Water as we should all signs point to this we are in trouble. Reporter despite some of the enormous youre about to see water officials that i talked with said that people are still conservative and very high rates in the area of but they say they have to keep it up. In the San Francisco bay area water reduction rate during the month of january dropped 18 bidding the increase in water saving was much less than has been in the past bay area water Officials Say not so fast. youre taught modern urban area using water is not a lot of water the production is a big deal when youre talking about for use inside the house. One of the likely reason why Officials Say conservation was down. More restrictions may be coming later this month in the bay area and a seventh of our the biggest water savers on average resins used 37 gal. Per day will below san franciscans 45 gal. And sunnyvale 52 gal. All still very low totals in fact bring other areas of the stay. Reporter were in for the ever pretty dry
Painkillers now the leading cause of drug overdoses. Two counties in the state blame the drugmakers for touting the benefits of the narcotics and trivializing the deadly side effects, specifically addiction. We have seen increases in overdose deaths. Weve seen babies born with opiate withdrawal. The focus of this lawsuit is on holding the pharmaceutical industry accountable for their deception ensuring that doctors and patients have Accurate Information when decisions are being made about their care. Reporter experts in drug treatment agree america has become reliant on painkillers. But they say taking them away from people who are already addicted will push them to street drugs like heroin. Opiates really are miracle drugs, no doubt. At the same time, they carry risks. Reporter San Francisco Health Department Substance Abuse degree dr. Phillip coffin has no opinion on the lawsuit but he says the real issue is getting lost. We need to not be scared to prescribe opiates when its appropr
Immoral or wrong or unethical protected. Reporter senator leland yee was the only public official arrested. He was indicted on charges including firearms trafficking and wire fraud. The government used wiretap body wires and surveillance cameras to gather thousands of hours of evidence against yee, chow and 25 other defendants. Government prosecutors asked for the protective order to protect the undercover agents and also said evidence improperly disclosed could be used to besmirch otherwise innocent individuals. The judge agreed and his gag order wrote, such disclosure risks not only bodily harm to undercover agents but reputational harm to individuals who would be collateral damage. In the case of public officials, there is also a risk of unfairly undermining their abilities to govern. So what is there . I mean, we have a right the public has a right to know who did what, which political officials did what, before they get elected in november whether it rose to the level of criminal
Hes doing it on a loophole. Oakland has a high number of Police Officers retiring on medical disabilities. They should be more carefully looking at these disables and more importantly when it does happen to track them to see the condition of the disability still exists. He was involved in a shooting last year killing a friend of the bostons suspect during an investigation in florida. Sure, he might have been well thought of but other people like myself have concerns about his policing. The city will investigate whether or not his job as an fbi agent any different as the one he did in oakland. Regardless, mcfarland needs to stop recashing in. It is a miss used of fund because at the end of the day i am paying for that pension as a residence and that needs to be corrected or stopped. Reporter i ask the agent what theyre considering to update the policy so Something Like this would not happen again. I was told that lawmakers would have to pass it in the legislature if they want to make an
Santa cruz will be partly cloudy. Some of the clouds you see will be high clouds drifting over head. In any case it wont make a huge impact on what we have in store for your friday. 54 degrees right now in walnut creek. 50 in novato. Wide spread 50s around the bay. 60 degrees in antioch. That is only spot i can see outside our door right now. 53 menlo park. 56 menlo park . Did i just say menlo park twice . As we get into your afternoon today a notable jump coming your way. Wide spread 70s around the bay. Even 80 degrees for some of your warmest locations. And then for the afternoon take a peek at what is expected here. 88 antioch. 82 for valy hoe. 86 in napa. Napa yesterday you were in the upper 70s. So a notable change coming your way. 65 in San Francisco. Today you will go to 70. 81 expected in san jose. And this warmup will continue. I will show you which day is expected to be the warmest day as we take a look at your extended forecast. Good morning sal. Good morning. We have a look