>> we found one county, i think it's alpine county, but that county apparently has a -- has an even lower percent of its property taxes that go to the school districts in -- in the county, but that's the only drk-out of 58 counties, so i guess we're second lowest. and we don't know much about the circumstances of that particular county. aswe're second lowest. and we don't know much about the circumstances of that particular county. asguess we're second lowest. and we don't know much about the circumstances of that particular county. aswe're second lowest. and we don't know much about the circumstances of that particular county. as far as why the rates were established that way in 1978, we don't have any information. >> it feels very arbitrary. >> so -- so with -- take this with a grain of salt because we haven't done exhaustive research about this. but our understanding is that whatever the rates happened to be for a whole variety of different reasons back in 1979, when ab-8 was established, it took a freeze frame, it took a picture, a snapshot of the then-current rated and enshrined them

on paper, humboldt county is one of the poorest counties in california, with a poverty rate well abovee. look, there's a possibility that marijuana may one day help this region turn a corner, but that hasn't happened yet. i left fortuna, and headed to a city that's opened its doors to the pot business. eureka wants its share of the $7 million in marijuana tax money the county expects to take in each year. but even here, not everyone's on board. hi there. -how's it going? -i'm marcus. -i'm adam. nice to meet you. -adam, how are you? i met adam dick. he's the cofounder of a craft chocolate company. it's one of the holdouts against the marijuana movement. that's amazing. -thank you. have people approached you about make cannabis edibles? yeah, we've been approached about that. that's just not kind of our scene. i think that, to a certain degree, it would cheapen our brand. adam's not in the marijuana industry, but he's definitely feeling its effects. with all the pot businesses moving onto his block, rents are climbing. why are rents so high? because of the zoning for cannabis in this par

western fairfax county, loudon county, i'll show it to you here. it's in the darker purple. look at the line there. in d.c. not much happening right we're looking at light snow outside our studios. we've seen about an half inch to an inch here. but when this line comes through, even downtown you're going to see a qui half an inch to an inch out of this over the next hour possibly. leesburg, winchester, martinsburg, you're done with the snow. up to 2 to 3 inches fell but it's done now. waldorf, moving south. once again it's the temperatures we're going to be watching. look at this picture. this is 270 around clarksburg. it is just nasty out there tonight. we'll continu to seehe cold air move in. 30 with the wind chill. 5 in cpittsburgh, thatd air moves in tonight. but the arctic air moves inrr to. wait until you see how cold we're about to get. >> all right. thank u, doug. we'll see you in a bit. >> right now the rain and snow mix is making for a dangerous drive. >> we're working for you, keeping a close eye on the roads out urthere. >> team coverage continues with your first

s are lou down, fairfax, shenandoah, warren county and prince william county schools. >> west virginiamineral, hardy and grant county schools are closed today. we turn to the delays now maryland, howard, montgomery, prince georges anne arundel and twederick county schools are on a hour delay. >> virginia, alexandria city, arlington, falls church city, fredericksburg city, king george, staffd county schools on a two-hour delay. west virginia, rkley, hampshire, jefferson and morgan county schools will open two hours late. rreminder for you, we have all that informationning at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >>> getting to coverage this morning, we have crews spread out on the roads for you checking out and of course melissa mollet in first 4 traffic with the warnings w >> we beginh meteorologist lauryn ricketts in for chuck bell this morning. lauryn, it's going to be really cold today. >> it is. that's going toe the main story, eun. the winds out there are going to be the mainy. st now the snow, the little snow that we got yesterday it coated to two w inches what

frederick, f leesburrfax county, montgomery county, this is heavy snow making itsay down. big fat flakes that's why it was able to accumulate. i want to take you to the d.c. metro ar. you see around the beltway now, right here the l rain snowe just south and east of the t ltway. snowinge airport, at alexandria, 20 minutes ago this was a rain/snow mix. now it's all snow. right on that line, bowie. >> this is where we have snow, areas like loudon county, es rg, where we have 1 to 2 inches of snow. it is not a big system but it's a hard hitting system, hitting at worst part of the day, that's evening rush. we have problems on the roadways,y as we normauld during rush hour but now we have more. 36 in d.c., but already freezing to the north and west. as the temperatures continue to fall we'll continue to see problems on the roadway.y possibilor delays early tomorrow morning, especially the schools.s melissaracking the latest on the roads. i'm looking at some of the maps, it is mess out there. >> reporter: it is a traffic nightmare. i hate to say that b it is such a mess. this i

