and like to give you a few facts about the arlington. the request is for $9,354,007 for the local operating subsidy which is the operating contract that will carry the project through for 16 years. mercy housing is the sponsor and will own and manage it. construction completed -- will be completed in september of this year. after construction, there will be 153 units. each unit will have a bath and a micro refreshments center. starting with 80 units in 2012 and working up to 129 units over time, the additional unit24 will be subsidized by another dph funding source. tenants will be homeless individuals referred by the program who are high users of the public health system who may be mentally ill, a chronic substance abusers, and/or living with hiv or other disabling medical illnesses. this is just to tell you that this project was able to leverage $10 million in state funding, $12 million in federal funds, and another $840,000 in ahp funds. and without the local operating subsidy to show that the project is feasible, we probably will not

the arlington is a fantastic project, so this contract deserves our support. the federal resources available to support supportive housing are simply insufficient to meet the needs of creating projects, creating units for homeless people in san francisco. san francisco would not be of the meet its goal of ending chronic homelessness without this program. the program also saves city money, because i supported the local operating subsidy, we're able to put people in high quality housing at a lower cost than it would be to leave the homeless. i urge you to support the local operating subsidy program and specifically to support the contract for the arlington losp. thank you very much. supervisor farrell: thank you. next. >> good morning. i am a senior project manager at the tender would -- the tenderloin in a neighborhood association. i want to give strong support of the losp than the 10-year plan to end chronic homeless is. we are a nonprofit development organization. we total about 2300 units. we have nearly 100 formerly homeless households in the tenderloin and

as soon as we saw the arlington suspect, we contacted arlington with the information we had, mpd and arlington investigators have shared notes and are working cooperatively to bring this cae to closure. the arlington county police are at a possible connection to the tc case, -- dc case, but so no arrests so far. >>> tonight, two teenagers are accused of beating a man to death. it happened saturday night. investigators say the teens clayed the victim and beat him with a shovel as he laid dying. they robbed him. >> reporter: police say itep started with a orcall saturday night about people drinking, being disorderly, and chasing each other with shovels on the 5200 block of newton street.ne when they arrived, they found david dead on the side of the road. they say he had been brutallyee beaten with a shovel.sh that's not all. >> after they beat the victim, we had one suspect going through the victim's pockets. >> reporter: it isn't known what was taken. 16-year-old andrea ataway, and james murray are charged with the murder. both live within blocks of the crime scene. >> supposedly they

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we are talking about the arlington jewelry shop. he was killed inside the store. >> take a look. it would have been much busier on a friday afternoon. the is when police say suspected killer struck. hope what he was wearing drop somebody's memory. look at the pictures police are man.g you recognize this sometime around 4:00 friday he entered the capital jewelers on columbia suspected of killing a worker. a long as busy stretch of popular restaurants, it is stunning news, the second arlington in just a week. >> robberies have been all the time. the worker is a 52-year-old man. missingly reported him not come on friday night. was discovered around midnight. nearby business owners said they not see or hear anything. >> the owners of this ethiopian restaurant just opened three days ago. >> we have to be aware of what is going on. >> restaurant workers are worried, too. >> i am working at 11:00. everybody has to go to the car. >> the police have kept the at the crime scene. they will continue to do that around the clock. no

as soon as we saw the arlington spec, we contacted arlingtonco with the information we h investigators are shared noteseh and are cooperatively to bring this -- and are working cooperatively to bring this case to glory. they areto looking at a possible connection and tips have come in, but so far, no arrests. >> let's hope this new videon helps them out.t >>> take a good look at this surveillance video. they robbed a check cashing store wednesday in.we one man had a gun, the other a knife, which he held to an employee's throat.mplo they got away with more thanre $37,000 in cash. if you recognize either man,ei >>> the gunman accused in the colorado movie massacre finallyi facing formal charges.. today, prosecutors unloaded more than 100 counts against the alleged shooter, james holmes. the courtroom was closed toto cameras today, but open to some journalists, survivors and families of the victims. >> reporter: more than 140 charges leveled against accused gunman james holmes. they included 24 counts of murder in the first degree, two for each victim, 12 counts of first degree murder, an

verizon blames the outage on a generator failure and an office in arlington. >> let's check thursday morning traffic with lisa baden. >> a sour note. on 66 eastbound there's a crash between 5123 on the left side of the road. between 50 and 123, very slow. eastbound on 663 falls church looks good. nothing to report out of the norm on 95 virginia. 95 maryland looks good. 270 has a little wet pavement out of germantown. downstream looks good at montrose road. or delays according to metro rail. the track problem they had at vienna has been resolved. -- orange line delays according to metro rail. >> montgomery county commuters using ride on buses, heads up. >> there is a temporary shortage of buses, so the system will operate on holiday hours. brianne carter is live in silver spring to explain what exactly is behind the changes. >> a big heads up. because of this holiday schedule, the buses will still be operating on every route, but you can expect delays. this morning we have seen buses coming through. one of thethis is in silver spring. montgomery county officials decided to pull 26 buse

