>> reporter: safety officials -- city officials here say, like you said, not enough has been done. as you may know the recent colle college graduate was struck and killed here. here's some safety improvements made. no pedestrian crossing on the curb and you can see signs not to jaywalk but that is still happening. city officials here say they want to see more done before students return to classes. these three young people, two of them students, died this year doing the same thing, crossing route 1 in college park, just steps from the university of maryland campus. >> never happened that we have had this many over the course of one year. it really woke us up in the need to address this problem. >> reporter: safety officials have changed the timing of the signals to give walkers more time to cross and put up no meds pedestrian signs in the median to discourage jaywalking. >> i don't want to endanger myself. i'm trying to have a good time, not get run over. >> patrick is a city council member who says more safety improvements need to be made before students return to class in septemb

led to a fair and mutually again official relationship. that said, city officials acknowledged they still do not have any signed paperwork from the a's. but they say the deal calls for a ten-year lease extension at the o.co coliseum. and $20 million in revenue to the city. a $1.6 million personality if they break the loose and a good faith agreement to try a build a new stadium for the a's in oakland. >> i think we're going to get there with a new stadium for the a's. we just have to work to make it happen. >> the deal must be approved in the al me ka dth board of supervisors which is expected to vote on july 29th. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 has teamed up with kaboom volunteers to transform an old run down area. well today construction crews started tearing down the park's old playground. in its place we'll held build a much safer and more vibrant play space. we're going to add a community garden for families to grow vegetables. the entire thing will be built in a single day on august 8th. and we can't wait to show you the end results

. >>> city officials will be meeting with neighbors hoping to calm the tsions in southwest philadelphia, this after protesters angry over the deaths of four children collided with police. >>> and a live look at cape may thismorning, beach avenue all quiet. 78 degrees already. you ll need the ac or the fan or both today. we're headed for the mid-90s again on what could be the hottest day of t week. good morning, everyone, this is nbc 10 news today on a tuesday morning, i'm chris cato. let's go to tedd florendo with his first alert forecast. >> we'll have a hot day today for sure as the 90s continue for the next few days here. center city, clouds overhead already in the upper 70s at this hour throughout much of the region. it's just going to get even warmer. forecast right now, temperatures at 77 for philadelphia, 69 for the lehigh valley, 74 atlantic city, 77 also for wilmington all the way down to dover. we're at 72 for lancaster. your high for the day today, right around 94 degrees. that will be the hottest day this week we think is going to happen today. hot and breezy with also late-

the parents of the four children who died in last week's fire poured out their emotions to city officials. cityncil johnson held the meeting to discuss the fire. residents of gesner street in southwest philadelphia say the emergency response was too slow. fire officials maintain that crews arrived in 3 minutes. liberia's ambassador to the united states attended the meeting. >>> a dad in delaware is accused of stuffing heroin into his child's diaper. when officers approached him they noticed he slipped something into the baby's pants. it turned out to be 16 bags of heroin. pen is out on bail, the child is staying with family. >>> e-z pass is warning people that scammers circumstances ands e-mails saying they owe money for e-z pass. don't be fooled. >>> hear the accusations a boyfriend is facing in berks county next. what's with the suit? oh, i had to go to the bank. if you look legit they give you special treatment. seriously? seriously, yeah. the banker dude set up my checking account so if i make one deposit a month, no monthly maintenance fee. special treatment! citizens bank, right? yep. you

official city crash could be weather related. gaza rockets fired at the tel aviv airport sending passengers running for cover as the west bank races for more palestinian protests. protesters angry over the mounting gaza death toll. the u.s. says russia has fired artillery across the border with ukraine. the state department says it has evidence of moscow's direct involvement in the separatist insurgency. world.es across the focusingy papers are on this plane crash thursday. >> that is right. it is in the papers over there. this paper is reporting on the frenetic government activity that took place in the early hours of thursday morning. in particular, the crisis group set up with ministers, airline authorities. all meeting to investigate and find out why this plane 50 minutes after takeoff suddenly disappeared. there was contact with control towers seeking permission to change course. a last-minute decision, apparently. contacting,fter there was no further sign of him. it is talking about how it transpired that evening that the g

