kron 4 meteorologist brittney shipp is here - and says more warm weather is coming. >> brittney : we are tracking a few changes to our system but we expect to see clear skies by 9:00 a.m. check, twi dropped by the time you had out for lunch hour hines around the region for tomorrow will be in the mid-70s and our average for the time of year >> catherine : police are investigating a deadly shooting in antioch. it happened along oakley road. west of highway 160 just before 4-pm today. officers found an 18-year-old victim who had been shot. and he died later at the hospital. police haven't released information on a possible suspect. a second person is dead tonight from a friday shooting in vallejo. 22 year old bomani broadnax of martinez died today. his father. michael broadnax of vallejo. died at the scene friday. under arrest tonight. david prashker is charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. investigators say he threw his laptop from the second story window of his apartment as police served a search warrant. forensic experts say they found child pornography on t

brittney shipp joins us now. brittney, can we expect another beautiful day tomorrow? >> brittney : another round of well above average temps will last into tomorrow. then wednesday, big changes. light rain and cooler temps plus winter storm watch goes into effect. wednesday night until thursday morning and let us take a closer look at your highs for tomorrow 80 degrees in fremont and 81 we are well above average right now 66 closer to the bay and temperatures are already starting to push to 70 degrees i'll break it down for you hour by hour coming up in my full forecast >> pam :happening tomorrow. repair work on last october's big sinkhole in union city. will be causing traffic problems for the rest of the week. city officials say, they are closing one eastbound lane of alvarado boulevard. at nine- in the morning. drivers should anticipate delays between new haven street and fair ranch road. in the south bay. a family of six is left looking for a place to live. after losing their home in a house fire this morning. kron 4's j.r. stone spent the day in the south bay. he

brittney, what can we expect tomorrow? >> brittney : these warm temperatures are kind of going away as some light rain moves and and i have your planner for the next couple of hours windy conditions as temperatures in the mid '50s and as we go through the morning hours closer to lunch things get a little more interesting with light rain starting to move through gust winds up to 35 or 45 mi. per hour we'll even see a chance of a few isolated thunderstorms but the temperatures will not be pushing into the high '70's and 80's like we saw today here is the satellite greater showing the clouds starting to move an already --radar showing a zero bring up the timing and everything in my full forecast-- i will bring up the >> pam : snowpack statewide has droppeda reminder. kron-4 mobile app. new at 11. members of the state's dungeness crab task force. are urging state officials to wait. before opening the season for commercial crab fishing. members made the proposal today... asking that officials wait until the crabs are cleared fo

>> brittney : record highs today and more on the way! we broke the record in oakland and tied it in san jose and it was really warm at the game today here's a look at some of our warmest temperature is today as we go into tomorrow we expect another warm day with another round of record-breaking want --warmth then we start to see a break in our weather pattern as it tracks some chances of rain and that is why we're going to see lots of sunshine because of the high ridge of pressure at least for the next couple of days here is a closer breakdown in san jose their record is 75 degrees with a forecast that has 77 livermore probably will not break the record or for oakland or san francisco but it will still be well above well your seven day forecast shows a few changes we are tracking which over the next few days those temperatures in the low to mid '70's and then as we push into thursday week drop back down--we drop back down temperatures will start to break a bit back to the mid-60s an hour or an i lows will stay in the low 50s and will hav

brittney, i imagine bernie's crowd is pretty boisterous. brittney:: (adlib, scene setter, toss to soundbyte) we caught up with senator on the campaign trail. and asked about getting milennials out to " our campaign has done a very good job on social media and basically what our message is about and there is something wrong when if we don't turn this economy around young people will likely have a lower standard of living than there parents. you people all over this state and this country are struggling with student debt and there are many others who cannot afford higher education and the best educated workforce. which is why i strongly agree colleges and university should be tuition free." brittney::: (adlib) jack: the other two hillary clinton and martin o'malley. both have spent their last day on the iowa caucus campaign trail near des moines. o'malley is encouraging his supporters to "stay strong" in their caucus locations, while clinton is telling voters that, unlike bernie sanders, she has a more realistic vision for the country. " clin