dose convicted car thief is that the car they had taken is an arlington police car -- bait car. officers track the car is moving to make arrests. produced art heads.t >> is very useful. one of the best ways to catch somebody to stealing a car. >> i do not think it is deterring anyone from breaking into cars. of using baitars cars come at 80% of the cases are break ins, not fast. the youngest person was 7 years old. do not move. >> gets out of the car. popular restaurants are closing in bethesda, but it is business.e of developers have other plans. people love the restaurants a to see them go. >> that is terrible. >> after 25 years at this bethesda intersection, the to close uporced shop at the end of the month. .> all of my good customers >> one of four bethesda by theant shutting down for a august to make way 17-story condo apartment building. to property is sold developers. losingrs say it is like a family member. is a wonderful restaurant. see its ago.to people.e great >> i was just shocked. >> they have been longtime --seholder adhered leaseholders here. >> this is one of my

they then sat on the sidewalk and refused to move. >> arlington police are investigating the suspiciousths of two people as a murder-suicide. a hispanic man and woman were romantically involved and found dead shortly before 3:00 this afternoon. >> the humane society is offering $2,500 and an animal cruelty case. somebody put this puppy named hershey in a trash bag and left him for dead in the road. he was found with injuries likely being thrown from a moving car. he is expected to recover. >> new information about the colorado shooting suspect. i spoke with diane sawyer about what else we can expect. i see coming up on the report you are looking at another element involved with the colorado shooting. there are signs this man may have exhibited that is causing some interest right now. >> we are learning more about those. new details about what is happening in jail with the shooter. new reports of strange behavior. we are on the scene with the latest. >> it is true. you have to see these new reports about what you thought was tuna or a pricier fish, it turns out to be something completely

that's the latest at arlington. back to you, tony and allison. >> thank you, sarah, very much. >>> out west, an area charred by wildfire is being hit by a new problem. heavy rain is causing dangerous mudslides. the high point fire was contained this past weekend. neighbors placed sandbags around the property. still some people have reported several feet of water in their basements. >>> how about good news here. baby eagle severely burned from a raging wildfire in utah is expected to survive. someone found the 70 day old bird burned alive in a charred nest last week. phoenix is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center and is gaining strength and eating regularly. he will not be able to fly any time soon. that is quite a picture. >> sure is. >>> coming up, how your pets may be keeping your children healthy. >> plus, a big shakeup on the way for prince george's county schools.  >>> your family pet could be keeping the kids healthy. a new study found family dogs and to a lesser extent cats

the attacks. people in arlington really became concerned after the attacks. that's why they want to do something about it. about two weeks ago at the ballston, and small, a young woman told arlington police she was a parking garage walking to her car when a man came up behind her, grabbed her, and assaulted her. she said that she screamed and he ran away. two days prior, another young woman was sexually assaulted on the four-mile run by trail. she was running when a man came up and ask for directions if and when he got closer, he took out a knife and drag turkey into the woods and raped her. this has been a concern for their safety. the arlington commission on the status of women is hosting an emergency forum tonight at 7:00 at the community center located at 3308 south stafford streets. at the meeting tonight will be some safety tips. people attending will also hear from representatives from the commonwealth's attorney office in arlington county as well as a detective from the special victims unit of arlington county. police county this group is asking every

it happened tuesday at the arlington national cemetery station. fox 5's audrey barnes talked to one of the passengers who helped take the guy down. >> reporter: as a blue line train rolls into the arlington cemetery station about 6:30 tuesday night, a big commotion caught jonathan jackson's eye. >> i see this person weaving and out of the metro cars and a couple of seconds later, i saw somebody chasing him, a young lady saying he stole iphone, stole my cell phone. >> reporter: for a split second, he considered what a lot of people do when they see someone in trouble. >> i was like do i want to interrupt my commute home or do i want to react. my instinct was to react. >> reporter: these are pictures jackson took moments after a couple of passengers tackled the suspected teen purse snatcher shown here in the green t-shirt. he and a few others joined in to help hold the teen for police. >> he had a couple of friends with him. that were trying to get him loose. we were keeping them back. there were a few of us that had him held down and i just called 9