in marylandonomery county, prince george's county, charles, frederick and anne arundel county schools closed. >>ls fhurch, aalexandr stafford and loudoun county schools are closed. we have the lhet on bottom of the screen and you can fine them on o app. >> we have the scene. pretty quite. not a lot of peopleut this evening. e> no. but some peopl are going to see nearly a foot of snow and the temperatures are dropping heading in the wrong direction now. amelia draper joins us now and you have new advisory? >> absolutely. so the national weather servi cancelled the winter storm warning and issued a winter weatheradvisory. this goes until 5:00 a.m., and this s foreverybody. all the counts here in purple so our entire area as we continue to track light to moderate snow out there right now. if you're in southern maryland, you could see another 3 inches accumulate overnight tonight outside of southern maryland, up into parts of frederickcounty, maryland, under 2 inches but still minorul accion is possible. in addition to that, roads are already a mess across the area and as temperatures dro

butte county area lawmakers are hoping for 100%. that would make the camp fire the 14th event in california history to receive such funding. ((nats))another expensive cost for lawmakers to consider: how to fund the $20 million dollars it will take to prosecute the accused golden state killer. a judge determined joseph deangelo will be represented by a public defender for the dozens of charges he faces stemming from murders and rapes across a sacramento-area assemblyman filed a bill hoping to establish legislation that will appropriate funds to pay for the pricey prosecution. these are just a few of the hundreds of issues lawmakers hope to sort out in 2019. authorities are investigating a small plane that crashed into the american river near discovery park in sacramento today. this is a photo from the sacramento fire department... showing the plane totally submerged. this happened just east of interstate 5. two people... a man two people... a man and a woman... were on board when the plane crashed. they are believed to be from the na

in burke county they take up arms. 150 counties in 211 burke county had the highest assault rate for doing things like trying to kill someone or inflict bodily harm. the second highest in 2010 and fourth highest in 2013. the overall violent crime rate for things like murder, manslaughter, rape was the third-highest ithirdhighest in o 2011. in 2013 and a tenth highest in 2009. in fact, all the people i interviewed in the area around the plant had guns at home and i found that this is because they thought freedom from all of the antagonism around them rather than enjoying the freedom to flourish so freedom under the gun in the united states is closely connected to the resignation of the rights because the more rights people have the less they feel the need to defend themselves against the very worst that the fewer rights they have the more they sense the need to arm themselves, so this is my last point. thank you for bearing with me. if we want to change this, if we want the power of the prophet, we must also change the way that we think. and that includes rural people themselves. we m

look at these bands around fruktsburg and stafford county and culpepper county moving into charles countywell. we'll ton watch that, too. this storm system has a long wa. to here in d.c., the upper level low is way back to the west and it's coming all across our region and tt's whyt's snowing all day off and on. once again thew heaviest s will be south of fredericksburg and we're also seeg some mixture in extreme southern portions of extreme st. 'sma county. lease burks 5.6 inches of snow and 7 inche now in reston and in chantilly. these are the higher totals that we've see g i've to update these, i'm thinking these will go up in quantico. 4.6, higher now. culpepper 5 inches and leesburg 6 inches. we'll continue to watch this as it moves through theer aon. additional snowfall an inch to 2 inches. and 2o inside d.c. and 4 to 6, the big area aund waldorf and fredericksburg. not done with this just yet.m storm t 4 ahead of all of it and we're getting set for storm coming in next weekend. pat clip, you ready for that one, too? >> reporter: i am always ready. i've got the stick at the ready, d

live in fairfax county. justin finch. news 4, back into yo> >> our team coverage continues in southern maryland. crews were out in full force, clearing the stets. in charlcounty, some parts f snow much as 8 inches ther >> molette green has been moving around the waldorf area for us, kewing an eye on s conditions there. looks like you moved again maybe. what do yousee? >> reporter: yeah. i came back to busy 301 so you can check it out. more cars out sere. therblacktop. you can see the stretches of road here. the crews have done a great job. snowy patches here and along 301. that's the main stretch heading into the city. the side streets, the secondary roadt's a whole other story. slushy, icy, dicey. i had a chance to talk to o frustrated man on his way to work in alexandria. terrible. these roads, they're -- it nothing like it. and i have to go to alexandria. so, amazon, you guys owe me. i'm doing your packaged tote, on the strength of, i know you need it. e> reporter: i know the amazon customers will appreciative of his g

county,rederick maryland, this morning. 16 in frederick county, virginia. 31 in annapolis. 28 in arlington, 20 in fredericksburg. a cold start this morning. another day filled with sunshine and temperatures above freezing. we should be above freezing between noon and 6:00 this evening. good, solid hours to get that melted down. the pavement absorbs the sunlight. that's good news for today. tomorrow, more of the same. sunshine and melting, not balmy by any stretch of the imagination. the next storm, moving under the west coast now, promises to impact us over the course of the weekend. between now and the weekend,il there also be a little chance for some winter weather late thursday, especially thursday evening, intohe pre-dawn hours of friday morning. here's thursday, 10:00 in the morning, nothing to worry about. dy 5:00 thursday afternoon, temperatures shoe close to 40 degrees thursday afternoon. this should be mostly rain around the washington area. i couldn't rule out some wet snowr sleet, especially before the sun goes down across northern maryland and the northern shenandoah valley. th

