built 97 ramps, sfmta built 114 ramps. and other programs and projects built 151 ramps for a total of 1,576 ramps. in fiscal year 2017, the paving program built 931 ramps. p.u.c. built 138 ramps. searchfmta had 1 -- sfmta had 137, and the decrease in 2017 was due to the paving program's funding timing, so several projects were delayed. tire replacement program. in 2012, the curb ramp program added tile replacement to its overall program. it ongoing project installs and/or replaces yellowiel detece tiles and the number of ramps that have had tiles replaced has increased from 39 ramps in 2014, to 225 ramps in 2017. the next topic is curb ramp funding and expenditures. curb ramp funding comes from multiple sources. the curb ramp program is approximately $7 million annually. public works' paving program, p.u.c. and sfmta and other sources are $16 million annually. expenditure rates each year match -- roughly match the available funds with little carryover. other projects may build and fund locations that the curb ramp program

or get close to the bus ramp. a crane easement that would be used to build the hotel, we -- we were able to negotiate an agreement with a developer that instead of using a boom crane that would be horizontal, they would use a crane that could be -- which would not have to swing over the bus ramp and only be limited to swinging loads that are within an easement which is to -- to the east of the bus ramp, it would not swing over the bus ramp. and then a curtain wall installation easement six feet into the parcel that allows for the construction of the curtain wall of the hotel from under ram park and 18 month easement for an underground shoring wall to allow the developer to extend space out four feet. and the -- none of the easements would interfere with the development of the park. a work plan agreement between tjpa and coordinator for the improvements. >> chair nuru: any questions. >> thank you for the update. quickly, i probably missed it in the staff report, the duration for cafe? >> it's permanent. >> versus 2

they've set up this ramp, right off at the edge of that slope.he question is, whatever skier has the courage to go down that ramp has to figure out whether they can or can't land that jump safely. >> well it looks easy from that angle. >> oh, sure. >> will she land this jump? >> of course. >> don't let me down, girl. >> yeah! >> wow! >> looking at that ramp and i'm like it's like going off a cliff. where are they going to land? doesn't look like there's powder down there. >> they're not going to need to land. don't you worry. >> they work smarter and hard per er. >> you get the thrill without the danger. >> like ski bungeeing. >> they call it a bungee ride, they titled the video ski ramp bungee squlumping. the skiers, snowboarders get strapped in to a harness. they take off down this ramp and once they get to the end they don't have to worry about landing. >> if you can ski down ta tiny slope of a ramp, you got it. >> just like every other team supertramp video there is a behind the scenes look that shows you exactly how they pulled this off. if

watch the on and off ramps. that's a problem again e agathi morning. >> thanks. >>> matt delucia has been tracking conditions in storm force 10. he joins us live in manayunk, and the roads and hills, we know about those. is it slick out there? >> reporter: it is a little slick. that happens in manayunk after big storms. we're at manayunk avenue here. you see that all the black ice jessica was talking about, you see that shine. be careful. this is haley -- a hilly street, as well. looking at wendover street, still snow covered, hasn't been touched with a plow or any snow-removal vehicle. you also see the tire tracks down there where you get some of the black ice there, as well. you slide around the hills at manayunk and roxboro. of course, that is bad news. so talking about the roads and spinouts, we saw a lot of them yesterday. aaa responded to more than 1,000 calls in the philadelphia five-county area yesterday. mostly because of drivers losing control, skidding, getting stuck on the side of the road. this is a

i know the freeway on ramps and off ramps are on the other side of the street, but is it normal that we reach out to caltrans and let them know that there are changes on the street around the on and off ramp. >> the project doesn't affect any of the times signals that would affect the traffic on and off the bridge, so for this project, we did not. >> okay. thank you. directors, any further questions? director torres. >> so how much money are the tax fai taxpayers saving by not filling in the green on material and labor? >> anybody feel qualified to answer that question? >> i feel we've been doing this all the way. you going to take credit for saving the taxpayers some money but not filling in the green. >> oh, here comes mr. mcguire -- oh, mr. salavari. >> talked about the intersections and driveways, they're not being filled in? what's the reason for not doing it? >> well, one of the reecasons s just to make sure we're handling the right turns and bike lanes correctly, there could be some more savings not using more green, but that's not our motivation for the design. >> so the moti

