live at police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> thank you sarah. >>> an allentown mother has been charged with homicide in the death of her 20 month old son. police say 19-year-old johnesha perry threw the child off the hamilton street bridge into the lehigh river on may third. perry also jumped into the river and survived. zymeir perry was declared brain dead and taken off life support on saturday. anapsida determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma and drowning. perry is being held at the lehigh county jail with no bail. >>> at the port of philadelphia, the cargo ship was supposed to deliver cocoa beans from ivory coast today. but it ended up transporting something else as well, the body of a dead stowaway. "action news" reporter walter perez is live at pier 84 in south philadelphia and walter you've got the full story. >> reporter: well, jim customs agents and fire officials have been working the scene all day long just a bit down the way here at pier 84. the body was just recently removed and it was a discovery tha

"action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is live in ridley park tonight. h, what's the story there? >> reporter: well jim residents couldn't help but notice the odor of fish in the air. they saw the dark black color of the water here at ridley lake and of course they couldn't miss the hundreds of dead fish floating along its edges. they first noticed the dead fish yesterday. it's worse today. neighbors called "action news" hoping we could get them that answers. >> this morning we came out to have breakfast here and we noticed all the fish floating. >> reporter: hundreds of dead fish are floating all over ridley lake. sun fish catfish carp and trout. >> collected around the edges it smells like dead fish. the stench is pretty bad. >> reporter: this is a popular lake and a pretty little community park here in ridley park, a place before people come to fish and hold family gatherings but not when you have to see this. >> you don't want the kids to see dead things. they're going somewhere to hang out and have fun. >> reporter: this afternoon borough workers ski

live in frankford i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news". jim. >> thank you sarah. >>> we have developing news now. four of five wildfires are 100 percent contained but the blazes have scorched about 80 acres in pemberton township burlington county. in white fog village in pemberton township is john rawlins. john what is the latest there. >> reporter: jim, this is the command post of the firefighters, the latest came about four minutes ago that fifth fire has been declared contained and that's good news there. all five fires have been contained. it's been a long fight for some of the folks on the fire line today. they've been here since 4 a.m. >> things are running down we're starting to get it mopped up. we called the fires a hundred percent contained. >> reporter: at the peek five wild fares raged a few miles from one another. both aircraft and ground crews battled the flames that burned more than 80 acres. to slow the advance firefighters using gasoline set back fires, smaller control fires. the idea behind using a backfire is to deprive t

. >> i'm sarah bloomquist have a great night and see you the rest of the weekend >> we have your ticket to all that's new at the philadelphia zoo! >> with 6abc's alive experience! it's a giant celebration of the year of the gorilla! check out - 'junk, rethunk'! from artists around the world. and meet the 'pride' of big cat falls, the lion cubs! >> soaring exhibits. special events! and your chance to win a family membership. >> there's no other place to see it all! >> hi everyone. i'm rick williams. >> and i'm cecily tynan. and welcome to the philadelphia zoo. >> it's america's first zoo and the animals are on the move here like never before. >> around, above and across the zoo's 42-acres >> it's zoo 360, a first in the world system of pathways giving the animals and visitors alike a whole new way to see and be seen. >> the gorilla treeway is the latest link in the system the great apes took to the treetops, just last week! >> 1, 2, 3. >> when the new gorilla

live in ridley park i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> sarah thank you. >>> in tomorrow's primary election the philadelphia ballot will include a question to get more toddlers ready for school. philadelphia district attorney seth williams was surrounded by preschoolers at city hall today. he is encouraging voters to say yes tomorrow to ballot question number four. it will create a commission to create a city wide plan for universal prek. williams said studies show getting a student prepared for school before first grade leads to higher graduation rates. >>> and we will have complete coverage of the pennsylvania primary tomorrow. you can find results on "action news" 6abc.com and also on 6abc's twitter feed and the league of women voters will be staffing a special hotline right here tomorrow between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. tomorrow for anyone who has questions or concerns. that number is on your screen. >> time now for a check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> that's right. let's go live to matt pelman in the

sarah bloomquist comes back. >> the impact from the oil still california continues to grow. impact is showing up 50 miles either are way up the coastline. rescue workers are trying to work quickly to save animals and sea lion coated in oil died yesterday. officials say as much as 105,000 gallons of crude may have spilled when a pipeline ruptured off the coast of santa barbara. >> noble prize winning mathematician behind the movie "a beautiful mind" was killed in a car crash. john and his wife alicia were on way home to princeton junction from liberty newark when they were killed. >> sarah we learned no charms are expected but investigators say tonight they're looking in this crash that killed john and alicia nash. the two just returned from norway where the mathematician accepted major award for accomplishments. his life and work played out on big screen of "a beautiful mind" big screen of "a beautiful mind" starring actor russel crow. >> i need a map. >> princeton mathematical genius john mash battled schizophrenia for decades. he over came the odds to become one of the mos

for david murphy, rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm sarah bloomquist enjoy the rest of the memorial day day. >> throw a burger on the grill for us. >>> raise your tongs and start your grills for the "ultimate bbq cookout countdown." these crabs are ruining my sweater. as we hit the road in search of america's best barbecue. >> there's nothing i've ever had as good as this. from a supersized tailgate on the world's tastiest speedway, to the smoked, slathered, and sauced world series of barbecue, >> oh, yes. the perfect new england beachfront bash. >> it's lobster time. an all-american celebration of burgers and heroes -- >> look at all these hungry people. come on. come eat. >> plus, we're even saddling up -- for a wild west chicken fried steak showdown. >> this really is my first rodeo. >> yee-haw! >> but which is america's number 1 cookout? >> it is not just food. it is a way of life. >> let's get this countdown started. ♪