now fairfax county wants to use them too.ounty is starting a public information campaign to highlight the benefits and ease the fears residents may have.nt the c wants to use drones for a series of siations, like search and rescue, traffics, and fires at crimes at well. plannersh re working we aclu and otherup g to ease concerns about privacy. >> the plan is going to be a public safety generated program. we have focus for law enforcement, emergency management and fire and rescue. >> the drone will be able to do a better job at a fraction of yhe cost of using the helicopter as t do now. public meetings begin next week tod out where or for more information on these search fairfax county tropicadr our app. >>> there's a new treatmentth i battle against limb po fa. ahead at 5:00, the promising erapy thatas a local woman in remission. >> a wel known muslim family is speaking out after they say they were discr inated against h twoospital employees. >>> a promising new treatment is giving hope to some cancer patients who didn't find

we actually had a flood warning in effect for sonoma county and the southern parts of the county but that expired 20 minutes ago. they are seeing some of the floodwaters going down in the creeks and streams in sonoma county. we will keep you updated in the situations throughout the north bay as the morning progresses. katie nielsen, this is a kpix 5 morning update. >>> in oakland the wind and rain turned deadly on the caltrans property at 580. the victim was a man in his 40s that may have been seeking shelter under the tree along the highway. the friends found him trapped under the tree and would authorities arrived it was too late. >> one of the branches of the tree had broken and fallen on the individual who succumbed to his injuries. >> we have seen many other trees coming down and lafayette, emeryville and san jose with even more falling today. >>> the ground is very soggy. >>> switching gears, a ray of hope in los angeles with the teachers strike entering its fourth day. talks between the teachers union and la unified school district will start again at noon. the two sides have

mid tee forontgomery and frederick county. 28 washington. 26 in prince george's county. subfreezing start. if it looks wes it ice this morning. the sun is not up until 7:25. the commute will be unaffected by anything out of the sky. that being said, take extra time to go on out. don't be t guy. scrape the snow off of the roof of your car, for sure. use your ice scrapers and don't forget to keep that windshield washer fluid full. you'll need a lot in the next couple of days. a bone-chilling start to next week as advertised in the forecast. that'ss. coming up in 20 minu >>> taking a lo66 at eastbound chopper 4 is showing us, came upon this. thank you, chopper 4, for circling that for me. a vehicle skidded off of the roadway. a two-car crash. talking about main roads looking good. but the slick ots, the bridges, the ramps and the overpasses on a cold day like toda stil have a crash blocking the roadat sudley. looking at the neighborhoods in gaithersburg, some of them untreated thismorning. northwest, missouri avenue. crash investigation there. roadblocked. and maftean, a 12

to the county.ould be in jeopardy. >> we can't have a situation where lawyers in sacramento are trying to run county owned hospitals. >> county officials and community members came together to share their concerns ahead of a bankruptcy court hearing an ex week. in which the attorney general requested a stay on the $235 million sale. the public health department is worried about the being without a major medical facility. should it close. >> i have a lot of heart issues and strokes. i have severe sleep apnea. when i immediate to the get to the hospital fast. it's there. for me. >> officials said in a statement the attorney general is entrusted with the responsibility under the state constitution and statute to protect the health and safety of patients, and the community served by hospitals. in this case we have the responsibility to ensure transfer of the hospital maintains previously imposed conditions. the county which was the sole bidder says it can meet the majority of the clinical conditions. at

into many of the county's operations. officials want to use drones for search and rescue, aossess flood damage, manage traffic, and assess fire and crime scenes, among other things. >> we want to be able to do investigations, as far as, you know, provide a commander with nwhat's going with good information, even officer safety. wente doing a tacticalest some place. you know, having that drone up the, which is a lot quieter than a helicopter, we can sit there and watch. >> reporter: officials admit, they're envious, looki at other jurisdictions in virginia that use drones. we've shownou some of the success stories. in stafford county, they've used drones to trackown criminals. loudoun county, they've used issing people. right now, a chopper has to be used for the surveillance. not only ithat a lot more expensive, but choppers also cannot fly as low. >> instead of the heli, which is restricted at, i believe, 1,500, maybe 500 feet. the uas, we with drop it, the u uab, 100 feet. >> reporter: there are some things the drones w