brittney, what can we expect for >> brittney : it will not mean anything for the weekend as this should clear up by friday so your weekend plants are safe and here are the satellite radar pictures--weekend plans are safe has begun to the rest of the night the clouds will begin to increase and this is closer to noon we're all seeing a little bit of rain fall and you notice that by 5:00 p.m. most of the rain clears out and i will be tracking what is in store for the weekend coming up later >> pam :today in pacifca, demolition work began on an apartment complex. that was sitting dangerously close to the edge of a cliff over the ocean. this is what is left of 330- esplanade in pacifica. the complex was red -tagged by the city in 20-10. out of fears that erosion would cause the structure to fall off the cliff. now 3-10 and 3-20 esplanade. are also being threatened. neighbors are saddened by what is happening. and hope the people living in the other building will find somewhere to live. >>:we're losing a whole section of the land here and people are losing their homes and we know some of the

brittney::: back to you in the studio. jack/wxcdl it looks like the metro will chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now... brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is weatherrate the independent weather experts" brad/wxwall: weather adlib: a blizzard and winter storm warning remain in effect for many areas of western, northern and central iowa late tonight into tuesday night. we had a mild, dry day in central iowa, but that is all about to change. look for mostly cloudy skies and a few light rain showers possible evening, but traveling should not be goers. nw iowa may showers later tonight metro should not see any snow until well after midnight. it looks like our best chance for snow in the metro will be from 3 am to about 9 am tuesday. this is when we could have some heavy, wet snow falling with several inches accumulating very quickly. because our temperatures will be above freezing during this event, i think we a

brittney, will this affect the super bowl? >> brittney : it will not affect the weekend as things will warm up here's a look renown for the satellite radar showing the clouds are increasing and he should have been nice and dry commute to work as you head home from work that is when the showers are going to make their way through our entire area here's the satellite rate your- -radar temperatures go back to the mid- 60s by the weekend and then a dry super bowl tomorrow morning is going to be a little bit on the cold side especially if you're in napa with temperatures in the 30's and 40 degrees in sunnyvale and i'll have the rain for you in the next four test--forecast >> pam :for up-to-the minute weather forecasts and all your bay area news. be sure to download the kron 4 mobile app. it's free to download for apple and android devices. coming up. bay area airports. on full, as thousands of fans come in for the big game. a super bowl celebrity sighting. cam newton surprises some bay area fans. we'll tell you where he was spotted

brittney joins us now with the forecast. brittney, what can we expect for tomorrow? >> brittney : temps drop a little tomorrow with a weather disturbance moving to the morth of our area. --north chance showers and a high surf advisory. dangerous recurrence are expected so please be careful but will also help regulate or temperatures are now it is 54 degrees and concord temperatures in san jose at 58 degrees and the entire coast under that high a surf advisories that goes into effect tomorrow with swells between 14 to 15 ft. high pressure still in control which is why the temperatures are still higher than average tomorrow will be more of the mx and then by 5:00 some of the latest models have shown that the rainfall pulls little more to the south so we could see it passing showers as we go in to the rest of the evening you will see those showers clearing up quickly and heading into saturday we have lots of sunshine but on sunday another round of foggiest temperatures back down to '60s and it will stay that way into the weekend but by next week we're back to the mid '7

brittney, what can we expect for tomorrow? >> brittney : it will continue to shift to the east and most of the momentum all had our higher elevation areas blowing snow is a concern that was decreased visibility and a winter storm warning it expires at 12th but it appears that most of the rainfall continues to push out to the east we're also seeing a little bit of light rainfall and to have some on and off showers as we go into the rest of the day and the satellite radar is showing us a little more of the snowfall developing but coming up i will have more details regarding that >> pam :the stormy weather has knocked out power to hundreds of p-g-&-e customers across the bay area tonight. in the north bay. 200 people are still without power. the biggest outage is in the south bay. where where are more than 23-hundred outages. meanwhile. there are 230 outages on the peninsula. 780 customers without power in the east bay. and there are 80- reported outages in san francisco at this hour. our storm coverage continues tonight from the

