Sal saido has more now on the historic day. Reporter with the cut of a red ribbon, the California Green rush was in full swing in San Francisco. People in my life have been fighting for day. Reporter the apothecary yum in the Castro District didnt open until candidate a. M. But dominic rio wanted to be first in line. Got here at 4 20 this morning. Reporter symbolic . I thought it was. Reporter before today you needed to have a Medicinal Marijuana card to make a purchase in the city. Not the case anymore. We have been around seven years. We have been anticipating it for a long time. Reporter only a handful of dispensaries were given the on friday to start selling recreational weed this weekend. San francisco businesses had to wait for the city to iron out its regulations. We had issues we had to work through. There were people who frankly didnt understand cannabis. Reporter bus was good at the harvest in the richmond district. Activity double to triple what we normally do. Reporter with
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning searchandrescue crews in Southern California are desperately looking for victims of the mudslides that have already killed 17 people. 17 more people are reported missing. Santa barbara county officials estimate 100 homes were destroyed as tons of mud, rock, and uprooted tries rolled downhill. A 30mile stretch of u. S. Highway 101 remains closed and is not expected to reopen until monday. Tom wait in montecito, california, has our report. Reporter the search for victims continues in Southern California. Theyre kind of doing what you do when you have an avalanc avalanche. You go around and poke and if you feel something different, you try to figure out what it is. Reporter nearly two days theyve been going around. This is still a searchandrescue operation. First responders say other responders may be trapped in the mud somewhere. There are several factors t
Drink alcohol. I decided to buy a large bottle. Reporter she se shez fell asleep watching a movie. They were telling me samantha we need you to come out of your room. I told them i didnt do anything. Reporter police say helstrom had a handgun recovered from her apartment but she says it wasnt real. Its an air soft gun i bought. Its not a real firearm. Reporter today the District Attorneys Office confirmed shes charged with two counts of brandishing a replica firearm. She remembers being shot with rubber bullets on the leg. At one point when i came out, i said go ahead and shoot me. I dont care. Reporter all the while officers were running down the street evacuating businesses and shielding pedestrians. So were being evacuated from the building. The Police Officer just told us you should run, you should run. Because we got out and we were walking and he was gesturing towards us like you should run. I think it was an overreaction. That was not a deescalation. That was an escalation. Were
Sheriffs deputy here protecting the scene until investigators get back out here at first light to finish processing their crime scene. Officers now in their 15th hour on this investigation. According to the east bay times, they were called out here because of a fight in the street. And they followed a trail of blood to a home where they found a 41yearold man dead inside. They are classifying this as a homicide and are actively looking for the killer. They havent said how the man was killed. Sheriffs deputies are asking anyone with any information to call the alameda Sheriffs Office. Reporting live in san leandro, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Amy, thank you. Lets get back to that weather. March certainly roaring like a lion on the east coast. A monster storm all the way down to virginia and this is a live look at white hall, pennsylvania. The storm expected to dump one to two feet on snow on the new york city metro area and wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour. The good news here, a signifi
Good evening. We now know the standoff that forced part of the Mission District was all over a fake gun. Today Police Confirmed Samantha Helstrom brandished a replica firearm. People were evacuated out of concern for Public Safety saying there was an armed suspect barricaded inside a hotel. The standoff lasted over seven hours and had a major impact on businesses in that area. It sure did. New at 6 00, abc 7 reporter, melanie, she says she doesnt remember a thing. Reporter Samantha Helstrom said she was sorry for scaring anyone with a replica gun. Property and time can be recouped. Police released her mug shot today but she asked us not to show her face. Inside the county jail, Samantha Helstrom described what happened on valencia street. Feeling depressed ill go and drink alcohol. I decided to buy a large bottle. Reporter she se shez fell asleep watching a movie. They were telling me samantha we need you to come out of your room. I told them i didnt do anything. Reporter police say he