Domestic violence is a problem in every county. Reporter Gloria Sandoval is ceo of stand against Domestic Violence in concord. She says her nonprofit and others have been working with the county on the new program for more than a year. What we have been able to do is determine what the high risk factors are for escalation so that strangulation, for example, threatening to kill someone, having a gun present in the home, those are all kinds of things that you can look at and say thats a very high lethality case. Reporter she says her agencys hotline took 15,000 reports of abuse last year. Compared with just 7,000 calls to police. In concord, laura anthony, abc 7 news. California senator Barbara Boxer is reiterating her call to the nfl to adopt a zero tolerance policy when it comes to Domestic Violence. She sent a letter today to the leagues new Senior Vice President of public policy, Cynthia Hogan which reads in part, it is therefore imperative that the nfl make a real commitment to prev
Humanity we should all aspire to. The fact he did it with grace, with humor, and the ability to acknowledge his own imperfections only makes the man that much more remarkable. Nelson mandela is dead tonight after a a long battle with lung problems. We have a lot to tell you about tonight, but first a warning about weather that may affect your commute. Right to our chief meteorologist. Reporter the rain is on the way, and theres rain and showers across parts of the metro area. The heaviest activity back in the mountains. Thats for us on friday, and then back into ohio valley and western kentucky and tennessee, thats snow, sleet, and freezing rain. That will be season. Look at the temperatures weirdly warm out. 63 in leesburg, 62 downtown, and the midnight temperature will end up being the high for tomorrow, but i want you to dress for the 40s, because temperatures will fall all day. Yellow alert. Dress for the 40s. You wi be in the 40s to come home. Mild start, and then a red alert on s
That Nelson Mandela is at peace, and of the world must grieve the loss of one of the most revered human rights leaders of our time. For thet obama called flags to fly at half staff in his honor. He led africa out of the dark days of the apartheid, but his legacy involves so much more. We have a look back at his life. Such a sad day today. This was greatly expected but universally dreaded. An close toold had death several times over the past year and some 20 doctors have been tending to him night and day. This hardly lessened the painful news that came this afternoon. There is the deepest kind of morning. Lowered flags as a sympathetic sign not just for the man, but for the understanding that his presence will not be easily replaced. Nelson mandelas name is synonymous with the entire he showsovement and the greater goal that this achieved. Challenge their very humanity. Born in a tiny village and educated in a hut, he became a boxer though his fight would be in a larger realm. Andained
STEUBENVILLE The 150 Amsterdam residents who haven’t connected to the new sewage system are days away from getting their first bill anyway. Jefferson Cou