we inquired, what are your plans for ocean avenue? we said -- they said -- well, we will replace the streetcar tracks over the next three years. so, we proposed to the railway that they do ocean avenue in segments of four blocks each. money aside, as well as the parking lanes. they refused to do it. we collected about 3000 signatures and distributed them to the board of supervisors. we were holed up and a meeting was arranged between us and some of the people from muni. there were 12 merchants there, as well as three people from the muni. they replace the streetcar track segments in four blocks and not a single merchant went out of business life on board street. bridget went out of business like onboard street. when we started there were six small stores on ocean avenue. [tone] is that my time? supervisor avalos: that is your time. we can grant to another moment. >> i will be great -- i will be brief. the judge over the courthouse was talking and talking, i had to come in late. anyways, the property owners that i represent along ocean

this is in the middle of the avenue. this moves us into the stock that would provide greater access for the residents of the park and greater safety for all of the user's including san francisco state. this would create a very important linkage that is missing in our transportation system in this side of the city. there are other advantages not only providing for stops that you can get off the new system but also the opportunities to create a landscaped front door to the city right here on 19th avenue. we also will be providing a zero to low emissions shuttle bus that will provide access from this unique and the bus stops that we are providing at the northern edge directly to the daily city parks station. this connects directly to the part. this is a very important linkage. in the interim, we will be using the same shuttle best -- shuttle bus. as was mentioned, this is a long-term project which took approximately 20 years to complete but we know the estimates that we have given you are actually conservative ones. we see

virginia avenue, the latest, 21st street and 25th at virginia avenue northwest. winds could gust up to 25 miles per hour right into tomorrow morning. tom? is. >> thanks so much, veronica. i appreciate that and we'll have this rain tapering off and ending by later tonight and tomorrow into the weekend will be drying out. barbara? >> thank you very much, tom. >>> let's go to pete about a road rescue. >> how are you >> tell us what's happening out there? >> well, we had one of our re units came up on a situation. it happens very often. in fact, the 1,000 block in northeast which is near the metro station there and rhode island avenue and we have some foding, localized flood iing. but, unfortunately, a couple vehicles apparently tried to drive througit or the water came up on them quickly. we have four or five vehicles stuck in the water. each of the vehicles' drivers and occupants needed some assistance getting out. kind of an active scene right now. everybody is out of the vehicles. everybody is to dry land, or at least out of the water. our emsersonnel have evalua

moving to inbound new york avenue. looks like we are slow from the times building past this point at bladensburg road. okay approaching florida avenue. 95, you are delayed between duke over to seminary. expect these bumpers to start to stack up shortly and one big delay we are tracking that comes before this on 95 northbound, just dragging along between the prince william

. -- a strip mall just off of 19th avenue. people notice there. they will have signs that you can see as you are driving by. they need more and more customers to make that a viable operation and to make this a neighborhood where people can walk to places they want to go. so, i like this idea very much. the flight paths are a wonderful idea. i lived in a tower and i don't want to take a bike at then down the elevator. 19th avenue and holloway, i'm very positive about the idea is there because i don't walk that intersection much but i drive through it a lot and i dread it every single time because there are people running here and there to get to the train or the bus or people are just leaving. for a while, there was a camera there and i was terrified to use that intersection because i could easily wind up in the middle of the intersection just because of pedestrian traffic. this is bad for drivers, not just pedestrians. san francisco state right now has a shuttle to bart which is so near and so far. the shuttle from the school

>> 19th avenue -- parts of it are undoubtedly going to be parts of concern. 19th avenue and judah with the filling stations, high traffic volumes --fueling stations, high traffic volumes, homes that face the fueling stations, will probably be at some risk. supervisor chu: is it primarily the fueling station or the amount of traffic? there are about 80,000 cars that pass through on any given day. what has been some of the work -- maybe this is just a question offline. i would be interested to see some of the efforts around 19th ave. >> we have done something for the park merced initiatives. i think when we are completed, looking and diesel particular matter, looking at a cumulative risks with other chemical exposures, like benzene, other chemicals from fueling stations, we will see that those risks extend to multiple dwellings off of 19. the problem pretty much dropped off within 300 feet. 500 feet for sure. 19th avenue is a problem. when you drive down the street and you see the particular matter, on the face of the buildings, it is fairly evident that all that traffic has exposure pro