brittney, how do the waves look for tomorrow? >> brittney : we are tracking swells anywhere between 11 to 15 ft. with a dangerous rip currents looking ahead we're still tracking warmer conditions expected as we head into the weekend as we head back to the '70s but there are changes in the seven day forecast and to have more details coming out >> pam :a tragic end. for a beloved richmond police officer. veteran officer - gus vegas - was shot and killed at his home in vallejo early this morning. the suspect has been identified as robert vega-- the father of vegas' 6- year- old grandson. police believe there was a fight between the two men early this morning. and that vegas was protecting his daughter and his grandson. the suspect-- vega-- was found in fairfield a short time later. tonight. kron 4's charles clifford has more details on the suspect. and how he was taken into custody. >> charles :police declined to release as many details about him tonight. about the death of >>:this said the suspect was the father >> charles :he fled

kron 4 meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking the forecast. brittany, how long will this warm weather last? >> brittney : here's the breakdown all the record highs for today the oakland museum pushed to 81 degrees satellite radar shows a huge ridge of high pressure this will be true as we go into tomorrow as well the night planner shows that as we go on to tomorrow morning by our temperatures are back in the '60s and '70s and i will have your seven day forecasts later on >> pam :coming up. a surprise protest at this year's super bowl. how the death of mario woods. made its way into the halftime show. plus. the first votes of the new hampshire presidential primary are in. who is in the lead. gunfire erupts on an east bay interstate again. we bring you the latest on the investigation. investigation. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's

>> brittney : another very warm day for us--not as warm as yesterday but well above average. here's a closer look at our headlines as we are staying warm a beach alert as there are strong recurrence --rip currents and we have a chance of rain for the north bay and that is mainly for the north bay but not for the whole area as we head into tomorrow you'll notice a lot of our temperatures >> pam :surf's up at half moon bay. the big wave surfing competition. titans of mavericks. is set for friday. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b- c 7. as surfers took to the waves a few weeks ago. 24- surfers have been invited to compete in the event. forecasters are predicting waves between 13 -and 14 -feet on friday. but the waves could reach up to 25- to 30- feet. this year's event will not feature a festival. and there will be no access to pillar point to watch the contest. >>:now it is on to nevada, caroline and beyond we're not going to forget you new hampshire remember that you started it >> pam :donald trump soars to victory in the new hampshire primary with 35-perc

kron 4 meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking the storm system. brittney. what can we expect for tomorrow? >> brittney : light rain will linger for the evening then we dry up and clear things up for the end of your work week. super bowl weekend looks super! just a few light showers and a chance of light showers in till we go into tonight try and stay away from the water and do not turn your back to the ocean lots of sunshine and it will continue arming up >> pam : police are investigating an explosion in a vallejo mobile home park... which left one person injured. it happened around 8:30- tonight. at 'the olympia of vallejo' mobile home park. on the one- hundred block of catalpa street. one person suffered first and second degree burns to the hands and face because of the explosion. there was no fire. three neighboring homes were damaged in the blast but the source of the blast is still not clear. officials are still investigating.. celebritiess and n-f-l all- stars are descending on the bay area this week for super bowl festivities. and tonight. many of th

amazing medical achievements this date >> brittney : looks like a human baby it is going to be more ofthe same whether to add a--will be more the same whether tomorrow as we had today getting pretty close to 80 degrees i temperatures will drop back to the '60s we will stay above average but dry until the weekend >> pam :that's it for the kron 4 news at 11. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news at kron 4 dot com. or download one of our mobile apps. we'll see you tomorrow they say denny's 7-pepper spicy skillet is crazy spicy, but how crazy could it be... denny's new crazy spicy skillet. denny's. welcome to america's diner. >>> "dancing with the stars" erin andrews. >> she breaks down in court. >> an "inside edition" in the. could what happened to -- investigates. could happened to erin happen to you. >> how creepy to have a guy get a room in connection to yours. >> she is alive. >> the 14-year-old girl shot by the accused uber driver. >> they were ready to harvest her organs. she wasn't deed. >> she is alive fighting for her life. >> this country needs somebody that is a deal m

