People want to keep me employed. Thats the good thing about it. City workers also started recently manning public toilets around town try encourage their use. And here is a twist you dont see everywhere. A lot of cities have bags for cleaning you ing up your dogs out on the street, but how many also have needle disposal units as well . We are doing everything that we can from the cleaning point of view. Do we have antilitter law sns arent there laws about not going to the bathroom on the streets . All kinds of ordinances on the books, and different people try to enforce them, but at the end of the day, they end up in our courts and, you know, they are back on the streets. I feel Like Fighting a lose ing battle . Sometimes. But, again, it has to be done. Okay. So 3 million more. What is that going to mean for the streets of San Francisco . It means 18 more bodies out there cleaning up. The good news is they are going to be able to get out there and hit the neighborhoods and zero in on t
Murdered. My staff was so hopeful that we were going to find her alive and when the news came last night that she was not alive it was horrific. Reporter the discovery comes a little over 24 hours last scene on a surveillance camera. We were looking in several different dumpsters. I wish i would have looked in this one but i didnt. The only person to blame is that piece of crap. Reporter they visited that dumpster with maddies uncle. Maddie had a lot of life, joyful, always with a smile on her face. The hardest part was seeing his brothers pain. It was hell, are you kidding me . Im mad that i wasnt here quick enough. Reporter he shared with him his favorite picture of maddie saying she was ahead of her time. I want to show you theres a teddy bear, some candles at the headquarters. The poster said, i didnt know you, maddie, but we still care. The da is planning to file charges and they are considering charges him as an adult. Frank . I know that maddie weighed about 50 pounds and the po
We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields are thirsty without much water to go around. So it makes sense for critics to start searching for a scapegoat. But is americas numberone snack nut shown here in video provided by the almond board of california really as bad as its cracked up to be . Lets look at a recent report from the bay areabased Pacific Institute that draws on years of numbers from the department of water resources. It shows almonds and pistachios are actually tied for fourth in water intensity, the best gauge of wat
Finally donald trump theyre bringing drugs theyre bringing crime. Sam a tragic shooting in San Francisco and the arrest of an undocumented immigrant. A unique event, or really a link between immigration and crime . We uncover the truth in this edition of reality check. Sam and good evening, and welcome to reality check. Im sam brock. For the next 30 minutes, well take a closer look at topics making headlines, and claims coming from highprofile leaders, to separate the truth from the bunk. We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields
Evidence of the missing plane. That plane debris found in the indian ocean is now confirms to have been from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. We will have more on the bra be news story tonight starting at 4 00 and you can get breaking news alerts on twitter abc7newsbayarea. Good morning, i am kristen sze. I am eric thomas. Other news, flames devour an apartment complex sending massive plumes of smoke into the air and sending dozens of residents into the street. The fire started at 8 00 at the delta pipes apartment on sycamore drive. Amy hollyfield is there. Amy . Look how busy the firefighters are behind me. This has been out for a while and they got the fire out but they now are in the mop up station. We have at least 30 residents here now trying to figure what to do now. Firefighters say this fire has gone into the attic space and burned quickly burning two apartment buildings impacting a total of 20 apartment homes. Firefighters say that everyone got out safely but they think t