in southeast d.c., it is minnesota avenue shut down by branch avenue for police activity. for the latest, let's go to pamela. why we are following that breaking news this morning. a carjacking leads to a police shootout. right now police are looking for at least one suspect. >> good morning, alison. we do know there are two people in custody. a number of people, at least one, that they are looking for. that officer got away in a stolen vehicle. we'll give you a live look at what we're seeing out here on randalls circle and minnesota avenue southeast. out here they have one vehicle they have been looking at. this vehicle has been following the stolen vehicle. all of this began around 3:15 this morning on silver hill road in suitland. officers say that's when they got a call about a carjacking. they responded with a chase, which followed into the district and ended here on minnesota. still looking for the stolen vehicle. the stolen vehicle is a 2004 toyota avalon, burgundy, 75460 hv maryland plates. maryland plates 75460hv. officers believe the people in that vehicle are arm

patapsco avenue will e shutdown.e's two feet of water on the roads right now and that will middle river.e make the push to shutdown at harrison avenue. you want to stick wiih hamper road as an alternate. and more flooding at germ allill road. you want -- german ill road. we do have trouble on 95 moving through hard for harford county. unfortunately a crash on thh beltway here in parkville checking in and taking a life will notice quite a bit of traffic on both the inner and outer loop. we do have a crash on the outer loop at bbl air road. speeds are clocking n.ad where an accident has cleared up on 795. you wiil see how congested it is. a it's a totallnightmare a!! ifu are headed in that vicinity. an aacident between columbia3 pike and raffic is being divert 29 r stick with route 40 as ane alternate ar!! this mmrning. threats a look at the ectic commute. >>> taking care of your health3ú to prottct youu future. an expert is here in our sttdio for take action thursday. phonephonnelinessare open now at two governors, tw

because of all of this, we are told the grand avenue off-ramp, 580, is closed. so it's closed tonight. this is mcarthur and grand avenue right near the interstate as firefighters work to to get someone out of that one vehicle but about 10 to 12 cars involved when this dump truck lost its brakes and went out of control. so we'll keep an eye on this. oakland macarthur and grand tonight. >>> the battle over state worker furloughs went to the california supreme court today. attorneys for the governor and the union workers delivered their arguments in san francisco. so the court is going to decide whether the governor has the authority to furlough more than 200,000 state workers to save money. there are three furlough days each month amounting to a 14% pay cut for each employee. >> the governor's authority to furlough state employees stems from his implied and inherent powers as the chief executive officer of the state of california. >> we think the governor violated state law and the labor contracts when he unilaterally imposed unpaid furloughs on state employees ju

the approval of this intention to form a benefits district on ocean avenue. i would like to thank her for all of her work as part of the leader of the ocean avenue collaborative. i like to think people, many members who have worked for years to help do volunteer work on ocean avenue. and people who have worked to assure that we have gotten this far in the formation of a community benefits district. the petitions that have gone out to approve this first went out in march of this year. the response was 31 -- excuse me, 31.6% approval rating for these petitions which allow them to have a vote. if we approve this resolution today, the ballots will go out to property owners. and we will have a hearing on november 16 to go over the results and here the last committee input on the benefits district. the management plan includes maintenance work along the corridor and adding value to what is currently being done in terms of graffiti removal. there will be marketing to attract new businesses. there are a couple of storefronts that have been empty for a number of years

the vehicle vanished down tallon avenue. those in the neighborhoods in a fast-moving car czar, and on this stretch. some motorists ignore stop for pedestrians signs. >> some cars never stop. >> it took place directly across the street from an elementary school. children play in the parking lot in the evening and regularly cross the street. jose warmer is about is will girl and other children living nearby. he believes more needs to be done to get traffic to slow down when school is out. >> they stopped for the school in the mornings, but nobody -- the children -- there are speeders. >> the search is on for the driver. the car has sustained damage and lost its passenger side mirror. the driver had to have known the woman was severely injured, but chose to keep going. >>> now to a developing story. an accused killer living in a state psychiatric hospital has been murdered. a fellow patient killed susan at the perkins hospital. saladin, the other patient had a romaom on the same hallway. >>> police in frederick, md. are trying

new york avenue inbound first the brokenown tractor trailer. florida avenue. gonenow. somebody parked their car illegally in the right lane new york and north capil. as a result that's jamming up rapidly. quickly, elsewhere, out to the west, looking good. dulles toll road. all is well. joe? >> bad idea to park illegally on new york avenue at this time. >>> 43. clinton portis's controversial statement. >> salahi secret. something she's been hiding for years. >>> more results from decision 2010. who is psed now to be the next prince george's county executive. >>> good morning. welcome back. our top story appears that washington, d.c. will have a new mayor. vincent gray has defeated curren mayor adrian fenty in the democratic primary. gray won by 7 percentage points. >>> elsewhere in the district, jim graham won his primary bid in ward 1 with 57% of the vote, defighting smith and weaver. >>> council memberharry thomas was victorious in ward 5. he won easily over mcduffy, o hunter and turner with 62% of the vote. >> and in ward 6, victory for tommywells. he defeated robins