. for example you can live in fremont and commute to san mateo county and qualify, but san mateo county has to be involved in one way or another. in south san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... rising concerns for san francisco skyscrapers... following this month's earthquakes... we have a look at the changes being made for these high rises. welcome back to the kron four morning news. a documentary on super dogs gets a super hero narrator... and a 90's hit gets an indie twist. david daniels has those stories and more on today's hollywood minute. "she's a dutch shepherd puppy, destined for greatness."who better to narrate a movie called "superpower dogs" than a super-hero like captain america? i-max has announced chris evans will provide the voice-over for the film about real-life canine heroes and their human partners, who brave dangerous situations to save lives. "superpower dogs" opens in i-max and giant screen theaters march 15th. (nat-music)"the teal album" is weezer's new collection of covers, as the rock band pays tribute

it is all of napa county, all of lake county, all of sonoma county and all of moraine county is gettingt least a quarter to a third of an inch of rain per hour. those red spots that you see, that is a half of an inch of rain per hour. that is the lightning which is now within 40 miles of pacifica and half-moon bay lifting in your direction. heavy rain does continue other the santa cruz mountains including south to more begin hill. one storm moved out this morning. one wave of energy. that is now causing heavy snow in the sierra. its the second wave moving through that contains the cold front which we don't get very defined cold fronts moving through. we will get tonight. that is why we have the chance of thunderstorms, heavy rain and very strong wind. napa and lake county. road flooding, small stream flooding is likely. this will be expire at 8:45

county schools are all on a two-hour delay. hampshire a mineral county schools are on a three-hour delay. now let'sheck in with our "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell out th>>e today. super cold, now doubt about that. temperatures haveen fa mostly in the low to mid-teens around the city. a bone-chilling 16 degrees in arlington, 12 in manassas, 14 in leesburg. fortunately the winds is nowhere strong as it w yesterday, but still any bit of a breezinds windchills back down to close to zero. it feels like 2 in washington, 0 in gaithersburg and 5 in quantico. your planner for tuesda here's some good news, plenty of sunshine, a light i went out of the south will bring temperatures, believe it or not, back to or slightl above the freezing mark. temperatures will keep climbing to climb ances start as well. i'll time out the rain chances in a few minutes. fo now let's go to melissa mollet. >> actually we're goingo talk about the reason for all of this nonsense, what we hav to do as a cause and effect. layer up with your warmest clo

. >>> that's right.ea ng news tonight in montgomery county. chopper 4 first on the sce in silver spring where wee found a heavy police presence and several roads blocked off. >> dectives tells two people were discovered dead inside a car on stuart lane. shomarirrtone justed on the scene. what are you learning now? >> reporter: good even gentlemen. a montgomery county police department accidentuc reconson team is behind me. you can see that i am standing approximately 100 yards away from where the flashing lights are behind me. that's where the scene where this occurred. let's roll someideo from chopper 4. police say around 8:30 tonight, a car hit several parked cars or st lane. this scenes -- [ lost audio ] >> you can see the video there from above. we've lost shomari's audio. police are working the scene where two people weread discoved inside a car below. >>> on to that winter blast tonight. good news here, folks, the morning drive should fine for most of you. but there's concern. something like this is in store for your evening commute. you

wichill, minus 1 in montgomery county this morning. forecast for today, sunny and not too terribly windy. afternoon highs will only reach the low to mid-20s at most. and for tomorrow, we're tracking a chance of snow around here, could be a inch in some spots. timeout for you when the snow is going to begin and end, coming up in a few. >>> let' go t first 4 traffic and lauren bacall. >> it's back ain. every time it gets a little too cold for my little throat, here we go. inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. nothing happening there. and today's commute, very likely going to be delayed like it does yesterday. 66, fairfax to the beltway, going toake you eight minutes. no problem in or out of down. leesville,evergreen mills road knot of shreve. and 95 at fairfax county parkway, no problems. >> thank you. >>> today, as you tak precautions to keep yourself safe and warm, don't forget about your pets. >> don't assume that your pet's fur coat can handle the temperatures we're experiencie ing this week. you need to shorten their walks to pro

county, maybe northern napa county. look at that line going through middletown, hidden valley lake. that's going to be our forecast today. some areas you won't get much, all of a sudden you will hit very heavy rain or maybe thunderstorms with small hail and the peninsula and santa cruz coast, santa cruz mountains, it's on its way, be there within the next half hour to hour. you will start to get in on some of that. a lot of colder, unstable air coming in now. the snow level coming down. it was very high for a long time. now down to 5000 feet and a winter storm warning down to 4500 feet, above 6500 feet. it's a blizzard warning that goes until noon. a decent breeze, not as strong as yesterday but some areas, sfo 32 miles per hour. half moon bay airport 25. still get some about 25, to maybe 35. a lot of moisture streaming across. usually when the door opens, one is quick to say things will dry out. i don't think that will be the case north of the golden gate for friday, saturday. north of that still be rain, up by mendoci

