george ticknor has died at the age of 76. journey singer made the announcement today and said that ticknor was the original rhythm guitarist and a songwriter on journey's first three albums. he left the music industry to attend stanford medical school. in 2005, ticknor reunited with his former bandmates as they received a star on the hollywood walk of fame. >>> berkeley is considering decriminalizing certain psychedelics. city council will vote on legislation for preventing police from arresting people for the use of natural psychedelic drugs, however selling or gifting the drugs would still be illegal and the law would not apply to synthetics like lsd or mdma, like molly or ecstasy. >>> the u.s. forest service is being sued for over $86 billion in damages over destruction caused by the tamarack fire last july. that started in the sierra near markley bill, burning many acres. the forest service that the fire would simply burn itself out and therefore did not send fire crews in to try and fight it, but it did not burn itself o

[laughter] moving on to some sad news as we learn about the death of george ticknor, one of the foundingf the san francisco rock group journey. a former bandmate made the announcement on social media. he is edited with writing three songs, including "of a lifetime." he left the group to attend medical school and before some of the group's better-known hits were released. he did appear with the band in 2005 to accept journey's star on the hollywood hall of fame. he was 76 years old. >> this is abc7 24/7. ♪ >> live in san francisco. >> live in the south by. >> in san jose. >> live in oakland. >> you are watching abc7 live. >> any time, anywhere. >> we are -- >> we are -- >> we are -- >> where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc7 bay area streaming app. dion: new plans of been filed with the city of san francisco for the proposed 50 story skyscraper in the outer sunset at 2700 sloat boulevard. here is a look at the renderings. the thin, tall residential towers would be covered in class with floor to ceiling windows and balconies on each floor. t