we have a report of standing water at wisconsin avenue and montgomery avenue in bethesda.erry this morning, we are hearing about more and more accidents that are starting to stack up all around the area on major roads, as well as on secondary roads. very, veryreacherous driving conditions out there. we have standing water in a lot of spots around the area. of course ifou hit a big pool of water going too fast you can lose control of your car and that's what we're seeing out here this morning. we also have a tornado watch for much of our ewing area. that's going to be in effect til 1:00 this afternoon. so you're certainly going to want to keep on top of that, as well as the storms continue to make their way through our area. not a great d if you're driving in this morning. we are starting to see traffic build up here on connecticut avenue. it's movi pretty well at this point. but, of course,t's still very early in the rush hour, as the rain continues to fall, and more and more people get up and head out the door. we're going to start to see some majordelaysin the area. you

again this is a lot grant avenue not far from me theater and the 580 off ramp.3 will be affected as the investigation continues through the next several hours. >> were following a developing story for you now out of dallas tx or they've seen a good five tornadoes in the last couple of hours. your looking at one under screen there this one happened at about 4:30 p.m.. you can see the debris that is blown up in the air. one person was injured in the set want to show you another piece of the deal lets go to that. see the truck in the middle of your screen? we've learned the truck driver was injured in the tornado that slammed into the building. apparently he is driving his tractor trailer and it smashed into the building and he was injured you concede damage that was done. you can see the grosz front just ripped off and five tornadoes that least one person heard. the greater dallas area is under a tornado watch right now the concern was in the fourth worth area i just checked with jacqueline bennett she says that east up the bed. will keep you posted. >> now look a

a man was shot on a busy section of southern avenue. the police believe the gunman fled into the apartment building. with him apparently hiding out for a number of hours, residents were not able to go in or out of their homes. >> this is ridiculous. >> with authorities worry that the situation could turn into a hostage or barricade ordeal, they carefully searched for the armed suspect by floor. >> you cannot be safe. >> this woman was trying to get to her daughter, who was inside. am i came to get my daughter. i cannot get in. this is not the first, probably won't be the last. >> the police are not identifying the victim. on top of the systematic search, they also interviewed several witnesses. they're fairly confident that the gunman is no longer in the building. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >>> the police have a person of interest in custody. no word if that person is the gunmen. >>> the results of a new poll on health-care may surprise you. many americans believe that president obama's reform did not go far enough. about four in 10 adu

ness avenue on the -- on the -- on van ness avenue, starts at broadway on the north end and ends at golden gate on the south end. so -- right now there's no conditional use for other entertainment. this legislation would be proposing that any business that is defined as other entertainment is -- would have to go through conditional use to -- to -- to open up their business. is there any other information that you have to add? >> commissions, all i'll add in speaking with bill barnes from pier's office, the main concern they have in proposing the ordinance and this resolution is restaurants that may turn into -- into places of entertainment and lounges, nightclubs, and they felt that since conditional use does not prohibit a use, it just requires an additional level of oversight by the planning commission, they felt this was an appropriate step to make to insure -- to insure that the proper oversight takes place. the -- they noted to me that that nearby streets and neighborhoods such as union street and chestnut, poor corridor and other commercial districts, those all require conditi

the crash happened just after 7:00 this morning at university boulevard and burnett avenue. eight students were involved in the crash, investigators say their injuries appear to be non- life-threatening. >>> abc2news.com is the place to be for all you need to know on the weather we're expecting today. right now on abc2news.com log on and chat with us about the weather and how you have been impacted in your community. you'll also find pictures from around the region sent in from viewers as well as video from our crews out in the field and live radar. all that and much more on abc2news.com. >>> well closing arguments today in the trial of three men accused of killing a former baltimore city councilman. abc 2 news jeff haeger has the latest developments in the case. and our think pink series continues tonight. we're going to tell you about 5 myths surrounding the disease of breast cancer. >> we're still watching the rain. maryland's most powerful radar is picking out of play technician rain coming into the area. we're going to have another round of heavy rain, we do have some f

