explanation of what caused the willow fire in calaveras county, california. fox's doug johnson reports. george says: "i've seen a lot of things this is one of the most bizarre." this is how authorities say the willow fire started... the back right tire of this 2002 kia rio. butzler says "a vehicle driving down the road on a flat tire, basically, with a shower of sparks coming out behind it." chp officer toby butzler says the driver, 44-year-old renee hogan was oblivious to what her car was doing... starting a dozen spot fires along mountain ranch road. a good samaritan had to intervene. butzler says: "eventually, a person behind the car tried to get her attention, couldn't for whatever reason, got around behind her, blocked the roadway with his vehicle. she came to a... that made her stop basically." george says: "and the rim was ground down to about right here. that much of it was actually missing, so she drove it for quite a distance." big john george was one of the first to arrive on scene with his tow truck. george says: "now, when i got there it was stil

great day for musikfest in bethlehem, upper 60's quakertown and willow grove. all about dew point this time of the year, hear about that, gauge humidity, lower dew point, and more comfortable it is, look the at drop over past 24 hours. we are 13 degrees cooler in the dew point then this time yesterday. that indicates a huge difference in how it feels to our bodies, when you step outside. there is that northwesterly win, less than 10 miles an hour, very comfortable storm scan three is quiet, stays like that for the next 48 to 72 hours, full sunshine today. eighty-eight for philadelphia mid 80's at the shore. near 80 in the poconos. if you like the heat we have it covered, we will let you know in a few more minutes, back to you. >>> this morning police say a family of five was shot in what appears to be a murder suicide. this happened in sinking springs, "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live at that scene right now and tells us the latest investigators are saying about this horrible crime, anita, good morning. >> reporter: well, joe, good morning, we have s

meghan wrote about battles with post traumatic stress disorder died to willow's hell crisis. deena visiting the scene of the murder monday to say a prayer. >> i was following willow for two years, you know, i would read her blogs, meghan's blogs. >> reporter: report by the reading eagle cites a neighbor who said meghan was planning to leave mark and move to another home with the children on the very day the bodies were discovered. police have not confirmed that report. >> i wish somebody would have had their kids, the kids would still be here. i feel real bad for them. it's shame. >> reporter: an autopsy is happening today on the body of mark short. coming up at 6:00 online clues that neighbors say led them to believe that all was not well behind these picturesque walls. chris, back to you. >> sabina, we will see you at 6:00 o'clock. >>> two people have died in a car accident in browns mills, new jersey. that crash involving one car happened around 2:00 o'clock this afternoon on route 70 near pasadena road. skyfox over the scene there where it appears that car hit a tree. we

eight year old leona, five year old mark, jr., and two year old willow. we caught up with the woman who says she supported a benefit to raise money for willow who had a heart transplant at just six days old. she says she later ran into megan at a grocery store. >> she remembered me, and she's very upbeat, you know, very smiley person, warm, loving, and that's the vibe you get from her when you speak to her. >> investigators say the parents had domestic issues they can ' not saying who they believe fired the weapon. >> criminal justice center in philadelphia is set to open but the elevators last week left two people hurt what appears to be a freak accident will not be in service. says people with business at the center should arrive little earlier as a result. on thursday, an elevator with a sheriff sergeant on board sped out of control to the top of the building and crashed through the sealing. that sent debris raining down about 13 floors, onto a second elevator car, with a woman inside. there is no word yet on what caused the accident. sergeant paul owe

she came to pay her respects at the home. >> michelle helped at a chair are the benefit for willow. she saw meghan a few months ago at the store. >> she was very strong. very driven to take care of her kids. definitely a very good mom. >> police are being tight lipped bout this investigation. we do know that an autopsy is happening today on the body of mark short those results could take up to a month to come back. reportinreport singing spring sa kuriakose fox 29 news. >>> a judge in wilmington deciding if prosecutors will dry a 16-year-old girl as an adult in the death of her classmate in a hearing today police detective said the fight at howard high school of technology left amy joyner francis with cuts and bruises and her fingernails ripped out. the 16-year-old died in april after that assault inside a school bathroom. prosecutors charged her classmate with criminally negligent homicide and conspiracy. authorities say joyner francis had pre-existing heart conditi condition. they say a contributing factor to her death was the physical and emotional stress of that assault. >>> pol

under -- unlike willow creek, we were not allowed in. district officials would not allow us to talk to anyone inside but according to district data, there have been major cut -- major funding that's. there is no art teacher, full- time gym teacher, or music teacher. even credentialed staff in math and science have been cut. test scores have plummeted. 0% of students tested at grade level in seventh and eighth grade in the 2014-2015 school year. >> it's criminal to have a school have those kinds of performance outcomes. >>reporter: betty hodges runs an afterschool program for bayside and says she gets middle schoolers who can barely read or write but when she brought test scores to the school board -- >> one of the trustees says we have never seen this data before and i am like how is that possible?>>reporter: along with others, she complained to the marin board of education and superintendent, mary jane burke. >> it is totally unacceptable and we know that is totally unacceptable. what we have to do is look at what is going on, what is h