firefighter union officials city records show the 50 or so most used medic units made about 280,000 runsn 2013 alone. >> they don't think that the trucks will break down and that kind of service the city is just being unrealistic. >> in may fire department officials told us they believe the medic units are in over yaw condition more than capable of doing their job. >> we have some apparatus that are older. we have some app pratt his that are newer. we plan to upgrade our fleet as we see receive official fund. >> they plan to replace 25 med.com by neck year. 50 per of the total fleet. in the end this a budget issue. the fire department can request all the vehicle it wants but the city decides what it will actually buy. you can expect this issue to stick around for sometime. we're in the sat center, matt rivers cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> boosting the speed limit. still ahead tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00, where you'll be able to put the pedal to the metal in just matter of days. new technology that one local police force is wearing to help them fight crime on the streets. and kath

city officials will take things seriously with the large crowd that's expected, you can expect some new security measures all to keep you safe. however right now officials are not giving out any specific details but they say there are some things you can do to make their job a little easier and help keep everyone safe. >> as far as security, obvious obviously, clear bags. stay away from the coolers. stay away from things that we can't see inside. those kinds of things we don't eat because it will help us and tax our ability to sit back and get some stuff done. >> officials say you can expect additional security cameras on the parkway tomorrow but their locations are secret. >> the government is warning that al-qaida linked terrorists are ratcheting up their efforts right now. they say the terror group is trying to target planes at airports oversees. specifically planes with direct flights to the united states. officials believe terror groups may be trying to create

>> these are 40 e-mails between the cpuc and pg&e which san bruno city officials reveals in their words "a shocking and illegal relationship" in the wake of the pipeline disaster. the e-mails were obtained after the city settled their lawsuits with cpuc on friday and they sued to get this correspondence. city officials held a news conference on the steps of the state building this morning. the mayor says they have filed legal motions with the cpuc to have the president recused from voting during the upcoming cpuc hearings on penalties and fines against pg&e. the fire happened in september of 2010 killing eight people and destroying 38 homes. the cpuc is still graph peopling with what kind of penalty should be imposed against the utility were the mayor is demanding that he be removed from position as president and asking the same thing of peg's top executive and they all resign. in addition the mayor is asking the state to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the agency in the future dealings and they want to ensure that pg&e will have transparency. >> documents the city obtain show

city. battere official -- okinawa city. it is feared this could be the strongest storm to hit japan in decades, but early damage reports were encouraging. >> we have not received any information regarding major damage or injuries. the prime minister has ordered the government to keep citizens informed and to prepare for any disaster and to respond quickly if anything is to happen. >> officials said the storm was diminishing in intensity. it was earlier downgraded from a super typhoon, but the wide path and slow movement could add to potential damage. the storm comes at the end of japan's rainy season, and forecasters warned its powerful winds could trigger landslides in some areas. >> travel between britain and france by the channel tunnel is experiencing more delays this tuesday. several euros star trains have canceled and tunnel services have been put on hold after a power failure monday. nearly 400 passengers had to be evacuated from a euro tunnel service when they were about a quarter of the way through the passage. the

how a couple of died in their philadelphia home and we've learn that they are relate to do a top city official. katherine scott is live in the 2500 block of north spangler street. she's got more details. good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police are trying to figure out this out, family members say they last spoke to the couple yesterday there was no sign anything was wrong. there daughter who has their own home, but sometimes comes to stay here, stopped by last night and she was the one who found the couple dead in the stairwell. somebody called police after report of her screaming. you can see family members, loved ones gathering around the corner of the home. investigators are trying to determine the cause of death. there were no obvious signs of trauma. their nephew is deputy streets commissioner, donald carlson. before 1:00 a.m., police responded to the strawberry mansion home for report of a person screaming that was the couple's 39-year-old daughter who had found her 66-year-old mother and 79-year-old father unconscious. they were pronounced on the scene. the fire

a man who had bribes delivered to him in city hall, and then resigned allegedly to avoid going to jail. suppose your mayor selected and , 10 mened top officials who were indicted, convicted, and pleaded guilty, including the city attorney. the citizens of your town wouldn't be complacent. should we hold city elected officials to one standard of conduct, and have a lower standard to the president? there is currently no limit to the improprieties we would put up with in the white house. the founding fathers wisely made impeachment a constitutional remedy. they did not monitor easy to get rid of presidents, but they were determined to make it possible. if we wish to restore the historic system of accountability of presidents, the means are at hand. the time is at hand. if we do not hold mr. nixon and his successors accountable, except once every four years, we license and imperial presidency. ominousand a new and time for our republic. we transform the balancing character of constitutional order. grievousnt may have confluences. refusal to impeach will have disastrous consequences. the transcripts have diminished the presidents image of that of

