Police say they were running five massage parlors in livermore, tracy and brentwood. Reporter police estimate 25 women were victimized, five at each location. Police say they came here to the United States looking for a better life. Instead as police put it, they were held hostage. Reporter police say this parlor owner and her boyfriend both from livermore promised women from china ranging in age from 20 to 25 the american dream. Instead they lived a life of horror. Theyre essentially held hostage and forced into prostitution. Theyre told that they owe a debt. And that they need to work that debt off. Reporter police say their investigation started a year ago when Community Members suspected prostitution here at elite foot and back. When they first moved on, we were suspicious right away. Reporter dr. Melissa matthews owns the hospital next door. She never saw women enter the business, only men. She also says the women lived at the parlor. They would come out in the morning with curler
Sources tell me that the person who rented the home from airbnb, falsely told that they needed to escape the fire, the kincaid fire. The owner headband the parties of more than 12 people. More than 100 people were spilling out on the streets in a city that is not used to such violence. Quiet and peaceful. This is the last place that i would never expect Something Like this to happen. Reporter in a statement airbnb says that they have taken action. That their thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims. Reporter neighbors had previously complained about the parties, transit parking issues. The city manager tells us that the owner handle those issu ktv the seat of the crime has been full of activity all day long. Paul chambers has this part of our coverage. We video chat about four times. Reporter he is talking about his son. The 24yearold is one of the people injured in the shooting at the home in orinda thursday night. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I dont like it and
We are good to go. Welcome everybody. We are back with chatter on books and happily we already disclosed location, one more page books in arlington we take books, wine and chocolate more seriously than we take ourselves. Thank you so much for letting us be here. Thank you so much for coming. Its going to be out in the open. My name is jeanne mcmanus, later were going to be speaking with wil haygood who im honored to meet. The book will talk about a lot of things that talk about tigerland which is Remarkable Book about some really incredible young man at a very difficult time. A couple of the things on tap, random thoughts, i know youre the you. I kind of obsessed with look at bestseller list you hate. I take the bullet for the team but im always interested in something that pops up unexpectedly, and i talked a couple of weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up, to kill a mockingbird, was a prime example, and we know why and we know why the handmaids tale was there.
University buildings, are all over the campus, the bell tower, and of course foothill dorms where students just moved in last week to start the fall semester. Many of these buildings are listed by the uc system as safe but under a new engineering assessment recently completed they are all classified as poor or very poor. When it comes to withstanding an earthquake. We have learned more about what earthquake ground motion close to faults can be like, and you know, were now incorporating that new knowledge into the assessment of these buildings, and as that new knowledge comes into play, many buildings that were deemed safe in the past now have some open questions. Is there concern by some faculty that enough hasnt been done yet here . There is some concern. I personally have concerns about that. Reporter now this is all part of a reassessment of all buildings on the university of california campuses statewide, some nine campuses and it does not mean the buildings have gotten worse as th
At every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. Billys case led to a big change at the end of 2018. Medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. Globally, where thats happened, its often not been long before Recreational Use of the drug has followed. Take, for example, canada. It legalised cannabis in october last year, the first major western country to do so. Thats good weed. With cannabis the uks most popular illegal drug, a group of british mps and charities have come to canada to see what some call the worlds biggest drugs experiment. Have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself . I never saw any volume of cannabis so, should the uk follow suit . In a couple of weeks, were going to be following a first of its kind three mps from across the political spectrum, heading to canada to see how legalising cannabis has worked out. But, first, i want to find out where they stand. Starting here