>> osha does not. osha doesn't have hourly work limitations. osha does not. >> that's a huge safety issue that doesn't fall under... >> it doesn't fall under us, unfortunately we don't have regulations that say once you work x amount of hours you have to have x amount of hours off there is a lot of things that i can do and there is a lot of things i can highly recommend. >> any new osha regulations are devised at the national level in washington dc, with input from interest groups. so, even if there were a will to impose more regulations, they could take years to implement >> is it out of control? >> yeah i would say i mean the problem is it's pretty hard to complain about the hours you work when you're making that kind of money. i mean you got people coming up here young, starting out making a hundred thousand a year or you can be like myself who makes 200,000 a year and so it makes it really hard to complain to management that you're working too many hours when there are a lot of people that would love to be in my position. >> the breakneck p

because if the company doesn't fire you and black list you, osha will destroy your life. as a consequence there are a lot of things not being reported. and that is the scary part. >> reporter: osha region nine declined interview requests citing an ongoing personnel request. but a national osha spokesperson contacted us and said the allegations are quote, preposterous. after the break, california's marijuana laws. >> is it safe to say you have lower back pain or something? >> does it have to be true? >> i mean not necessarily. >> we take you undercover, and you get a medical marijuana card with nothing more than heart burn. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. >>> there is a good chance it will be on the ballot next year voters get a chance to decide if california wants to legalize recreational marijuana. let's make it clear. this is not an investigation about whether pot is right or wrong. but we did go undercover and we found there is no significant diffe

osha's database of company violation shows imc construction of malvern has run a foul of osha rules inhe past. the most serious came in mid 2011 while working in hatfield. it was cited for violating rules on fire protection. osha called it a serious violation and fined imc $1,500 which it paid. records show in late 2011, imc was cited again for fire protect protect. this time the fine was just 200 bucks and again imc paid up. and back in october of 2010, the malvern company was fined $490 for what osha called a serious violation involving fall protection. >>> now we do that story by looking into documents posted online by osha. now in an e-mailed response this afternoon imc ceo robert cot tone wrote in nearly 40 years working with tens of thousands of contractors imc has been sight cite beside osha three times over 40 years. he added all violations related to activities by subcontractors, not imc employees. cot tone wrote all imc project have extensive safety pro its protocols. live in the newsroom, i'm jeff cole. dawn, back to you. >> thank you jeff. >>> book your fox 29 weather autho

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we did some digging and we found five cal-osha reports with three violation. two violations that listed as serious. they classify as it as a incident where death or serious harm could happen. cal-osha is heading up an investigation and the company is cooperating with them. paul chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. >> a vote was delayed on a vaccine bill today. the bill would eliminate the personal belief exemption and require parents to vaccinate their children as a condition of enrolling them in school. opponents say they pose a health risk. supporters site outbreaks of measles that put others at risk. . >> it will go from california to the next state and next state and so on. [ indiscernible ] >> it has to stop here. >> i am pregnant. i don't think -- [ indiscernible ] >> i don't think that our children should be forced to get risk. >> california is one of 19 states allowing parents to use a personal belief exemption. a vote is expected next wednesday. >>> california could limit the flying of drones over public schools. a bill would require anyone flying a drone to ge

osha cited the company for fire safety again in late 2011. but imposed a fine of just $200.k in 2010imc paid a $490 fine for what osha called a serious violation involving fall protect protect. e-mail response this afternoon i imcceo robert cot tone wrote in nearly 40 years working with tens of thousands of contractor contractors, imc has been cited by osha three times over four years he added all violations related to activities by subcontractors, not imc employees. cot tone went on to write all imc projects have extensive safety protocols. >>> a terrifying night for delaware county family held hostage ended when the chirp broke free, raceed to school and got help. police say 27-year-old alan free man broke into the family's chester home last night. the children's home is his ex-girlfriend. he smashed a window to get in and somehow all but one of the children escaped. made it to school and told teachers that a man was holding their mom and five-year-old brother hostage. the swat team and police arrested the man facing a long list of charges. >>> head of a new jersey school