. >> if you want to check out the fireworks but don't want to head to the mall, the city of arlington put out a list of good spots including long bridge park, air force memorial, iwo jima memorial, rosslyn gateway point. >>> still to come what would the 4th of july be without a hotdog or two or 68? we'll show you the record breaking performance of the nation's hotdog eating contest. >> but first an attack on four mile run trail in arlington has police on the hunt for a suspected rapist, police and their search next. >>> police in arlington are looking tonight for a man accused of raping a woman on four mile run trail last night. the attack happened while she was jogging on the trail near glenn carlin park. a man armed with a knife dragged her from the trail and sexually assaulted her around 8:00. she then ran home and drove herself to the hospital. >> we're used to being on the trail, but i usually stay on during daylight hours. >> police describe the suspect as hispanic, about 140 pounds, between 5' 5 and 6 feet tall. he speaks limited english and has a small head, short black hair,

the hospital contacted arlington police. police are now working with the victim to develop a composite drawing of the suspect. they expect to have that ready over the next few days. >> if you have any information on the identity of the suspect, you want to call arlington county police. the number is 703-228-4198. >>> president obama celebrated the nation's birthday with a nationalization ceremony at the white house. he was joined by homeland security secretary janet napolitano who administered the oath of allegiance to more than two dozen active u.s. service members. the president called the ceremony the perfect way to celebrate the nation's birthday. service members and their families are being treated to a concert, barbecue and later tonight the big bang, the fireworks show from the south lawn of the white house. >>> tens of thousands of people are gathering in washington for tonight's concert and, of course, the star spangled fireworks program that will follow. kristin fisher is down on the mall where the excitement is gro

if you have any information, you are asked to call the arlington police department. was planning and work place massacre has been moved to a hospital. prescott friend his bosses. >> prince george's county police is recovering tonight. rachael jacob was doing some work at the galaxy nightclub when someone fired from a vehicle. suspects were caught after a chase. the officer is expected to be ok. >> the weather is making some headlines. cell moving very slowly. take a look at it on our live super doppler radar. it is now towards the south and east. is northern montgomery county. a little bit of lightning, but the good news is not severe. it will be out of here over the or 20 minutes. take a look at what is going on outside. quiet and dry, downtown, was the high temperature. above average on both sides of the spectrum for today. was the record back in 1997. it is 71 in annapolis, they had nearly an inch of rain earlier this afternoon. george washington university is now at 76. temperatures across southern maryland, 75 for lexington park. bwi at 75. temperatures little bi

this was tuesday night at the arlington cemetery station. the man who snapped the picture said he saw a man darting between cars and then a woman yelling that he had taken her phone. metro transit police arrested the suspect. arl now reports that the man is 17 years old, so a boy, apparently, and is charged with robbery. >>> a flasher alert in northern mississippi. manassas police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a little girl. this is according to insidenova.com. a girl was walking on a dirt road near wellington road. the flasher may have been 17 to 20 years of age. anybody with information should call manassas police. >>> the time is 6:06. good morning, everyone. george zimmerman's message. >> i'm not a racist and i'm not a murderer. >> in his first television interview, his message to the parents of the teen he shot and killed. >>> plus, a gun-toting granddaddy turns the table on two armed robbers and it is all caught on tape. >>> a quiet morning but it may not stay that way. weather and traffic on the ones coming up. >>> and p

two others were taken to the hospital in critical condition. arlington leaders have now signed off on a plan to let streetcars to the columbia pike. it will cost more than two and $50 million. -- more than $250 million. >> traffic sharing the road with modern-style streakers. >> i always thought it was a good idea because are lean -- because arlington its unique. >> the arlington county board agree to move forward with an ambitious $250 million plan to bring streakers to the area. >> i think it is a really great. it would really add to the culture. county board agree to move forward with an ambitious>> for a person who doesn't drive, could be good. >> it still has an number of hoops to jump through. planners are hoping federal and state lawmakers camp but nearly -- can foot nearly half the bill. >> it is extremely expensive. >> another obstacle convincing some residents that these cars will not bring added congestions and pedestrian hazards. >> you have to be careful how you cross the street. but>> in just over an hour, leaders will vote over a gas stati

say the vest may have helped him blend in. >> there's an awful lot of construction going on in the arlington community. we're doing a lot of roadwork so it is not unusual to see workers for safety, most all of them are wearing this type of a vest. >> reporter: the photos of the suspect were taken from surveillance video at capital jewelers on columbia pike, where police believe the victim was killed around 4:00 in the afternoon. his body discovered after relatives called police. he had not returned home from work or answered the phone. the fire department had to break down the door to get in. >> it's unfortunate. hopefully we won't see many more of these incidents occur. >> reporter: police are only describing the victim as a 52-year-old man from herndon. while reviewing surveillance video from the store, police saw the crime being committed. they're not saying exactly how the victim was killed or what weapon was used. police say they could see the attacker taking jewelry on the video. they're conducting an inventory of the store to see what exactly was stolen. >> i'm in shock that this happ