thisncludes northern fauquier county, front ckyal, frede county in maryland and upper 1ntgomery county seeing to 3 inches of snow overnight tonight. d.c. andaltimore metro areas, we're talking around an inch or less of snow mixed in with some rain. i think school delays are most likely if you're in the 1 t 3 inch range. we'll see some delays out there tomorrow morning i think d especially aro the mason dixon line and the i-81 we'll have snow and rain at times tonight, ending at between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. his is the storm team i'm tracking. then we look to the weekend when a big storm moves in later saturday and moves out on mainly around the midday hours. the weekend storm system is lookingike mainly rain but as it moves in we could see a bit of a wintery mix, especially snow snow in spots. s but thitem still coming together, evolving. bottom line it is looking like a messy weekend, especially on your sunday. arctic air moves in sunday night into monday, we have cold wind chills from ten below to ten below. doug you're going tohe see system move through your area, the weekend storm, ov

mary's county, calvert county, even into charles county.ll of that rain, just a few light showers are left. again, it's continuing to sink to this should be out of here by about 8:00, 9:00. temperatures right now anywhere from the upper 30s to the mid-40s. aso over the next 12 hours, we're looking at some breezy condcoions, cloudyitions, with maybe a few peeks of sun later on this afternoon. winds will come after about 5:00, 6:00 this eveni. now, as we head into your thursday, you can see that rain sinks to t south. we have plenty of clouds out there as we go throughr y thursday. even into thursday night. rain will move in after 5:00 friday. could beeeavy at times as lead into your saturday. then it moves out by midmorning on saturday. loing at dry conditions by saturday afternoon. dry conditions on sunday. sunday, 55 degrees. plenty of it's going to be beautiful. monday, not too bad either. maybe a few more clouds, mid-50s. next chance of rain will be on tuesday. look how mild we are over the next ten days. all right, melissa, let's get a

georgia learned from a county park ranger about the mostly forgotten county cemetery with at least 280 graves. it dates back more than a century. residents from what used to be the nearby farm and county hospital were buried there. georgia joined up with a classmate, mif classmate mitchell tanaka to give the graveyard -- >> we got into a -- >> how old are you? >> 17. >> you won on your first doc? >> yes. it's playing at the chinese theater in march on hollywood boulevard. >> that's quite an accomplishment. georgia wants the county to designate the cemetery bringing

>>ayuffolk county police tod declared war on ms-13. >> i consider them domestic terrorists. either they win, or we win. >> narrator: long island stretches eastward from new rk city for about a hundred miles. the place is known for its beaches and mansions, but en route is a very different world. densely populated commities, which have become a magnet for immigrant families from central america. some are here legally. others are undocumented. and their numbers have more than doubled in the last twdecades. it's also home to a vicious gang that has claimedhe lives of dozens-- mainly immigrants-- over that same tim (man speaking in spanish) this is the funeral for javier castillo, a 15-year-old from el salvador, believed to be one of the latest victims of ms-13. >>s-13, it's a salvadorian gang. it's predominantly out of the central american countries. i'm gonna describe them as the most violent gang that we have out here on long island. they're killing teenagers, they're killing children. 's just pure violence, a that's, that's what they thrive on >> narrator: law enforcements o

warren county will open one hour laid. >> jefferson, rkeley, hard y and morgan county are all on a two-hourelay. ham pshire and others are on a three-hour delay. >>> if any otheristricts make announcements, we'll let you know right away. check has the frigid frals. >> he's going to check in before melissa mollet. aese numbers are ridiculous. >> mostas have fallen into the teens. 11 at gaithersburg and only 6 at annapolis, 16 in washington. noth muc of the wind compared to yesterday but enough of a breeze to have wdchills downn the single numbers to near zero. put on your heavy coats, everybody. sunny and cold. the good news is the winds will turn to the south later on. most areas, not far above freezing but above freezing nonetheless. tomorrow, zoomingo 50 degrees bun but there are rain chances. for now let's go to "first4 traffic." >> looking good. school delays. not going to see too much in the way of commutes, about two hours. 68 miles per hour. it's going to take you 26 te mi same thing northbound. no roadwork northbound. , a live look at germantown road. no problem. g you'reng to need your

mineral county schools on a three-hour delay. of those delays are running on the bottom of your screen and also on the washington >>> now let's head over to chuck for the latest on the forecast. >> he's going to fill us in before melissa gis us a check on the commute. all right, chuck. are we warming up at all here? >> no, not yet. sunrise is not until 7:20 this morning. two hours tori su. that means our official low temperature is likely to occur between now and then. currently it's balmy 9. a delightful ten in gaithersburg. sometimes it depends on the word you put in front of the number. feels like 2 below zero in gaithersburg. so the daily grade for today, sun's going to be out. temperatures will be back above freezing. today's high tempeture near 3 degree. rain but milder coming in soon. thaforecast in few more minutes. for now let's go to "first4 affic." >> good morning. marginal is not what we'reoing for. the local lanes near shady grove, crash on the right side.h te's ferry shut down because of high water on the pomac rive