neighbor dina mcdonough suffers from a heart defect like willow. >> i followed willow's story and when i saw that it was the same family, it was just devastating. >> reporter: though it wasn't a journey without sacrifice, the shorts participated in new stories -- news stories about it. megan short even posted on the web site philly at heart detailing that anxiety with those medical issues had left her with post traumatic stress disorder. today neighbors stopped by the house to pay respects, place flowers at the door and the summer camp the kids went to down the street had three less participants today and that hurts. >> to know when you walk out your door every day you have to look at the home. it breaks your heart. >> reporter: okay, it certainly does break your heart and so many people want answers of what happened exactly insides of that home. those answers are going to come but again not until an autopsy is done. we are expecting that to be completed any day now. for now reporting live in in syncing spring bob brooks channel6 "action news. brian. >> bob thank you. >>> the search is

we're getting word of a vehicle fire eastbound by willow grove, looks like there's slowing there heading toward that vehicle fire. the fire crews are responding to the scene. we'll keep i posted on the situation on the eastbound turnpike. the crash on the northeast extension southbound past quakertown has cleared. however, northbound there's a zone as you head toward the lehigh valley right lane out of commission there on this thursday morning. >> thank you, matt. >>> a driver is caught in the middle of a shootout barely avoiding being hit themselves all this happened in in in an opened day care with little ones inside. katherine scott is live at central detectives in spring garden with more on what went on here, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, thankfully nobody was injured in all this, this happened at 7:00. the day care was open, it was right there, there were people coming home from work and bullets started flying. the first instinct was to deduct and i got out of the way and the police came. >> reporter: a driver caught in a shootout in north philadelphia. tw

. >> reporter: mark short spent friday august 5th at herve park with his children, willow, the tiny warrior and m.j. his only son and leanna. the next morning they were dead along with short's wife megan who planned to move from the family home with their children that very day. >> mark short committed the homicide of his wife, three children and the family dog. >> reporter: investigators say the children were in their pajamas, each shot once. mark short used a gun he purchased just weeks before as the short's relationship unraveled. investigators say that while neither mark or megan short had filed for divorce, they say there had been two domestic altercations just weeks prior to this horrific tragedy. in early june police say they fought inside a philadelphia hotel and didn't call police. on july 18th megan did dial 91

. >>> city leaders are trying to figure out who is axing dozens of trees in the willow glen neighborho neighborhood. >> bizarre target for vandalism. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live. bob, this is the second incident in just a matter of weeks. >> unfortunately you are correct. good morning, sam and laura. we're here in meridian near dry creek. this is one of the newly planted tree. over 24 hours ago someone took an electric saw and cut through this stump. if you go down they did the same to this new tree and it's hard to see in the dark but there are 23 of these trees total here along this stretch of meridian that someone came, they believe wednesday night, early yesterday morning, some time in the middle of the night with that electric saw and cut down the trees. it's something they did similarly across the street to a 23 other trees. this was probably about three to four weeks ago. we talked with councilman this morning, he represents this district in the willow glen district of san jose. it was he who along with our city forest environmental group helped plant these trees abo

highway 4 westbound right around willow pass road. no slowing there.r the a bay bridge toll plaza. kari showed this earlier. i want to show it full screen. we have this mist in the air. that might be an issue for drivers across the bay bridge or the golden gate bridge where we also saw sheen on the roadway. no problems as far as traction reported. i'm going to give that note, moisture is out there, could be a little slick. >>> decision 2016 right now looking at several new polls released in the last 24 hours. and they all point to trouble for donald trump. >> it has some leading republicans looking for a new direction in the trump campaign. tracie potts tracking the numbers from washington. >> we want a president who stands for you're fired or one who stands for you're hired? >> reporter: as hillary clinton hammers away at how donald trump does business -- >> he has cheated contractors. >> reporter: -- several new polls put her in the lead. up nine points in our poll. is plus, significantly to michigan and florida. trump's down double digits in new ham

here you see a young, happy family who appeared to be working through their youngest daughter willow'sealth issues. megan short even appeared in a children's hospital of philadelphia video discussing willow's heart transplant days after birth. >> a scary ride, very bumpy road. we finally feel like we're getting into our new normal. >> reporter: willow died at 2 years old but not from her condition. she was shot along with her siblings. police also found the bodies of the parents mark and megan, even the pet dog. there was a handwritten murder/suicide note but investigators haven't said who pulled the trigger. >> it was tragic. when you talk about the life of pets, the life of children. >> reporter: this social worker has seen many cases where people snap and do the uh thinkablnthi. in an april post on the website, megan short wrote that ang vxie over her daughter left her with post-traumatic stress disorder. drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> oxford circle family have a neighbor to thank for helping them escape a fire. just after 6:00 sunday evening the top floor apartment caught fire. that