. >> as the search continues for the man who robbed and killed an arlington jeweler this weekend, we'rerning that that suspect may have robbed a d.c. jewelry store 7 weeks ago. tonight, the victim of that robbery says he is lucky to be alive. >> matt jablow joins us live in downtown washington with details. matt? >> reporter: anita, seven weeks ago, ken stein was staring down the barrel of a gun at a robbery at his d.c. jewelry store. tonight in light of what happened in arlington, stein said it's extremely lucky that he wasn't killed. >> on sunday, i called arlington county. >> reporter: ken stein says he was deeply saddened this weekend by the news online and on television that a jeweler in arlington had been killed during a robbery. >> police are searching for the killer tonight. >> reporter: as he followed the story more closely, specifically the description of the suspect. >> he was wearing a neon traffic vest. >> reporter: stein says his sadness turned to shock. >> it was quite startling when i saw the picture. >> reporter: the owner in downtown washington, stein now thinks the ma

the sea and arlington police are working together to find a suspect. a large have been sent out to other jewelers to find out of there were similar incidents in the area. >> colorado to suspect james holmes was in court today. he faces a charge of murder with extreme indifference. if convicted, that means he would have to serve any life sentences he is convicted of consecutively and not concurrently. >> violence in syria and heart rate at the olympics. here is ayotte -- diane sawyer with what you can expect debt 6:30. things are continuing to intensify. >> it is a stunning experience to be there. our reporter will take to the streets, showing how people are trying to live there and raise their children with all that firepower. that is coming up. >> looking at a story of american heartbreak at the olympics. cracks tiny mistakes and doing the work of her young life time. we will look at those mistakes and show you what female gymnasts are doing now that they were not able to do before. >> you can also stories and more tonight on world news right after abc

the next site. make a lot more people happy tonight. i'm peggy fox reporting live in arlington, back to you. >> happiness and air conditioning go hand in hand. thanks a lot. >>> dominion power crews are workinged an the clock to get their -- working around the clock to get their remaining 8,000 or so customers back online, surae chinn in arlington where some of the major work is being done. >> reporter: i'm at 23rd and south penwouldy streets where nobody wants to be -- penwoody streets where nobody wants to be the last to be online. tim scotch is annoyed even though he's watching the crews working on his line in his neighborhood. a large tree that fell on the power lines intensified the frustration with the blackout. >> that's understandable. i fully figured they'd be doing that on saturday and sunday. >> reporter: scotch's mother relies on oxygen and says he may not be critical infrastructure, but their home should be a high priority. >> i'm angry more at the people at the decision making level than anyone under that. >> reporter: dominion power says not everybody can be a hi

after the game, how about a burger at burger shack in arlington? google offers has this deal. pay $3.50 and get $7 for use towards a signature burger. and bestbuy.com is getting you humming to the zac brown band. the foundation cd is going for $4.the 9 with free -- $4.99 with free shipping. if you have a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from ow facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> there's a new networking organization in the washington, d.c. area. it's all about professional women's making connections while giving back to charity. and our own monika samtani is here to talk about launch network. launch network is a group that she started and actually they're here in the studio. >> they are. >> i'm so happy that they're here. tell me about this. why did you start this organization? >> what i saw was that there are south asian women in d.c. and across the country just making amazing strides in their professions from the traditional professions like medicine and law to now becoming c.e.o.s of their companies, owning restaurants, it, you name it, they're in it right

he thought he would contact us because he heard about the incident last friday. an arlington jeweler killed during an armed robbery. as you're about to see, the suspect in both cases looks similar. first, let's show you the d.c. robbery. a man wearing a reflective vest walked into benson's jewelers on f street and asked to see engagement rings. when the owner of the store turned his back, the man pulled the out a large gun and demanded jewelry. he didn't shoot the owner and got away with $20,000 worth of items and mostly diamond rings and look at surveillance images from the arlington case last friday. the police showed him wearing a reflective vest. he was buzzed into the store by the owner. wong's family said that is how he allowed customers inside the store and the 52-year-old was killed during this robbery. we spoke with ken stein, the owner of benson's in washington, d.c., and is trying to figure out why d.c. police didn't release the surveillance video of his armed robbery. >> it's armed robbery and they happen all of the time and was not shot or wounded or hurt in any

