Were reportedly heading home from a barbecue. The message here is dont drink and drive. You can call a taxi cab, public transportation, designated driver, or just stay at the location that you are. Its not worth it. Lives will be changed forever. Reporter flanigan faces a litany of charges, including felony dui and vehicular manslaughter. Live in oakland, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2news. More details now, the latest number from the chp showed drunk drivingrelated deaths have been increasing in recent years. 1997, 1100 people were killed in duirelated crashes. Five years later, that number had increased to 1300. In 2007, thats the most recent year the statistics include, 1489 californians were killed in dui crashes. We are getting new information on developing news right now in berkeley where there is a water main break. It happened about 4 30 this afternoon at the intersection of parker and mcgee. Its causing street flooding about a block away at parker and california streets. Now, we
Of todays decision. And we begin with ktvus john fowler. John, experts think the drought is even more dire than first thought. Reporter well, about half of the nations fruits and vegetables come from california, so the big impact, of course, is going to be on food prices, but depending on where you live, times could soon get tough. Water supplies for half a Million People in the east bay, from oakley to martinez to walnut creek, today cut by half, to 55 gallons per person per day, the lowest in decades. What that means to our customers is that well have enough water to meet the needs of indoor water use and also the needs of businesses. Reporter contra costa Water Districts Jennifer Allen says its not enough for outdoor water, landscaping, car washing and the like, expected to decide in four weeks whether to impose rationing. Other bay area districts are vees vulnerable, but california farms are hit hard. This area of the westlands district will get no state or federal water. They can
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. There is a Peace Agreement tonight in ukraine but it came at the cost of at least 77 dead and hundreds more injured. After days of riot, president yanukovich gave in. Today in a deal with leaders of the opposition, he agreed to early president ial elections, no later than december. Then in rapid sequence, ukraines parliament fired the interior minister, blamed for much of the violence; curbed the powers of the president ; and voted to release the president s chief political rival from prison. Its all about the future of ukraine, whether it will be tied to russia, as the president wanted, or to western europe, as the protesters demanded. And cbs news correspondent Holly Williams is in kiev, down among the protesters barricades. Holly. Reporter scott, despite the concessions made today by president viktor yanukovych, including an amnesty for protesters, none of it was enough for the demonstrators who have occupied the streets here in the
LOS ANGELES — A federal corruption prosecutor has joined the LAPD investigation into allegations that the department mishandled a sexual assault complaint against former CBS executive Leslie Moonves, Los Angeles
The revelation comes after a stunning report that revealed that former LAPD Cmdr. Cory Palka and perhaps others in the police department worked to keep a lid on explosive allegations against Moonves.