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consultant engineers again during the construction of san joaquin that i'm we were told by conflict osha for the safety so looking at the worker safety for maintenance on the san joaquin pipeline. >> because of the way the construction of san joaquin we're looking for the cross over values the whole operation has changed from before dr. tom lists is an stewart to help us figure out operationsly how this is going to work is beneficial to us we don't say the time and luxurious we do the that i'm changes to officially move water down into san francisco it is good to have him on the team and hit the ground running so we can get the operational analysis done. >> okay i need a motion on that. >> i'll move approval it seems to be my roll today. >> i'll second it. >> any public comment on this item? all those in favor. >> opposed the motion cards. >> item 12 amendment increasing the amendment by $2 million plus with a term extension of 4 years. >> so this nullification is xebd the exciting program. >> but also bringing over the administration from dph so puc can handle that. >> i move it. >> sec

cal-osha is working the investigation in the case. at 6:00 p.m. we look into the past of the company where we found out they had several cal-osha incidents in the last few years. >> that pipe was huge. it must have weighed several hundred pounds. is there any word on why he thought he could stop it? >> reporter: like a knee-jerk reaction. like your car, if it is rolling down a hill you try to stop it, he saw it rolling, he tried to stop it. >> gut wrenching. paul chambers, thank you. >>> wee following developing news from berkeley. hundreds of people are marching near duel support raising the minimum wage to 15 -- cal to support raising the minimum wage to $15. as you can see, i believe they are on bang croft and they -- bancroft and they shut the street down. we will keep following the story and keep you updated and we will check win ktvu's rob roth who is on the ground waiting for the crowd to arrive at the mcdonalds. >>> thievesicacy rand sacking a store -- thieves caught on camera ransacking a store. police say this case is distinctive. ktvu's

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cal/osha says it could take a while to finish its investigation. >>> five-year-old girl is recovering after she was attacked and choked by a total stranger. this happened this morning in san francisco's marina district. police describe what unfolded at the intersection of union and octavia. >> turns out the girl was walking with her mother when this man came up to the chilidog provoked grabbed her by the neck and choked her. >> the man was arrested within minutes. >>> a high school student says a man tried to get her into his car this morning at a 7-eleven on contra loma boulevard. she then got into her own car and drove to school. she says the man started to follow her but then took off. only description is he was driving a black supported explorer >>> a fiery face-off at the state capital over a parent's rise to choose on vaccination for children. there have been death threats against the state senator who wants to force children to get vaccinated. hundreds lined the hallway for and against the bill. those in favor say it increases public health. opponents call it unconstitutional.

cal/osha's regulations take effect on friday.loyees like farm workers and landscapers must have access to free cool water. supervisors and workers must also be trained to recognize signs of heat illness. in addition, the rules require that shade be made available when the temperature reaches 80 degrees. >>> well, it's getting to be more than 80 in the next day. we are going to have 90, aren't we, roberta? >> a couple of 90s kick- starting with thursday with more heat on friday but right now let's go ahead and call on our weather watcher and see what we have going on in and around the bay area right now. let's look at this reading right here. looks like 72 degrees. finicky today, aren't we, here? we didn't have uli reporting 74 degrees in novato. thank you for that. and abundance of sunshine. do i dare try one more? lindsay patton with stratus and low clouds at the coast, wind at 10 miles per hour at the coast. thanks, lindsay. we have clouds have you beening out to the immediate seashore. dublin looking toward the mount diablo ar

but it was too heavy and as it was rolling down the hill cal osha will investigate. train will investigate, too, saying the only comment they can give us is that their heart goes out to his family. at this point they have not released the victim's name but say he has been with the company for 8 1/2 years. >>> thank you. marine scientists have just a short time ago arrived at a pacifica beach where the body of an endangered whale washed ashore. they answered very important questions. our reporter is in pacifica. janet is it attracting a crowd? >> certainly. this is a very rare sight at pacifica beach and bringing a lot people all morning long and still, even here at this hour. the whale is resting on the shore about a mile from where we are at the point where several scientists have gathered. they are preparing to begin the necropsy to determine how the whale died. >> news of the dead whale brought a steady stream of onlookers this morning. >> i saw on the news that the whale was down here at our local beach and i said this is the only time i will be able to see somet