previous stories told of the family problems in getting anti-rejection drugs for willow who underwent heart transplant when she was just six days old. >> i couldn't wrap my head around it, little lost last night, couldn't really sleep either. investigators are not saying which one they believe fired the gun, they add, however, the parent had domestic issues. >> we are following a developing story from afghanistan, where an american and australian have been abducted in kobul. details are sketchy. we know the two men were traveling in an s.u.v. near the american university of afghanistan when five gunmen grabbed them. it is unclear where in the u.s. the victim is from. so far no one has claimed responsibility. >> economy gets attention this week in campaign 2016. this morning, donald trump goes before the detroit economic club. he is expected to talk about lower taxes, cutting regulation, and increasing middle class wages. to unveil her own economic plan. >> still ahead this morning, we have new information about the deadly hot air balloon crash in texas. >> what authority believe happe

times story a year later was about the fight to get anti-rejection medicine for willow and she wrote publicly about having post-traumatic stress disorder in parents of chronically ill children is not discussed or studied as much as it should be. and sinking springs, steve keely, fox 29 news. >> neighbors in this tight knit community are trying to come to terms with the hard to fathom tragedy. fox 29 brad has been talking with short family neighbors in syncing springs. >> most neighbors here didn't want to speak on camera and some privately told me they are stunned by what happened and outwardly they saw a loving family. one friend who did speak to us seemed to sum up the thoughts of many. >> she is such a wonderful person really is. >> michelle okengdo finds it hard to speak of her in the past tense. >> a very good mom, good mom. >> this mother of four donated to help with medical bills after their youngest underwent a heart transplant at children's hospital. thousands have seen their story documented on the facebook page of chop's cardiac center. >> we're finally feeling like were g

a few years ago their youngest daughter willow received a heart transplant at six days old. survived that. but every day since then she has required very costly medications to headache sure her body didn't reject that new heart and then blog post megan short written about her struggles with ptsd and caring for a child with a congenital heart defect. family described its trouble in getting its medications, but at this point, the d.a.'s office says it is in the clear who pulled the trigger and y we are live in berks county, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> this morning concert go hours were hurt at a friday night snoop dogg concert are out of the hospital. that is after a railing at camden's bb and t pavilion gave way and sending dozens crashing to the ground this cell even if video captured the action as you can see here. forty-two people in all were hurt but despite that, long lines, turnout for i love 90's concert last night. people we spoke with say they were not worried about a possible second accident. >> we're old. we stay in our seats. we don't lean on the rai

and right around willow grove in the ft. washington area., we were seeing a little red, back to green and now into the shoulder with lanes still getting by. with no problems there, we're going to head on to the delaware memorial bridge. watching construction. the left lane is closed until 2:00 p.m. for tomorrow. for that construction, we watch for 295 and new jersey turnpike to see if there's any traffic or backup delays. >>> pennsylvania is fighting back against opioid addiction. next what we know about the governor's plan to taken 0 the growing problem in the commonwealth. >>> plus, score one for the captain south jersey's carli lloyd scores one in rio. we'll take a look at lloyd and other athletes going for gold. good is in every blue diamond almond. good is a catalyst, good is contagious. and once it gets going there is no stopping what you can do. get your good going. blue diamond almonds. proud sponsor of the us swim team >>> good morning, burlington. it's 61 degrees there right now. your time on this thursday morning, 6:43. here's a l

pennsylvania turnpike, eastbound side, between willow grove and benefit bensalem, the right lane is outf commission. new schedules on the warminster, doylestown, trenton and manayunk norristown combined lines, new schedules take effect on this monday morning. >> it is raining plasma on the sun's surface, nasa released this solar flare it's called a coronal rain which is called plasma. they bombarded the camera on the satellite iris which is used to over the sun. >>> walmart is buying jet.com for $3 billion, a record price for an american ecommerce company. they hope to cut into amazon's total sales that totaled $99 billion that's way ahead of walmart which is a decent space online, which is roughly 14 billion animal for walmart. -- annually for walmart. >>> lumberg survey has gas dropping in the past two weeks. it's lower in the philadelphia suburbs and lower in new jersey and delaware. wall street closed on the upswing. asian markets are reacting pose pose -- positively this morning. >> dozens of dogs in texas are getting a new lease on life thanks to a animal society in with him. a va

woman who say she support add benefit to raise money for willow had had undergone a heart transplant at just six days old later ran into megan at a grocery store. >> she remembered me, and she is very upbeat, you know, she is a very smiley person, warm, loving, and that's the vibe you get from her when you speak to her. >> investigators say the parent had domestic issues, however, they're not saying who they believe fired the weapon. >> a popular water park in kansas city remains closed this morning, after a lawmaker's son died on a water slide. investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. brian web has the latest. >> a day after the tragic death of caleb zack at the water park, officials have yet to determine what happened. >> a full investigation is underway. right now our focus is on that family. >> the terrier old killed on the water slide sunday afternoon. the ride certified as the world's tallest by the guiness book of world records, features a 168 feet plunge, at 65 miles an hour. 264 stairs lead to the top. >> our lifeguards are critical, very difficult for them af