we found out they are relate to do a top city official. katherine scott is live on the 2500 block of north spangler street gathering new details now. >> reporter: good morning, tam, family members say they spoke to the couple yesterday, they say there was no sign anything was wrong. their daughter was stopping by the home and discovered this couple unconscious and police call came in, that somebody was screaming. that's how police got here initially. they've identified as ruffus and gladys perry. they have lived here for years. their they nephew is deputy city streets commissioner donald carlson. it was around 1:00 a.m. when the report came in of a person screaming. that's when police responded. the couple's 39-year-old daughter found her 66-year-old mother and 79-year-old father on unconscious. the fire department went in with meters but they didn't get any readings of fumes. his awntd was the old -- donald carlson said his aunt was the oldest of 12, the matriarch of the family and was a nurse at hanheman for years. >> they haven't labele

city of berkeley is getting the word out, don't feed the squirrels. they are turning into a big problem, especially at cesar chavez park off the bay. officials are worried the squirrels there wilbur owe into an undergrounds layer of clay which seals off a former dump. last night they passed a new ordinance making it illegal to feed those rodents at all city parks. violators could face fines up to $1,000 and even up to six months in jail. >>> wildlife experts spent the afternoon scouring a neighborhood in such of a wayward marmot and they found it. these are pictures taken by a potrero hill resident who spotted it. their natural habitat is the sierra. emergency services set several traps in backyards and were able to catch it late this afternoon and they want to send it home soon. >> it needs to be up in its home territory. it needs to be collecting its food for winter. the longer it's here, the less time it has to do that. >> wildlife experts think it hid inside a car that traveled to tahoe or yosemite. it will be checked out at the silicon valley wildlife center before it's taken back to the sierra. >>> the famously short memory span of gol

model from 2002, part of the fire department fleet that is fast aging and over used say union officials. city records show 50 or so most used medic units made 280,000 runs in 2013 alone. >> they don't think that these trucks will break down in that kind of service, the city is being unrealistic. >> reporter: in may fire department officials told "eyewitness news" that they believe medic units are in good overall condition, more than capable of doing their job. >> we have apparatus that are older, we have apparatus that is newer. we have made sure that we planned to upgrade our fleet as we receive funding. >> reporter: fire officials say they plan to replace 25 medics by next year, 50 percent of the total fleet. in the end though this is a budget issue. the the fire department can request all of the vehicles it wants but city decides what it will actually buy. you can expect this issue to stick around for some time. we're in the sat center, math rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> police in chester are investigating a disturb case of animal cruelty. they are looking for the person who repeate

now we're told he will meet with those city officials and meet with community leaders and he will go to the hospital where some of the injury victims are from. yes, from the fatal fire over the weekend. he is also expected to talk to the media. we will have more tonight. it is latees from southwest philadelphia, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> steve, thank you. >>> today l and i inspectors told us an aging foundation caused two homes to collapse near 60th and spruce in cobbs creek. they came crumbling down monday morning, chopper three over key brings today. no one was injured but six people displaced. inspectors checked foundationness every home in the 1600 block to make sure they are stable. >>> this just into "eyewitness news" a serious accident at fourth and spring garden streets in philadelphia, several vehicles, were involved, one of them on its side. the extent of the injuries here on the scene, it is unclear. >>> well, new at 6:00 o'clock tonight, saving atlantic city. >> as "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan tells us one lawmakers says he

board of supervisors should charges you and designate a newspaper or newspapers as the official newspapers of city and county of san francisco the board of supervisors has designated more than one official newspaper and has split the advertising constricting contract between the examiner and the chronicle. the purchaser received two brings down from the examiner and chronicle. the chronicle is deemed nonresponsive because it didn't meet the requirement of being printed in the city. at the same time the chronicle scored 21.14 points. the examiner met all the requirements and had the highest score for thirty points plus. the carpal tunnels price per line increased from $2.26 per line to $3 plus per line the chronicles bid price is the same. excuse me. in conclusion the purchasing has drafted the resolution for the examiner being the official newspaper for the recommendation of the bidder who has the

