Air Quality Management district is playing grinch, extending a spare the air alert through tomorrow. And not everyone is very happy about it. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the not so jolly story. Its important for everyones health that we give the gift of clean air this season. Reporter its a very smoggy holiday across the bay area. Air quality Officials Say dont even think of using your fireplace Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Spare the air alerts have been called. We have no wind. We have no rain. And unfortunately, its just capping all of our bad air quality and keeping it right here in the bay area. Everyone wants clean air, but breaking tradition without a fire on christmas is a tough sell. Its christmas. We have a bunch of clean air regulations. We could let that slide of all things. Reporter air quality officials get a lot of complaints. Here are just a few they have received on their website. You people make me sick. Its christmas. People light fires. And there is th
Rain in North Carolina and points south. Systempart of the pushing our way. We will see a light mix around lunchtime changing then overtraining. A few sloppy snowflakes to get christmas. Its 32 at Reagan National, 28 in winchester, 25 in manassas, dulles. We will be in los low 40s this light mixwith a changing over to train. Wednesday, a big rain maker into town the day after christmas. You. To the maryland state Highway Administration is keeping an campf the weather possibility of any freezing rain right now. Officials are fully stocked with surprise and will deploy equipment as needed. With nearly a third of all americans traveling this meteorologist are about what could be the nightmare after christmas. Two new storms are moving in. Rob nelson it is on storm watch. There is no place like home for the holidays, but the making it easy to get there. Rain snow and torrential delayed and stranded many travelers. The road are practically in someble to navigate west. Of the there are a lot
Right now the clock is ticking and the mad rush is on as all of us head out to do that lastminute shopping. That last sprint to the store. Good morning. Welcome to news 4 midday. Im barbara harrison. Its Christmas Eve, december 24th, 2013. Were looking at the final hours of shopping before presents are placed under the tree and some lastminute shoppers are finishing their lis. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live in Tysons Corner with shopper who is want to get that perfect gift at the last minute. Megan . Reporter well, yeah, and price is important to those lastminute shoppers. Weve talked a to a lot of folk who is say if theyre not getting a good deal, they wont be buying. The retailers are trying to give them deals, to bring them into the stores. 40 off here. On the other rack, 65 off. Weve seen this all around the mall. Very important time of the year for retailers and their bottom line. Things have slowed down in recent weeks so theyre trying to do what they can to bring in those lastminu
Born. Why some are questioning the babys plan to sail around the world i am a Yankee Doodle dandy. Looking back at a legend of the silver screen, the life, the legacy and the many loves of actor Mickey Rooney. I am stiff knee sy. Officials announce they have a strong lead in the several for missing malaysian flight 370. An australian ship as picked up a pulse signal not far from where a chinese ship heard signals the day before. Officials believe it could be coming from the planes blacks box but it could take it days to confirm that. It will disappeared nearly a month ago. Officials are hopeful this will lead them to the missing jet. We are john buyerica. We know the batteries on these black boxes could go out any day now. This is why searchers have launched the most intensive hunt yet with more than a dozenships from multiple countries. These picks have narrowed the search. The southernmost area is where the kind easy picked up two pings on saturday. A day later and 350 miles north of
Officials and labor and continuity leaders and welcome to our residents that are joining us at the chambers and certainly online. Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time during the first time that i presented the budget to you i shared my vision for a safe San Francisco a city for the one hundred percent and many my vision for the city has not wavered the budget im perceptive to you today maintenance maintains that focus. When i first came to office the cities outing outcome was different than today, the unemployment was 9 points 5 percent and revenues were stagnant and what we faced budget deficits of 4 million. We all had to make difficult decisions during these difficult wants to budget the citys budget im pleased to say with the release of my proposed budget the citys condition is conceived the Unemployment Rate has dropped 4 point and were under 6 million in deficit. However, and construction is up in our city, however, clapping thank you. However, this Economic Growth which no o