from north lake mall, brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> thank you brittney johnson. we posted the full 911 calls on our website, wsoctv.com. find it inside brittney's story on the home page. >>> back to breaking news out of hawaii where this video was released of this tour helicopter crashing into the water near pearl harbor. this chopper just dropped out of the sky. and it starts to spin right in the ocean. the coast guard saying that five people were on board as it went down. a 16-year-old boy in critical condition. all of this happening near the u.s.s arizona memorial in pearl harbor which is a popular site for tourists. >>> a lancaster woman accused of shooting a man in the chest this month has been caught hundreds of miles away. police say martina jenkins was arrested in new jersey last night and is now waiting on a hearing to bring her back. during an argument at their home. he survived. jenkins will now be charged with attempted murder. >>> a man is accused of trying to smuggle cocaine through charlotte's airport using a computer mouse. rocky faces felony poss

(brittney johnson, reporting) "they approved this, despite your warning letter, what are you going to do now?" gov. pat mccrory, (r) north carolina) "well as i warned as i expected we already have state legislators working on legislation for april to reverse what city council did." in a one on one interview governor mccrory--said he believes allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice is a violation of privacy--and overreach--so he's stepping in. gov. pat mccrory, (r) north carolina) "i think they crossed the common sense threshold of interfering with people basic sense of privacy as security that we all expect." we learned the state could take 4 routes. strike the entire ordinance, strike part of it, pass a conflicting law, or put it before the voters in a referendum. political experts say a referendum would draw more general election but the governor argues that would take too much time. (gov. pat mccrory, (r) north carolina) "we need to correct this very misguided ordinance as quick as possible and move on to higher priorities in north carolina." >> that was bri

. >> brittney : and you are taking a closer look at our satellite radar shot that rain is getting closer to our area we will look to know what is in store for the rest of the workweek all coming up rest of the workweek all coming up i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table. >> pam :the city of san francisco may be on the hook for a two million dollar house sliding down a hill on casitas avenue. the house was sliding so quickly last week it had to be torn down. a hidden water main break was found four houses up t

there are no reported cancellations at airports in san jose or oakland. >> brittney : a large part ofhat system is slowly starting trans for into the north east we can expect warmer fans-- warmer conditions as we head into the weak and--weekend and we having mild weekend on top with temperatures dropping as we get to saturday and sunday that temperature was across the region san jose at 57 degrees so a cold start tomorrow but after that it will be warmer and warmer here the satellite research shows that ridge of high pressure i will take you through our future cast for we will mainly siege sunshine and an overnight it will change and on friday we are tracking just a schmaltz chance of showers--small chance it is not going to produce a whole lot of rain but we will keep a close eye on that we will stay in the '60s stricter the weekend--straight through >> pam :new at 11. the flu vaccine is doing a better job this year. new data suggests. it is 59- percent more effective. that's a big improvement from last year's flu season. where the vaccine was less than 20- percent effective. unlike

. >> gary :and golf begins for real tomorrow and the rest of the sports highlights >> brittney : i will have all the details in my forecast

brittney johnson has that. << leaders made it against the law for businesses and taxis to discriminate against members of the lgbt community and to allow them to use the bathrooms of their choice.

