Works, we will talk more specifically about the storms, and what to expect as we head in the rest of the week coming up in your full forecast in just a few minutes. We will see you then. Annual fourth of july party on the parkway kicks off at noon and it has been a fun packed afternoon for visitors. Eyewitness news reports leash a nieves has been on the parkway all day and shes with us now, tell us what comes next, alycia . Reporter well, jessica, in just a little while we can look forward to major performances, music legends and then big fire works show at 9 30 but all day long it has been nothing but fun for several who come here every year, and for some like myself hoff been here, come here for the first time. Party on the parkway. Happy fourth of july. Reporter for many in the region it is a tradition on the fourth of july. Always coming out here with family, enjoying music, festivities. Reporter for some others like myself, it is a new experience, navigating the five blocks of fun
Largest homeless shelter. We learned city officials knew about it for a year but didnt take any action. We broke the story and we take a look at the next step for hundreds of families. The District Of Columbia should have addressed this issue sooner. It is not appropriate. Something occurred in 2014 that it could be dealt with in 2015. That is not appropriate. And we make no excuses about that. After two Young Children here at the d. C. General shelter tested positive for elevated lead levels, the mayor ordered a complete inspectionst building. Not only did that inspection uncover traces of lead throughout the facility, they found an inspection from 2014 had found seven rooms with dangerous lead levels. But nothing was done. We are notifying residents in the building of the results of our test. We will still continue to offer any resident or their child that wants it a test. Families were moved out of the rooms and the lead levels were remediated after they found out about them. Hundre
Like 34 in reading and only 22. But winds continue to die down , tonight, and we do have a elevated fire risk still to tell but through remainder of tonight thanks to the strong gusty winds. Very low relative humidity, lots of dry air in place, so be careful with any sort of opened flame out there, wild fires can spread quickly, if you are thinking of heading out in the cold, grilling tonight and always, repeat this, never throw a cigarette butt out a opened car window especially with conditions like these. What to to the rest of tonight cold wind chills. Breezy and cold overnight. Below average day tomorrow. We will time out snow showers as well. Now back to you at the desk. Well, job growth, economy and federal fund were issues mayor jim kenney addressed presenting his Budget Proposal to Philadelphia City council to day. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos was there for mayor s address and joins us from city hall with some of the plans, greg. Reporter ukee, good afternoon. Mayor anno
Like 34 in reading and only 22. But winds continue to die down , tonight, and we do have a elevated fire risk still to tell but through remainder of tonight thanks to the strong gusty winds. Very low relative humidity, lots of dry air in place, so be careful with any sort of opened flame out there, wild fires can spread quickly, if you are thinking of heading out in the cold, grilling tonight and always, repeat this, never throw a cigarette butt out a opened car window especially with conditions like these. What to to the rest of tonight cold wind chills. Breezy and cold overnight. Below average day tomorrow. We will time out snow showers as well. Now back to you at the desk. Well, job growth, economy and federal fund were issues mayor jim kenney addressed presenting his Budget Proposal to Philadelphia City council to day. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos was there for mayor s address and joins us from city hall with some of the plans, greg. Reporter ukee, good afternoon. Mayor anno
Im jim donovan. Even though we are 10 days away from the first day of spring it felt like spring yesterday, and Mother Nature is reminding us it is still very much winter. Indeed Eyewitness News reporter anita oh is live with a look at conditions there. Good afternoon, anita what are you seeing. Reporter good afternoon jim and ra hell. I wish i was seeing these spring conditions that we saw yesterday but we are seeing snow, coming down, steadily, take a look at roadways here in quakertown. This is exit right off of the northe extension, and as you can see roadways are pretty clear, drivers are passing by pretty easily right now. Now in this video we shot a few minutes ago you can see much of the accumulation is actually on the grass areas where were seeing several inches of parked cars, as we were driving up here Road Conditions themselves were not too bad, although, visibility was poor at times and that is the concern, and, some potential, and, snowfall, and, area, and, drivers making