the on and off-ramps are a problem. a lot of disabled vehicles popping up as people head into ditches or slipping. one on high street around rosedale drive and also pennsauken township because of downed wires. all lanes from route 130 and the 130 southbound, that ramp headed to 73 southbound. a lot of detours there. >>> rules on the road. the dangerous situation you may run into during the storm and what you should do to protect yourself. >>> and at 5:13, slips and falls. the winter weather raises serious health concerns. what you need to know to stay safe. >>> it is 5:16. 33 degrees outside. a major winter storm is moving through our region. a reminder the city snow emergency goes into a effect at 8:00 this morning. that means you've got to get your cars off those snow emergency routes or the city will tow you. now let's show you what the radar looks like. we'll be dealing with accumulating snow, rain, and wind from this storm for most of the day, multiple hours our meteorologists tell us. now let's talk about transpor

they've shut down this off ramp. this is the port chicago highway off ramp exit eastbound on highway 4 in concord. they haven't been able to tell us what is going on. they say they're too busy with this active situation right now, but it is serious enough to shut down this off ramp. we wanted to bring this to you in case you use this area for your morning commute. be aware this is not in use this morning. we will get you some details as soon as they get a break in the action and can tell us what's going on. we'll bring it to you as soon as we can. live in concord, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, amy. today we expect to hear details about a new lawsuit filed by the state of california against the trump administration. >> it all comes down to one question proposed for the census that would ask if a person is a legal citizen. matt keller live for us in san jose. matt? >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. leaders have been concerned this quarizona. the state's governor is making sure they won't be ba

the ramps connecting 95 northbound with academy road and the ramps are blocked now and shot is not frozen but traffic is not able to move spining along the ramps at 95 at academy. this is woodhaven road turning from snow into wetness but still coverage in both directions. up there we have some blockages, vehicles spinning out in both direction as long wide haven at 13 bristol pike. and things are improving along the schuylkill expressway. this is king of prussia from 202, turning from snow covered to slushy, it's still going to be slippery but things are getting better on the schuylkill even though the westbound travel time is slow. i like this shot. malvern, chester county, what a difference a couple of hours making looking better at 202, route 29 and all lanes are passable. and a live look at the ben franklin bridge, we are moving okay. and better news at the burlington bristol bridge, they have reopened. it was closed for an hour and a half. and in gloucester county these are the ramps connecting 322 with the new jersey turnpike, multiple truck issues. jackknifed truck and mass transit

keep in mind this off ramp is not available to you at this moment. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, amy. today we expect to hear details about a new lawsuit filed by the state of california against the trump administration. >> it comes down to one question proposed for the census. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live for us in san jose. matt? >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. santa clara county leaders have been concerned about this question being added to the 2020 census. now that it's official state leaders are stepping up and filing a lawsuit against the trump administration to stop it from happening. the commerce department made the announcement last night it was adding the citizenship question to the 2020 census. officials say the data will help the justice department enforce the voting rights act which protects minority voting rights. opponents say the question will discourage immigrants from responding and cause a population under count. california attorney general javier becerra says the citizenship ques

the ramp shut down because of that accident. there's a new one in chadds ford, south of painters crossing along route 1 baltimore pike at south point drive, a vehicle into the guardrail there. south jersey, belmawr, camden county not so bad. wet on 42. a few headlights coming northbound on 295. on this thursday morning. matt and tam. >>> many people across the area are waking you mean in the dark and the cold again. >> the action cam is live in medford township, burlington county. take a look at this, one bigotry across the roadways, power lines down, as well came down along robin hood drive. following the storm, officials in medford declared a state of emergency because of so many situations like this one. >>> bucks county was hit hard. this is video from bensalem where electrical wires came down and began to burn. drivers and pedestrians were told to avoid the area at for the road at meeting road off bensalem boulevard. >> outage also from peco, 56,000 customers are in the dark right now. pse and g have 27,000 outages. ac elec

like it's blocking the ramp here.e are not let -- there's not anyone getting through. we will let you know more about it but the car is perpendicular to the ramp and they are trying to move it now. we will keep an eye on it for you. again, that's on 280 at 87 in san jose. we have one lane closed on the posey tube and it's going to be that way all morning long. it might be a week long thing. they will have to close the posey tube at 10 this morning. if you live on island, get off the island and use the bridges and not the tube. 5:32 let's go back to the desk. >>> a decision is expected by an immigration judge on whether or not a father of 3 who was detuned by ice agents in san jose -- detained by ice agents in san jose will be deported. he has been living in the u.s. for 20 years. he was dropping his 4-year-old daughter at day care in october when he was detanned by ice agents and has been in federal custody ever since. demonstrators from faith groups held protest outside the ice headquarters in san francisco asking fo

