Now more than 200 communities, plastic bags are banned or shoppers are charged the fee to use them. That is our cover story tonight. Plastic bags have gone from a shopping convenience to what some say is an environmental nuisance. Over 1 trillion of these bags are used each year and 90 are thrown out after each use. Even worse, they can take up to 500 years to degrade. More than 200 cities in 20 states and the district of columbia have passed plastic bag regulations, ranging from complete bans in austin and seattle to fees. Aspen charges 20 cents. Do these regulations work . The d. C. Fee has resulted in a 50 decrease in the use and in los angeles, they went from using 2. 2 million bags a year to 125,000. But not all regulations have had the same impact. Residents used heavier grade plastic that took longer to degrade. Consumers were buying garbage bags. And they are currently on hold and awaiting a public vote in november. Will bag laws help reduce the litter out there or is it having
Any more. Considered a shallow quake with a depth of 6 miles. Several after shock are now being reported ranging from 5. 5 to 4. 0magnitude. Back in 2009 6. 3 quake hit the same area killing more than 300 people. We will continue to monitor the situation in italy and bring you updates during the newscast and on our web site over on channel 7. So please, stay tune. Good evening. In the bay area tonight a taxi jumped the curb on San Francisco Market Street sending three people to the hospital. The injuries include the taxi driver and two people who were on the sidewalk. All of them were taken to sf general. One of the pedestrians, 40yearold man is in critical condition. Two other men ages 59 and 66 are listed as fair. The crash happened just after 3 00 p. M. Not far from the montgomery bart station at market and sutter. Leslie has more. Reporter witnesses say the yellow cab was flying down Market Street when it went over the curb at sutter and crashed into this advertising kiosk and shoe
One talking with that victim this morning. Marissa . I just talked with the woman living inside she tells me she and her daughter may have caught the suspects off guard. Thats because she thinks whoever broke into their home knew they had plans to go out of town. But at the last minute the woman and her daughter decided to stay behind. She says when the break in happened somebody kicked their bedroom door in. The mother tells me she was terrified she felt trapped and surrounded by the suspects and would have do 17 03 36 03 that was difficult because my daughter was crying, and i was on the phone with 911, i had my bedroom window opened and i was looking outside, my head was out the window, and i even said it on the tape, i was thinking of taking my daughter and jumping out the window because i was so terrified i didnt know what to do nichole knoepfle she was able to give me a description of the suspects she says there were three all of them teenagers and one of ponytail. Mk 13an. Low p
In new york. 3 chyrons mark dunton uber passengerpatti jones friend of barbara hawthornejoi coleman 12yearold survivor pkg Jason Brian Dalton faces multiple murder and weapons charges connected to a deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo. Officials say the 45yearold uber driver targeted his victims at random. Mark dunton gets chills thinking about his encounter with the accused killer sot mark dunton uber passenger 52 its crazy to think that someone could have gone out and jususdone all these horrible thinin and came to work straigigfaced like hes just coming to work 59 dunton and his friends heard about the killing spree and got nervous when dalton picked them up in a car that matched the one police were looking for. sot mark dunton uber passenger my buddy scott actually said something to him said hey this isnt the hhr, youre not the guy are you . And he said no 53yearold Richard Smith and his 17year old son tyler were killed car shopping at this dealership. Barbara hawthorne was among
Onsite. Luckily, nobody was inside the building at the time. Rescue crews had to extricate the drivers and passengers out. The three occupants taken to nearby hospital. We are told none of those injuries are serious. We had to remove the passenger door to get the driver out and to get out of the vehicle and pulled the vehicle out of the building to get the other two occupants out they were doing stuff to both sides of the building. Right now a funeral was taking place on one side of the building and you see workers from damage restoration making repairs and we can tell you those injuries are minor from what were told of the Senior Citizens and were told this building should be up and repaired within a day or so. Guys. Thank you very much. Chris. Happening right now a fallout from a wild party. Authorities say two parents will pay the price from this party. Sabina. Reporter this party was so wild that it was like a scene out of the movie animal house. And the parents were home. Cellphon