Today, we feature two of our Community Partners joining us in the effort to help provide families and their students with essential School Supplies. Joining me is ena yasuhara li the Vice President of Community Impact for united way bay area, who helps oversee the agencys Services Designed to reduce poverty in the bay area. And also with us, we welcome larry loper, director of marketing and communications for the family giving tree, which also aims to close the opportunity gap for students in need. Welcome to show. Larry loper thank you. Ena yasuhara li thank you for having us. Robert give us an idea, first of all, of sort of an overview of this program. Ena great, thank you. So, united way is focused on reducing poverty and creating opportunities for families in the bay area. And this program, or this campaign is designed to collect backpacks so that we can distribute it to families at our schools. One of our programs, called spark point, is a Signature Initiative that provides lowinc
In the middle of the flames. 13 minutes later, 5 45 a side of the Apartment Building being constructed, was scheduled to be completed by next february just collapsed. We do have Team Coverage for you on this still breaking story in oakland. We will bring with ktvus Christien Kafton. Youre out there right now. Youve been out there for several hours. Now, what is going on out there now . And who is with you . Reporter yeah. Yeah. Weve been here all morning long. We have one of the construction workers who have been working on this project. So were looking to talk with in the middle of the street. Reporter it had to be difficult to watch the fire burn this morning. Yes, it is. Reporter any idea what may have happened . I know it is preliminary. You came into work. Did you hear anything about this when you came in . No. Just what i seen on the news this morning. Reporter and when you see this kind of fire going on here, what are you thinking as youre watching it all burn . You have a uniqu
Wait is almost over. The drama will be really impressive. We are just hours away from what is being called the Great American eclipse, millions of americans, will have their eyes on the sky, as long as you have special glasses. As the sunnies block out by the moon. The best ways to view it locally and where to get those glasses. A boy says a man drove up to get in the car. Boy was able to getaway but driver still on the loose. Could help police track him down. Ten u. S. Sailors are missing, five others hurt after a destroyer collided with another ship. Second such accident in two months. What we are learning about the latest collision. It is humor that was legendary and entertained audiences for 85 years. What are you doing back there sleeping. Sleep, are you kidding im standing back here like a horse working like a dog. Jerry lewis passed away at 91. How he is remembered by celebrities that he inspired. Hey, welcome everybody. It is day of the eclipse monday august 21st, 2017. Not jus
It was premeditated, i planned on killing him. This is hard. Its hard for all of us. Weve been through it already. The reporter sampsons case is back in federal court 13 years later, after his death sentence was thrown out on a technicality. The families of his three victims now have to sit through the testimony all over again. I reached around and stabbed him in the heart, in the lungs, in the chest, in the throat. He went down on the ground, i why . I do not know. The reporter sampson barely moved while sitting in court next to his attorneys, listening to his confession go on and on. I still am having problems with killing that man. I have no remorse at this time for that. But i still am having problems with it. The reporter and this penalty trial is expected to they should sentence him to death again or sentence him to life in prison for the rest of his life. We are live in boston, robert goulston, fox 25 news. Mark with just five days to go until the election, the president ial rac
Skies. The spot to watch for lingering clouds, mid and outer cape and thats where we could get stuck with ocean effect cloud cover. Anyhow i want to take you back into waltham going to stick with lots of sunshine today, we got 11 00 a. M. Temp around 53 . We got mid50s here early this afternoon. Check out cooldown if youre out this evening, 5 00 p. M. 50 . , friday night football i got 45 . Here at 7 00 this evening and the cooldown just kind of really takes off after that. Weekend temperatures. Who will end up coolest. Im back with you in ten minutes. Julie grauert is up again with live drive time traffic. Julie 93 south sluggish into somerville and braintree split up past the gas tank and a little bit of room between the cars and live shot and live drive times 13 minutes route 1 Daniel Police peacing together deadly accident that shut down all three lanes of 128 in waltham last night. Julie person walking down southbound side of the highway and more on the investigation. Jess . Jessi