Kids health pointing to berkeley which has a soda tax as proof that it works. But does it . So what we found is that to a surprising extent the tax is spread around in berkeley. Reporter Brad Williams is a former chief economist for the California Legislative Analyst Office an antisoda tax group hired him to look at the numbers. Dont have a major increase in price on sugary drinks, you wont get a significant effect on consumption. So youre not going to get the Health Benefits into the proponents would like to see. Reporter critics says its a grocery tax. Grocer can recoup the tax charging higher for other items. Thats what a survey of 180 small grocers in San Francisco, oakland and berkeley found. 70 said they would raise the cost of many products not just sugary drinks. If the tax is spread around, its going to affect a Broad Spectrum of residents of San Francisco whether or not they drink sugary drinks. Reporter according to the study, the cost of soda in berkeley isnt much different
Arrested. Crash happened this afternoon near the skyline Plaza Shopping Center near west moore high school. An arrest tonight in the murder of a bay area woman in texas. U. S. Marshals caught up with end cot mccray in atlanta, georgia. He had been on the run since the shooting ong sunday. Our nbc affiliate in austin says he fired gun shots after getting into a fight with his brotherinlaw. Police say he ended up killing the woman of san carlos. She was in texas visiting her fiances family. Well, you can see and smell the smoke in several parts of the bay area. That wildfire near lake barisa continues to burn out of control. Right now, 4,000 acres and its threatening homes and campgrounds. Take a look now from our nbc chopper. We show you some pictures of the cold fire. Just off highway 28 near the town of winter. Popular recreation spot. Lets bring in Jodi Hernandez at the fire command post in winter. Whats the Progress Report here . Well, were hoping to get some updated information lat
Yourself. Pretty much. It is early but we have an accident i95 north bound near cottman. The right lane is block. And look at this, it is 5 30 in the morning and already you just see a stream of headlights, and also what you are seeing we are seeing taillights because that is moving in the southbound direction. That is where we are having the majority of the volume but moving in the northbound direction near cottman where we are typically not seeing the volume, we are seeing a lot of it now because of this accident. Everyone breaking on the northbound and southbound side. We will get big gaper delays. Everyone stops and takes a peak. I95 give yourself a couple extra minutes. We have the boulevard southbound a at fox street looking great here with nice change from last camera to this camera. Everyone is traveling at posted speed and a quick peak at the bend been, for those traveling from new jersey to center city looking great. For those traveling in the other way, eastbound direction,
Rain. You will be battling sun glare later on but just like yesterday quiet weather. Each day gets warmer a as we ares hacking on to those summertime temperatures. Were very comfortable still. We are looking at lower to mid 50s in the suburbs. Allentown at 55 degrees. The mount pocono 49, milder in philadelphia a. Airport checking in the at 64. Zooming into a couple of the suburbs north quakertown milder then yesterday morning where were in the lower 50s. Fiftyfive in doylestown no winds to deal w philadelphia 7. So very comfortable start. Some locations you may need jacket but you have to shed it quickly as that sunshine will be out in full force later this morning. Nothing happening on storm scan three, that will be the trend to get today. The lots of sunshine. Another warm day. Summer hangs on. High temperatures will be well above average. We will break down your numbers. By 9 00 we are pushing 70 degrees. Lunchtime in the lower 80s. Afternoon high in the mid 80s for philadelphia an
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