getting off the ramp is going to be slow. it should be slow without a vehicle fire because of the rain or storm that happened yesterday. in ambler, watching a vehicle that spun out on route 309 southbound at butler pike facing the side median. a crash at white marsh, germantown pike. >> thank you. >>> ahead, today's international women's day. guess what -- check out these ladies, the team that not did let the winter storm stop them. >>> plus, a new travel warning for a popular mexican resort. the new intel following the boat explosion that had the u.s. taking action. >>> winter storm gone, but a slow commute. we'll look at the art museum and have first alert weather and traffic in a few minutes. >>> check out this video of a tree toppling during the storm. a viewer sent us the video. falling trees are still a threat this morning because all the snow is weighing down the branches. that could happen anywhere across the area. >>> a visiting basketball team got stuck in our snowstorm yesterday. they took matters into their own ha

it's going to be the on and off ramps in spots, too. not even all spots, that are still slippery spots. and a little bit of a dangerous drive. watching that police activity here out in norristown, route 38 at lenlola road. traffic lights flashing, they're directing around the scene. a new crash in upper dublin, route 309th northbound ramp to butler pike. >> thanks. >>> new this morning, a controversial pipeline project is once again off line. next, the new safety measures after sinkholes opened up in a chester county back yard. >>> also, teamwork on and off the court. wait until you see this story. not even old man winter's worst can stop the ladies of the northeastern university women's basketball team during a stop in our area. >>> 5:15. new, the mariner east pipeline has been shut down again. for months, homeowners have questioned the safety of the sunoco pipelines that run through their property because of a series of sinkholes and water contamination concerns. the most recent sinkholes opened up in west whiteland township over the

but this is 95 northbound of the ramp to academy road. looks like they're just now trying to get them off the ramp but the problem he'd be stuck here for about half an hour. so traffic is backed up on 95 north and then folks that are trying to get on 95 attempted to turn around and they're learning the hard way that there's big piles of snow and they're getting stuck. some good news, the schuylkill expressway looking good. what a difference an hour or so can make. i mentioned it earlier i'll mention it again. howard eskin agrees the flyers game is on tonight. both the flyers and the penguins are in town. they're in the building down there in wells fargo that's really all that matters when it comes to hockey game. the fans you have to make your own decisions whether or not you're going to head down there or not. but 95 the schuylkill clear so no problems getting there at the moment. problems out of new york's penn station all amtrak and new jersey northeast corridor trains being held. amtrak had a lot of power problems between new york and

when the time is right, i would encourage coordination with the san francisco public works curb ramp program. marci camacho who was here earlier. and getting information regarding complaints and grievances at certain intersections as it pertains to safety. because that's another resource in terms of getting input from the community. and then of course, when identifying these traffic calming -- or intersections that receive traffic calming, what have you, the curb ramps at those intersections would also get upgraded as part of that and coordinating with the curb ramp program so we're not duplicating our efforts within the city family. >> sure. >> i think we can move to public comment. >> i want to thank you for making the presentation. that's all the questions we have right now. let's go to public comment. anybody from the public like to step up to the mic and give us your comment or observation? >> we have a comment on the bridge line. >> co-chair blacksten: ok, all right the bridge line. >> yes, something to do with the traffic calming. there is sometimes when you're driving in a ca

the ramp from 73 north to route 130 is blocked and same goes for the 130 southbound ramp to route 73 southbound. so a lot of detours in the area there. and end here on i-95. just wanted to check in with some drive times through delaware. looking good from 295 to 495 with an 11 minute trip at the most. we'll keep watching the roads for you, and i'll check in with mass transit. for now we're going to send it over to pamela osborn. she's live in storm force 10. >> reporter: we're on the walt whitman bridge right now where snow is coming down, and the roads are just a little bit wet. we have some tips for driving today, and we're going oo show you what conditions are like in jersey when we come back. >>> we are tracking this major winter storm for you this morning. right now storm ranger is giving us this live look at collegeville. county has declared a disaster emergency. county leaders say that opens up the resources that they need to deal with this storm, clear roads and protect people and property. now let's show you what it looks like in philadelphia, i-95 in south philly. always st