this is up the road in north arlington. this is virtually clear. he south and southeast is actually a breathtaking. it literally was breathtaking when you think about how hot it was last week. 100 degrees or higher several days in a row. 11 days in a row at 95 or higher. a new record high at reagan national of 102. and a new record at dulles at 101. 83 in washington/dulles right now. 86 at the nation's capital. the cold front has pushed to the south and that is acting as a firing line at the atmosphere. he almost see a straight edge -- you almost see a straight edge of thunderstorms. will jesse isolated showers or rumble of thunder especially -- we will jesse isolated showers or a rumble of thunder especially in washington. maybe a brief shower overnight but otherwise a partly sunny day tomorrow. straight through the next several days, more of the same, generally made 80's and storage sheds is increasing by friday. on the weekend, it will be more humid and more showers and storms. >> as you know, tonight is the all-star break. it all starts with maj

the tree is believed to -- arlington. the tree is believed to have dated back to the mid-1700s.ces of the post oak will now be preserved by the county's recreation department. >>> could there still be a chance of storms today? topper is on the terrace with tonight's forecast. >> generally good news. most of the storms are south of us. we had some breaks in the clouds and a break in the temperature. that said let me show you another storm picture from last night. this is hail in spotsylvania. big storms were sought of us last night. you can see that's about 1 1/2 inch diameter hail, pretty decent. wendy sent this in from spotsylvania, virginia. good job. the radar she's both showers and storms south of fredericksburg. we're -- shows both showers and storms south of fredericksburg. we're in pretty good shape. i think tonight they'll remain to the sought of us. temperatures -- south of us. temperatures 86 downtown, 86 manassas and andrews, in some cases 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, 84 towards leesburg. for tonight mostly cloudy, comfortable, a shower or thunderstorm in south o

the surviving male pitbull remains at the arlington animal welfare league. the commonwealth's attorney and the police are trying to figure out if any charges will be filed. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> we will continue to track whether the honor of the dogs is going to be facing any charges. you can find more on this story and updates any time at our web site wjla.com. also tonight the heat is back. time to sweat it out once again. >> not much of a break this summer. the high temperature today reached 95 degrees and is calling peak -- causing people to scale back from their activities already. a first look at the forecast. >> yesterday 96, today 95, tomorrow close to 100. the rate will come later in the week. -- the break will come up later this week. in potomac along a river, coming straight to the southeast headed toward bethesda, there are a couple of other areas we are watching. we'll have this for another hour or so the air masses increasingly hot and humid from northwest to south and east. 88 in frederick 98 in fredericksburg, and it feels like 101 i

west virginia, much of the sh shenandoah valley. fairfax and arlington counties. prince george's county and southern montgomery, calvert, charles, st. mary's, skenly in the low to mid 70s this morning. here's your monday day planner. by noon, it will be near 90. it's going to be a rather humid day. a slight chance of an isolated thunder shower mid afternoon as we hit the mid 90s mid afternoon. but late afternoon back down to the low 90s. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella is here now with a look at the monday commute. good morning. >> good morning, tom. right now we're getting a live look from chopper 4. at i-95 as you make your way towards the occuquan river bridge, volume is starting to increase but travel lanes are open. i need you to keep in mind quaz you go towards fairfax county parkway, disabled vehicle still in the left shoulder lane. looks like someone pulled over to help this car right now. you are seeing volume as you make your way northbound. everyone is taking a look. after that, travel lanes are open. now, heading on i-66, making

the other took place last friday in arlington. a man was killed in the second store. more on the search for the killer. >> 29, -- june 9 a man walks into the store and pulls a gun on the oder, demanding he fill a sack with diamonds. the owner has asked we do not show his face. >> i did not fight him. he said to go in the room and close the door. >> minute he walks out with $20,000 worth of jewelry. now take a look at this. a man suspected of carrying out a dead the highs on friday. both suspects are wearing similar hats and vests and police are investigating if it is the same person. >> the suspect's description released in our video and from their account would -- of what happened are similar. >> the shopkeeper in arlington was killed. a devoted husband and father. >> everything he did was for the family. we had a happy life because of him, all of his hard work. >> his family is hoping somebody will track down the killer. >> if somebody knows anything, call to help us out. i want to him to be caught and put to justice. >> investigators are checking with other agencie

for the second time in just two days a woman has been sexually assaulted in arlington. today's distant -- the latest incident was yesterday afternoon in a parking garage and a mall. she was walking on the fourth floor when a man grabbed an assault that her. she started screaming and he took off. police think this is not connected to an attack tuesday night on four mile run. we do know the names of two people killed in separate shootings in northwest d.c. that left four others injured. police tell us 19-year-old crevontai key of northeast d.c. was killed around 8:00 p.m. when shots rang out on. three others two of them juveniles, were hurt. six hours later two others were shot on morton street -- julia's ellington died there and no arrests were made in either case. two army police officers are on leave after a shooting that left a suspect dead. it started inside the urban barbecue restaurant yesterday afternoon. witnesses say a man came in and started waving a gun. >> he says he has a gun, it is cocked and his finger is on the trigger. >> police say the man refused to dro