michelle, helped charity benefit for willow. saw meghan a few months ago at the store. >> she was very strong, you kn know, very driven to take care of her kids, um, definitely, um, a very good mom. >> reporter: police are being tight lipped about this investigation. we do know an autopsy is happening today on the body of mark short. those results could take up to a month to come back. reporting in sinking spring, sabina kuriakose fox 29 news. >>> a jury has been seated tonight in the criminal child of pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. judge and lawyer spent all day questioning potential jury roars and seated six men and six women to serve. the judge asked all juror if's they knew potential witnesses who may testify in the trial among those on the witness list philadelphia district attorney seth williams and former pennsylvania supreme court justice shaemus mccaffery. prosecutors charged kane with leaking secret grand jury information, then lying about it. opening statements in the trial are set for tomorrow. >>> fami

willow was well known in this community, and beyond, the toddler was born with a congenital heart defect and underwent a heart transplant at just days old. the short family situation garnered a lot of support through fundraisers, and facebook, as family work through major, medical hurdles. the district attorney's office says the family was dealing with domestic issues, yesterday we talk to a family friend who said two months ago but understands the family has been dealing with a lot of stress. >> it is tough, you know, i experienced depression, anxiety, i necessity how it is, but we have to be strong as parents for her children. >> that is family that had to deal with medical expenses and may not have been able to pay for, things get overwhelming, so we don't know exactly what happened behind those closed doors. >> reporter: it is hard to speculate right now. d.a.'s office found what appears to be a murder suicide note left behind. investigators found a gun laying next to one of the adults. they did not say which one. at this point they are also not saying anything about who may have pul

willow was well known in this community and beyond. the toddler was born with the congenital heart defect and underwent a heart transplant at just days old. short family situation garnered a lieutenant of -- a lot of support as the family work through major medical hurdles. district attorney's office says family was dealing with domestic issues. mom, megan talk openly on social media about ptsd related to her baby's medical condition. yesterday we talk to the family friend who said she last saw megan two months ago and she seemed okay but understands that the family has been dealing with a lot of stress. >> it is tough. i experienced depression, anxiety. i know how it is. we have to be strong as parents for our children. that is a family that had to deal with medical expenses that they may not have been able to pay for, may have needed help, things get overwhelming. you just don't know what exactly happened behind those closed doors. >> reporter: district attorney's office says it found a note left behind, and it also found a gun lying

♪ junior age 5 and willow, 2 years old.y all died of gun shot wounds and did a family dog and officers found them in the living room of a home. police recovered a handgun close to one of the adults. investigators say they found a handwritten note which they described as murder-suicide note and their youngest daughter willow is known with heart defect and one woman who met the family through a fundraiser tells me she's heartbroken. >> i was lost last night. i cannot sleep, either. i was think about it all night because a few months ago i had team megan and the kids at giant here. she remembered me and she's very upbeat and you know she's very smiley person warm being loving and that's the vibe you get from her when you speak to her. >> and little mended hearts, an organization that megan was active member of they released a statement posted on their facebook page and nraedz part today an entire community is mourning loss of amazing mother and children forever in our hearts. but for now, we're live from sinking spring, berks

willow especially was well known in the community and behind, was born with the congenital heart defectnderwent a heart transplant at just days old. the short family situation garnered a lot of support through fundraisers, and facebook as the family work through these major medical hurdles. district attorney's office said the family was dealing with domestic issues. mom megan talk openly on social media about ptsd related to her baby's medical condition. yesterday we talk to a family friend who said she last saw megan two months ago and she seemed okay but understands the family has been dealing with a lot of stress. >> that is a family that had to deal with medical expenses that they may not have been able to pay for and may have needed help. things get overwhelming. we do not necessity exactly what happened behind closed doors. >> reporter: d.a.'s office says it found what appears to be a murder suicide note left behind. up investigators found a gun lying next to one of the adults but they have not said which one pulled the trigger at this point, we are expecting to learn more later t

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someone has been cutting down these trees here in willow glen. people who live here want to know why someone is cutting down their newly planted trees. could be politically motivated. someone either wednesday night, early thursday morning, as you can see, they took an electric saw and cut through not one, not two, but 23 of these newly planted trees along a quarter mile stretch here of meridian and dry creek. they cut in half what we believe to be chinese french trees. you can see they're cut in a way that these trees will never grow back. about a month ago someone cut down the 23 other newly planted trees located i cross the street. that's 46 trees wasted. damage estimated at $10,000 never mind the hundreds of volunteer hours to plant the trees. we spoke this morning with san jose city councilman. he represents this district. he expressed his frustration to us because he's the one who helped the city team up with our city forest environmental group to plant them last year to help beautify this part of willow glen. the kounsville man's office is

willow short underwent a heart transplant when she was less than a week old. the family had a hard time object obtaining antirejection head for her. >>> a man was attacked on north front street near callowhill streets in northern liberties. the victim managed to run down the street before he collapsed. police have no suspects. >>> a frightening scene played out on the streets of philadelphia early morning. a man was shot in the face while his two young children were in the car with him. philadelphia police are looking for the shooter. the action cam was at the scene 5500 block of spring street. a bullet shattered the drivers side window as the victim, a man in his 30s was trying to park his car outside a home at 12:30 a.m. his 3 and 67-year-old children were not hurt. >>> a woman was hurt in new castle. at 9:30 there was visible damage to the front drivers side of the car. the woman was rushed to christiana hospital in very critical condition. the driver of the car did stop after the accident. >>> last night's concert went on as schedule at the cam don pavilio