several agencies including osha are investigating. >>> a controversial vaccination bill goes to another vote today. it would force almost all california kids to be immunized before attending public school. a hearing at the state capital brought emotional arguments on both sides. >> my name is rhett. >> reporter: a 6-year-old cancer survivor from tiburon spoke in favor of the bill requiring more california kids to get vaccines. >> for 3 1/2 years, i took chemo to get the bad guys out. >> reporter: that chemo weakened his immune system so he was told he would have to stay out of school for three weeks during a measles outbreak spread by classmates who had not been immunized. >> it was frustrating. infuriating really to think that rhett might have to miss more school due to a vaccine preventable illness because some don't immunize. >> reporter: they packed hallways and senate hearing rooms in support. >> 70 years ago i got polio. [ crying ] >> it has changed my life forever! >> reporter: the bill would get rid of a "personal belief" exemption that allows parents to choose if their children

. >> cal osha and the city of oakland are investigating. they could face a big fine. >> we are hearing tonight from a man who says he spent more than two months adrift at sea. hungry, thirsty, and sun burnt. juliana goldman has his story. >> reporter: as soon as louis jordan was rescued, he called his father. >> hey dad. >> hey louis. >> oh man, nice to hear your voice. >> reporter: in late january, the 37-year-old's family reported him missing after he set sail for a solo fishing trip. the coast guard said it would be looking at his trip from start to finish but here is what jordan said. he hit rough water ins the atlantic and his boat capsized. >> i was flying through the air. and the ceiling was the floor and the floor was the ceiling. >> reporter: he said he spent his days reading the bible, praying for rainwater and eating the fish. >> i collected a bunch of seaweed and found these little critters living in the seaweed and they tasted good. >> reporter: thursday, a german container ship spotted jordan 200 miles off the coast of north c

along with noise it allows up to decimals the children are much closer to an joining wall according to osha to the - the developer has submitted a prototype not only to keep the noise to an acceptable level for children to this kind of i applaud them for this the developer and schools have said they have come to an agreement on the noise and it says it is they will try to use the mitigation plan but only hold them to the current noise ordinance i ask you to make this necessary for 41 decimals as outlined in the i'm sorry, i should have given that you that before. >> as the president has stated if those members of the public wishing to speak with children can come forward first please. >> hello, i'm erica him 3-year-old ben and six months nephew gus and may be one day my other child will attend school full-time and so, yes. we're concerned about a big project just feet away from them and surprised to learn that the proposed project would be so large and close and we were even more surprised to find out we had just one week to evaluate the proposal and register opposition only on the 21st tha

and they are asking for a list of contractors and their insurances and we saw a representative for osha, he was here taking pictures that agency basically investigates the workplace accidents he would not talk to me and i haven't been able to get in touch with lni to find out what is going on with this work site and none of the construction workers are talking to us as well. i was able to determine from some of the permits on scene that this construction site is owned by a hollywood florida, developer, and attempts to reach them are unsuccessful. >> thank you chad. >>> the nation's older and longest track and field event is underway in center city. katherine scott takes us to the penn relays. >> this event kicked off this morning, more than 200 colleges and more than 1,000 high schools have registered this year, thousands of athletes are flocking to franklin field there is no other track meet like it evan thompson competed in high school and is now representing university of pittsburgh but it hasn't gotten old, for you not to be a professional athlete and not in this environment it's ex

in 2004 osha cited terminix commercial in pennsauken after a group of employees were hospitalized, after removing a tarp from cocoa beans from treated with the bromide, the same chemical pesticide that officials say made the edmond family critically ill in the u.s. virgin island. >> this chemical is highly toxic and has a neurotoxic chemical. >> reporter: it is illegal for residential use. jay feldman heads up the group, beyond pesticides, he says bromide has been banned since 2005 but... >> in the u.s. we use these exemptions because law provides for exemptions, they are called critical use exceptions. >> reporter: as of march of this year usda records show 167 facilities where bromide is being used to treat produce, 31 of the top users are in the delaware valley including the the tioga marine terminal. according to date, 40 percent of all chile produce that comes in the you had does so through philadelphia and 90 percent of the bromide used is used to treat those grapes. that is because grapes are a especially vulnerable to pest and diseases that if untreated could devastate domestic c