city officials in san bruno are absolutely furious. good evening.they have proof of the illegal activity. "abc7 news" reporter vic lee joining us with the details. vic. >> reporter: these are some of the several thousand e-mails. san bruno city officials obtained them after they settler their lawsuit against pg and e last week. it shoes a cozy and illegal e-mail relationship at the same time when they determined what kind of penalties to impose after what happenedñiç here fou yearsing a. >> we're calling for president peavy's immediate removal and a state investigation into this matter. >> reporter: sam bruno mayor reserved his harshest criticism for president michael peavy. >> he has knowingly and illegally participated in illegal communications as they received fees for the 2010 gas line explosion and fire in our community. >> reporter: it reveals they violated their own rules by receiving privileged information from the utility on its internal deliberations and financial conditions stemming from the pipeline di

does not rise to the level of recklessly that both the law, and justice require. >> san bruno city officials are charging there was collusion between california public utilities commission and pg&e. the city says it has proof p.u.c advised pg&e on how to handle the investigation. vic lee is live in san bruno tonight with a story. vic? >> these are some of the 7,000 pages of e mails and communications the city of san bruno obtained these e mails when settling a lawsuit last week. officials say after reviewing they found 40 violations committed by staffers. the release comes at a time they're trying to determine fines against p combchlt and e for explosion and fire here officials want a monitor to oversee it's dealings >> we're calling for president peavy's immediate removal, the resignation of pg&e executives and a state investigation. >> san bruno mayor reserved his harshest criticism for cpuc president. >> he has knowingly participated in regular communications with pg&e to help the company penalties and fines for fatal september 9, 2010, explosion and fire in our community. >> the mayor sa

san francisco city officials are going to private sure lines. the organization says employees dennis her regard -- dennis investigated the scheme and was reportedly fired and they have filed a wrongful termination claim with the city. >>> coming up and restrictions are plot many and those restrictions will take a few weeks. >> we hear people are losing their jobs and they will be in place that do stay in business that will compliant they will be hiring. >> san jose potato clubs have gathered with regulations and there is no where near the deadline in two weeks. >>> it is 5 so, it could interest affected the future. >>> and on the golden gate bridge staff is moving south out of marin county and we will tell you how the weather and traffic are going to coincide there and slow you down in some areas. >>> fog bank is back and it is not at deep, coming up. -free ? these deals aren't just hot... they're explosive! sleep train's 4th of july sale ends sunday. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ hey, if you could be any dinosaur, which

city officials are already planning to plant in the tree in its place. >>a facebook page created to fight club is getting a sequel to a form ofthe story picks up ten years a comic book. after the ending of the 19-96 book. we find the author, edward norton's character, dealing with marriage and fatherhood. we also learn the origins of tyler durden -- played by brad pitt... and "project mayhem" returns. "fight club 2" will be a 10- comic series to be released in may 20-15. >> you just ruined the rest of the week he thought it was a movie sequel. >> i work here and i fell for the tease. i've been waiting around for 10 book minutes just for a comic book. >> you just wanted to see brad pitt. >> sorry about the guys. but you did give me to see the team spirit and now it's 60 degrees. cortland is coming in at 68. kankakee sell the grain but now they are drying out temperatures in the upper 60s. sunlight radar composite shows cloud cover exiting the area. the rain is getting out of here. with stay dry. cool temperatures, breezy conditions only 73 by 5:00 p.m.. t

they are related to a top city official. >>> all new on "action news," when police want to talk to astar about a two-year-old murder. >>> president obama will be in delaware, what the commander and chief has to say about the close of a 495 bridge. it's chilly when you step outside right now. i want back in the house to get a sweater. karen rogers has what to expect in accuweather. "action news" is on in two. >>> and finally this morning a fire has destroyed the home of an indiana family but they aren't all that upset. >> that's because this story's ending would have been so much worse had it not been for the family dog. drew smith has details. >> reporter: it's a face only a mother could love. >> he's very sweet. >> reporter: yes, you heard right. a sweet pit bull. >> he's very happy dog. >> reporter: how's that? a happy pit bull? >> they're family dogs. they really are. it's not the dog. it's the hand that's raising him. >> reporter: and thanks to this family pit bull, 13-year-old nick lamm is alive and well. >> thank god for ace. >> reporter: nick is deaf and uses cochlear implants