. >> the people here at willow glen as you can imagine are pretty upset. would like to know is take an electric saw and cutting down these newly planted tree. not just one tree, not two, but 22 trees along this quarter mile stretch of meridianen and dry creek in willow glen. we will have more on that in a minute but we believe these are chinese fringe trees planted just over about a year ago. it was either wednesday night or early thursday morning that someone took electric saw to these, cutting them in the middle, cutting them in a way where, as you can see, they will never grow back. it was a month ago someone cut down 23 other newly planted trees across the street from where we're standing right now. that's a total of 46 trees wasted. damage estimated at around $10,000. never mind the hundreds of volunteer hours it took to plant these. we spoke this morning with san jose city councilman. he represents this district. he expressed his frustration to us as you can imagine. he helped the city team up with our city forest environmental group to plant these c

woman who said she support add benefit to raise money for willow, who had undergone a heart transplant at just six days old, recalls her interactions with mom, megan. >> she remembered me, she's very upbeat, you know, very smiley person, warm, loving, and that's the vibe you get from her when you speak to her. >> investigators say the parents had, quote, domestic issues, they've not revealed who it is believed fired the weapon or authored that suicide note. >>> a man is fighting for his life after being shot multiple times during a carjacking in southwest philadelphia. it happened just after midnight on 60th and woodland. police say two suspects, jumped into the victim's car, and sped off. it was recovered empty, short time later on 59th and chester. investigators say they hope surveillance cameras in the area will help lead them to the suspects. >>> at last check, the 31 year old victim was in critical condition at penn presbyterian hospital. and police are investigating a deadly shooting early this morning, inside a home on the 2800 block of south seventh street. a 29 year old man wa

the latest on the willow fire just ahead. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and i'm kenny choi.et's get a look at weathe >>> good morning. monday, august 29th. i'm marci gonzalez. >> i'm kenny choi. let's go outside and check out -- i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. a live look at the bay bridge. it's looking good, michelle. >> it looks clear and nice. but, of course, roberto will let us know if it's clear. i don't know. you can kind of see in the distance clouds a marine layer? >> it was termed last week fogest. >> we were talking about how the month of august is going down as one of the most mild months of august in san francisco history. you have to go to 1942 to find it this mild. >> i'm looking for the warm up. >> we topped off at 70 once in san francisco this month. the warmest month of san francisco is still to come, the month of september. i just can't get over this how suddenly the picture has changed. we could se

yesterday officers found body of mark short, wife megan and three children leanna 8 mark jr. 5 and willow 2. all shot ep. handgun and murder-suicide note nearby. so many lingering questions remain about why. >> and i cannot rap my head around. it i was a little lost last night. i cannot sleep, either. >> michelle okendo and her daughter brought stuffed animals in hopes of starting a memorial for the children. >> we picked these ones because we knew they would like these and for the boy or boys they would probably like monkeyes. >> two years going okendo surprise pour aid benefit to raise money for willow who underwent a heart transplant at 6 days old. she later plan to her at a grocery store. >> she remembered me and she's very upbeat and very smiley person, warm, loving and that's the vibe you get from her when you speak to her. >> earlier this year megan shared a struck well ptsd related to threatening health issues. the organization posted a tribute to the family on its facebook page that reads today an entire community is mourning loss of amazing mother and her children forever in our

we're watching for construction if you're headed eastbound between willow grove and bensalem.there will be lane restrictions there. more updates when i come back in the next ten. for now, let's get a check on today's forecast. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 20 minutes before 5:00. a live view from easton. just a few scattered clouds here and cool temperatures. the numbers have been coming down this morning. 67 in euklin township. sunshine will warm things up in a hurry. it is warm in philadelphia, 76 degrees. scattered clouds this morning. we will see sunshine, clouds and 80s this afternoon. 84 degrees by lunch time and then into the upper 80s. but what we won't see is much in the way of humidity. so comfortable heading into today. the humidity will drop as the day goes on. 68 in the suburbs, 76 at 10:00. into the low 80s for the suburbs today. a nice day in the lehigh valley. sunshine, 75 degrees later this morning, as we go into the afternoon. the winds will stay light today. sunshine, a quick warmup with low humidity for our area today. south jersey, you'll see

