i mean haddon feel has been really happy to have bancroft here all these years.hey've been great having them in the neighborhood. >> reporter: when melissa adams got work the historic school was living and substance recovery center might move in she panic. >> i think it's a little dangerous for the neighborhood. selling is fine. i think it depends who they're going oh sell it to. >> reporter: tuesday night almost 100 other passionate neighbors packed into the haddonfield commissioner's meeting. before anything is final borough officials will have to approve a rezoning. >> we have to give them a fair shake. they have to come in and make their representation, and that's what we'll do. >> reporter: bancroft school opened its haddonfield doors in 1883 but now the 132-year-old school is plan agnew complex in mt. laurel. recovery centers of america based in king of prussia wants to move in but the sale isn't final just yet. some neighbors are concerned about this high school is just a hundred feet away from bancroft' property. there's also an elementary school a few bl

bancroft announced it was moving to a new home and selling to the highest bidder. they are selling to recovery centers of america. >>> state lawmakers are considering a ban on smoking electronic cigarettes indoors. a bill was added. it's a 12-year-old law that bans smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places. three other states including new jersey, have already banned smoking e-cigarettes indoors. >>> the fight over legalized sports betting in new jersey returned to a federal appeals court today. lawyers for the state, the four pro sports leaguings and the ncaa argued before a judge in philadelphia. at issue whether a sports betting law signed by governor chris christie last year violates an older federal law. the federal law says states cannot sponsor, operate or advertise sports gambling. the leagues and the ncaa's suit in 2012 to stop sports betting new. >>> the philadelphia police department is looking to recruit more officers to become more diverse. our partners at telemundo 62 spoke with a recruiter for philly pd. he told us they're looking for more

it's bancroft and fair faction in east oakland. we had seen smoke earlier and now just listening to rodeo traffic it looks like they have a pretty good knock on this fire. i'm just quoting so we can't even see anything now which is good news. at first we were seeing definitely smoke and now it's gone. so again bancroft at fair fax we are trying to get more information there. all we do know is the smoke we were seeing is gone. let's move to another picture here. this is a look at interstate 880 and the traffic is moving along nicely as you drive through. also looking this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza the traffic continues to look good. i just want to mention that the east bay freeway is doing very well. 24, 680 and coming off the bridge it looks good. here at the bay bridge it is light still. 5:18 let's go to steve in the weather center. >> a little bit of clearing taking to place to the north. that cloud cover dragging across us ever so slowly. it is a warm system on the backside. some of that humidity factor will be with u

these young students at walnut creek's bancroft elementary switch classes after an hour and a half. it's all part of a pilot dual immersion program where the goal is to have these kids both bilingual and biliterate by the fifth grade. >> it's incredible to see these kids who come in not speaking a word of spanish and now are in there and teaching me words that they learn and coming over and saying miss velazquez, guess what miss styles taught us, know how to say pencil. >> reporter: the two classes mirror one another. these five and six-year-olds are soaking it all in. >> what's your name [ in spanish ] >> my name is katie [ in spanish ] [ non-english language ] >> si. >> si. how much are you learning here? ? mucho! >> do you a cat or dog? >> two cats [ in spanish ] >> i never learned spanish before and i like it so much. >> reporter: yes, they sing, too. and write. all the while having fun. it's a win-win for the mount diablo school district which hopes to expand the program to other schools. oh, and by the way, the parents love it, too. are you learning a little spanish? >> i'm le

our oakland coliseum camera, it's looking over the top of the oakland arena and right here near bancroftd fairfax you see a few flashing lights and a few less than there were a couple of minutes ago. i believe this is the fire activity. this is' no smoke, we don't see anything going on, sounds like everything's knocked down but we'll track that in the newsroom as it affects the local area. back to your maps, there we are, topical for us, a smooth drive headed through the area toward the bay bridge and the toll plaza with just the cash lanes backing up and the fast track lanes will start, we should see the metering lights turn on any second now. no slowing east shore freeway. we'll zoom out and give you the rest of the bay, peninsula and south bay real slowing. 101 around 880, we'll track that. i'll get you more details. back to you. >> it is 5:39. >>> still ahead tragedy on the track, a high school athlete collapses at school. that story is coming up. >>> and an important election happening overseas this morning could change the way the white house deals with iran's nuclear program, a li

