Frightened and frustrated after returning to work to find their shops vandalized over the christmas holiday. Sometime tuesday night, someone smashed windows in stores. The back wind yof a van was broken. And the operator says this type of crime is just too common in the neighborhood. If this will go on and on and on with, out being an end, then, probably ill have another thought ofric probably, you know, moving somewhere into some business. Officials say an under staffed police force is occupied with higher priority crime autos San Francisco City Attorney launched an effort to refund 4 million to customers of check and go. He says the pay day lender skirted state law, giving loans online with rates of up to 400 . They will work with groups to identify borrowers. Firefighters still on the scene of an Apartment Fire in oakland. Crews inspected the building which is on 83rd avenue near international boulevard. No word yet on what caused this blaze. But damage seems to be concentrated at t
House with congressional leaders to try to prevent the fiscal cliff from happening. But with just four days left until everybodys taxes go up, theres not a lot of optimism that it can be cone in time. Jonathan karl, abc news, new york. Tributes are pouring in for retired general norman schwartzcopf. The general, nicknamed Stormin Norman, died yesterday in tampa from pneumonia. He commanded a coalition of some 30 countries that drove iraqi forces from kuwait back in 1991. In retirement, he supported charitable causes and resisting calls to rub for public office. Norman schwartzcopf was 78. For the second time this month, a man has been pushed to his death in the path of a new york subway train. Last night, a woman shoved the man on the tracks just as the train was pulling into the station on queens. Its not clear if she knew the victim. New york police are reviewing Surveillance Video recorded on the platform to try to identify the victim and the suspect. This is the second time this ha
Abc2 timesaver traffic drive times. No delays on the west side. Just eight minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 70. And it will remain clear from parkville all the way up to towson. For those of you traveling on 95 no issues getting to bwi airport and the northeast corridor also in great shape. Just 14 minutes to travel southbound from the beltway all the way into the city. Thats a look at your traffic. Megan and charlie, over to you. It is still a busy travel season. Some people are trying to get home after being away for christmas. Others are heading out of town for new years. Now if you have somewhere to go by plane theres a chance the flight is delayed or canceled as a result of this treacherous weather. Now it happens on airlines. They will automatically rebook you to the next available flight. But because of all the weather delays, the next flight could be days away. There are a few things you can now do to increase your odds of getting on a flight. If your
We are Going Forward with our plans to accommodate if that agreement isnt met. Reporter the Port Administration is working on a back up plan. Part of it would open two terminals only open during the week to business on the weekends. We want to make sure we can get as much cargo moving as possible leading up to the work stop age. Reporter as issue are the usual wages and health care but one major Sticking Point is container rayalties. They were put in place in the 60s. Both sides are supposed to meet saturday to resolve the issues. Work interruptions happen nobody wins. Reporter that therewas an eight day work stop age over similar issues. That brings a hard reality to the port here in baltimore. At the port of baltimore. Don harrison. Abc 2news. This Labor Agreement affects ports all up and down the east coast and on the gulf. Maryland live casino opened this morning and doesnt plan to close them ever, ever again. They are now open 247 because of new state legislation it also plans to
Now well look at the commute with a construction delay . Good morning, everybody. Taking a look right now at chopper 4 over this, this is 95 southbound at laurel with emergency road work kind of making it a bit slow. And thats chopper panning up. You can see the delay here this morning. So its going to be a slow one if youre headed through the area any time this morning. The slowdowns stretch back for a couple miles now. That is 16 Miles Per Hour heading right there through laurel. A wider look at things, no major issues. D. C. 295 just passing 50, pretty typical this time of the day. 66 and 95 also typically slow. No major issues there. 95 at the weigh station, a little bit of volume here. Well take a live drive of 95 coming up in ten minutes. It is 6 02. New this morning, a d. C. Police officer is in the hospital right now after getting hit by a car along Eastern Avenue in northeast washington. The officer was on duty when she was hit near 61st street around 1 00. We are told the off