the city officials are considering the project. >> the benefits to the city is continue the economic development of the city. the lot has been empty for four years. >> the opposition is building. >> you wake up and see this monstrosity. >> it coming from across the street. >> i don't live on this side of the development, i feel sorry for the neighbors that have to see it. >> to have a huge stucco building against the street overlooking these homes, there was zoning for a reason. >> the zoning will have to be changed from three stories to 4. >> the luxury of looking at the project based upon to joining parcel owner i have to look at the 33,000 residents and the good of the city. >> one man said the hotel will help the city with hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue. >> it will be a big block like downtown san francisco. it doesn't fit our neighborhood. it's not that appealing. >> if it's proved construction won't begin until next year. the next meeting the architectural review commission next week. >>> a baby shark washes up on a bay area beach. >> we need to get this guy in

officer who was among the latest to fall in gun violence that is growing so rapidly there that one city official said the city is under attack. what's causing this? we asked dean reynolds to find out. >> there have been 75 murders so far this year in indianapolis. at this pace, a higher per capita rate than new york city. the violent crime here has accompanied a sudden rise in illegal weapons and heroin. troy riggs is the director of public safety. >> any time you have a type of drug that's being sold in widespread money becomes an issue. and people will try to sell that drug to make money. and then people will start committing robberies and doing things they otherwise wouldn't do in search for that drug and in search for money to pay for that. >> i don't think there's one dovestigation where we arrest traffickers that we don't recover firearms. you didn't see that five years ago. you see it now. >> reporter: we toured the troubled east side of indianapolis with jack riley of the drug enforcement administration. >> so you've got a ready supply of drugs and a ready supply of weapons. sounds like

in our full investigation tonight at 11:00, also learn why city officials decided to allow a registered sex offender to drive a cab. that's tonight at 11:00, nbc bay area news. >>> and if you have a story for our unit, call our tip line at 88 88 888-996-tips or send an e-mail. >>> a scuffle at the ballpark leaves the giants to change their code of conduct policy for fans. i'm mark matthews. the giants no longer in first place, but they are leading the league in cultural sensitivity. the story coming up next. >>> also, walking with a purpose. the incredible trek one bay area man is taking to raise awareness of the disease that took his mother's life. >>> and good afternoon. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. mainly clear skies in san jose right now and 76 degrees. we'll talk more about your weekend forecast and who has the best chance of temperatures close to 100 coming up in a few minutes. >>> then at 6:00, could an el nino put an end to our drought? the latest numbers are in from the national weather service. our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri will show us what an el nino could mean for

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were found dead inside of a philadelphia home overnight and there is a couple related to a top city officials the man's husband and daughter were found on north spangler street in the strawberry mansion section. chad pradelli is live now with more on the investigation. >> reporter: for relatives there are many unanswered questions, they say that the 79-year-old man and 66-year-old woman had no serious illness and there are no signs of forced entry or trauma, so the question remains, how did the couple die. they found gladys and lewis perry dead. her agonizing screams caused people to call police. first they thought that carbon monoxide may have killed the two but that was ruled out. >> i hope it ain't foul play, my father stays to himself. >> we are all upset and wondering and again they haven't ruled out foul play. >> investigators say there is no obvious signs of trauma. >> he just went up on into the door. >> neighbor michelle bundy saw suspicious activity in the couple's backyard, it's a lead that vest greaters are following. >> for me to see them in the backyard with the back door open.

