Valley forge casino when their minivan was hit by a pickup truck that was swerving erratically and traveling at a high rate of speed. The man behind the wheel was thomas muir of media. It appeared he was under the influence of alcohol and he was placed under arrest. They were wearing their seatbelts and were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene their father and uncle was treated and released from the hospital and their mother maggie is still in intensive care. The allentown st. Patricks day parade well do a special commemorative salute with the bands for miles and charlotte. So you know support from everywhere, everybody is shattered. Investigators will also be looking into muirs cell phone records to see if he was texting at the time as well. Muir is not injured and is held on 75,000 cash bail and his preliminary hearing is next tuesday. Walter perez channel 6 action news. Thank you walter. Its north frigid day in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys, you can see the i
We also had some severe thunderstorms up in the central valley. We could see a thunderstorm around here in the next few hours. When i come back well put it all together. Just know thats a nice weather system that rolled through here. That rain caused headaches for drivers around the bay area. Wet roads were a factor in a big rig crash on highway 101 in the north bay. Cara has been out in the Stormy Weather all day long and joins us live. Theres a little moisture on the lens. Reporter sure. The storm passed us here in the north bay just about an hour ago. Chp saw quite a few spinouts and a number of hazards on the roadways because of the rain. Santa rosa got a fair bit of rain this afternoon. Roadways were slick and a lot of people out with rain coats and umbrella. Ken said he didnt mind. Love it. Love it. Makes everything nice and clean. Awesome. We need it. Lots more of it. Reporter slick roads were partly to blame for this jackknife big rig on northbound 101. I think he slowed down a
Hail. Im julie haener. And im ken. Frank somerville is off tonight. The latest storm has come and gone leaving behind a rainbow seen here over the bay bridge. Umbrellas were out where we saw scattered showers for most of the day. There were a number of accidents. Near sacramento, three funnel clouds were reported one in glenn county is being called a possible tornado. The nation 23458 Weather Service will not confirm that until after conducting a survey of the area tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage with more on the problems caused by the storm. We begin with chief meteorologist bill martin, how much rain did we see out there . Much needed rain, 12 last night to 3 00 in the morning. Look at some of the totals. The average totals were from 3 4 inch to an inch of rain. San francisco,. 73 thats 3 4 of an inch of rain. The rain is currently in the oakland area, moving towards the Oakland Temple up there near mount claire. As you look at live radar of oakland, you see showers. Theyre movi
Billion in crops. Billionl protect 165 in livestock, poultry, and specialty crops as a result of this budget. Ag will continue to support 140 billion in agricultural exports which helps to support one million jobs at home. The food and nutrition Assistance Programs will benefit nearly 47 million americans under the snap program. 8. 7 women, infant and children under the wic program. Thellion children under summer feeding programs. The food safety budget will provide assistance in detecting our food supply and reducing foodborne illnesses by estimated 52,000 illnesses. Nrcs will provide conservation assistance that will add 23 million acres of land to our conservation programs, helping half a million producers do a better job of conserving soil and protecting water. While it is not related to this budget, it does have an impact on this budget. Our overall budget will also million acres of forest and grasslands under the u. S. Forest service, which will protect 70,000 communities that ar
Assist and help in preserving our agricultural production, and expand new uses and opportunities for agricultural products. And we will also focus on an effort to do a better job of addressing the challenges that the poultry industry in particular face with disease. We have antiquated facilities, which is, frankly, true of our entire Agricultural Research service. We need a new and creative way to address the challenges of our infrastructure, and one way we can do that is by taking a look at our unobligated balances as representative farr had suggested, allowing us to retain those balances, that are within a budget thats been approved by this committee, and use them to upgrade our facilities. This would also give us an opportunity to better manage and perhaps reduce the 70 million square feet of space that we currently operate, lease or own. As i shared with you earlier, yesterday, mr. Chairman, i think there is an opportunity for us to save significant resources by rightsizing our ren