It is with profound sadness, mr. Speaker, that i share the news that a great friend and Public Servant has passed away. Darell Ann Pennington was a dear friend, trusted member of my staff, and tireless advocate for marylands Fifth District. For the past 12 years he saved as a case worker in my office in green belt, maryland, serving prince georges county, culvert county and anne arundel county. She had worked for earl yes state senator. Mr. Speaker, she knew the Fifth District and communities better than almost anyone. And she cared deeply about the people who called, emailed, and wrote to us asking for assistance with federal agencies and help accessing government services. In particular, she was a fierce advocate for our district seniors. But she was also a mentor to countless young people, including interns who came to our District Office and learned lessons from her not only about serving our constituents but how to approach life through perseverance, faith, and positivity. Daryl d
Vicki liviakis is tracking the impact of the outage. pam but first kron4s Charles Clifford joins us live with what we know tonight about the cause pam grant the good news tonight is that pg e says that all power has been restored here in San Francisco and even though this outage was almost city wide, there were apparently no major injuries or accidents. According to pg e, around 919 friday morning there was fire at the larken street substation in San Francisco. The fire appears to have been started when a Circuit Breaker failed. Sotin all, 88 thousand customers in the northern and central parts of San Francisco lost power. 21 schools lost power, 300 Traffic Signals went dark, and muni and bart experienced Power Outages at the montgomery station. Several hospitals also lost power but were able to keep the lights on using backup generators. Sot when it became obvious that the problem city wide problem, city officials activated the Emergency Operations center on turk street. The fire depa
That is all where this body was found. Authorities have not said what may have led up to this incident. They are call degree death investigation. They do think, however, that this is not going to impact Public Safety and they are not searching for suspects. There are plenty of questions here this morning. Well be following that through the morning. Thank you. Today being awe convicted sex offender charged with kidnapping a will have his first court appearance. On wednesday afternoon, investigators say she was kidnapped from her driveway by a man riding a moped. She was found yesterday morning in some woods within two miles of her home. There are reports she was chained to a tree and covered in mosquito bites. Officials immediately took her to the hospital where they say she is in good condition. 46yearold Douglas Edwards is now charged with first degree kidnapping and indecent liberties way child. Records show he was convicted offense with a sixyearold. He was released from prison in 2
School is closed until at lest month least monday. The problem with snoreo viewer is with norovirus is, once it hits they come in go very quickly. Reporter unfortunately there is no cure for norovirus, the doctors say continue to wash your hands drink a lot of fluids if you show signs or simmons. I received a text message from an official at wing gail wing gate university, saying a few dozen students have checked into their clinic, showing signs of what could potentially be norovirus. Were reporting live in uptown, wickescharlotte. Wing gate government said it will have updates for us tomorrow, cmpd wrapped up a press conference on a Murder Investigation dating on february 2014, Police Charge son of murder. Her body was found in the house on city south side well have details on the score as soon as it is available. Kayla there are still a number of people without power tonight because of yesterdays storm, almost 10,000 people in the area are still in the dark according to duke. Crews h
Reporter this is one of many areas across town where heavy winds knocked down massive trees. Check out the root of that tree. Road. This is edge hill drive. We watched as crews wrapped up trying to clear this tree. Minutes. But they had been here for about four hours. We talked to homeowners and neighbors across charlotte. A tree fell on a condo in the will more area. It caused so much damage inside, that structure has been deemed unsafe. We saw crews working to clear a tree that fell on a vintage seen Power Outages, two gas leeks, and trees down within a three block radius. A nearby homeowner told us the impact knocked down one of the trees in her yard and damaged her fence and she described the moment it happened. He started barking. We heard a loud rustling. It wasnt even a boom. It was a big rustling. This. Reporter you can see that area right there where that tape is still blocked off. Damage occurred. She told us that a woman was driving and got right in front of that area before