The annual celebration of 4 20. It might be the highlight of the year for marijuana enthusiasts but not everyone is looking forward to it. Its the one day police in San Francisco turn a blind eye on pot smokers getting high in public because there are too many to ticket. Thats just crazy. But city leaders do try to control the chaos on 4 20 as much as they can. We never know what to expect. We prepare for large crowds. Last year the city spent 100,000 on extra police and cleaning up the mess left behind. Still Business Owners said it wasnt enough. Its pretty sketchy. She works on way street and last year the crowd got out of control. You cant really work. Theres people throwing trash everywhere and disrespecting the streets. Its good for business. This will be the stores first Unofficial National marijuana celebration day. The goal is to have everybody check out our product. While he hopes sales are high city leaders hope the trouble is low and the fact it lands on a week day could be
Delay yet. Same thing in lafayette you may still hit the crews out there pushing on the road but right now spencers picking up speeds of 65 Miles Per Hour and seeing delays on the altamont pass. A lot going on already liz thank you. New this morning hundreds of f. B. I. Cases under review because of Hair Analysis Technology that turned out to be flawed. Kit joins us now to explain what went wrong. Good morning. The instance project played a big role with chapters all over the country including right here at santa peculiara university. This is a report out on the f. B. I. Who used hair analysis for decades. They use microscopes and compare these individual strands of hair with only their eyes. This method is deeply flawed. This new report out to date by the project and National Association of criminal defense lawyers found from the 1970s through 1999, 25 of 29 forensic examiners from the f. B. I. Had errors in their testimony that impacted 257 cases. The report also found of 18 people e
Crowds. The last fetch years 4 20 landed on the weekend and there was an estimated 10,000pounds of garbage in the park so smaller crowds could be this year since today is monday. Organizers of todays event say dont bring glass bottles and be sure to pick up your own trash. Vendors are expected to arrive starting at 10 30 this morning. Kpix5. Hopes are dwindling for two people missing since a deadly boating incident. Four people left from the bay friday morning for a punishing trip and their damaged boat was found saturday at the point. Two bodies were found near the boat. The county Sheriffs Department identifies them as 61yearold diane kelly of windsor and 59 yearold richard hare graves junior of santa rosa. The search for the two people has been suspended. The coast guard never received a distress signal. Pg and e was not notified about construction in fresno where a pipeline closed after a county worker struck and hit a line with the backhoe. Pg and e was not told about the activity
Medical marijuana today. A new palm finds 53 percent of americans now support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. Pew Research Finds 77 percent support for medical purposes with four state and washington dc legalizing pot use for recreation. 23 have legalized medical miles an hour juan including california. A pedestrian was on a freeway offramp in San Francisco and was hit and killed by cars. It happened after 9 00 p. M. On the northbound 101 alameda boulevard offramp. The victim was hit by at least two cars. One lane of 101 was closed for two hours. Uber driver is under arrest in a possible case of road rage. Police say emerson hit a bicyclist on north point and in taylor yesterday afternoon in San Francisco. The bicyclist yelled at the driver banged open the window and pushed the mirror in and the driver intentionally rammed into him and the bicyclist has a punctureed lung and broken ribs and broken shoulder. There was a fatal bicycle wreck in marin county. Four peopl
Miles south of st. Thomas and st. John, they really avoided most of the storm. You know, you could go on vacation there next week and not know anything had happened. So many organizations, many families based there are taking ferries over or helicopters and bringing food. I met a guy who ran a pizza shop on st. John and he was cooking daily and just inviting people in. Both to get help communicating with family members, trying to get in touch with people. But also just to have Community Meals and sit down and eat and catch up with people. I would say again, the farther you get away from, you know, some of the more popular areas down by the water that are and you move inland and its a little less a little more sparsely populated, thats when you start to see people who are still in dire need of food and water. When i spoke to governor mapp, he acknowledged the main issue right now is security and nutrition for folks. There are still a lot of people who could use donations. Anyone who is