Textwise, our high temperatures in the rearview mirror. It happened just after midnight last night. The temperatures have been doing a steady downhill slide ever since. Thats going to continue here through the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening. Chills down near 10 by 5 00 and chills at or below temperatures dropping into the mid teens by later on this evening. An update on the snow chances in a few more minutes with a very cold forecast between now and the weekend. We cant say it enough, it is dangerously cold out there today. With that in mind, some people are making the effort to help those who need it the most. News4s justin finch joins us live where theyre collecting coats in northwest d. C. Good morning, were watching kids from thompson elementary get their free coats courtesy of the Childrens Foundation coats for kids drive. These are kindergartners and first graders, getting their free coats here courtesy of this effort. Now theyre all presized so theyre all walkin
Spillway tonight hoping to stabilize a very scary situation. Crews are air lifting big bags of boulders and dropping them into the eroded earthen emergency spillway of the oroville dam. They will be able to come in, grab them and dump them what they need to. Reporter theyre hoping to fill in the big gouge that prompted the sheriff to evacuate 188,000 people who lived downstream, folks in dang of being flooded out if part of the stillway collapses. The evacuation is still . Effect. When i heard about the evacuation, i was trying to hur hurry, get any family out. We took them down to sacramento. We have familiar think there. Reporter people here are on edge. These kids live on a Higher Ground but are worried for their friends and neighbors. They want the crews trying to keep them safe to know that theyre grateful. Theyre doing a good job. We see the trucks coming down back and forth and theyre doing a good job to keep us safe. We appreciate their help. Reporter crews are bringing in bold
A fender bender. But the rest of the system is nice and quiet. The travel times are looking good. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Tim this morning were following breaking news. Former u. S. Attorney general janet reno has died. Thats according to renos god daughter. She says the 78yearold passed away overnight from complications related to parkinsons disease. Reno was the fir w serve as u. S. Attorney general. She served from 1993 to 2001. Reno was at the epicenter of some big political controversies. In 2000, the miaminative angered some in the cubanamerican community by authorizing the armed seizure of fiveyearold Elian Gonzalez from the home of his relatives so he could be returned to his father in cuba. Again, former attorney general janet reno has died at the age of 78. Information throughout the morning. Melinda, back to you. Melinda right now, streets in a milwaukee neighborhood are back open after a twoalarm fire. Smoke could be seen rising from a building ove
Hitting stanislav petrov. I cant use my hands. I cant text. The lawsuit named eight deputies. Its important they measure up to what we expect of them . The two deputies are facing charges in eastbound r connection to the beating. They remain on paid leave. But the Department Fired deputy shawn osbourne. He allegedly took a chain after the beating and gave it to witnesses to silence them. That allegation of the gold chain versus the use of force investigation are very different. The alleged bribery is why the deputy no longer works for the department. I was wondering why did it take so long . The San Francisco d. A. Says the citys Public Corruption Task force is investigating the bribery allegation. The Alameda County d. A. Says its looking into other cases deputy osbourne was involved in. And they took a trophy photo on the ground. The sheriff called it an evidence photo. Petrov is in custody on unrelated gun and drug there is a lawsuit being filed by the mother of Richard Perkins juni