news time 4:46. thanks for staying with us. today family and friends will remember ben bonn facciment he died on the family farm in darlington monday. his car was found crashed into a fence on the family s property. visitation held today at the funeral home in abingdon. there will be a mass for ben friday morning at st. joan of arc catholic church. he ll be buried at the cemetery. the family is asking donations to help the deer creek valley in lieu of donations. a phone scam. they say someone is targeting senior siss calling and basically citizens calling and basically saying they have unpaid property taxes. pay the bill by mail or send the sheriff to collect the money. don t give out any personal information. try to get the caller s name and number and never mail money or checks to people or businesses that you don t know. if you re planning a getaway a big retailer now hoping to help. sears recently launched a website searsvacations.com. it offers leisure and vacation
car. i also think there s important to remember to turn on the car ahead of time. turn the air-conditioning on ahead of time. yeah just so you don t take any chances. time now for a check on traffic with lauren cook. northeast corridor of 95 no delays in white marsh. traveling southbound only going to take you 15 minutes to travel from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. and if you are headed out on to the harrisburg expressway. here s what it looks like in hunt valley. no delays to talk about whatsoever. a very nice easy ride as you make the drive down towards 695 if we can pull up that shot. altogether drive time-wise you re looking at 22 minutes from the maryland pennsylvania state line all the way down towards the beltway once you get on to 695 no concerns whatsoever in the parkville area. it will be nice and clear just 11 minutes on that outer loop from 95 all the way up towards 83. and the major traffic story is all of the construction that is n
good wednesday morning. i m terry mcsweeney in for eric thomas. and i m kristen sze. suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi and mayor lee are preparing for a verbal showdown. dates have been set for their testimony before ethics commission deciding whether to recommend permanent removal of the sheriff. amy hollyfield is live at city hall. reporter: good morning. the commission is still trying to figure out key issues. such as, whether mirkarimi s wife will come here to testify in person or whether she will be allowed to testify via skype from venezuela this is unprecedented, unchartered territory. still key issues to figure out. take a look at what happened when the suspended sheriff walked into the commission hearing he was applauded by his supporters. he believes that mayor ed lee is undermining the will of the voters by trying to throw him out of officers. the suspended sheriff mirkarimi and his wife got in a fight on new year s which led to domestic violence c
welcome to fox 5 morning news good to have you with us. it will be a little mini heat we ve here through the end of the week. we are featuring temperatures in the mid-90s. that is not all. when you mick in the humidity, it will feel like about 100 to 105. i m just focusing on the fact that you said it will be a mine mini heat wave. the good news is things will improve by the weekend. the heat advisory goes into effect at noon today. we ll get this one. we ll be in effect until 10:00 tomorrow night. this will extend right through the afternoon all night tonight as our temperatures just won t fall back into much better than the upper 70s and low 80s. then we ll do it all over again tomorrow. tomorrow, likely to be the hottest day of this the streak. currently, it is not pleasant. 57 in washington. 73 in baltimore. ocean city, getting some relief at 69 degrees for you. 75 in washington. 73 up in hagerstown. all of us on the warm side to start your day. plenty of humidity
now good morning maryland at 4:30. it s a sight for sore ice for some drivers. gasoline selling for less than $3 a gallon. but don t get too excited because it s the away from baltimore. it s columbia, south carolina. the drop is just in time for the summer driving season. an online credit card data base was launched on tuesday. and it has trade groups so what are we worried because some of the consumer financial protection bureau so they say that it is going to help with transparency and efficiency. the site will post how a bank or card issues and handles complaints and will also post grievance regarding mortgages and student loans. no complaint will be posted until the alleged offender confirms it did do business with that customer. news time 4:57. in boston the property owner of a 28 acre piece of land preparing for the final presentation to the count to the county a hearing was held for last night and they are looking for answers about plans for a new housing de