be careful on the on and off ramps. we have the white and pink snow and ice still over here in mt. hamilton and the higher peaks. in the south bay we did get a report here, this affects the side of the road north 87 right around curtner just past the on ramp reports of a car that went off the roadway. no slowing and no major injuries reported. farther south where kris and vianey were yesterday here, santa cruz mountains, there is not that rain and puddling an ponding reports this morning. a little slowing out over the summit but no big deal. morgan hill is fine, but we're concerned a little south so i'm handing it back to you. >>> more mud slide concerns in southern california this morning as the storm we've been experiencing now is hitting some very vulnerable areas. all of that rain in so cal may be causing problems for people here and trying to get there for the weekend. >> "today in the bay's" anser had hassan is live to our south. >> reporter: there hasn't been that heavy downpour we saw last night. highway 101 looks pretty good this morning. as you mentioned, for those of you

one of the off ramps off of eastbound highway 4 is shut down, it's the off ramp that connects the port chicago highway, again, because as you mentioned because of a chase happened around 3:45 this morning. we know concord police was chasing a driver in this area when the driver of that vehicle crashed, overturned and according to chp that driver did get away and last report the officers, law enforcement, are still looking for this person in this area. that's why you still have this exit 15-b eastbound highway 4 to port chicago highway still shut down. you've also got northbound 242 that off ramp to the port chicago highway also shut down. the good thing is both of those off ramps are in the reverse commute direction so they are not having any impact on people's drive to work this morning, but again, it is an active area as law enforcement is still trying to capture this driver, unknown what the chase was about. reporting live here in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. >>> also new for you this morning, another chase to tell you about, this one across

had our first crash of the morning on the ramp coming up nexting 76 with 202. it's gone now, but you have to take it easy on the ramps, there's a lot of slick spots this morning. speeds don't look too bad so far. we have the storm damage from friday left over in my neck of the woods in east falls. and some of the traffic lights are not working on kelly drive. it's wet great northeast cottman avenue. everybody is out in the southbound lanes traveling southbound no delays just yet. down the shore, the garden state parkway, for the most part it's wet on the parkway. wet on route 40 on the ac expressway, everything is blocked there because of flooding. mass transit situation, back to normal schedule on the regional rails, expect delays, ac rail line is suspended because of issues. njt buses are resuming service as we kick off things on this thursday. >> let's switch over to jeanette reyes live in south philadelphia. jennette on a good morning you have to have care to get out and about on some of the streets, what would it be like today? >> reporter: tam, it's more

however, we have a three-car crash on the fremont off ramp into san francisco. that is blocking the right lane but it does sound minor. that is not causing any delays if you want to totally avoid that head to the left and take the harrison off ramp instead. we'll check on the central val yu in a few minutes. >>> tracking breaking news from the east bay. >> reporter amy hollyfield just arrived on the scene of some police activity in concord. she is live on highway 4 near port chicago. amy, what's happening? >> reporter: reggie, we're in a situation we can show you more than we can tell you. this just happened. let me step out of the way so you can see the police activity. they put some flares out to block the exit. this is off highway 4 in concord. we are eastbound. we have a chp officer here and concord police both working the scene. they tell us they're too busy right now to tell us any details about what happened. so we want to bring you these images so you can prepare yourself if your route takes you this way that you're going to run into this at this moment,

but again, any of the on and off-ramps, the circles, could be slippery. is live look at 42 coming in toward philly. if you intend to flying today, just check with the airline. they call it re staging. all of those concellations cents, between philly, new york, boston, the planes got to get back into place before they can take you out to someplace warm. so check with your airline, amtrak, still suspended from new york to boston, because of power problems from yesterday, and that's had domino effect on the ac rail line. that's still suspended. septa, regional rails, bus trolley routes all running on normal schedule today. there are some hiccups along the way, going to septa website, the system status see if your bus route is on detour, like some of the hilly roads there in manayunk. new jersey transit and patco, also, running with some minor delays, so we are slowly but surely getting back, yes, weaver a question, young lady in the back? >> more of announce: yesterday at 11-point during the marathon coverage we had a competition to see which men would still