game was not one of the better ones here we have some of the good and bad super bowl commercials >> brittney : and i am tracking clear skies tonight that will give way to lots of sunshine and i will go over how long will want will stick around in the seven day forecast--how long the warmth

on monday, we first told you about paul schaffner's attempt to get out killed brittney billette 23 years ago. he had claimed the baby fell and hit her head. but doctors said her injuries were the equivalent to falling from a second story window. since that story aired, more than 24-hundred of you have written letters to the parole board, demanding they keep schaffner behind bars.we'll let you know if it worked. 3 a local man is expected to be arraigned on a long list of charges this morning.police say several times back in may and june of last year, deshawn strattman sold heroin to undercover officers downtown. then in october, strattman allegedly cut a man's hand and punched him.he was taken into custody yesterday after police say he ran from an officer during a robbery investigation. police say they found heroin charged with assault, obstructing official business, trafficking. 3 time/temp ...scramble for support ...the lastest on the presidential candidates before a big week at the polls.plus ...changing tunes ...how voters are impacted by candidates who switch stances ...next, on good

according to block parole dot com, brittney's family is fighting to keep schafnner in prison... the full ohio parole board will review the case later today. also today... dayton police officers say they plan to meet with montgomery county prosecutors, to discuss charges in the death of a middletown there as brandon carr was taken into custody yesterday, in connection with the shooting of brittany russell two weeks ago. the 29-year-old was found dead in her car in dayton, with her 6-month-old baby in the backseat. the baby was not hurt and is now home with her father. a controversial bill has now been approved by a senate committee in indiana. the measure would allow law enforcement to withhold body camera video recordings from the public... if they prove it might harm someone or influence a trial. police would not be able to withhold video if a victim alleges excessive use of force or civil rights violations. new this morning a deadly storm system continues up the east coast... damaging buildings and taking more lives. a suspected tornado hit waverly virginia, a farming town abo

. >> gary :and golf begins for real tomorrow and the rest of the sports highlights >> brittney : i will have all the details in my forecast i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually belongs on the table. again! again! again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... again! >> pam :a popular trail is now at risk. because of the continued erosion in pacifica. in pacifica. there are new concerns that erosion could be destroying a popular coastal trail

she believes getting into brittney's phone might help find her killer. the east baton rouge district attorney agrees. i think apple is being naive in some sense because they're saying they're putting everyone at risk, but what about the people that have already been effected by that? the families that have been affected by that. investigators believe mills was murdered by someone she knew. that's why they think getting into her phone might help their investigation. jenna: many transgender students are keeping an eye on south dakota. it could become the first state to pass a law requiring students to use locker rooms and restrooms associated with their biological sex -- not the gender they identify with. however....the bill states that if a transgender, and a parent "consents to that assertion in writing," the student should be given a "reasonable accommodation." the state legislature passed the bill, but governor dennis daugaard hasn't said whether he'll sign it or veto it. . "i would say i try to take information where i can get it. i'm certainly most i

fox eights brittney harris with the lead story tonight. house. i went to my front door and looked at what was happening. i saw some firefighters pull out some hoses and i said okay, it's time to get out of here ring out. >> eric gergotz is interest to get back insidec his house here on east 57th in cleveland. he c was told to evacuate after his neighbor's home caught fire. it happened tca sometime around noon on saturday. heoo says they haven't heard much but they do know that a woman passed away. >> it's real that over here. the street are blocked off and the fire keeps going. it won't stop. >> sue lefkowski lives across the street. she said she phrased to call 911 aboutit the fire after her son told her. >> i was coming down the street and i didn't notice anything. i camemimi upstairs and within five minutes my son's screaming call the fire department because the house across the street was ont fire, so i did. we condense down downstairs in the house was engulfed with flames. i everybody knows lady. >> the fire department has notnt identified t

police were looking for 29-year-old brittney russell after she took up with her daughter, haven. early say russell did not have custody. she was later found dead in a car at a dayton apartment complex. the baby inside that car, safe. was on. police have not said who they believed killed pretty and why she was targeted. mark: the murder case against a former u.c. police officer could afford. the hearing is scheduled today for ray tensing. tensing is accused of shooting samuel dubose during a traffic stop. the incident was captured on a body camera and gained national attention. lisa: streetcar number three is heading to town expected to arrive in over-the-rhine later today. it will be a couple of street closures this afternoon. it will take about 90 minutes for the streetcar to be unloaded from a flatbed truck and onto the track. according to officials, the next livery set for the end of the month, and car number five, expected to be here at the end of march. senator bernie sanders and former secretary of state hillary clinton will face-off in milwaukee tonight. the debate comes d