santa clara county's will get $39 million. and alameda county were getting more than $33 million. >>> did you know that my hero is here? >> he is here. >> welcome back. >> i do bad cold. >> i to touch of it. it's going to my house as well. i know what you mean. >>> good morning, everyone. let's take a look at the commute. i'm going to mention the gilroy commute and traffic is moving along okay. if you're driving from gilroy to san jose, there are no major issues along the stretch. morgan hill traffic is looking good. we're seeing traffic at the south bay that is moving well. i want to mention that the tube at alameda is closed now until about 5:00. you have to get off the island going down to one of the bridges. you cannot use the tube for the moment. let's go take a look at the bay bridge. you can see that traffic is light. to get on the road before everyone else, never right now is a good time to do. let's bring stephen with today's weather. >> or two glad to doctoring traffic in the midwest? >> it is so cold. remember, some

. for example you can live in fremont and commute to san mateo county and qualify, but san mateo county has to be involved in one way or another. in south san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. (vicki) news. news. (vicki) (vicki)still ahead... why did the sheep cross the road?we'll show "ewe..." after the break. (vicki) the bay area can be a pretty strange place -- and you never know what might be out on the roads at any given time. but here's something you don't see every day. a flock of sheep just wandering around on a roadway... underneath a giant shark. c-h-p golden gate posted this photo to instagram today. this is near burndale road off state route 121 in sonoma county. chp says they were able to work with the owners of the sheep to get them home safely. all while making a few jokes about these.... baaaaad boys. (ken) one of the most popular valentine's day candies won't be available this year. sweethearts conversation hearts won't be on store shelves this year since necco -- its lt year. that was despite the candy's popularity -- it was the number 1 candy for valentine's da

we have fbi, dci, state patrol, douglas county investigators and barron county detectives actively working the scene and conducting interviews. so details will be sparse right now. we do plan a 4:00 p.m. media update with more details to be released at that time right here. as you heard, the suspect is being charged with kidnapping. jayme was taken against her will and escaped from the residents at which she was being held. we do not believe that the suspect had any contact with the family. we do believe jayme was the only target. i can tell you that the subject planned his actions and took many proactive steps to hide his identity from law enforcement and the general public. next, i want to invite partners to make a few comments. these agencies step forward coming here, never gave up hope and became part of our community. i can never thank them enough. first, i will bring up special agent in charge of the fbi. >> thank you, sheriff. i am the fbi special agent in charge of the milwaukee division which covers all of wisconsin. we are so pleased to stand here today with our fellow law enforc

a little fog out towards eastern solano, contra costa county, and also into napa county. some of that develops a little later. but something to watch for. today is fine. except for a high cloud or two. and they wash out completely. won't party matter. these clouds will matter, though. they will move in on the weekend. but still, they're coming in from the west/southwest. so temperatures will be very mild to warm. there were a lot of mid-60s yesterday. upper 60s with that little easterly and northeasterly breeze, which is exactly what we have in place now. so it's going to be very mild to warm. and higher clouds come in. clouds warm. that should be 68. not 88. 68. 68 and mostly sunny. there are changes early february. but until then, enjoy the warm weather. >> all right, steve. will do. >>> time is 4:20. a key clue in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman. now, we have images of the white van that hit her. we'll tell you how this could lead to an arrest. >>> plus, two high school students now share a very special bond. how one saved the life of the other. >>> welcome bac

geor's county schools will close two hours early today. you can che for a mplete list of ather-related closures and early dismissals, head to the nbc washington app. >>> we have team coverage on the storm and its potential impact on you. lissa is standing by with your first look at traffic. but chuck bell is w ching this weather closely. what can you tell us?ve >> w been tracking a chance of this arctic cold just on our doorstep. anything that may start as rain utound lunchtime will end as snow, no doubt a it. the evening commute can be quite tricky. if you leave early, that's the best plan. your nbc washington app will be your bestriend today. and icy. as soon as the sun goesr down af5:00, things will ice up quickly by about 6: p.m. winter weather advisories for all of the d.c. metro area. these higightedcounties, that's a windchill advisory. the windchills could be 1 or 20 below zero. snowfall amounts won't be all that crippling. when it comes, all about t timing. generally speaking, 1 to inches. maybe 4 for hagerstown, frederick, northe

we have another one in sou county and fairfax county, on the route 1 corridor one in prince william county and woodbridge. the latest one to open is at the yland workforce center in the district of columbia. this is our f.rth cent we're pleased and proud to bring this work. this i something that your united way does every day. it's more critical during a time like this. >> reporter: that drove the united way to find, on their own, $50,000 in emergency funding. we have heard pepco has stepped in to match that. how quickly candi the f get to work? >> we're proud of what your united way is able to do with the donations of our donors. we're more pleased with thepa nerships that we're able to do. our job is to be a collaborator and convener. we're proud of pepco, who has en a long-time partner of united way and prince george's community college. theyre here to help us get the dollars out. as soon as we receive them and in the next 24 to 48 hrs, those dollars are out the door. two nonprofits doing great work helping those in need. >> rorter: they're looking for more donations. you can help by go