. >>> cal-osha is investigating a fatal accident at a construction site near highway 101 in petaluma. 28-year-old jared overfield of nevada was working on a widening project when he tried to stop a large pipe that broke away. the size and the weight of that pipe was too much and it rolled over and killing him. a fence stopped the pipe from rolling him right on to the highway and you can see how large that pipe is. overfield worked as a pipe layer for gel on they construction in marin county for over eight years. >> a man is wanted for allegedly exposing himself to three people at the shopping center last month. palo alto police are looking for this man who they describe as an asian and hispanic man and that's the surveillance picture and the incident happened at 8:00 in the morning and police are asking anybody with information to please give them a call. police are investigating a possible kidnapping attempt after a man followed an antioch high school student who was driving this morning. the man approached the girl at the 7-eleven at the contra loma boulevard and followed her to the

. >> reporter: allen, both the city and cal/osha inspectors are now investigating this collapse liftedff the ground. contractors say workers failed to brace the framing, the wall framing, which could have led to the collapse. the house was on the market last year. these were some of the listing photos. a marin county construction company bought it for $430,000 to fix it and flip it. they lifted up the house and poured a new foundation but neighbors say it was supported by flimsy scaffolding. licensed contractor juan hernandez examined this house. he says the contractors who did the framing failed to brace the two-by-four studs. this diagram shows how it should be supportedded. >> they don't have the braces to support the wall that the -- temporary wall that they built. they had to have a crowbar to support for the wall not to do this. >> other people told me i think it was tuesday looks like that house is leaning. >> reporter: the next-door neighbor says work stopped on the house and it was left 10 feet off the ground for the last five weeks. hernandez says that's way too long. >> they

an osha investigator is looking into this trench. you can see it's several feet down and it looks like a clay like material. the worker who fell in there just the ground gave way and he fell all the way down. let's look at some video. the man was trapped for about 20 minutes. this happened shortly before 10:00. he's the owner of the one of the contractors working on this project. he fell into the ditch while on the job. we see a hadladder down in the ditch. you can see the materials that got here. police have this blocked off and that man was taken to a hospital we're told with minor injuries. he's going to be okay but investigators have this construction scene blocked off. >>> the u.s. confirms american warned weinstein along with an italian national were killed. weinstein was an american contractor kidnapped back in 2011. nbc news reports the incident happened during separate cia strikes in january. the president made a statement just a short time ago. >> the fog of war generally and our fight against terrorists specifically. mista

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. >> cal-osha will look into the matter and they are conducting a safety investigation.s not being identified is now at san francisco general hospital in stable condition. >> undergoing tests. we are not sure if it was related to the drill or if it was a medical condition. >> reporter: the firefighter who has brother in the department is being kept at the hospital over night. >> john, thank you. >>> now to the south bay, firefighters rushed to a restaurant and put out a grease fire. the fire started in the kitchen at jimmy's restaurant in san jose. firefighters called three alarms. it was reported at 8:30 a.m. this morning. there were four workers and customers inside the restaurant at the time. the sprinkler system did turn on but wasn't able to put out the flames. the front of the restaurant is okay but there is damage to the roof and the kitchen. >>> use of ecigarettes is increasing. the centers for disease control and prevention released new data. teen smoking hit a all time low. on the flip side, the rate using the ecigarettes tripled in one year to 13%. 9% of high