six days after the storm and the power is still out in arlington. the hemingways have suffered from hotel to hotel. their return home briefly so their daughter could spend time with their service dog. >> it has been difficult because of the chain -- change of venue. >> they have suffered four days while and dominion power and arlington county remain locked in a standoff. >> we have been trying to get them to meet between arlington county and the dominion. >> dominion would not proceed until the county removed a tree. >> there may have been a delay but it is all about priority. >> after a story about the lack of cooperation and some 100 family struggling in the heat, both counties got going today. dominion went to work on restoring power. >> finally, i think the crew for getting them off a high center. >> they say their daughter needs her home. >> we do understand that the power is up to this neighborhood but a crew member spoke with as a short while ago who said they expect to have electricity restored and the electricity back on within the hour. >>

except near the bay, upper 70s. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties most locations dl are just in the low 70s. here's your day planner for this monday. by 9:00, we'll be in the low 80s. it will be rather humid but not as high as yesterday. near 90 by noontime. the middle of the afternoon, we ought to peak in the mid 90s. just a slight chance of an isolated thunder shower, maybe mid to late afternoon. by 6:00, though, we'll just have temperatures back down to the low 90s. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. aaron? >> thank you, tom. >>> metro service back to normal this morning after a crippling computer problem stopped service twice this weekend. news4 tracee wilkins is live at the carrollton station with more on what happened this weekend and now metro plans to fix all this. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. well, it was a huge problem this weekend. while the system is back up and running this morning. metro officials still don't know what caused this computer glitch, which means it could happen again.

mercy housing california xl to provide operating subsidies for formerly homeless single adults at the arlington hotel for the time span of august 1, 2012 to july 31, 20207 in an amount not to exceed $9,354,007. supervisor farrell: city staff? >> good morning, supervisors. project manager with the mayor's office of housing. according to the san francisco 10-year planning councils report published in 2004, san francisco had 15,000 homeless persons living on the streets. of those, 3000 were identified as chronically homeless. this presentation is about an important component created to address the homelessness issue. the local operating subsidy program, which is an operating subsidy granted to affordable housing providers who house and provide services to formerly homeless persons and families. the definition of chronically homeless has evolved over the years. moh, along with human services agency and the department of public health use the following definition -- homeless includes any individual or family living on the streets or in abandoned buildings, living in emergency or domestic violence sh

the south. they should diminish around sunset. this is what it looks like in arlington. our weather camera at washington lee high school. there is enough moisture coming and along with the warm temperatures to fire up downpours. 87 in gaithersburg. 88 has been the high. wins in alexandria -- temperature at the airport, 87. some heavy rain south of the airport. 88 degrees in fredericksburg. we will see a steady drop in temperatures by morning. it will be a bit muddy as well with winds coming out of the southeast transporting the ocean air at low levels. temperature wise tomorrow will be similar. 87 in the eastern part of the country. 77 in or fold. temperatures similar to today's reading. high numbers are out of the picture for a while. atlanta at 93 right now. the higher the number the higher the relative humidity. pretty comfortable air all across the mid-atlantic up through new england. this was the cold front that came through sunday. now it is a stationary front. that is where the big flare-up of showers are. we are getting a push of ocean winds close enough to the fr

the 60s. many locations in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince georges county. near 70. r 70 in the district as well as right near the bay. a little bit of a breeze off the water in annapolis at 76. that's the warm spot. the water temperatures in the bay are in the 80s. as we get off to the west, generally upper 60s, near 70s to the far west out in southern loudoun county and prince william. but far west of there, shenandoah valley into the low 60s. and st. mary's, upper 60s. water temperatures at the beaches are in the upper 70s. mid and upper 70s. certainly great weather for the beach. plenty of sunshine today. a few clouds drifting east now. weak high pressure moving over the region. that's going to be in place here for the rest of the day. so enjoy a wonderful day. now here's the morning forecast. by 9:00, it will be sunny. notice the lower humidity. we'll be in the upper 70s by then. a light breeze out of the north and west. sunday afternoon, partly cloudy, just a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. that looks to be maybe around the bay and the eastern shore.

