Thursday Morning What's Up: Huge Bucket of Meth Prompts Hazmat Response In Vallejo

"There was a full hazmat response at a motel in Vallejo Wednesday, the Vallejo Inn, after the discovery of a five-gallon bucket containing an unknown substance, which turned out to be meth. [KTVU] After significant public complaint, carpool lane hours are getting shortened on the stretch of 101 betweeen Sonoma and Marin counties, and will be 6 am to 9 am, and 3 pm to 6:30 pm, starting in late February. [Bay Area News Group]"

"Heavy fog in the Central Valley caused a 43-car pileup that injured nine people on Wednesday. [NBC Bay Area] One of the country's largest liquor, beer and wine distributors, Texas-based Republic National Distributing Co., appears to be in a death spiral after it abruptly pulled out of California last year, as big brands pull their business. [Chronicle]"

"Shoe brand Allbirds is closing all of its remaining brick-and-mortar, non-outleet stores in the US, including its SF store in Hayes Valley, as it shifts its business entirely online. [CNBC / Chronicle] Border czar Tom Homan gave a news conference from Minneapolis, suggesting that there could be a drawdown of ICE agents there if the agency were granted access to local jails. [New York Times]"

"Rapper and singer Nicki Minaj continues her hard-core Trump-y phase, holding hands with President Trump and praising him broadly at an event in DC to promote "Trump Accounts" plans for kids born in 2015 and after. [Bay Area News Group]"

There was a full hazmat response at the Vallejo Inn after a five-gallon bucket containing an unknown substance was discovered and later identified as meth. Carpool lane hours on U.S. 101 between Sonoma and Marin counties will be shortened to 6 a.m.–9 a.m. and 3 p.m.–6:30 p.m., beginning in late February. Heavy fog in the Central Valley caused a 43-car pileup that injured nine people. Republic National Distributing Co. is facing major account losses and appears to be collapsing after abruptly leaving California. Allbirds will close all remaining U.S. non-outlet stores and shift sales online. Border czar Tom Homan suggested a potential ICE drawdown in Minneapolis if granted jail access. Nicki Minaj publicly praised and held hands with President Trump while promoting proposed "Trump Accounts" plans for children born in 2015 and after.

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