so you may find police there this morning directing the traffic on those ramps. in delco darby paoli road still blocked because of downed wires. i would stay over on 320 to get around that, 320 was partially blocked yesterday. it's back in business, everything reopened this morning. elsewhere on 476 northbound side of the northeast extension near lansdale, still have some construction there taking out the right lane and in whitpain township morris road is still blocked because of a drowned tree. skippack pike to the south can get you around that. at least orvilla road is reopened in towamencin. they finished cleaning up the and downed wires there. hilltown township there's still downed wires blocking diamond street. keystone drive or green street would be alternates around those. overnight construction at the triple b, burlington bristol bridge is cleared out of the way so you're good to go crossing the delaware river there between bucks and burlington counties, matt. >> thank you, matt. dramatic video shows the moment a five-year-old girl dangles from a chair li

but expect any of the off ramps, would maybe be two lanes, maybe down to one and a half. race street, for example, right by the mint there, instead of the two lanes you're down it only one lane to make the turnment and that's going to cause some back-ups today until we kinds of get everything manicured and all of the snow totally off to the side. best way to go, the market frankford, broad street subway, running trains through the overnight. that's the big work horse for septa. residual concellations from yesterday could be waiting for you at the airport. check with the airline, all of the delays and concellations from yesterday, want to make sure your flights here, so as you're ready to go when you get down there. again, check with the airline before you head down. amtrak service still suspended until at least 10:00 between new york and boston. thomas and karen, back over to you. >> we will get there. time now 4:19. let's look at other stories we're following right now, still developing, arrest has been made in a hit-and-run in mayfair, that left three year old girl in c

southbound lanes are closed, one northbound lane is opened and ramps from route 130 southbound are closed, just a head up on that, over to you. >>> nor'easter is expect to drop several inches in philadelphia, in the suburbs. >> they could see a foot of snow by this is all over. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is on villanova's campus. what are you seeing there. >> reporter: i see myself enrolling here i would like to be a college student once again, little too old for that but anyway we are here at villanova university, beautiful campus as snow is falling out here. anytime i can make it about weather and sports, why not on villanova's campus we have to talk about the basketball team 27-four, they will be a number one seed we can all be excited about that a jaylen brunson could be national player of the year. what is not cool is what you are seeing falling from the sky and that is snow. been snowing out here since we have been out along the main line on route 30 this morning for last couple ofels of the precipitation has been falling we saw sleet freezing rain that mixture early on t

kind of going into phase two and things are ramping up. >> you see the storm intensify. and we have said the heaviest time is 10:00 until 4:00. one sign of the intensification, the lightning strikes we are seeing, this area of low pressure and nor'easter is churning up the coast. we see several lightning strikes. six lightning strikes you see from that graphic from cape may. the snow is really coming down and we'll take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. here we see the heavy bands and we watch this area of purple first in south jersey with the narrow band and this is the band we are saying 1 to 3 inches of snow an hour and blossoming to the north and lets go in closer and you see that. the movement of it lifting up north and east. and here we see in wilmington in the city right along i-95. that is the area right now you get the heaviest snow and it's now in parts of norristown and malvern and in doylestown and if you were watching we said soon in doylestown and see it move there and stretching up north toward trenton as well. the heaviest bands are starting to k

that ramp causing problems.want to show you a problem in new jersey, we saw it on the waze app live look 295 burlington county. northbound past 541 we have a vehicle off the road. traffic is jammed, emergency crews blocking the left lane. southbound side up ahead to the left you can see the accident on shoulder there, as well. mass transit one delay so far. matt. >> an elementary school in colorado is taking a knew unique approach to disciplining their students. dowl elementary no longer sends students to detention, instead they are placed in a yoga class. it's been to successful they are offering yoga to all students after school. >> time to see what's coming up on "g.m.a." >> the robin roberts joining us from time square. president trump discipline strayings losing people -- administration losing people left and right. >> reporter: help rings leave the white house, and jar it kushner faces problems on the political scene. chris conley joins us with details. >>> be the match, they challenged me, they challenged

expressway westbound to conshohocken the ramp is closed.nwhile, in camden county, 295 north of the black horse pike, the ramp from the black horse pike northbound is closed because of a downside tree. we have 8 septa bus routes that are not running. ac rail line not running this morning because of signal problems. tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> philadelphia police say they arrested the driver who jumped the curb mayfair striking the mother and two young children on the sidewalk. 31-year-old sackry lauer is accused of fleeing the scene at tyson avenue. 3-year-old was pindz under the vehicle -- was pinned under the vehicle. >> she was halfway under the car. we all our power we lifted the car and we moved it back. >> violet is in critical condition her mother and four-year-old sister suffered bumps and bruises. >>> seven middle school students are under arrest threatening to shoot up the school each student is charged with making terroristic threats. >>> surveillance video shows a 14-year-old pulling up to a home in victorville on monday. he ste

