Bloomquist is off and we begin with breaking news from mercer county. An investigation is underway at Hamilton Township postal will facility after several people got sick. New jersey correspondent nor muchanic has been gathering more information and joins us live at the scene with more, nora . Reporter hi there rick what we have been told is workers became sick and at 10 00 oclock this morning one passed out we are told and six or seven people became dizzy and nauseated. Now they are being treated on the scene right now by emts. These people have not been transported to the hospital, and other employees here, that is them waiting on the lawn right now but this situation to clear. Lets go to aerials from chopper six. This was the scene this morning as hazmat crews responded. Fire fighters in full hazmat gear and breathing apparatus first examined a postal vehicle, and then a red car and then eventually two of the First Responders in hazmat gear went inside the building which is a carrie
A lock to get them out. As soon as they unlocked it, those people ran way. Im joe vazquez, kpix 5. One year ago today a massive fire destroyed nearly an entire block in mission bay. A 6 story Apartment Building under construction went up in flames. And today, crews are still repairing damaged buildings nearby. That fire led to new rules on all construction sites in San Francisco. The person taking your cash at the bridge could be out of a job. Pretty soon all bay area bridges could be like the golden gate and switch to all electronic toll taking. Seven bridges including the bay bridge could be making that switch. After Bay Area Transportation leaders study whether electronic tolling would make sense. Kpix 5s da lin at the bay bridge toll plaza in oakland with what it would mean for commuters. Reporter this place typically backs up during the morning commute hours and on weekends as well so transportation Officials Say if they can get rid of the cash lanes, well, then they would be able
Get you to move . No. Even the police dont. Your question will be, will this ever end . Reporter the mayors newest move is a 75bed center for street campers part of the 167 million a year that the city already spends on homeless programs. Are we making it easier for people to sleep on the streets of San Francisco . The cleanup crews are primarily there not so much for the comfort of the sleepers on the streets as for really the public. They need to see their streets usable for themselves and everybody else were inviting to the city. Reporter whatever the thought behind it, i have to say, that it does make quite a First Impression on people coming off that Ferry Building and across this park. Welcome to San Francisco. Where it goes from here well keep you posted. Back to you. All right. Phil matier on the waterfront, thank you, phil. In recent chamber of commerce poll of San Francisco voters, more than a third said that homelessness is a major issue in the city. It was ranked as the sec
Butler goes 2 for 3. Sevenpoint game. Ahead to love. Irving irvings had an excellent game. Shot clock at six. Finds james with aaron brooks on him. Shot clock winds down, fires and Tom Thibodeau calls a 20second timeout as the lead is back up to nine with 34 seconds remaining. Jeff excellent recognition by the cavs after the switch. Isolating james in the high post area. And he knocks in the j. Mike Cleveland Cavaliers on the verge of their 18th straight home win. 14 of them have been by double figures and only opponent has scored 100 points in those 17 games, they have been a dominant team here at the q in cleveland. Dunleavy behind the back, mirotic. Hell try a threepointer. Dunleavy tips. 25. 7 remaining. Back to seven again. Mike they have to foul now. And irving will go to the line. And the threepoint shot continues to be such a huge weapon for this team. 15 on thursday. 16 here today. And you see sixth in the nba overall since midjanuary, theyre tops in the nba, actually hit more
Times and fatally shooting walter scott in the back. Slager has been fired and charged with murder. Tonight, we have learned that he grew up in mount laurel, new jersey. Wednesday night and the big story on action news tonight is word of local roots for former cop charged with murder walter scott in North Charleston. Action News Reporter Sharrie Williams is live in front of the Lenape High School in medford, sharrie. Reporter and jim, we have confirmed tonight that Michael Slager a attended high school here at lenape high but he grew up in the town over in mount laurel. Neighbors there tell us that they remembered the slagers being a nice family. They also recalled michael as a young boy who went off to be in the coastguard. A Police Officer charged with shooting an unarmed a man in the back in South Carolina lived part of his life right here in this mount laurel neighborhood. I think it is a same what happened. Reporter tonight neighbors shocked to learned such a Big National Story ha