club challenges the Councilmen to put the idea to a vote. Oakland Councilman, Wilson Riles, at the podium speaks about the opposition from many counties.

Tilt down CU of a lawn mower. An older man mows the lawn in the small town of Concord, California (nearby the Concord Naval Weapons Station.) Z'out to a corner in the same neighborhood where people are gathered in a demonstration against the armed shipments

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CU hands holding a petition with a list of names (neighbors attempt to persuade the Board of Supervisor to pass an ordinance restricting the protestors).

WS messy street with a bunch of signs on the ground, traffic cones, bicycles, chairs, etc.

Sign for the town of Clyde.

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News story about a protest at a construction site... Workers (on foot) hand out fliers to workers in cars driviing into the USS Posco Plant. A worker talks to reporter unseen about the dangerous conditions at the plant.

Shaggy hair'd and bearded talking head iron worker talks with reporter about the workers with no experience being "meat' not 'people'. Unseen reporter talks about deaths and injures that have occurred at the plant.

CU a California Sheriff vehicle driving by a group of workers gathered outside.

Sign for USS-POSCO INDUSTRIES on ext. of building.

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CU peoples legs - wearing various sneakers and shoes and socks, long pants.

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A family, Black mom and dad and two small kids sitting on their porch. CU of the mom and dad - they talk to a reporter about the cutbacks in the government free food program and the impact it will have on their family.

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Signs on a street post - Emeryville City Limit, and warning business alert sign

CU two handguns on a desk, Smith and Wesson 9mm semi automatic. Unseen reporter talks about the several drug arrests in Emeryville and the new guns that carry more shots.

CU and other shots of an Oakland police office, Wayne McFee, at target practice inside. He aims his gun and shoots at the targets. He talks into the camera about the types of guns they select referring to the new 9 mm to protect citizens as opposed to going too far and having "too much lead" flying around.

A man jogging down a quiet suburban street, Colier Canyon Road near Livermore, California.

Homes and apartments under construction in the "tri-valley".

Montage around the Tri-Valley area of Northern California - tall buildings, a barn in the country, workers in offices, and construction sites, people riding bikes.

From behind, a lone runner down a country road, foggy day.

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Traffic in downtown Oakland. A reporter unseen reports about the new taxes proposed by City Council to maintain a quality of life in the city.

An Asian cook preparing food in a restaurant kitchen.

Hand punching they keys on a cash register, the cash drawer pops open. Hands making change.

Homes on a street in Oakland, California - cars parked on street, many telephone poles, homes close together.

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News story about Coast Guard budget cuts.
A boat captain, Spanish man, at the helm of a U.S. Coast Guard boat. He talks about checking for survivors from an accident having to do with a ship running into the grids of the bridge.

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CU white water waves hitting the boat and huge orange buoy dangling from a rope.

Talking head male speaks with unseen reporter talks about being saved by the Coast Guard and how he wrote to the President urging him to cut back other areas of the budge and keep the Coast Guard there. A Coast Guard San Francisco Commander speaks from podium about the decommissioned station and more coast guard budget cuts.

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WS Eadon Medical Center in Alameda County, California

Int. a trauma unit, bed and medical equipment, large overhead lights.

Ext. "Emergency Hospital" signage outside Eadon Medical Center