but on and off-ramps are going to be the tricky spots. pennsauken, watching some downed wires. 73 southbound ramp route 130 is closed. >>> 5:34 right now. we continue our team coverage. we showed you chester county and now matt delucia has moved to king of prussia county. >> reporter: the good thing is there aren't too many cars on the road. right now we're on route 202 in king of prussia where the roads are mostly wet. just to give you an idea of the contrast, look over here where you see the hard surfaces and the grassy surfaces covered with snow. again, it depends on what surface you're on today. but the sidewalk is not looking too bad just yet either. but there are a lot of spots this is flush there. so a lot of slick spots. take a look of the shot as we were coming onto king of prussia on route 202. a lot of plows on the roadways as well, but the good news is a lot of people taking the advice of our first alert meteorologists and staying home. before we left malvern, i spoke with a gentleman who's going to be very busy today removing

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this is that ramp that we had the big problem with yesterday.he westbound schuylkill expressway ramp to conshohocken, this guy on the side embankment here, westbound the off ramp to get here at conshy look how slippery and slushy. looks wet. you think you're okay tires hit the slush coupled with little extra miles per hour. >> example what we are dealing with morning, good news, 59 northbound, just reopened here, at woodhaven road, we had multi vehicle crash, one of the cars burst into flames? so they're still cleaning that up. north on 95, still heavy from pretty much, cottman avenue all the way up to woodhaven road. then north on the blue route accident near mcdade. >> on the scening westbound, accident, at city avenue. all of the mass transit systems, are running slower than normal, but at least we are getting there. sue has the forecasts in 15 seconds. >> so yes, yesterday's storm is out of here. but still going to see a little bit of tight pressure gradient here, which means it will be breezy, this afternoon, but helping with the snow melt,

area already common early this morning (peak gust of 48mph at mount diablo), winds are expected to ramp up significantly higher after sunrise. as a result, a wind advisory is in effect for all locations through most of the day (from 2am to 10pm in the san francisco bay area and 7am to 10pm in the monterey bay area). be sure to tie down any loose outdoor items and drive carefully if travelling east or west (crosswind) in a high profile vehicle today. snow levels will start out around 4000 feet on thursday then lower to 2500-3000 feet friday into saturday. given that this is a wetter storm system than our previous systems, we could see very localized accumulations on the higher peaks (primarily over the santa lucia/big sur range) of a few to several inches. forecast models show the storm system slowing down and changing direction over the coming days. the cold core of the upper low descends from offshore of the pacnw into northern california by saturday and eventually exits the region sometime sunday. the mid term models diverge on the exact timing, with the gfs favoring a bit more progre

it's congested. 580 that connector ramp to eastbound 24, currently shut down. chp has just issued a traffic alert. so far we are not seeing any sort of backup delays due to this closure. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> a lot of us are drinking coffee at this time of the morning. apparently it will have a cancer warning soon in california. a judge issued a blockbuster ruling forcing more than 90 retailers and distributors including starbucks to add a warning label. it has to do with this chemical, acrylamide. so what is it? here's kpix 5's kiet do. >> reporter: the cancer coffee lawsuit that's been grinding on for years is over and coffeemakers are steamed. a chemical engineer teaches the science of coffee at uc- davis. as an expert witness, he testified that acrylamide forms naturally as foods cooked at high temperatures turn brown. >> it's what you get on the steak when it's charred. >> reporter: it causes cancer in mice at high doses. that puts it on a list of cancer-causing chemicals that businesses in california are required to alert consume

the off-ramp has reopened. the investigation continues. >>> it's 4:09. the chp says a weekend freeway shooting near hercules that injured a woman and a young girl was road range. a car with # people in it was going eastbound on interstate 80 near the willow avenue exit in hercules on saturday just after 9 p.m. the man driving the car was not hurt. but two passengers are still in the hospital this morning. the young girl was seriously injured. the woman has minor injuries. the freeway was shut down for more than 4 hours while the investigation took place out there. the people we talked to say angry drivers are a very serious hazard on the road. >> you get so many cars, so many people and anybody is in a ruch to get to one point or another and they get too aggressive. >> if you were in the area at the time of the shooting, to check your car for possible damage and also call the chp if you saw anything. the driver of the car that was shot at is cooperating with the investigation but officers are not giving us any information he has told them so far except t