the agency ready for tomorrow morning's commute? plus, a news4 exclusive. we'll hear from a father rescued from a vicious pit bull attack in arlington. >>> and how police are tracking your moves using your cell phone. good evening, everyone. tonight we begin with a weather alert. storm in our area once again. chuck bell has the details. >> thanks, jim. another pretty busy day in the weather department with thunderstorms this afternoon. another round possible late this evening. had a severe thunderstorm in the shenandoah valley and the mountains of west virginia as recently as 25, 30 minutes ago. fortunately the storm is losing its punch as it comes east of the blue ridge. still some thunder and lightning moving in. at the pace they're going, they could be administration it just to the south of middleburg, to the north of marshall over by the next 30 to 40 minutes. that would put it potentially with thunder and line into the downtown metro area. not long after midnight, 1:00 in the morning. we'll have a more complete check of the forecast in a few minutes. >>> a crippling computer problem remains a mystery for metro technicians. service is back to normal now

it's really sad compressed natural gas tonight at the arlington city hall jane lynn is one of a growing group of concerned residents hoping to block proposals for more wells in the neighborhood these drilling rigs are marvelously engineered pieces of equipment the place is packed and it quickly becomes apparent not everyone is on his side that's a good thing for everybody these days seems like the tail wag the dog and i think it's time for the dog to stop that thank you. to money development and perceptions of the national interest of dividing the residents thank you. for not genuine and activist friends won and lost council voted against one well sought proposal but approved a number. everyone was so pro journalling and this is the red white and blue american thing to do and i just never saw it that way and i was being personally affected by it but now i'm seeing other people rise up who are feeling the same way i think a lot of people now would like to do over. this crazy notion with its reliance on a prickly often hostile and unstable middle eastern suppliers it's easy to see why the

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story from arlington. respect john andy worked for dominion power 40 years and was retired the last year, retired until last friday. >> the phone would ring and they asked me if we'd like to do it. >> reporter: john is just one of thousands of dominion power and out of area crews. he'll tell you there is no instruction book. it is a house to house solution depending on what they find. the problem here, well, the power lines are in backyards. >> used to see on some of the really old neighborhoods used to do that. >> reporter: dominion power says 5,700 customers are still without power in northern virginia and estimate they've restored service to 98.5% of those who lost it. the battles now are logistical like reaching lines that are not on a street. >> got two broke poles back here. so they're going to have to get a machine. we got a couple special machines that go real small. we can get in backyards with them.

the people. in south arlington, abc 7 news. >> great to see them making the situation.e are looking at 78 degrees. much more to come. authorities prepared to release on the crasheport france flight >> welcome back. the latest in the war in afghanistan. soldiers wounded in a shooting in eastern afghanistan. an afghan police officials as a wearing an afghan army uniform opened fire on the outside the nato base. civilians were talking to the soldiers just before the attacked. questionable test results are raising new questions about the palestinianmer .resident yasser arafat his widow wants his body exhumed. discovered traces of radioactive agent on his clothing in his final days in 2004. it was said he died of a massive weeks after he arrived at a french military hospital with a mysterious illness. the final report out today from officials blames and a technical malfunction for the 2009 air plane crashed and killed all 228 people on board. the report finds speed sensors failed and the captain in his duty of preventing the co-pilot from acting. it went down in the south at

he was a veteran found on the road next to arlington national cemetery. it's unclear if he had visited or planned to. they spoke to a four-man from a number of construction job sites on or around the road. >> this is one of the avenues where he could have been hit by a member of the crew. >> this is the fear of many of the construction workers. >> that is why we have traffic control out here. >> two lines shut down for hours and understanding -- trying to understand how someone could just write the elderly man and drive off. -- strike teh man. >> the man was wearing construction boots, camouflage pants, and a t-shirt. he had his wallet with i.d. in his pants. >> that hit and run comes as we learn that 10 people died over the july 4th weekend in crashes. that is down from the same weekend in 2011, but overall traffic deaths are on the rise this year. the d.c. council could decide today whether to put breathalyzer is back into service. they were shelved after and accurately calibrating equipment brought several charges under question. they will start again n

the attack happened yesterday afternoon along south oakland street in arlington. max says he got out of his truck and the dogs charged. he tried to scare them off his property, he says he was bitten at least a dozen times. that's when his son ran out of the house and threw a shoe at the dog toss scare them off. >> i don't know how i got the croc, actually. i managed to throw it at it. >> they really went to bite me for my neck. that's when he was here. from here, he probably would kill me. >> now, police shot one of the dogs when it tried to charge an officer. the other was taken into kus to gi by the arlington animal welfare league. >> scary stuff there. >>> waking up this morning, a little humid out there. >> definitely that. 4:31. tom kierein is here to tell us what we can expect as the day moves forward. >> unmorsefully not quite as humid as yesterday. yesterday was brutal. in the morning i was out in the yard weeding. in 15 minutes i was covered in sweat. just incredible. not really even that much physical exertion. thankfully over night after the storms came