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move over to a water main break, southbound new hampshire avenue between shaw avenue and thomas drivegoing to lose a right lane. this is something new. another accident on branch avenue at coventry way. losing a come of lanes. pleasantly cool morning throughout. some 50s and 60s. 82 late on with sunshine and clouds. a shower is possible tomorrow in to friday morning. cooling off on friday and then a nice weekend. low to mid-80s. the "early show" is next. they will have more on the national results from tuesday's primaries. >> our next news is at noon. get the news, weather and traffic at wusa9.com. >> we will see you 4:25 on thursday. make it a great day. party triumph.

it is closed from connecticut avenue to old georgetown road. we are hearing this happened at about 10:00 last night. obviously, still feeling the effects now. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. i'm in for gurvir dhindsa today. welcome to fox 5 morning news. the weather has been a big issue, not bad but it has been nice and warm yesterday. is it going to stay that way or cool down a bit? >> we'll cool done a bit t will be very nice around here but as we get into the weekend, we have lots of sunshine in the forecast. let's get to it, show you the rain showers moving on through. can you see they are now well east of the city an again, just some mixed clouds out there and some clearing skies starting to develop out to the west. you can see the rain showers pushing through. most of the activity around the eastern shore and even out to sea. 74 at participation. 76, ocean city. the cooler air has not yet settled in. you can see the 1r0 now making a mark. it will be a nice pleasant start with less humidity than yesterday after some morning clouds. i thin

a crash reported outer loop after new hampshire avenue.ks like we are moving well at new hampshire avenue here. the next camera between new hampshire avenue and university boulevard -- the headlights just passed that crash. more in a moment. >>> it is a new day in the district of columbia. multiple sources are calling the race for mayor for vincent gray. the council chair leads with 53% of that vote. incumbent mayor adrian fenty ended his reelection fight around 3:00 this morning. >> live team coverage from both campaigns. courtney robinson will have more from the fenty camp. at begin with pamela brown the great campaign. >> good morning. supporters of dancing gray were here at the washington court hotel until the early morning hours, celebrating his win. in his speech, this in great said -- vincent gray says this election outcome brings a strong message of engagement from city leaders. >> we want to restore your trust in city government by being fiscally responsible, by bringing back transparency and send a message that today's playing po

avenue going to be tough because they are not training at all. to the american legion bridge, ight side and the outer loop are okay. inner loop of the beltway, delays begin just behind the camera as you round the curb toward i-270. authorities continue to deal with the jackknifed tractor trailer on the inner loop of the beltway. after the exit for the i-270 spurt. very little traffic is getting by. plan accordingly. metro is okay, vre, every single vre train is late at this hour. every train on the fredericksburg and manassas line is late because of either flooding or flooding restrictions on vre. m.a.r.c. rail has not notified us of any significant isss at the ment. joe, eun? >> all right, thanks, jerry. >> we're following developing storyut of fairfax county. we have a report of a water rescue aping inannandale at woodburn and tobins road there near fairfax and nova hospital. we understand that emergency crews are on t scene with boats deployed as they're trying to rescue vehicles that have been stranded in high water. >> very dangerous situati

that has oakfield avenue closed between norfolk avenue and fairview avenue. use wolcott as an alternate. on the outer loop, reports of an accident at 795, that may have already been cleared but just keep an eye open for that. in middle river, a pair of crashes, one still has kingston road closed between eastern boulevard and hawthorne road. another accident reported in a residential area, old eastern boulevard near harrison avenue and out in western howard county, down wirings in the roadway has old frederick road closed between marriottsville road and cove wood lane. use the baltimore national pike to get around that. >>> 6:17. your kids have been in school a month now and chances are they are already worn out on the lunches. fear not. not only can you make them fun but they can be healthy, too. here's susan. >> reporter: chips and bologna and take that, prepackaged snacks. school lunches can be fun and good for you. it only takes a little imagination. >> a good meal consists of four parts. whether it's for a packed school lunch or a dinner. a protein. a who

pennsylvania avenue and branch avenue. be careful over there.er loop of the beltway, route 7, multiple car accidents. just happened. authorities are headed over there. at least one lane blocked inner loop between 66 and route 7. over on the approach of the 14th street bridge, looking okay. just a little bit of volume at the moment. joe, eun. >> jerry, thank you. >>> time is 5:42. a t-shirt brings the immigration debate to a lcal mall. what it says that has some people up in arms. >>> members who said the numbers don't lie, lied. turning losers into winners. >>> national leaders will be out during the morning rush hour >>> the defense department is revising plans to move security check points closer to the pentagon. that's according to the washington examer newspaper. back in july, pentagon officials announced plans to move the security screenings farther away from the pentagonto increase security. that came in response to that shooting at the metro station back in martha wounded two guards and ended with a gunman being shotto death. the northern