investigators say 19-year-old floyd bw on willow street last month. bullets flew right by a coder will on the sidewalk but grazed a 4-year-old in the leg. >> we treat all shooting incidents very seriously but in this case it was particularly disturbing because of the complete disregard for public safety. >> when police arrested floyd bruce for an unrelated armed robbery, they say they found the handgun believed to have been used in the willow street instrumental in tracking down the suspect. >>> also tonight, an update on the man accused of robbing a bank on staten island wearing a dress. the nypd says jordan weiss turned himself in and has been charged. weiss allegedly wore a black and silver dress, heels, a hatted and sunglasses while holding up the santander bank on water street last week. police say convenience store dress and running off shirtless after the robbery. >>> the citibike program is expanding across the city but some neighbors say new docking stations are taking up valuable real estate. and hundreds of parking spaces, well, they must g

contamination was blamed on fire fighting foam used at naval air warfare center in warminster and willow grove naval air center in horsham. two law firms are holding a, meeting in horsham. >>> well, this morning a new study find pennsylvania is a monk the worst states in the country when it comes to student loan debt. consumer web site wallet hub compared 50 states plus the district of columbia, pennsylvania came in at number 47, and was among the state with the highest average student loan debt and highest portions of students with debt. maine, oregon, west virginia, washington d.c. faired worse. delaware rang 19th, new jersey ranked 22nd. >>> vice-president joe by up's efforts to fight cancer are being recognized right here in philadelphia a. this was the scene last night at hyatt at bellevue where he received at last award from the world affairs council. the award for his leadership on cancer moon shot 2020 which is an effort to develop new treatments for the disease. his son, beau biden, died of brain cancer last year. >>> after receiving the award he spoke exclusively with our own u

pa turnpike eastbound between willow grove and bensalem, we will let you know when this construction does lift, joe, over to you. >>> at least two dozen people including two fire fighters are hurt in an apartment fire in maryland. eyewitnesses say they heard a loud explosion shortly before midnight this happened in a town silver syringe just north of washington d.c. now fire ripped through three buildings with one of them collapsing, two fire fighters hurt are believed to have non-life threatening injuries no word on the extent of the other injuries. >>> philadelphia police quickly nabbed a suspect in the late night murder. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live, with how officers made the arrest. the justin. >>> brooke, joe, good morning, police chased down and caught that suspect at the scene and brought him here for questioning with homicide detectives, the victim, however, did die despite efforts to save his life. we are looking at video from last night while on patrol we are told that 25th district officers heard gunfire about 10:00 p.m. and officers soon came upon a

people with his if he can smile and was sweet but still rough on the outside and of course little willowas known as a warrior from birth who loved life. the happiest child ever who loved donald duck and mini mouse. now the four were found shot to death along with meghan's husband mark saturday afternoon in their sprawling sinking springs home in berks county. they were found in a living room. each had been shot. gun was found next to one of the parents police are not saying who the shooter was. but they did find a murder/suicide note. now investigators have cited domestic issues. but that's all that they are saying. an article in a berks county newspaper did say that meghan short had planned to move out of the family home the day that the bodies were found. now, a mass will be held funeral mass will be held tomorrow for the mother and the three children. investigators say they will hold a news conference on the status of their investigation on monday after the family members have been buried. but, lucy, just a heartbreaking tragic story and today friends and family coming together to try

toxic chemicals called pfcs linked to cancer were used in firefighting home at willow grove naval air and horsham guard station. the giovannis lived virtually across the street from the willow grove station for 13 years and test results show 40 times the amount of pfcs considered safe over a lifetime. they want the navy to cover the cost of monitoring the family a future health. the navy rejected requests by lawmakers, including governor tom wolf, to pay for large-scale testing. the navy won't pay because experts haven't found any value in the test. >>> our extreme heat is being blamed for a massive fish kill in north jersey. hundreds of thousands of dead bunker fiah were spotted floating in the raritan bay area. it's the second fish kill in the waterway this week. environmental experts say it's a common problem this time of year. >> the temperatures here have been sweltering. you can imagine what it's like in a smaller water body like the streams, especially that aren't moving that quickly. >> officials say there is no risk to the public. the fish should all be washed away within two

>>reporter: homeowners on willow creek road in calvares county are frustrated with the dui driver the chp says sparked a 450-acre willow fire that burned dangerously close to their homes. >> it was like she disassociated herself. obviously whatever she was on she took no responsibility. >>reporter: the fire burned right up to the home of jeff and sandra. >> it was like wail over the hill, forcing firefighters to drop retard and obtain to the roof tom of their home and nearby garage. >> you see the black smoke you see the white smoke you see the clouds little different things going on and you're not really sure you know whose it is what it is. because you were on the other side of that hill. >>reporter: families like the saiders work to clean up their property. >> from what i understand from the investigating officer tried quite a while to get her attention. >>reporter: the chp is releasing new information about rene hogan the dui driver accused of starting the fire. >> for some reason her tire went flat this caused the shower sparks as she's driving down the roadway catching all the s