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brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> we're all ready ready for next season. coach ron rivera said today he was thankful for these fans who lined up to welcome the team back last night. he and several players shook the bus. waved. fans wanted the team to know win or lose they still love the team. >> we want them to know that one game does not define how proud we are of our panthers. they worked hard. and they deserved to have this when they come home. >> parents told channel 9 they brought their kids out last night to teach them that life is not always about winning and it's important to keep trying. >>> channel 9's pair of road tripping photographers have started the long journey home. carl and sean hit the road this morning and they're all ready >>> new at noon, firefighters rushed to this east charlotte house after neighbors smelled smoke coming from it. chris put out the fire on hartness avenue. inside. the time. >>> one student is in the hospital after two buses collided this morning in west charlotte. middle school. there was no visible damage to the bus

brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> now this is hard to watch. but as the panthers were packing up, denver was celebrating the broncos super bowl win. tens of thousands of people attending today's parade for the players, officials, and their families. channel 9 is your best resource for panthers pride, the super bowl run, and the team's incredible season. you can see raw video of interviews with the players, and coach ron rivera, all of that under wsoctv.com. >>> some breaking news right now in hickory, a crash causing major traffic issues for drivers trying to head home. highway 127 closed in both directions at fifth avenue northeast. police say the accident took down some power lines. they say this delay could last for several hours. >>> a student was robbed at knife point today at central piedmont community college in huntersville. this forced a lock down at lake norman charter school as police looked for that robber. eyewitness news reporter ken lemon is live in huntersville with the latest on this investigation tonight. >> the primary focus

tammy: brittney's family declined to comment on carr's arrest. but they will going through this all the way. >> we have haven and she's as safe as safe and she's as happy as happy. >> brandon carr is being held at the montgomery county jail. they will be set to meet with the prosecutor tomorrow morning. reporting live from middletown, emily wood, wlwt news 5. sheree: a suspected drug dealer is being arrested. he's being held on unrelated chargesd has not been charge with this murder case. but dayton police telling us he could be connected to brittney's death. new allegation involving a dozens fraternities. 21 allegations at the oxford school. miami's greek system right now is under investigation adding that "miami does not tolerate hazing, behaviors that endanger the lives of others violate the order of our fraternal organizations as well as the university." miami's office of ethics is hand tling investigation. sheree: police need your help finding a man who stole hundreds of dollars of hair regrowth. take a look at the video. police say he took

in east charlotte, brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> we've been tracking the first of many waves of rain pushing right through the charlotte area with some of the heaviest rain right now sliding through uptown, heavier rain moves through gastonia in the next minute or two. same for belmont. huntersville about 6:35, lowsville at 6:40, it's just there's no thunder in this. but there's decent down pours. extending west to cleveland county. shelby seeing rain right now. lincolnton a little after. morganton at 6:30. as well as sherels ford. temperatures cooled dramatically. 66 at 10:00 this morning in charlotte. and look what's happened since. a cold front pushed through. and it's driving the warm air south and look what's happened. it's down to 49. statesville and salisbury. low 40s in the mountains. 54 in charlotte. 10 to 15 degrees colder than this time yesterday. focus on the mountains. the future cast picking up a good chance of thick fog in the charlotte area, a lot of low clouds mixed in with the rain and a touch of fog. we'll be in the upper 40s immediate metro. mid

since 5:00, our reporters and every angle of the storm and first at 6:00, brittney johnson is live in meyers park where people are dealing with damage. >> this part of edge hill road is finally back open to traffic after being blocked off for ab four hours because of this. you can see the trunk of the tree that fell around 12:30 today. it's massive. it's still there. crews worked throughout the day to cult it up and clear it as it crossed the road. it fell on the other side. it knocked down another tree and a fence but thankfully no one was hurt. there were close calls in other parts of charlotte. you can see where fallen trees caused quite a bit of damage in the will more area. homeowners there told us that trees came crashing down on a car. also a condo. neighbors told us they lost power this morning and there was so much damage to the roof of a condo that was damaged that it was deemed unsafe. a tree crashed on his home. it caused minor damage. but no one was inside at the time. we spoke to a man in the will more area who was inside of his home when the tree fell. it fell on top of

brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> i'm a cms parent. i got the call at 5:59:00 a.m. which is late. my child has to catch the bus at 6:00 a.m. i was watching eyewitness news daybreak this morning around 5:15, and that's when i learned that the school was closed. a full 45 minutes before the district's phone call notice. now the roads certainly were dangerous. dozens of crashes across the area. coming up at 5:30, the slick roads that made drivers spin out, even when they were just traveling at about 15 miles per hour. remember, you can always get the latest on the conditions, school closures, severe weather alerts as well for your neighborhood, and track what's moving into your area right now. all on wsoctv.com. it's under the weather tab. >>> all new tonight, a huge hit for families across the area, by the end of the week, more than a thousand employees in two counties will lose their jobs. get answers from the company all day. and i understand you got an email about this. >> it was about 45 minutes ago. they said the it's worse than people thought. 550 people will be

. >> eyewitness news anchor brittney johnson traveled to the governor's mansion to interview the governor one on one. >> he told you how far he's willing to go to stop charlotte from making its own rules on bathrooms. >> the governor told me in a there's all ready lobbying state trying to pass the same type of nondiscrimination ordinance and lawmakers are working to reverse it in charlotte and stop it from happening any where else. >> all those in favor raise your hand. >> with that vote, charlotte city leaders made it against the law for businesses and taxis to discriminate against members of the lgbt community and use the bathrooms of their choice. they also went against the governor. >> what are you going to do now. >> as i warned and as i expected, we all ready have state legislators working on legislation for april to reverse what the city council did. >> in a one on one interview, governor pat mccrory said he believes allowing trans gender people to use the bathroom of their choice is a violation of privacy and over reach so he's stepping in. >> i think they cross the common sense t

live in south charlotte, brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. protons this tree closed down two ramps and the right lane of 277 outer near the carson expects the lanes to reopen around 6:00 tonight. >>> wind gusts brought down trees in the foothills. eyewitness news reporter dave faherty spoke with one couple who was inside their home when a tree came down on their roof. dave? >>> fortunately they're all right tonight. even after that line of storms moved through around the lunch time hour. we saw some very strong winds here in catawba county. let me step out of the way real quick. you can see the work ongoing now near newton where they're trying to get the lights back on after these lines came down because of a fallen tree. i was inside my live truck when the storm barreled through the foothills this morning. nearby this tree blocked one lane of interstate 40 in connelly springs. a few miles to the east in long view, paul perkins and his wife were in their kitchen when they heard a tree come down on their home. perkins had just gotten a when it

. -- i'm brittney johnson. vicki graf has the forecast. >> it feels even colder. as we go throughout the day here we have it plenty of sunshine, mid 30s. should be around 55 degrees this time of year. we won't get there even close the next several of days. it will stay cold and windy. at timesit will feel like the 20s in charlotte. could feel below 20s in the mountains. we do have windchill advisories through tomorrow. i'm tracking a winter tomorrow on when that arrives coming up. >>> today nc d.o.t. crews will be deciding how to treat the roads for monday's winter weather. they say treating roads for freezing rain is different than for snow. trucks will start tackling highways and interstates. more crews are on call if we get more than we anticipate. >> we have dozens of pieces of equipment just within mecklenburg county alone. we also have potential for 90 contractors that can we can bring on site. >> nc d.o.t. crews say crews have already used $24 million worth of materials on storm preps this year. that is already more than half the state's budget for the enti

live in raleigh, brittney johnson, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> the expanded policy does not actually take effect until april. joe bruno found out that cms and businesses are all ready looking into what those changes mean for them. he continues our team coverage tonight. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after charlotte city council passed a controversial anti discrimination ordinance, major jennifer roberts spoke to the people it directly effects, business owners. >> i think charlotte looks very bright today. >> reporter: the law bans businesses from discriminating against someone based on sexual orientation or gender identity, hundreds packed charlotte city council chambers to voice support or opposition to the bill. it was approved 7-4. >> i think anything that makes charlotte have a welcome -- >> many are troubled about the part that allows you to use the restroom of the gender you identify with. people opposed to the law say to target children. if businesses don't comply and someone files a complaint, a committee will review it. the penalty is up to a 500- dollar fine and 30 days i