in response, city officials want to hire 9- additional police officers.me of them focus specifically on problem areas. police also want to get the community involved through programs like neighborhood charges have now been filed against a high-priced call girl santa cruz police accuse of injecting a deadly dose of valley businessman. 26-year-old alix tichelman was arraigned yesterday for manslaughter, destroying evidence and several drug- related charges. police say, tichelman, injected google executive forest hayes, whom she met on-line. while on board his yacht last november, security camera on the boat. shows what happened in detail. this isn't the first time tichelman has been in trouble with the law. currently under investigation in a heroin overdose case. similarofficials would not elaborate on that case. why are the lights on at this bart station. 24-hours a day -- even when there is plenty of *free sunlight to do the job? kron 4 investigates.coming up. don't have to get wet. welcome back as falling apart the outage and san francisco. amount is ove

a's and yesterday the a's owner said that the team is standing by the deal and will not give city officials additional concessions. >> last week the city council members no showed at a board meeting preventing the board from voting on a proposal because they believe the city should negotiate a better deal with the a's. >> developing news in north carolina, hurricane arthur gained strength and became a category one hurricane a few hours ago, and mandatory evacuations are in effect for residents and tourists. hurricane warnings are extended and cover an area now from surf city to the virginia border. arthur is expected to make landfall open outer banks of north carolina early tomorrow morning. north carolina governor has declared a state of emergency for 25 counties in the state. we will have the latest from nags head, north carolina. >>> the texas governor will be among those testifying on boarder crisis at a house field hearing in texas. >> viva usa. >> those who supported undocumented immigrant immigrants were flown to california after crossing the border into texas illegally. texas facili

city officials say it's time to pay more. oakland residents haven't seen a rate increase in 15 years even as gas prices rose. the winning bidder california waste solutions with a 10-year proposal $5 million cheaper than waste manage men's bid but that decision still caused handwringing at city hall. >> what the staff conceived as a process they called the cone of integrity felt to me like a cone of secrecy. >> reporter: city officials spent three years and a million dollars in consulting fees and only got two bidders for that garbage contract. another note: the company that did win the contract has agreed to partner with civicorps a nonprofit training program that employs oakland high school dropouts. anne makovec, kpix 5. >> the new contract goes into effect in july of next year. >>> new this morning, it looks like an assisted living home will continue to operate in san francisco's portola district. "the examiner" reports there is a deal for assisted living company age song to operate the university mound ladies home. that m

but city officials are seeing a way to raise some money now. they're calling on american executives to invest in tokyo. the officials hosted a seminar in new york for dozens of they said more and more eople. opportunities are popping up in the lead up to the games. they said many international companies have had offices in tokyo and they said it is a safe place to do siness. many people seemed to have got the message. >> we love to, you know, open an office there that would serve the larger asia population as our business grows. >> i think a lot of foreigners feel a lot more comfortable looking at tokyo and a lot of the incentives and the infrastructures being put in place. i think people may consider tokyo a lot more than in the past. >> some people were less enthusiastic. they said it is difficult to access the market in japan and then corporate taxes are too high. >>> let's check on markets now. tokyo stocks remain under some selling pressure. the nikkei is trading in the negative, down by .3%. people who follow the markets say investors are

and i think that's where people in this room would like to go and maybe some of our elected officials also. city of chicago is in the process of enacting an ordinance on tmc's. they are going to cover uber and there are a lot of things in it that have been required to discuss today. would you have any chicago's provisions in san francisco. >> can you speak to what provisions in chicago you are referring to? >> have you seen the chicago ordinance? >> no. i have not. >> i will send it to you. it's too much to talk about in 3 minutes. it's driver training, insurance, accessibility of vehicles, requirements. for instance you say you have options for vehicle transit, what are those options now in san francisco? >> our option in san francisco ? >> for a person using a wheelchair. >> this is one of our challenges. we don't have wheelchair available in san francisco right now. that's why we are here. that's a priority for us and we want to find a way to partner with existing operators of those vehicles whether they are independent or with the city. that's a huge priority for us. >> well, okay. the ada h

officials don't expect it to happen again -- but are closely monitoring the situation. san francisco city officials are considering a 15- million - dollar payout to the family of a woman who run over by a city gardener in holly park last year. the parks and recreation commission voted in favor of the settlement to christine svane-meer's family. the board of supervisors will make a final decision. the man accused of running the woman over - thomas burnoski - has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. coming up. new details about the woman accused of leaving her children in the car while she gambled. her strange behavior when approached by police. also - why two popular swimming spots have been closed in the bay area. and next. new information about a man shot and killed by sunnyvale police. why they now think he might have been a serial killer. > > court records show that the man shot and killed by sunnyvale connected to the deaths of four dead women. police had been trying to arrest glen griggs in connection to a homicide in june. they shot him when he held up wh