. >> for melissa magee, jeff skverskyen the entire "action news" team i'm sarah bloomquist, have a great and good week there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >> i'm alicia vitarelli. >> and i'm melissa magee. tonight on fyi philly... we're celebrating mother's day. >> unbelievable. >> for mom who are tops in your world, how about brunch in the skies. >> so this is such a rare find! >> we meet a mom and daughter who share a passion for fashion and travel. >> plus, we shop for the perfect mother's day gifts. >> whoo! >> and show you a way to honor our fathers. >> come on up. >> and a popular soap shop adds a yoga studio and salon. >> hi everybody and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at top of the tower >> the 50th floor o

not one day one minute at a time. >> reporter:. >> sarah bloomquist reporting from fairmount park.way to mark the holiday. >> i always rib matt pelman about he wears the vest sometimes and he always looks great. but. >> it's a holiday vest. >> it is a holiday vest. i always love to be the bearer of good news on the holiday but that's not why i'm here. let's talk about the problems. coming back from the poconos we're watching a crash now on the northeast extension rick and sharrie. southbound side the direction everyone is going approaching mahoning valley taking out the left lane. miles and miles of heavy traffic as you head down towards the lehigh valley. on the way home from cape may we had a crash earlier on the garden state parkway northbound. that's long gone but still heavy traffic northbound from the cape may tolls basically up to the great egg tolls. if you're taking 50 northbound, that's crowded from nine out to 49, 83 westbound is busy from nine out to 47, 47 definitely a crowd in a long slow moving line of traffic northbound from 615 to 610 petersburg road. 347 northboun

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live in frankford, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> all right, thank you, sarah. >>> as customers during an armed heist in philadelphia. police have released surveillance video of the men inside chuckle's bar on the 3000 block of frankford avenue in port richmond. they placed an order last monday but when the employee gave it to them they pulled a gun and demanded the cash. one of them pulled the cash register off the counter forcing it opened. they took money and walked out. if you recognize them, call philadelphia police. >>> and police in berks county are looking for a man caught stealing hard earned cash from reading restaurant wokers. surveillance cameras at russo's pizzeria captured the suspect casually dropping their tip jar in a bag saturday morning. the owner of the restaurant is calling on the thief to turn himself in or at the very least to get a job. >> this guy be honest and get a job and work you know what i mean. >> that owner says the tip jar contained about $100. if you recognize the thief call reading police. >> two delaware teenagers remain in criti

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>>> good afternoon sarah bloomquist is off and we begin with breaking news from mercer county. an investigation is underway at hamilton township postal will facility after several people got sick. new jersey correspondent nor muchanic has been gathering more information and joins us live at the scene with more, nora? >> reporter: hi there rick what we have been told is workers became sick and at 10:00 o'clock this morning one passed out we are told and six or seven people became dizzy and nauseated. now they are being treated on the scene right now by emt's. these people have not been transported to the hospital, and other employees here, that is them waiting on the lawn right now but this situation to clear. let's go to aerials from chopper six. this was the scene this morning as hazmat crews responded. fire fighters in full hazmat gear and breathing apparatus first examined a postal vehicle, and then a red car and then eventually two of the first responders in hazmat gear went inside the building which is a carrier annex where postal carriers come and get mail for delivery. n

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homicide detectives have now joined that investigation and "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist joins us live at police headquarters. sarah you've got the latest on this. >> reporter: brian, that's right. this investigation was handed over to the arson task force which includes members of the philadelphia police homicide unit atf agents and the fire marshal. they're doing interviews here right now. this happened after the fire marshal determined that not only was this deadly fire an arson but that it was set using an incendiary device. the blaze killed one and sent five others to the hospital including a three-year-old girl. the blaze broke out around 6:15 on the three story apartment on kensington avenue. residents describe pure panic as there were no lights and no smoke alarms and the building was filling with thick black smoke. three people jump fred upper floors, three others rescued by firefighters. one man who jumped died from his injuries. we've learned that a canine unit hit on a flammable material on the first floor. the fire marshal has since determined that this blaze was s

coming up at 5:00 "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live with an update from the parks departmention of why this is happening. also a new report rates the best smartphones out there and the results may surprise you. consumer reporter nydia han tells us where your phone will rank on the list. we'll have those stories and more coming up in just a little bit on "action news" at 5:00. shirleen see you that end. >> thank you monica. >>> a new class of veterinarians received their degrees from the university of pennsylvania today. 120 penn vet students graduated in a ceremony at the annenberg center for the performing arts. the school was founded on the principle that animal and human health are interrelated. today's grads listened to a key note speech from dr. tracy mcnamara. she formerly worked at the bronx zoo and helped uncover the west nile outbreak in new york state. >> still ahead long days, long commute and too much time inside that was just the push one local couple needed to change their lives in a rather dramatic way. we'll show you their transition from the boardroom to the