Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative
Hispanic entrepreneurs and Business Leaders. It just wrapped up in manhattan. Here to let us know what they learned, jerry arzu and danielle beyer, Business Leaders and members of the new america alliance, the organizing force behind the event. Congratulations, because this was the 15th year. Am i do i have it right . Thats correct. Way to go. So, youve been doing it a while. The whole purpose, the mission of this summit, is what . To bring together corporate interests, public interests, public Pension Funds, investors. With the hopes that . That we will be able to get emerging Latino Businesses funded. Mmhmm. That investors will have an opportunity to get access to those to those assets. So, danielle, are these businesses from just new york state or just wall street or throughout. The country . Theyre throughout the country throughout the country, managed by latinos. Mmhmm. Another big part of the summit is highlighting the triumphs of latino Business Leaders. Okay. Successful weve be
Covernemnt. There are nearly 6 thousand employees in nevadas solar industry. Also upset homeowners showed up today to explain with the cost of the panels their bills may cost as much as they did before installing them. Some said they may not have invested in rooftop panels if they knew Something Like this would happen. The new rate structure will take place over four years start january 1st but it seems the battle may not be over Solar Companies say theyre looking over the draft to see what the next step may be. Reporting. Solar company sunrun says it has already filed a lawsuit against governor sandoval in relation to the vote today. Metro police were out in force along boulder highway today. Their goal. To cut down on pedestrian related deaths. This year alone 8 people have been killed alnog this highway. Fox fives Cyndi Lundeberg is out where officers were earlier today. She spoke with them about their mission to educate the public. Cyndi. Today officers were out along this stretch
Getting better here but still a lot of water left to be cleaned up. There is a pump in the back corner, the deepest area thats by the creek of this Mobile Home Park. It has been helping. Things have gone down an inch in the past hour. But a devastating day for so many. It was really going super high. Reporter Janette Perez was told to evacuate last night when rising water reached car doors and flooded homes. Its impossible for us to go. Reporter shes a new mom and cares for four younger siblings. I think its really sad. We dont have nowhere to go. Reporter the family waded through kneedeep water at rc Mobile Home Park in redwood city to get to their home. They carried out one trash bag of dry clothes and some diapers. Its just sad to see how it is right now. You can see that water . Reporter floodwaters from an overflowing creek submerged dozens of mobile homes. Three or four foot. Reporter mira ball lives at lamar Mobile Home Park. She struggles to find words to describe all thats los
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