northbound 680 at willow pass road. on the right shoulder now. and also your bay bridge toll plaza westbound, looking clear. cars are moving pretty swiftly there and then let's take a look at marin. the golden gate bridge toll plaza commute looking good. 580 the golden gate bridge toll plaza southbound will take you about 15 minutes. michelle? >>> thank you. in san jose, a man speeds down city streets to flee police but the dangerous drive ends in an arrest. kpix 5's deafen feely shows us -- devin fehely shows us why the suspect may be linked to much worse than one pursuit. >> matches the description of all the 246s that have been occurring on placerville. he's taking off. >> reporter: the suspect led police on a wild chase. >> passing 87 right now. speeds about 110. >> reporter: to the wheels or wheel literally came off. >> they just lost a tire. driving down the median. approaching white oak. looks like he's losing control. spinning out here on basket. approaching camden. >> reporter: the suspect tried to run but didn't get far and was taken in

have been sawed down in two separate incidents on meridian avenue and dry creek road in san jose's willow glenn neighborhood. david louie is there live to show you the damage. david? >> dan, you could see it for yourself. this is one of 23 more trees that have been cut along meridian avenue. but the work done by somebody -- some people who are dubbing a tree terrorist. now this apparently happened earlier this week and was discovered by volunteers who came by here to water them. rhonda berry estimates it took half an hour to cut these 23 trees. each one cut half way up the trunk. she is the president of the nonprofit group "our city forest" and they hoped to beautify and clear pollution from the air. >> this isn't good for the community. it is not good for the volunteers that helped plant the trees. it is not good for the quality of life here. and it is not a good example to set for your children. >> reporter: this is the second time the trees have been vandali vandaliz vandalized. just over two weeks ago another 23 were cut in half on the opposite side of the street creating an emotional

and that in the willow fire.t of smoke in the high country toward the sierra but improving air quality around the bay area. i want to show you hurricane madeline near hawaii. it could be crossing the big island as a category one. the moisture aiming toward the bay area. this is mid-level combining with the upper level system, which could give us a slight chance of seeing isolated thunder in the hill tops in the north bay tomorrow. lofts low clouds today. hazy sunshine and later tomorrow areas north of sonoma county stay tuned. even for the overnight and early morning hours. there's a slight risk of thunder on the coastal range. not today. highs close to 80 in san jose. mild weather continues. san francisco staying in the 60s. north bay temperatures in the 70s and mid 80s around the tri-valley. a look at the seven-day forecast shows increasing wind tomorrow. breezy as the upper level system passes san francisco and across the valley temperatures staying mild and trending a little bit warmer approaching around thur

they're calling it the willow fire, broke out about five hours ago east of the gold country town of san andreas. it's exploded across 300 acres since then. the willow spring subdivision is being evacuated at this hour and people in parts of mountain ranch are being warned they could be next. >>> a party balloon knocked out fire to more than 6,000 pg&e customers in the mission district this afternoon. service was out for an hour after the mylar balloon drifted in to electrical lines near 15th and shopwell. it happens more often than you might think. metallic balloons are responsible for hundreds of power outages across california each year. the problem has gotten so bad, an assemblyman from hayward has introduced legislation that would slap a statewide ban on some mylar balloons. >>> some b.a.r.t. riders will soon have a chance to do a little bit of shopping while they're waiting for the train. they're partnering with transmart to attract local and national businesses as early as this december. prospective tenants include gear deli chocolates, dunkin' donuts, and oakland retailer, oaklan

their heart breaks especially for the three short learn liana eight, mark, five, and willow, two. >> i mean they're great kids just like every other childism the kids went to the summer camp just down the street from their home. their absence today is glaring to know when you walk out your door every day you have to look at the home. it breaks your heart. >> reporter: today dina stopped by. she he suffers from a heart defect one similar to that of two-year-old willow who incredibly survived a heart transplant just days after her birth. >> it was amazing to he see how far she'd come. when i heard that it was that family i -- my heart just went out to her. >> reporter: the shorts have pate pate in there several news stories about the difficulties they've had getting certain medicines for willow. megan short even posted on the web site philly at heart, detailing anxiety with those issues had left her with post traumatic stress disorder. okay, back out here live another look at the home. so many people want the answers to know what happened inside. those are going to come but first an au

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they were even featured in the new york times just last summer the youngest daughter willow born just just one week later the time story a year later just last summer was about the family's fight to get anti rejection medication for their daughter but more importantly the biggest comes from willow's mother who wrote publicly on websites about having post trauma stress disorder. ptsd of parents of chronically ill children she wrote is not discussed or studied as much as it should be and probably that leaves you your biggest hipt about what happened over there on that lovely house to this lovely family until last night shaking the entire area here in berks county. >> it just breaks your heart, steve. you look at the pictures of that familiar and all the children. it just breaks your heart. >> they've been through so much. thanks, steve. >>> 8:05 is the time right now southwest philadelphia a man is dead for doing nothing more than just trying to get gas. police say two men came up behind him as he was pumping gas over there at the bp victim 36 years old. he was filling up a motorcycle.