. >>> philadelphia police are investigating and so far there has been no charges, osha, the occupational held and association is also looking into the matter. >> thank you chat. >>> we are getting our first look at the woman accused of abandoning her quadriplegic son now in custody. she allegedly left her son in the cobb's creek woods with just a blanket and a bible earlier this month she was arrested while visiting her boyfriend in maryland. she will be extradited to face charges this week. >>> chopper 6 hd was over the scene on the 7700 block of roosevelt boulevard that is when the driver of a silver sedan lost control and slammed into trees the man was cut from the vehicle but first responders could not save him. the driver's name is withheld until his family is notified. >>> now details of a deadly fire in plumstead county. 59-year-old earl freedman was the man killed in the point pleasant pike blaze last night. the fire started in his kitchen just after 7:30, crews had a tough time fighting the flames because the house was packed with items that fueled the fire, no one else was hurt

should there lieutenant be someone who hasn't had all these advantages osha to be one of the -- that lieutenant will probably over the course of their time have to make a few informed decisions that will impact these guys. i just had an instinctive sense i want to be present for those decisions, and the way it into the world turned out, that's how my experience evolve. >> i have to question. the first one is related -- jefferson's of florida's you know, having of your friends in afghanistan read the book editors to what the responses are or and what else in afghanistan? >> i've had folks read in afghanistan. the winter but were not my friends i served with but they were basically -- all this line. i ran it by some afghans make sure i had it right. there were many places i just slept in their words. if you read the acknowledgments in the book i don't suspect many of the afghans are probably going to be reading this. battle because they are not lovers of american fiction but because they're still engaged in their very remote part of the country. it would involve the book to the transla

osha is now investigating the accident. >>> school rally tonight over a merger planned in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. kensington businesses and kensington urban education are two small high schools the district wants to combine. but parents teachers and students who showed up at the src meeting a few hours ago don't want that to happen. they say they fought to have two school then want to keep it that way. students are up senate they've been left out of the process. >> my school has been mistreated by the school district. we do deserve better. closing our schools is not the answer. we are school family. we want to be a community school with community partnerships and supports. >> students and parents say they were just told about the merger on monday. long after the district started the whole process. the district admits its search for a new principal began back in march. >> charges stand the decision made by a judge in center city assault case today. 24-year-old philip williams catherine nod and kevin herry began accused of of a brutal beating a gay couple in center city it

cal osha is investigating the incident. >>> new details in a string of indecent exposure incidents at the stanford shipping center. police say they finally got their man. isryel sandoval exposed himself to three people in a matter of an hour. police say he may have also exposed himself to more people at the coffee shop at the shopping center. >>> guilty of first degree murder is the verdict handed down by a massachusetts jury today against former nfl star aaron hernandez. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: an hour into the seventh day of deliberations a massachusetts jury delivered its unanimous verdict. former tight end aaron hernandez guilty of first degree murder and related gun charges. the jury convicting hernandez for the june 2013 shooting death of odin lloyd, one of hernandez's friends. his body discovered shot several times in a vacant lot near hernandez's home. his fiancÉe who testified earlier in the trial wept. it marked the end of a nine-week trial in which 135 people testified. despite having no murder weapon and no witnesses to the shooting prosecutor

osha is investigating the accident. >>> dramatic moments when a man falls in the tracks at a septa train station. >> so probably most of us would do another passenger quickly comes to his aid but septa officials are telling thaws it was the wrong way to go about this rescue. the bruce what do you mean. >> reporter: well what we mean is it is nice to get involved it is good to come to the aid of someone but you have to to it the right way. let me set the scene. this was newly released security video and this played out at 6:45 wednesday evening, market frankford line, below ground at 15th and market. well, watch what happens. watch the man in the blue and white jacket at bottom of the screen just walk ago licensing the train platform. now close-up as he topples right off the edge and down on the track bed below. almost immediately, the man in the green eagles jacket jumps into rescue him. the others gathered to help pull the victim to safety. septa police chief thomas nestel. >> we necessity how philadelphians step into help someone who is in trouble. >> reporter: the good news both fall

osha investigators are headed to the scene. >>> as they say, this one is for all the marbles. it's do or die loser go home game seven between the caps and the new york islanders. the game is at 7:30 at the verizon center. there's still some tickets for less than $100 available. you can watch the game on comcast sports net, the winner goes on to the eastern conference semifinals. the loser will be hitting the golf course. >>> the wizards have to wait to see who they'll play in the next round of the playoffs. they took care of business beating the raptors 125-94 and sweeping the first round. it's the first four-game sweep in franchise history. the wizards will play the winner of their series between the atlanta hawks and the brooklyn nets. game four of that series is tonight. >>> new information this morning from the national zoo. what has panda keepers on high alert this morning. >>> promising news for jeb bush in the state of virginia. it's a first for him. >>> plus, the supreme court getting ready for a case the whole country will be watching. how one group is already . >>> t