frank went out to change bancroft middle school this week's "cool school." [ non-english language ] [speaking spanish ] >> reporter: welcome to mrs. styles' all spanish kindergarten class and right next door? [ non-english language ] >> reporter: miss velazquez is teaching english. these young students at walnut creek bancroft elementary school switch classes after an hour and a half. it's all part of a pilot dual immersion program with a simple goal toll have these kids both bilingual and bi-literate by the fifth grade. >> it's incredible to see these kids come in not speaking a word of spanish and now are in there and teaching me words that they learn and coming over and says, miss velazquez, guess what miss styles taught us. i know how to say pencil! [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: the two classes mirror one another. one is done in spanish in one, done in english in the other. these five and six-year-olds are soaking it all in. [ non-english language ] [ non-english language ] >> reporter: how much are you learning here? >> mucho! >> que bueno. [ speaking spanish ] [ non-english

bancroft announced last year it was moving to a new home and selling to the highest bidder.the group opposed to the plan said the rehab center is inappropriate for the area. >>> from our delaware bureau you may have to go outside to puff on e-cigarettes. they are adding them to the clean indoor air act. it makes smoking illegal indoors. >>> the philadelphia police department is looking for more hispanic candidates to meet the growing community. we spoke with a recruiter from the department. he said there are 6500 officers in the department 500 of them hispanic. the department is not just looking for latinos. >> we have to have diversity all around. you know we have to you know make sure we have either latino or african-american or caucasian officers. >> last month, 26 philadelphia cadets graduated after the seven month training process. >>> philadelphia is known for historic sites, restaurants and passional sports fans. >> one national magazine says the city is known for quirks. readers of "travel and leisure" ranked the 38 quirkiest cities. what makes philly so odd? the cre

staff picked up one two weeks ago and at bancroft middle school in san leandro last month. >>> california's historic drought is kind of changing the focus of this year's flower and garden show in san mateo county. >> the annual event kicks off today. organizers say their goal is to emphasize creating beautiful gardens while still being water conscious. many of the displays feature drought-tolerant plants and landscaping. >> our very own bob redell is heading there this morning to get a preview of what they have up their sleeves. in the meantime, if you stick with a traditional yard, new statewide restrictions will limit how often you can water. the state waterboard issued those restrictions yesterday. among the new rules, no watering within two days of rain. all restaurants will serve water only when customers request it specifically. with a record low snow pact and a fourth straight year of drought, even more drastic measures could be coming as well. >>> a group of south bay students in the big apple today presenting their ideas about beating the drought. the engineering students created a

. >> reporter: roseanne in a bancroft out for a stroll with sherri and daisy for now the forecast says sun and clouds. dare we say no snow? >> spring, you know, can't come too soon. >> reporter: there's about a week and a half left until april april. so with that in mind, here's hoping march came in like a lion but will leave like lamb. sabina kuriakose fox 29 news. >>> talk about close call for a philadelphia family part of their home collapses overnight. one of the brick walls of this two-story row home came tumbling down just after midnight. this happening on the 4900 block of kingsessing avenue. the family was at home at the time but thankfully no one was hurt. licenses and inspections checking out the scene and then declaring the building safe. allowing the family back inside their home. >>> eagles fans are mourning the loss of one of the greats. hall of famer chuck bednarek died early this morning. known as concrete charlie he epitomized tough guy linebacker and also outstanding for the eagles from 1949 to 1962. he may be best remembered for the game-saving tackle on the 9-yard l

bancroft announced it was moving and selling to the highest by the wayer. >>> back to one of our topries. a local fire chief under fire. >> all because of what he's seen doing in a local government building. suffer say surveillance video showing the fire chief briefly dropping his pants in a lobby in front of a security guard. the security guard is claiming sexual harassment. >>> danger down below. could take decades to replace hundreds of miles of natural gas lines. today the nbc10 investigators with other ideas that could get the job done sooner. >>> we had a nice little spring fling today but get ready for the winter feeling all over again. i'm tracking the return of a cold plus snow in my exclusive nbc10 first alert seven-day forecast. >>> then coming up all new tonight on nbc10 at 5:00, an oil mess along the delaware river below wilmington, tonight where experts think this is coming from. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldn't know the incredible differen