coastal flooding, the threat ramping up into the weekend.he worst of it could be saturday morning. heavy rainfall during the night. during the day, a lot of just clouds. no rain. kind of a waiting game. today's a day of action. this is the day you can get things done ahead of the storm for tomorrow. this is the forecast for tomorrow. the winds gusting to more than 30 miles per hour. steady at 31, 35 miles per hour. the winds gusting 50 to 60 miles per hour and into the area. narrow it down, 6:30 friday evening. wildwood close to 60 mile-per-hour wind gusts. 53 mile-an-hour gusts in wilmington, even pottstown seeing 50 mile-an-hour gusts. widespread damage is possible with that kind of wind. right now, a very light wind. mostly cloudy, yes. we'll get breaks of sunshine, filtered nine. the nearest rain is to the southwest. it's going to take most of the day if not into the evening. this computer model shows at 4:00, we're waiting for the rain and the entire area. once the rain moves in, we'll see it wrap up. at 8:00, light rain for philadelphi

trade tariff dispute ramps up within the republican party u.s. president donald trump faces pressure to rethink his plan meanwhile canadian and mexican enough to negotiate with the left scratching their heads over mixed messages from washington. also coming up shiny cars abound at the geneva motor show but under the hood there are concerns among carmakers about the engine that drives that business in the united states. this is your business update on how the humphrey but then glad you could join me well after u.s. president donald trump's plans to put tariffs on imports of steel and within weeks resistance against the trade barriers is growing in the u.s. and even within the ranks of his own party in a public confrontation house speaker paul ryan and other republican allies of the president pleaded with him on monday to rethink the measures which they fear could spark a dangerous trade war republican congressional leaders even suggested they may attempt to block the moves but trump well he remains defiant he replied we're not backing down now all

it will be interesting to see if he'll have tocially as he couldn'ts to ramp up production, but that's kind of where ramping if he can getion, the model threes out and get more money in, that will help balanc>a little bit. okay. got to talk about facebook. still in the headlines this anek. the co announce third down week it's going to roll out features and give users more control ov how their information is shared. will this be enough to appease the anger and anxiety among users andul reors? >> it depends on what users are talking about. facebook has done this before when it'scy had pri issues. we have a new dashboard. the easier for people to see who has access and their privacy settings. this is another new product. right? and so we'll have to see if thae actually -- if it makes users feel better to see that, i'm sure facebook is going to push it hard to get people to go in and see who has ccess, what their privacy settings are. facebook did indicate that nckerberg would testify front of congress, but they are just nibbl autotheir data privacy things. they got rid of third party data

area already common early this morning (peak gust of 48mph at mount diablo), winds are expected to ramp up significantly higher after sunrise. as a result, a wind advisory is in effect for all locations through most of the day (from 2am to 10pm in the san francisco bay area and 7am to 10pm in the monterey bay area). be sure to tie down any loose outdoor items and drive carefully if travelling east or west (crosswind) in a high profile vehicle today. snow levels will start out around 4000 feet on thursday then lower to 2500-3000 feet friday into saturday. given that this is a wetter storm system than our systems, we could see very localized accumulations on the higher peaks (primarily over the santa lucia/big sur range) of a few to several inches. forecast models show the storm system slowing down and changing direction over the coming days. the cold core of the upper low descends from offshore of the northern california by saturday and eventually exits the region sometime sunday. the mid term models diverge on the exact timing, with the gfs favoring a bit more progressive pattern than t

it does seem that the case that things are ramping up untilwe seem that the case that things are rampinge that final decision from donald trump there are still some people here are hopeful that they can persuade him to back down. certainly the mood in brussels is that they are in preparation in assuming that donald trump will go ahead with the tariffs so lots of meetings between the eu commission and governments. looking at safeguard initiations. and governments. looking at safeguard initiationslj and governments. looking at safeguard initiations. i spoke to the eu trade commissioner on monday and she said they would work through with wto response rules but that can ta ke with wto response rules but that can take something like 1.5 years... the wt option is definitely this lowers. these cases can take a very long time which is why the eu wants measures 110w time which is why the eu wants measures now of least of products they can start imposing tariffs on. they have the eto option and the safeguard investigation and they have different timeline in terms of response. some looking at this