. >> in 2004, osha cited terminix commercial in pennsauken after a group of employees were hospitalizeded. the same chemical pesticide that officials say made the esmond family critically ill while in the u.s. virgin islands. >> this chemical is highly toxic, as neurotoxic chemical. >> also illegal for residential use. shea feldman heads the dc advocacy group beyond pesticidement, says methyl bromide banned since 2005 but -- >> in the u.s., we use these exemptions as the law provides for exemptions, called critical use exemptions. >> as of march of this year usda records show 167 facilities were methyl bromide is being used to treat produce, 3169 top users are in the delaware valley including the tioga marine terminal. according to data given to the u.s. da, 40% of all chilean produce had a comes into the united states does so through philadelphia. and 90% of the met ill bromide used is used to treat those grapes. that's because grapes are specially vulnerable to pest and disease it is un-treat cod devastate domestic crops. >> we have huge chemical dependence on agriculture. >> another

cal osha a conducting its own investigation. >>> a man who spent 30 years on death row is free tonightut earlier today and right afterward, he had this powerful message. >> i had every intention of executing me for something i didn't do. but for all you all snapping the cameras, i want you to know those years are gone. i want to say to the victim's family, i will continue to pray for you just as i have for 30 years. >> 58-year-old, roy henton was convicted of murdering two people in a fast food restaurant in 1985. the only piece of evidence linking him to the crime were bullets found at the scene. but modern forensics later showed those bullets did not come from any gun that hinton owned. those will have to answer to god. >>> there was a dedication ceremony for a giant american flag at the antioch american legion this afternoon. it's one stop by an artist traveling through all 50 states. he is painting the stars and stripes on one vfw or american legion in each state. noelle talked to the artist about why he is doing that. >> with each brush stroke, antioch is seeing red, white, and bl

. >>> cal-osha is investigating a fatal accident in a construction site in petaluma. this is i haved why from sky 7 hd and 27-year-old jared was killed by a pipe rolling downhill. he instinctively tried to stop the pipe, but it was too heavy and crushed him. a fence stopped the pipe before it rolled down the highway. overfield worked as a pipe layer majora & gill oat construction company for eight years. >> they had no option, but to vaccinate their kids. >> the committee postponed a vote on senate bill 277 after several lawmakers came out against that measure. parents lined up inside the capitol this morning to voice their opposition. their main concern is that too many kids would be pulled out of the state's public schools. lawmakers worried the bill as it is does not address how kids who are not vaccinated could get an education any way other than being home schooled. >> i have two children who i want to send to public school and i may not be able to do that if this bill passes. >> every leading public health organization all support vaccination and it's the safeti

. >> reporter: call osha is investigating because a homeless man was sleeping inside during the collapse. that man says he was guarding the house for the contractor. so that makes him a worker now. live in west oakland, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> the city's planning and building inspector should finish the investigation next week. any violations could lead to some hefty fines. >>> the san francisco police chief wants eight of his officers fired in the wake of a scandal involving racist and homophobic text messages. kpix 5's maria medina on how the police chief is doing damage control trying to restore public trust. >> reporter: and the police chief held a news conference today for about an hour. he announced in light of the texting scandal, he will be randomly selecting police officers to check to see if they missed any red flags in their background checks. >> it just makes me sick to even talk about it. >> reporter: san francisco police chief greg suhr says the eight officers including a captain caught exchanging racist and homophobic texts do not belong in his department. >> i have suspend

