implication. today in sacramento business leaders met for a roundtable discussion on the adult use of marijuana act. organizers say they obtained the required signatures in the measure is expected the november valid. business leaders say legalization would give a much needed jolt employment in the california economy. you re going to have a lot of jobs created competition really up and down the coast where you have both the production, cultivation and sales. there is no question about the jobs. some employers are worried that employees will show up for work high. they want to be sure the regulations and penalties are in place to prevent that without them getting sued. in the meantime organizers of a ballot measure that would triple the cigarette tax say they have enough signatures to put the issue before voters. billionaire environmentalist led the campaign for a $2 increase on a pack of cigarettes. if verified it will go before voters in november. right now the taxes $.87
friday and say he was behind the wheel of the white windowless van that hit green and then fled the scene. susan mckay taurisano: is that him? wow. susan mckay turisano lives across the street from the green family and was home the night of the tragic killing. she says many believe the driver was drunk that night - and was trying to take the back route home from a neighborhood bar. mckay taurisano: they dont like to drive lake mead they take the back roads and they go down thomas. north las vegas police said because several days passed before garcia- martinez was arrested - he hasnt been charged with driving under the influence yet. so far his charges include failure to stop at the scene of an accident and driving without a valid license. fox5 knocked on a couple of doors in the neighborhood to get some answers. while all residents decline on camera interviews many recognized garcia-martinez s face and said he frequently visits a relative who lives on thomas avenue. police sa
brandon three tee degrees below zero and it s much colder when you go north where temperatures are colder. 3 degrees. we re not going to make it up too much more. temperatures climb to 17 degrees by three. we ll have chance of flurries this afternoon. eighteen degrees will be our high temperatures. we re not making it into the 20s. they ll continue to fall into the single digits by tomorrow. we re talking about more cold tomorrow and that s also when some snow develops and it could be accumulating snow fall. we ll tell you how much to expect in fifteen minutes too. zika virus is here in the tri-state a 56-year-old butler county woman tested positive after returning from a trip to gee an that. with this first diagnosis there are a lot of questions guy an that. where they associated that with birth defects in brazil. it s primarily transmitted through mosquito bites but it is possibly spread through sexual contact. we do know that 80 percent of infected people never show
stage in washington today as the nation s governors try to rein in rampant heroin and fentanyl abuse. good evening, i m tom giffith. shelley: and i m shelley walcott. chief executives from all 50 states are endorsing a plan to boost prescription drug monitoring programs to prevent over-prescription. tom: that move getting a thumbs up tonight from local treatment providers. wmur political reporter adam sexton joins us now to explain. adam: at serenity place they estimate 70% of the people who come in the door seeking treatment started their path to addiction with a prescription from a doctor. they say it makes sense to focus more attention on that part of the problem. while first responders and the treatment community are working harder than ever to combat the heroin and fentanyl epidemic progress remains hard to come by. it s getting worse here in new hampshire, more specifically right here in manchester. but stephanie bergeron of serenity place in manchester is encoura
tom: that move getting a thumbs up tonight from local treatment providers. wmur political reporter adam sexton joins us now to explain. adam: at serenity place they estimate 70% of the people who come in the door seeking treatment started their path to addiction with a prescription from a doctor. they say it makes sense to focus more attention on that part of the problem. while first responders and the treatment community are working harder than ever to combat the heroin and fentanyl epidemic progress remains hard to come by. it s getting worse here in new hampshire, more specifically right here in manchester. but stephanie bergeron of serenity place in manchester is encouraged by consensus coming out of the national governors association winter meetings in washington. that s where the top leaders of the states are backing the adoption of national standards for the prescription of opioid painkillers. we know that this is probably one of the main sources of the epidemic