unfortunately for people in the lehigh valley this will end in just a few hours because things will ramp up as lauren mentioned around nine or 10:00 o'clock across our region. i do want to show you guys i'm jealous, of pat, because this is the only snow that i had to speak of at this moment, this was on our live vaananen our way here we drove from philly all the way up here to allentown and this is it by the time we got here to allentown let me step out of the way, downtown intersections, anything that had fallen here overnight pretty much melted, and so we are seeing puddles in the road , a very, fine, normal, driving conditions, as we were driving up here though we did have difficult visibility here and there but coming into the lehigh valley, it is very clear, so, you know, if there are any night owls who have insomnia and haven't stock up on they're essentials for the nor'easter go do that now because we have clear road conditions. but now back to you in the studio. >> i was at whole food yesterday on callowhill and parkway, busy, stocked. >> they don't buy french toe up there but fr

. >> we'rgoing to see what things can roll down this ramp, ok can you say the word ramp? >> ramp. >> sreenivasan: at channings childcare academy, teacher odessa mcbroom introduced a ramp while the coaches observed. >> let it go, what did it do? >> sreenasan: the exercise allowed teachers to use a simple activiphty to teacics. >> what's the word i'm looking for? >> rolls. >> thiset is reallyng into some of those physical science concepts. we're talking about things like gravity, and friction. what do they do when things down a ramp? some of them will slide, some of them will roll. >> what you going to do to make it move? you gonna push it?li is it going to down? >> no. >> they were curious. they wanted tosee what's going to happen, they love to know what's going on. >> sreenivasan: later in the day, lehman and spaepen observed children who gathered around a water tank at betty's daycare academy to test which objects sink or float. >> when you put t in the water, what do yothink is going to happen to it? >> it's going to float. >> what did it do? >> it float. >> the science

there were e-mails that leaked showing they were doing everything they could to ramp up production to meet production rate that they promised to do this quarter, and they're already way behind on what they promised to do previously. they had to pull them down. >> that's for the model three. they're pulling people off of model f and x lines to come over and try to produce more model threes by tend of the quarter. they had a ruling against it in their shareholder lawsuit. it's just a lot of stuff happening for tesla which was capped off by the recall which brings more of their production into focus yet again. >> and moodies downgraded the credit rating. it's leading to questions about whether will the company have enough company to stay throughout the year? >> it doesn't have enough money, elon can ask for more money. he's gone to shareholders, sold bonds. the downgrade is focussed on the bonds which have not been trading well. with tesla acquiring solar city, they were in debt. the debt load is large. it will be interesting to see if he'll have to especially as he couldn'ts to ramp up

evidence whatsoever of russia's involvement in this to this point and why are they why is britain ramping up with their allies in iraq. into than elsewhere and in france as we've heard ramping up this bellicose rhetoric is they want to weaken and the legitimacy the government of a lot of me put there's no question that that's what they're after right here they do have another opportunity to impose sanctions freeze assets they want to remove the government of a lot of my putin they want to deal agenda mys his election this happened a few weeks before the election here in the u.s. senate mccain called that election a sham president trump has been attacked for calling about important to congratulate him which is normal diplomatic protocol and they're trying to criminalize that and before the election the press in the west was saying that russian president putin had up destroyed the opposition completely and then they said he carried out this attack in order to get a nationalist vote out well what did he he was going to win if he had no opposition why would he do such a thing and even with th

watching the on-ramp on the germantown ramp right here. you can see some of that snow akua accumulating on the median and shoulders. and also watching mass transit if you're not planning on driving anywhere today, they're all on different schedules. a severe weather one schedule for new jersey transit rails, and amtrak with a modified schedule today. so definitely check before you go there. >>> we'll continue with more live first alert team coverage as this major snow storm moves across our area. still ahead. >>> 6:25. and we're following breaking news that a chinese restaurant erupts ipfire. this is philadelphia cobbs creek neighborhood. we're told a woman working behind protective glass was feeding her toddler when she heard shots. they are expected to survive. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you right now with a quick check of the roads. we're watching these snow flurries come down here. hopefully a lot of you are staying home, but we'll keep our eye on this as it worsens through the morning commute. now let's get a c