you can see one involving a montgomery county officer.is cruiser was hit helping another driver whose car spun out o 270. >> meaghan fit gerald is it looking any better now the sun is setting? >> reporter: yes. so it looks like things are almost back to normal. transportatiel officials us that every road, even streets andikneighborhoods the ones here have been treated as clear. they tell under the circumstances these snowplow drivers from on a 5:00 p.m. according to them, they hit that goal. aye last few have been extremely busy for snowplow drivers. >> we have been pretty busy the last couple days. >> crews have been working around the clock, clearing, treating the roads all montgomery county to make sure they're safe for >>drivers. i seen a few cars in ditches. this hasn't been too bad. >> reporter: but roads caused dozens of crashes since sunday.h opper 4 shot this video t os morning collisions and cars sliding a tough road on 270. but sinceen th road conditions seem to have improved throughout the day. some roads looked a lot better t

maybe two or three slushy inches, arod for frederick county, maryland, northern montgomery county and the panhandle ofin west vi. nobody will get a lot of snow. but there could be jusnough slushyness around that there could be an isolated shower or two. saturday and sunday, the weekend will be a plst. ty of rain. all of that ends as a quick shot of snow late sunday afternoon. temperatures really drop fast. a flash freeze of roadways sunday into monday morning. first thing to get through is y, todahough. nothing out there just yet. here's the moisture we're tracking for today's late evening snow chances. all day today, with dry pavement around the area. most areas are at or above freezing now. we'll be in the mid-30s for most of the day. noon, cloudy in the mid-30s. first chances for snow near the pennsylvania border. in the evening hours, 9:00 tonight and 2:00 or 3:00 tomorrow morning. it will all be over before the friday morning commute gets going. just know that the winter weather advisy, loudon county, frederi frederick, hagerstown, all have a chae for slushy accumulations. temper

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mary's county, even portions of calvert county. it was in southern charles county, but this is all pushing to the south. king geor, you'll probabl be the last to dry our. temper not that bad when you head outside this morning. our average daytime high for this time of year, 44 degrees. we're above that right now in a lot of areas. temperatures are headed to around 50es degoday. it will be a little on the breezy side. breezy.y but northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles an hour. maybe a few peeks of sunshine late b definitely more clouds than sunshine out there. tomorrow we're at 51 degrees. rainn moving late through the evening. i'd say after about 5:00 p.m. here goes that rain.e we hhe cloud cover out there. mo'll have cloud cover to start tomorrow ing. then another little system makes its way through here. after about 5:00 p.m., some heavy rain possible. that'll lead into your saturday morning. by saturday middle part of the morning, we're looking a lot better. for your weeken those temperatures are mild. 50 degrees on saturday, drying

we're following breaking news in fire f fairfax county. fire crews are on the scene of an apartment fire in falls church. multiple rescues have been made. megan mcgrath is heading to the scene ther she will be back with a live report. >> meagan, thank you. >>> everyone wants to save money. it's a fact, on everything. >> oneoasy way save is in the grocery store. we're talking about coupons here. this morning, we' showing you how to make the cue bonn oupons count. that's right. we're in the safeway in georgetown, and aisle number2. okay. kirk and his sister are the coupon experts. we're going to g the safeway brand chicken broth. i want to show you. i want you to look at the entire list we gave them. we gave them a full yolist. go by the list, guys. and then, you cheat and you add a couple ofthings i probably threw some additional things in the basket here this mornin as we have been going through safeway. one of the things kirk wants to really talk about is shopping and comparing costs per pod. we have the list. i'm thinking this cost is le

prince george's county. io believe there's more to come because the winds will start gusting up to 50 miles an hour. good news is, we have a warmup comi. one thing you may have not known about the snow showers today is we've got them out there and you didn't know a warmup was coming our way. by this weekend and into early next week, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. let's talk about the snow squall warning. the nationa weather service just started issuing th it goes from frede into northern pennsylvania. they're moving east at about 20 miles an hour. quick short-lived bursts of snow but it will catch a lot of driversff-guard because they're bringing gusty winds as well. associatedsually with a pretty strong cold front and usually signifies the retur of some arctic air into the area. becareesl. visibiliill stay low. i believe it'll be along the i-95 corridor and into the d.c. beltway and it will sco on by southern maryland. should be out of here by 2:33. however, amelia is here and she'll continue to update yo