the office has been working with the community and ocean avenue since 2007. we are here today to present to you the resolution of intention to form the ocean avenue community benefit district and amendments for review. specifically the amendments have to do with updated management plans and engineers' reports. over the past few months there has been extensive outreach to the community and a lot of input during the commission face on how to improve the plan. additionally, the funding for the loop developments has come through this summer. some of the entitlements for the project for that area have been approved and we know much more than they did before. reflecting what will be in the area that is not currently there today. some of the property owners also have data corrections given to proponents. sullivan has been reflected in updated plans. mostly administrative -- some of it has been reflected in the plans. mostly administrative on page three, line 8, the amendment plan submitted for your review and amended engineer's report. that is noted on page 3, line

we'll go aloft to the news chopper 7 and the geico camera near georgia avenue. that looks like it is doing ok. the inner loop lights, traffic on the right, a little red we see from 95 past georgia avenue. heavier volume, but steady pace. more from news chopper 7, but now to alison starling. >>> now we turn to the latest on hurricane igor. it is starting to move away from bermuda. it is a category 1 storm, and it did pound that island, uproot trees, and knock out power to much of that british territory as well as flood streets. forecasters say it will miss the united states us but will cause rip currents and high surf. >>> coming up in today's "money

again, this is all burning near skyline boulevard, san bruno avenue. rita williams just talked to me. she just said she got off of the phone with a gas station owner on west san bruno avenue. he told her on the phone he had to leave immediately. the flames were getting too hot and then he just hung up the phone. again, right now, the latest kaiser hospital received six patients, three people in critical condition and more are on the way. that is the latest from the news room, let's go back to you. >> all right, thank you, julie. we want to go back to malita on the phone. her house is very close to where these flames are burning. and, once you heard this explosion right after you heard this huge explosion what did you do? >> well i looked out the front window and saw huge fire shooting up in the sky. and i could feel the heat even through the window. so, we decided to leave the house immediately we did not wait to hear any instructions. just got in the car and drove and you could feel the heat as we were driving so we left the area immediately he and we

stacked around the kenilworth avenue exit. and southern avenue a  disabled vehicle is taking away the right lane. backed up at the suitland parkway and howard county a downed pole and route 94 is closed between florence and old annapolis. over to howard. >> sunny and breezy today. in the low to mid-80s south. low 80s tomorrow. mid-80s an warmer on thursday. the weekend is looking good. high unless the low to mid-80s. >>> as for wall street we have been up in eight of the last nine sessions. looking lower but economic data is out. >> the "early show" is next with more on primary day nationwide. >> down load a hurricane tracker at wusa9.com. next news is at noon and we will see you tomorrow >>> primary day.

new york avenue inbound to florida avenue.me help behind it, but i haven't seep the towruck yet. not a big backup. could be a very difficult commute. we're doing pretty well. metro rail and vre are okay. 12 minutes behind schedule. >> thanks very much, jerry. >>> you won't need to carry change to pay for parking in old town alexandria. you can use your credit card, and you may need it since the price is going up. $1.75 an hour. that is a 75 cent price hike. the new devices should hit city streets next year. > talks between a private bus company and the union representing its drivers. service on the bus has been cut in half as drivs continue to strike for betteray and working conditions. news 4's derrick ward reports. >> reporter: the strike began on money. nearly 150 drivers who worked for viola transportation traded in the bus line for the picket line. at issues, their working conditions. >> wages, job security. >> reporter: the demands are simple. a full lunch hour. one of the big problems are security cameras that have be m

they are trying to fix the break near martin luther king avenue in southeast d.c. they are also cleaning up after a downed tree. there are traffic issues in that area this afternoon >>> in arlington, police say that a driver who had a medical emergency was responsible for a seven-car pileup on i-66 this morning. the cleanup is causing delays near the roosevelt bridge. four people were taken to hospital and there is no word on their condition. >>> investigators say suspect on the list should be considered armed and dangerous. there was a crash in southeast d.c. early this morning. courtney robinson brings us the latest. >> it was a series of crimes that led them -- led the police to cousy's -- southeast washington and lead to a shoot out. >> it was crazy and i was asleep and i heard about 20 gunshot. >> prince george's county officers say at 2:30 this morning a man robbed someone on kenilworth avenue and 45 minutes later, they got a call about a carjacking. officers responded and got into a high-speed chase with two men in this car. the car had maryland tax. >> the