staff picked one up at the irvington community center two weeks ago, and at bancroft middle school in san leandro last month. >>> new at 11:00, police think they have caught a very unusual burglar. officers say 70-year-old ethyl hayes broke into the same church twice, as well as a local school. over the weekend, officers found hayes with cash and a stolen key from trinity lutheran church. surveillance picture from inside the church. police say she had items from montecito preschool in los altos as well as several keys to downtown businesses. they're trying to see if the businesses were broken into as well. >> we're hearing startling reports from the archdiocese of san francisco's main church. it's accused of using sprinklers to shoo away homeless people who sleep outside there. >> stephanie chuang is live. you can actually still see the water marks there. >> you can. good morning scott and kris. we're at one of four areas in question here at st. mary's on the main entrance. you can see that there's some dampness here moisture as well as it looks like moss growing here. this area here

the have traders buy bancroft if they have a special forces group to do the training? why contractors as opposed to others? the maximum are driven by u.s. policy like somalia. some will not put the folks on the ground so the contractors fill the void and did so capably in my view. there are benefits that have been highlighted one of a contract did work force is typically some of the individual traders traders tried to build continuity with the right balance. agent the actions of some contractor said iraq and afghanistan affected the relationship there was a sense in some countries there are stories of how the security contractors that is not what we lunch with the country. the other was enough oversight or control to perform the mission to do so in a responsible way. >> you raise the somewhat utopian future of the breakdown of the state's and a future where you can have the exxon mark -- mobil are retake control of the oilfields. and in your book and presentation you sent all the trend in goshen now. is this the inevitability there will be a breakdown of the fortune 50

since the second volume of the trilogy won the national book award and the bancroft prize it is throwingthe third volume has today won the national critics circle award. i send my deepest appreciation to all those involved. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is mark at pakistan has been my great privilege for the past year to serve as the chair of the nbc fiction committee, which has arrived at these five stellar finalists. robbie allen again, unnecessary women. [applause] marlin james a brief history of seven killings. [applause] willie king euphoria. [applause] shame really, such a false lead riverhead. marilyn robinson, "lila." [applause] in the recipient of this year's award in fiction is a sad six by marilynn robinson. [applause] marilyn robinson fills the third novel in her trilogy with glorious language shot through with light and grace. ps yes but we are brave she right and wild. more light in nothing we light in a thinly conveyor. the fire unfolding itself and us. robinson offers us yet another miraculous and momentous american portrait. no one writes so simply have

of the competition of those for outstanding works of nonfiction since the other volume glenn the bancroftrize at the second volume in this rally and that the third volume one national book critics circle. thank you. [applause] . . lily king, you for ya euphoria. [applause] lee, river head. [applause] >> marilyn rob robinson, leila. and the recipient of this year's award in fiction from the nbcc is leila, by marilyn robinson. [applause] marlin robinson fills the third novel with glorious young shot through withlight -- with light ask grace. we're wild, more live in us than we can bear. with lila robinson offers us a momentous american portrait. no one writes so simply yet profoundly of our yearnings. congratulations. [applause] >> i'm not marilyn robinson. i'm from fsg and i know marilyn will he utterly thrilled to receive this award, very grateful to you all, and very admiring of the other nominees. so, thank you all very, very much. [applause] >> thank you all for joining us for this wonderful evening. we hope you'll join us on 13th 13th street for the reception as soon as we can get the

winners including "the fiery trial: abraham lincoln and american slavery," which won the pulitzer bancroft and lincoln prizes in 2011. professor foner, thank you for joining us today. >> guest: thanks very much for having me. >> host: "gateway to freedom: a hidden history to the underground railroad." how did you arrive at this subject and this title? >> guest: well, the title, i guess, is meant to reflect -- it's the book centers on new york city, although it deals with a lot of other places but the title is meant to suggest that new york was a kind of gateway. when fugitive slaves got to new york city, they were then very quickly sent to upstate new york eventually to canada and they could really achieve freedom. and so new york was kind of a pivotal turning point in their journey from slavely to freedom. slavery to freedom. i got interested in the subject completely accidentally actually. a few years ago a student of mine who was working on a senior thesis at columbia about sidney howard gaye an abolitionist journalist, she was interested in his journalistic career but she said to me in