Robert santos only states cannot outlaw the status of drug addiction. They can prohibit conduct like drug use. I am nervous. Youll have to plug me in. Good afternoon. Welcome. Thank you all of us joining us here in person as well as all of you turning in from around the world. I am the Senior Vice President of Research Programs at the simpson center. It is my great pleasure to welcome you all here today for a very special event. The Stimson Center is a Foreign Policy think tank founded in 1989 in washington dc. We promote and pursue International Security and shared prosperity through applied research and independent analysis, global engagement, and policy innovation. 2024 is the 35th anniversary of the Stimson Center and we are marking this occasion with a year of global exploration together with some of the greatest Foreign Policy and International Security minds today. We are delighted to have as part of the Anniversary Series a special guest and friend to distant plants and are the
After years of waiting, a legendary San Francisco bar welcomes customers to its new location. Celebrations in San Francisco go back to the roots of the city council the official event at golden gate park. Oakland it was Baseball Team is sprucing up its future home in a neglected neighborhood. Looking at all the people who have committed a beautiful saturday to coming out and hanging out at the park is pretty incredible. The morning, it is sunday april 21st and i am shawn chitnis. We start with a developing story in southern california. At least 15 people have been injured in a accident at the Universal Studios theme park. Officials responded to the scene around 9 00 last night. According to the l. A. County Sheriffs Office there was a mechanical failure involving one of the cars traveling down a hill. Over reports that it may have been a break issue. The victim suffered minor injuries. The Sheriffs Office is investigating. Universal studios said it is working to understand what happene
Got more. Reporter this earth day project in oakland was about more than just picking up a city park. It was about starting something new. A group of two dozen volunteers gathered at ramadi park in west oakland to collect trash, power wash playground equipment, and even add some splashes of new color. The park had gotten pretty run down over the years, but it is seeing a lot of changes lately thanks largely to the many new Housing Developments that are popping up in the area. Yeah. There are definitely a number of residents here who are excited to just help take care of a spot that has been a little neglected for many years. Reporter but the biggest changes happening right now. A brandnew baseball field is being laid out, soon to be home of the oakland dollars, a new independentleague team in response to the loss of the as. The chief of staff helps the 1. 5 Million Investment in the park will help revitalize the entire neighborhood. Being able to do something for the community by the c
Built to replace it is sinking as well. Were talking about the Friant Kern Canal near the San Joaquin Valley. The system starts at Millerton Lake north of fresno and runs 152 miles south powered entirely by gravity, but gravity means going downhill and that has gotten complicated, simple as it sound. Decades of groundwater pumping have caused valley floors to sink and the canal right along with it. To convey this water south through this section, weve lost over 60 of the carrying capacity. So we first showed you the solution back in august 2022. It is a new canal built right alongside the old one, only its higher so the water can still flow downhill. That new canal will go into service in the next couple weeks and as Wilson Walker shows us, its already facing the very same challenge as the first one. Reporter youre looking at in the foreground the old canal and over that dirt pile there is the new canal. This is typically an image people look at and think oh, my gosh, what kind of prob
To contribute back to the city and keep the history of our First Responders, all the different departments, alive. Reporter david cruz is with guardians of the city, an organization that preserves the history of First Responders in San Francisco. Remembering our history, remembering the survivors, remembering those who perished is an incredible way for us to remember who we are as a city, how resilient we are as a city moving forward today. Reporter as events this week mark 118 years since the 1906 earthquake and fire, reminders of the impact on the city can be found everywhere, including the San Francisco Elks Club Lodge number 3. It was destroyed in 1906 and rebuilt at the location it stands in today, a place at the time to help house survivors. This week it hosts ceremonies to honor those who helped to protect pieces of that history. And even welcomes artifacts that remain part of the collection. These events help david to remember the 1989 loma prieta earthquake which has a Lasting