. >> earlier at 5:00, brittney johnson told you many parents were upset about the district's last minute cancellation. the other options cms had that might have given parents more time to adjust. >> reporter: that's right, the district can have a delayed start, an early release or they can close. and while we've had some freezing rain on and off this evening, earlier today, they were concerned that at some point throughout the school day, the roads leading up to schools could become too dangerous for students. if you're confused about why cms schools were canceled for a full day, you're not alone. many parents took to facebook to question the closure and why many parents were notified so late. >> it's a huge inconvenience. >> we learned district and county officials held a conference call at 4:30:00 a.m. they saw the possibility of winter weather midday and the superintendent made the call to close at 4:51:00 a.m. but what stopped them from choosing the early release option like they did in at that time, concerned about winter weather moving in, cms had school but sent kids home two hour

coming up tonight at 6:00, brittney johnson went to raleigh and spoke one on one with the governor about how far he's willing to go to get rid of it. >>> new tonight, a jury in colorado convicted a woman of cutting a former app state student's baby from her woman. they found dynel lane guilty. she lured michelle wilkins to her home with a craigs list ad for maternity clothes. wilkins survived but her baby died. >> the son of a narcotics agent will spend the next 25 years in prison. a judge sentenced ryan tucker today for his role in transporting a ton of marijuana to the charlotte area and laundering $1.7 million if drug money. charged with helping out his son. he was sentenced to more than three years in prison. >>> after searching through hours of surveillance video, officers say they weren't able to gather clues in the latest fire station theft during the last two weeks, thieves have broken into cars at flint hill, kannapolis, china grove, mount morn, huntersville and cornelius fire departments. >>> we have some new information on a fire at a south end apartment community. last week's

thank you for joining us i'm brittney johnson. let's check in with meteorologist vicki graf for an update on this warm weekend. vicki. >> that is right. we are expecting a warmup as we head through the weekend. today a little bit on the cooler side as you step outside we're in the mid to upper 20s to low 30s. so all neighborhoods below the freezing mark you will need to grab that jacket. going through the day lots of sunshine. today. highs in the lower 50s. should be around 58 degrees this time of year. using our threat track aerolittle bit of a breeze. not like the winds we saw earlier this week. today. a little cooler early on but i'm tracking a major warmup through the weekend. >>> today is the big finale for the ciaa tournament and fans are packing time warner cable aretha. dashawn brown breaks down thee impact this will have on charlotte. back to the tournament because they feel like there is something here for everyone. that also includes the city of charlotte which could be the winner winner of them all. >> fans say it's li

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brittney harris, fox 8 news. >> turning out to the weather. was in a beautiful yesterday. >> absolutely stunning weather. say take a bite of springlike temperatures. will make its way into northeast ohio and dan archer is standing by in the front yard with more on your work week forecast. >> i definitely notice the difference today since yesterday yesterday. temperatures still were not that bad for a february wind today in northeast ohio. here in the low 40s most of the afternoon and he saw sunshine. you can tell that the have changes that continue to filter and. right now our 24 hour temperature change this time yesterday for about 15 degrees warmer than what we are right now. temperatures are at the freezing point along the way. thirty-two youngstown 31 and low 30s at the moment. going to continue to head into that -- that shouldn't be 37 degrees position for 27 degrees at 7:00 7:00 in the morning so it's definitely going to be a cold start. thirty-four by noon and at 5:00 5:00 the skies of the clearing out a little bit. will see lots of sun

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