now, the shorts youngest daughter willow received a life-saving heart transplant when she was 6 days old. authorities say the havings continues. trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> a community is grieving, trish thanks for the update. >>> a west philadelphia father in critical condition after being shot in the face this all happened while his two young children were in the car with him. the action cam was at the scene of the 5500 block of spring street. a bullet shattered the drivers side window as the victim, a man in his 30s was trying to park his car outside his house at 12:30. that man's 3 and 7-year-old children were not hurt. >>> storms swept across the area, some areas folks didn't see a drop. in west philadelphia, a driver had a harrowing experience. he was stopped at washington avenue when a large tree landed on the truck. the tree landed on the bed missing the cab, so the driver is okay. >>> the shows are going on on at the bbt pavilion in camden despite the railing giving way injuring 42 people. there's a temporary rail in place to prevent another incident. a fire ma

she was in the market with me at willow grove. get down. we'll see you.his commercial. >> she an actress, and she is a singer. >> let's get right out to jen. she has major star from a major show that is here. jen, explain. >> reporter: okay, it is victoria justice. her nickelodeon show is victorious. but she just hosed, co-hosted, i have to say, the teen choice awards with john. so she is rising star, you'll also see her in fox's newest live action show, rocky horror picture show. that's going to be in october. i think it is october 20th. yesterday she was at the willow grove park mall, at the primark store, because she lofts pri machines mark. i said you could represent any store. why primark. >> i think i love most about primark, they have so many different styles, things on trend, so affordable. my earrings i'm wearing right now were only 1.50. my dress is 24, no, my dress was $16 the shoes 24. so this whole outfit is like -- >> craze. >> i so affordable and great. >> i have to same, some of our interns wear really cute clothes, you ask them where they

army air corps had 800 planes by the end of the war in 1944 at willow run airport just down the road. they were making almost 5,500 each year. proximity fuse that enabled munition to explode when they got close to their target without actually having to hit it changed the entire strategy of warfare. all of these research ideas from mathematics and the physical sciences convinced people that scientific research was something worth funding and worth doing and that it would make a difference in the war effort. let's switch now to biological research that went on during the war. that's physical science research. poison gas. mustard gas. one of the most dreaded weapons of the first world war. concerns that it was going to be used widely in the second world war. the problem with mustard gas is that it's species-specific. in order to test gas masks, in order to test protective clothing, you have to do the experiments on human beings. you can't do them on anybody else. lots of experiments were done using mustard gas. there were so-called man break experiments that were designed to see how lon

it's sluggish coming toward willow grove, but improving.ower frederick a crash at 73 arena swamp creek road. philadelphia folk festival a little traffic around the farm at station road. we're cleaning up from a bad accident that truck that caught fire and the tractor-trailer. i would avoid 896 and 40, stick with 72 old baltimore pike. chapman road closing for construction. 273 or old baltimore pike around that. >> a clerk at a store in patterson, new jersey outsmarted the robbers. one pointed a gun at a clerk. >> i want a galaxy iphone. >> we don't have it, you can take whatever you want. >> the thieves ransacked the place, they didn't realize the clerk slipped out of the back door. before leaving he put down the front gate and trapped the gate inside. they found tools to open the gates, by the time police got there, the suspects were gone. >> reporter: hey, it's national soft ice cream day. otherwise on the roosevelt boulevard we're looking at good traffic now. it was slow earlier southbound because of the mess on the schuylkill expressway

but as we go in tight we have brief rain that's pushing in from ambler, eureka and horsham and willow grove 6:15. bryn athyn down the pike. we have heavier showers pushing to the east of the belt away around trenton. -- beltway around trenton. one down south just pop up. we have showers pushing in from millville, south and fortescue, we have one closer to dover air force base pushing toward cape may county. once we get rid of the showers, we'll transition to partly sunny skies and then the story becomes the heat and humidity. 74 in trenton and wilmington, 73 in cape may. dewpoints in the 70s almost everywhere, it's oppressive humidity this morning and it stays oppressive this afternoon. up close to 90 at noon. 3:00 p.m., 95 with a heat index value feeling like 100. it looks hot over the weekend, although the humidity eases back, i'll have details on that and another look at the tropics coming up. >> reporter: you talk about showers in spots. we're dry on the schuylkill expressway, look live approaching belmont that's westbound traffic moving fine. starting to see building volume, but

. >> that is also on that sunday she will travel to willow grove at 4:00 p.m. at barnes and noble in willow grove so you can pick up that damage by lisa scottoline. >> you are rich. >> not enough. >> are you married. >> you are rich. >> he is so bad. >> he is so bad. >> i'm a independent woman who makes my own living. >> yes, that is right. >> independent woman. >> yes. >> is that what it sound like. >> what song is that. >> i know the song. >> yes. >> he knows songs. >> he never can get melody right so we cannot get what you were trying to do. >> i knew beyonce was involved. >> lease, i have told you a thousand times not to do this, three things you should never do. don't ever text a naked picture of yourself to anybody. don't ever sing the national anthem at a public event because it is a hard song to thing. never throw out first pitch at major league baseball game. >> you are going to do that. >> i told you never to do it. >> august 20th i'm throwing out first pitch for the phillies. >> i know, right. >> ladies night. >> it is ladies night and i'm feeling al