Violence in america. All ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. Good morning. Welcome to a brand new day wednesday, january 16th im dave clark. Good morning, im pam cook. Thank you for waking up with us this morning. Steve paulson is here. And i guess we talked about it a tiny bit warmer. A tad warmer. It is cold. 20s and 30s. Its getting a little better each day here for some. Temperatures right now 20s concord. Livermore 27. Santa rosa 29. Its darn cold out there. It will be a little warmer near 60 for a few. Oakland down to santa cruz. Here is sal. Good morning. Traffic on westbound 24 looks good driving up to the tunnel. There are no major problems by the way on interstate 680 from concord to walnut creek. Also the morning commute on westbound 92 the san mateo bridge nice drive over to the peninsula. Lets go back to the desk. The city of oakland one step closer to adopting a new Crime Fighting plan. That is following a late night vote last night and a really heated meeting inside ci
More than 1,000 New Mexicans die from drug overdoses each year, and while there s been a slight drop in overdoses from opioids nationwide, it s mostly offset by those from cocaine and other stimulants. James Besante, chief medical officer at the Santa Fe Recovery Center, said the opioid crisis is evolving - sometimes described as "waves." Now in its fourth wave, he said the nearly 4% decrease reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is good news, but doesn t reflect what he s seeing on the ground. He noted that it s common that multiple drugs are involved in overdose deaths. .
By Mara O Malley for Kent State News Lab.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. According to the Ohio Department of Aging s Summary Assessment of Older Adults, deaths by suicide among adults ages 60 and older have increased by 40% in the last decade. The spike is particularly concentrated among men aged 85 and older. .
By Mara O Malley for Kent State News Lab.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Though it is now legal for Ohioans to use cannabis, the 2023 passage of Issue 2 does not prevent employers from drug testing job applicants and employees and instituting zero-tolerance policies. Employers in Ohio are still permitted to penalize workers who use, possess or distribute marijuana. .
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