a news officials held conference today to denounce a congressman trying to nullify the city's gun laws. guess who showed up to >> d.c. leaders are upset about an attempt to strip away some of the district's strict and control laws. >> house approved an amendment that strips away funding for the restrictions. rdc bureau chief is outside the capital. the district leaders had a surprise guest as they talked about this issue today. thomas massie's offices one floor below where the news conference was held, so he came up to see what was going on. he came and heard ec politicians and police described his actions as dangerous and irresponsible. congressman thomas massie was conspicuously present when eleanor holmes norton and city officials held a news conference to denounce his bill to nullify bc's gun laws that passed the house yesterday 241 to 181. >> i just wanted to hear what they had to say. >> at one point, he left the boat. he says his bill would stop anyone from prohibiting gun possession outside the home, including assault weapons. the mayor, quoting a civil rights activist said he

great places. >> reporter: and right now city officials are considering a project and it's design. >>enefit to the city is one to continue the economic development of the city. the lot has been vacant for about four years. it was a restaurant. a chevy's restaurant. >> reporter: opposition is building. >> you wake up and you see this monstrosity. >> reporter: and it's mostly coming from across the street. >> to have a huge stucco building up against the street, over looking these homes, there was zoning for a reason it were tim clarity say it is zoning will have to be changed from three stories to four. >> they have the luxury of just looking at this project based on what the adjoining parcel owner or the resident who lives across the street. i have to look at what the viewpoint of 33,000 residents as well as the overall good of the city. >> reporter: one man said the hotel will help the city with hundreds of thousands of the dollars in tax revenue. >> with more business comes more money to the city. >> it's not that we don't want the hotel it's that this is going to be a big block lik

injured more than a dozen, leaving one person with third-degree burns over her entire body, has city officials taking a closer look at food truck safety. i started digging after the blast and found no one from our state or city inspects propane tanks on food trucks. so i reached out to the city's new fire commissioner, derek sawyer, to find out why aren't firefighters here in philadelphia inspecting propane tanks? and what will it take to make that happen? >> i think it's important that we do take on the responsibility. >> reporter: commissioner sawyer tells me she's pushing for a task force to bring several groups into the fold. >> it's going to take some legislation. not just from the fire service, but like i said, department of transportation which is federal. license and inspection. it's going to be a collaborative effort. >> reporter: so i reached out to several city council members. how likely is it that there will be legislation to help tighten the reins on it and at least get the fire department to inspect the propane tanks as another city? >> oh, it will happen. the question is to wha

know it's not safe, you see the window coming out from the frame, the concerned neighbors called city officials to complain and a code enforcement came out to -- >> a city spokesman says that the construction bureau has launched an investigation but couldn't say whether the owner was doing work without a permit. if that is the case the owner could be fined. they had the supports constructed in front and they have hired an engineer to obtain a permit. they want the repairs done quickly and their homes fixed quick. i want everything prepared properly and with permits to have a safe area. and property records shows they own dozens of properties but they have not returned our phone calls. >> thank you chad. >>> two more people involved in the murds of a south jersey woman in 2011 were sentenced to prison today. she was kidnapped from her atlantic city home and shot to death on the banks of the schuylkill river, today sanders was sentenced to 30 years in prison and desean hicks spends 20 years behind bars. the man along with smith planned to rob a man that allegedly beat up her husband and the woman

pepper, along with city and state officials say food truck propane systems do not require inspections, focus is on health conditions and business licensing. other state however are stricter. california, reportedly inspects truck integrity once a year, including propane lines, and new york city, only allows two, 20-pound tanks on a truck. police satank that exploded yesterday was a hundred pounds. >> i don't know that a size limit on the tank is really the answer. the explosions were not as severe with a smaller tank but real answer is tighter regulations, get everything inspect more frequently. >> reporter: some in the industry say regulations are fine as they are, that this was an an racial. the others, however say that tighter, regulations are needed. in feltonville chad pradelli for channel six "action news". >>> the son and grandson of the 88 year-old plymouth township man have been charged in connection with his murder. david saint onge senior and his son, david junior were arraigned tonight at district justices office in conshohocken. police say on june 10th, david senior, hit h