mary's county. 77 degrees for the high temperature in arlington -- for the current temperature in arlington, on our way to the '90s for the afternoon. now to lisa baden. >> she is checking on the hov restrictions. we will have that in a few minutes. we are getting word the restrictions are lifted once again today. she is working the phones. we will get the updates in a few minutes. let's talk more about the recovery efforts which continue after friday's deadly storms across the east coast. >> severe weather been going on at least 22 deaths. 1.8 customers without power. hundreds of thousands are in the d.c. region. pepco reports just over 117,000 outages. dominion has 80,000 customers without power. b g e is working to restore electricity to more than 50,000 this morning. we will talk with officials from dominion and pepco about the restoration efforts coming up. in the meantime, the hot weather is complicating things for those trying to deal with life without power. >> that's one of the worst parts. residents are being urged to take advantage of cooling centers, but many want to know when t

the arlington conference allegedly cost taxpayers a quarter million dollars for that one day. here's a breakdown on some of the alleged costs, $41,734.90 in travel, just over $34,000 for the venue, $28,364 for time and temperature picture frames, $20,578 for 4,000 drumsticks to be used for a drum band exercise and $7,697 on a commissioner's reception which included a violinist and guitarist. is many. >> it's still a plate ant abuse of taxpayer dollars and it's going to stop. >> he and congressman john mica released details of the conference today. they'll hold a hearing in two weeks about this latest spending. in a statement the gsa's new acting administrator said under the new leadership this event and type of spending is not tolerated. as of april 15th this year all spending for events including training, conferences, leadership events, team building exercise, award ceremonies were suspended. also suspended, you'll remember just yesterday tangherlini announced they're cutting a half my ondollar bonus program to senior officials -- million dollar bonus program to senior offici

the story coming up. you are waking up to what's new in maryland. ñ' >>> news time 4:44. five things to know on this monday morning many volunteer day at arlingtonnational cemetery. hundreds of landscape and lawn care prophysicianal from from across the u.s. spending the day caring for the cemetery by mulching and pruning and planting flowers and taking care of shrubbery. >> hillary clinton is in mongolia meeting with the country's president and prime minister. clinton will address the international women's conference. >> attorney general erik holder travels to houston to address the naacp national convention. his remarks are expected to be similar to those he delivered in las vegas saturday speaking at the annual conversation of the national conference. he promised to protect american's right to goat. >> snap ben knits and the farmer markers and bizarre when youwalk up to the welcome center swipe your card for tokens. snap card users.>> a court date is set in the case of a harford county man accused of killing his roommate and eating his heart and part of his brain. he faces murder in the death ofattorneys will hold a scheduling conference tomo

as the blue line train rolls into the arlington cemetery station tuesday night about 6:30, a big commotion caught passenger jonathan jackson's eye. >> i see this person weaving in and out of the metro cars and seconds later i saw somebody chasing him, a young lady saying he stole my iphone, stole my cell phone. >> reporter: for a split second he considered doing what a lot of people do when they see someone in trouble, just ignore it. >> i was like do i want to interrupt my commute home and stay in my chair or react? my gut instinct was react and start running. the final picture shows the police putting handcuffs on him. >> reporter: these are pictures jackson took moments after a couple passengers tackled the suspected teen purse snatcher shown in the green t-shirt. he and a few others joined to help hold the teen for police. >> he had a couple friends with him who were trying to get him loose. we were keeping them back. there were a few of us that had him held down. i just called 911 because i felt that was the best thing i could do at the time. >> reporter: the friends eventually gave u

we'll have the latest for the search of a man who gunned down an arlington jewelry store owner. >>> a couple thunderstorms on live doppler 9,000. we'll track those for you when we come back and talk about when the hot weathers return. >>> why the extreme heat and drought conditions could take a toll on your wallet. >>> as the temperatures heat up across much of the nation this summer, your grocery bills may be headed in the same direction. >> we told you a while ago. drought conditions are hitting 72% of the nation's farms and the effect could hit your wallet both this year and next. >> in a rural corner of maryland, it's the right place, the wrong time to live off the land. >> sun is hot. yes, spent too much time inside this year. >> too little rain for too long. his crops are the worst in 40 years. >> have you seen anything worse than this? >> i have not. i think 1948 or something like that. >> his corn is dry, shriveled, and hurting. >> it should be a foot long. usually it's 42, 44 grains long. this one is 8 grains long. >> the damage stretched across the country. the u.s. departme