now the township and osha are investigating. and we did go to the facility. we also called. our requests for a comment have not been answered. we can tell you some residents coming home tonight say their homes still smell a bit like chlorine. the fire chief telling them to open up the windows, air it out. things here are safe. four people were taken for treatment. the fire chief tells us there were no serious injuries reported. reporting live in trooper, montgomery county deanna durante nbc 10 news. >> thank you, deanna. >>> burglary interrupted. delaware county police want you to take a look at video of a burglar who came face to face with the owner of the home that he broke into. he hopped on a septa train after the crime. that's where we see him right here. police say the guy here in the blue broke into a home in radnor last friday. the homeowner came walking in to find him. the two argued before the thiefs made off with a suitcase full of jewelry, electronics and cash. he then rode the route 100 train before getting off at the park view station just before the 69th stree

. >>> another arrest in connection to silent attack on a man in olney last week. 23-year-old can i oshaly fists and feet but a hammer and mace. she's charged way itemed murder. doug begins is the third person in the group arrested but police are hoping to find everyone involved. >>> a construction worker is killed after falling 80 feet in university city. skyfox over the construction site earlier today at 30th and walnut streets. officials say the call came in just after 8:00 this morning. the 42-year-old man was rushed to presbyterian hospital where he later died. his identity has not yet been released. investigators still haven't said what led up to the fall. >>> watch your speed on the pennsylvania turnpike. especially in construction zone zones. state police are teagueing part in a new safety initiative. troopers will be sitting in construction vehicles with radar guns looking for speeders. the initiative launches next month here in the philadelphia area and then will spread to the rest of the state. >>> spring cleaning today in old city. thanks to some dedicated peco employees. mor

this is 23-year-old can i osha due gans of philadelphia.olice say she was one of many that jumped a 51-year-old man outside a convenience store last week. the attackers mostly women used everything from their fists to their feet to a hammer, mace, even a piece of wood. dugans and two other girls have been arrested but police are hoping to find everyone involved. >>> police are asking for your help tonight in finding a missing man from north philadelphia. 65-year-old marvin college they are was last seen yesterday morning. he left his assisted resident home on the 4700 block of north 13th street but he didn't return. he suffers from dementia and schizophrenia and he does not have his medication with him. anyone who may know where he is, is asked to please give northwest detective as call. >>> looking for a job? well you are not alone. unemployment is up for the third straight month in pennsylvania according to a new report. and the industries hit hardest education and health services. the state department of labor says more people lost their

cal/osha's regulations taking effect on friday.y require that all employees like farm workers, landscapers have access to free cool water. supervisors and workers must also be trained to recognize signs of heat illness. in addition, the rules require that shade be made available when the temperature reaches 80 degrees or more. >>> a cupertino cement quarry will end up paying millions of dollars to settle a pollution lawsuit. kiet do joins us live from cupertino to explain how this battle is coming to an end. >>> reporter: good morning. this big announcement coming in just a couple of hours. finally, after years of legal wrangling, lehigh southwest cement company will pay for dumping millions of gallons of toxic water into the bay to the tune of up to $10 million. years ago they were sued for dumping water with high levels of selenium, nickel and other chemicals into the creek and bay. the selenium was the focus of the lawsuit and although it is not harmful to humans it is harmful to fish and microorganisms in high concentrations. a

. >>> cal osha and the city of oakland are now investigating potential violations by a contractor after a house collapsed this week. a veteran contractor tells kpix5, the contractor doing the home had lifted it to pour a foundation. neighbors say there wasn't much holding it up and all of a sudden it came crashing down, nearly crushing a man inside. the city red tag the home. >>> caltrans is doing its part to save water by giving us a reminder. >> yeah. those bright orange freeway signs not only warn you about the dangers of texting, but now about the drought too. caltrans has put the message on 700 of the signs up and down the state. severe drought, limit outdoor watering. in the east bay an innovative solution to outdoor watering, free recycled water. >> kristin ayers shows us all you have to do is bring your own jugs. >>reporter: pull up, grab a hose, fill up and repeat. >> 21 gallons. >> 31 gallons, yeah. i'll probably do about 12 trips a week. >> this would be my third trip. >>reporter: they come for the free water. >> this is awesome. why not? we are already facing a drought, righ