. >> city officials in san bruno are charging tonight that there was collusion between the californiaublic utility commission and pg&e. the city even claims it has proof the p uc advised pg&e about how to handle the investigation following the pipe lane disaster. abc 7 news reporter vic lee on the story. >> release of the e-mails comes at time when the p uc trying to determine the penalty and fines against pg&e. for the he can motion and fire here almost 4 years ago. city officials one independent monitor now to oversee the state agency in the dealings with pg&e. also calling for more sanctions. >> we are calling for the immediate why the removal. resignation of pg&e executives and state investigation into this matter. >> is sam bruno mayor jim rae served the harshest criticism for cpuc president michael. >> the president michael hats knowingly and illegally participated in regular communications with pg&e. to help the company as he and the cpuc commission determine penalty and fines against pg&e for the fatal september 9, 2010 gas line explosion and fire in our community. >> the mayo

these 25 new recruits marched into city hall this morning where they were officially sworn in as oakland firefighters. >> i do. >> reporter: this diverse class went through four months of difficult training and making it to graduation day is a big deal. >> it takes a lot to deal with, between the written test, the training to go through to get here to qualify. >> reporter: they will help ease the burden on their colleagues. right now the department is down 60 firefighters and lieutenant anthony sanders tells me that means forcing people to work overtime. >> when we don't have people to fill those spots, we have to force members to work to make sure we have the staffing needed. >> reporter: the last class of new recruits graduated back in 2010. since then, the department has been held back by a dwindling budget. >> with the staffing and budget constraints, there frankly wasn't money to hire new firefighters. >> reporter: marlin quintana says he always wanted to be an oakland firefighter because he knows how badly he's needed in this city. >> everybody here wanted to be part of oakland spe

a half million people are expected to pack the benjamin franklin parkway to see the concert, city officials put out advice if you're going to the parkway. >> security, clear bags, stay away from the coolers, things we can't see inside. >> there's no work day the neck day, we're working around those type of happenings that the crowd will stay longer than normal, because they don't have any reason to get back out. >> "action news" at 11:00 p.m. will follow the fireworks. today 4 account of july events kick off with the celebration of freedom ceremony, joe biden and mayor nutter will take part in the events to mark the 238 birthday of america. it will recognize the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of 1964. join us for the festivities, matt o'donnell and i are proud to kick off things with the freedom ceremony followed by the independence parade at 11:00 p.m. and rick williams and cesily tynan and adam joseph and religion karen rogers will be bring you the -- bring you the 4th of july jam. >> we're learning about the gm recall of 34.3 million vehicles. it was issued after finding a 9-ye

police officers, citizens and city officials of gary gathered to pay their final respects to a fallen police officer. jeffrey westerfield was laid to rest yesterday... nine days after he was shot to death in his squad car. 12 hundred people attended westerfield's funeral. most of them, like westerfield, were first responders. >> we are family that they never wanted to be a part of, the survivors family. >> we are here for you now and forever. we grieve as a family we will he'll as a family and we moved forward as a family. >>westerfield died on his 47-th birthday. he and his fiancee had planned to marry next month. he leaves behind five children. a man who was mistakenly trapped inside the cook county jail for more than 30 hours, is now suing the county. farad polk was visiting his son at the jail over the fourth of july weekend, when he was given directions to the visiting area. but, he entered an unoccupied room for super maximum-security prisoners instead. the door closed behind him and polk wasn't found for 32 hours, when he set off the fire sprinklers. he says he was handcuffed a

city officials say facts show firefighters responded heroically and according to protocol. four children died in the fire, over 40 displaced. concern over the time it took fire crews to arrive at the scene mounted, three people were arrested in those protests, city officials say that those protests happened after rumors were spread, false rumors, about the response time, again, saying, that firefighters were here as quickly as possible within about three minutes, here at the scene. and they're hoping that by releasing this time line they can calm concern in the community. that's the latest from here in south philadelphia, back to you guys. >> sack even, a thank you. crucial funding for the philadelphia school district could go up in smoke. state senate passed the budget sent by the house, but they amended the cigarette tax portion of it. that amendment would end the tax planned to fund the city's cash strapped schools after five years. so now the amendment heads back to the house for approval before going to governor corbett. the problem is the house is on summer break. so