which is in solano county. both girls are in juevenile hall being offered services for human trafficking victims. ( james ) pg&e is urging a federal judge in san francisco not to go forwad with a proposed order requiring them to inspect their entire service area.(áboxesá) the order then requires them to either remove all trees that could cause a wildfire if they fell, or turn off power during high winds. the utility said they are working with state and federal regulators to reduce wildfire risks by managing vegetation and upgrading their electrical lines. but said the latest order is not feasable and could endanger people and environment. ( darya ) happening today... a caravan of honking taxi's will circle city hall in san francisco. they will be protesting a policy banning taxi's with cetain medallions from picking up passengers at s-f-o. the newe policy goes into affect on february 1st. some companies say that the policy will put 60% of drivers out of work. today drivers and companies will present mayor londo

we have in some of our rural counties you have a county hospital that services the entire county. it's important we keep those hospitals open for emergency care, critical care so when we have individuals who have a medical emergency they have somewhere where they can go to where those individuals can be stabilized and then transported to another facility where they can receive more specified care. you look at things such as border security and immigration reform. those are going to be important issues that will be addressed by this congress. as a prosecutor, border security is important to me not necessarily from the immigration side but more so from what can we do to stop the flow of illegal drugs from coming into our country across our unsecured southwest border. we see the problem that drugs have caused in our community. you see the opioid epidemic and the problems that that is causing. i believe a major key for us to being able to hopefully turn the tide of the war on drugs will be able to secure our border. i would like to look at expanding programs or modernizing programs su

andaltimore metro areas, fairfax county,am prince wil county, down around fredericksburg, around an in or less o snow with some rain mixed in. north and west of washington, loudon county, nthern fauquier, maryland and virginia, all along the i-81 corridor, you could see one to two to three inches fall tonight. if you're in the one to three inch area better likelihood for school delays tomorrow morning. as we check out the latest on storm team 4 radar,e this break back into the panhandle of west virginia and more rain and snow. re's the thing, everybody is getting rain or snow from thisf t band, but maybe not everybody sees somethingec from thed wave. i think the second wave is going to impact areas north and west of washington but south and east,ou might miss out. that's why the amounts there are much lower. one inch oress has the potential to be no snow at all. here areour storm impacts with schools on friday. at the bus stop, some delays, a hour delay could be north and west of washington. recess, though, for the kids that are in school, definitel outdoors tomorrow. after school we'r

one motel owner in mariposa county... near yosemite...e of year her motel is 80% full... but this year they are only at 40%. other business owners say shops and restaurants suffer when national park employees aren't getting paid. ( james ) mariposa county officials say they won't know the full impact of the shutdown until a few months from know. ( james ) news this morning that actress carol channing has died. she is best known for starring in "gentlemen prefer blondes" and of course "hello, dolly." channing grew up in san francisco and went to lowell high school in the city. channing died this morning at her home in rancho mirage. the broadway legend was 97 years old. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news....san jose police announce an arrest in the city's first homicide of the year. ( darya ) plus ... saying goodbye to gymboree ... a look at the other stores the company plans to close after filing for bankruptcy. ( darya ) an

to fairfax county parkway. now, seeing much of the same thing. the roads are looking clear the most part. the lso seeing residue on far right side and left sides of the road. those could be slick spots as you make your way out. icy conditions is what we look drive if you have to today. back to you. >> justin nch. thank you. >>> our team coverage in southern maryland. crews were cleanin charles county that saw as much as 8 inches of snow. waldorf e green is in with snow conditions there. >> good morning to you. let me tell you. th crews are really out, as you just said, working this major stretch. 301 and cedarville road. a lot of cars out. that was a plow truck that wizzed by us. cars are goi by way too fast. job. have done a good this is a busy stretch. those out on the roads are out on the roads. we checked out 228, another major stretch. not as good. very slushy, icy in spots. and the road h crewse a lot more work to do to get that going. i want you to look at the pile of snow right here. the plow trucks have been piling this up here. 6 to 8 i

county you're on a two-hour delay.he big concern tomorrow morning is going to be icy spots. it is going to be cold tomorrow. wind chills 5 degrees to 25 degrees. look at thursday morning. it is brutal out there. wind chills coulde as low as 15 degrees below zero. we don't see much in the way of improvement as we head into thursday afternoon. and another cold day on friday with the cold in the forecast tomorrow and thursday are going to be storm team 4 weather alert days. with school this we, the main concern is icy spots out there tomorrow morning. daerously cold air for thursday morning for the kids at the bus stop. so that could alsod l to a few school delays. and friday,old maybe sno showers but they're looking to area. low impact on the the weekend not that bad. >> we're getting through the snow right now, really the cold comes in tomorrow aswe're talking about. look at the wind chills. 29 d.c., 1 below in cleveland. 19 below in schick. 45 below zero in minneapolis. that's the arctic air moving across the country a