live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. new plan tonight could finally spell relief for thousands of commuters across our area. it has been weeks of living through a travel nightmare waiting in long lines and crowding on to packed trains. septa now says it may finally have a fix for its defective cars. good evening to you, i m lucy noland. the fix it s not a quick one but rider cos see a difference as of next month. fox 29 s chris oh com is live at septa headquarters with what s up. chris? reporter: that s right, lucy. septa train commuters at least now have some answers as to when their train service will return back to normal. septa management announcing to customers today that full service should return by sometime in october. it s been a long and frustrating summer so far for septa rail commuters. a lot of standing room only. crowded trains and awkward schedules. reporter: help is finally on the way after septa pulled a third of its tr
took on vladimir putin. and stood up against the trafficking of human beings. a steady leader in an unsteady world. live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10:00. grainy image what police are using to track down the teen who s targeted and humiliated a little boy at a local play ground. the 11-year-old was just playing basketball when the older boys started chasing him. what happened when they caught him is infuriating. good evening, i m lucy noland. i m dawn timmeney. iain is off tonight. the attack has parents very concerned tonight. fox 29 s dave schratwieser spoke to police and local families. dave is live at police headquarters tonight for us. dave? reporter: dawn, this crime sent a shock wave through the community around the olney rec center tonight. parents and police calling it despicable and hoping the public will help investigators identify the teenaged suspects. leonard lucas took his family to play ball at the olney rec center wednesda
commuters. a lot of standing room only. crowded trains and awkward schedules. reporter: help is finally on the way after septa pulled a third of its train fleet 120 silver liner train cars side lined for repairs. pictures from septa show engineers now doing final testing on a potential fix of those defective cars. if all goes according to plan, repaired train cars will be fixed and phased in by the end of the month. we see what our customers are going through. it s nothing we ever wanted for them. reporter: the problems costing septa a million dollars a month. it s costing passengers lots of lot of time. it s been kind of hectic. everyone is getting little ant antsy. reporter: now september to says this train defect problem is costing the authority more than a million dollars a month. costs they ll try to get recovered by the rail car manufacturer who caused those defects. lucy? all right. we ll see what happens. thank you, chris. developing to night in atlantic
sue, i gave you a gold star for your perfect weather yesterday. you know, if i take credit for the good days, then i have to take the blame for the bad. but i say yes, it was ten worthy. guess what? let s have another double digit again for today. off to a lovely start this morning. sky is clear. it is 68 degrees, we have north-northwest breeze at 3 miles an hour, relative humidity down to 78%. sunrise time official at 6:03, let s look atmore numbers, 65 in 55 in mount pocono, 62 in trenton, 63 degrees in wildwood, and 66 in dover. so, really nice start to the day. maybe give the air-conditioning at least a break for this morning, and dew points are down. so with dew points once they get into the 50 s, around 60-ish, which all of them are, that s when we get back into the comfortable humidity range. no rain to show you on ultimate doppler. getting right to the forecast, comfortable start, upper 60s, mostly sunny skies, 80 degrees by lunchtime, top off just like yesterday
forecast yesterday. you know what? i ll staying it, if i have to take the blame when it is bad, oh, well. but it is going to be another ten today. the same weather pattern as yesterday. basically, bus stop buddy, he s by the pool, he s got his sunscreen, as we all should have, because we want to spend a lot of time outdoors on a day like today. temperatures in the 60s to get you started. so pretty comfortable out here with 68 degrees in the city. 78% relative humidity, with calm winds, and 6:03, your sunrise time. fifty-four cool degrees in mount pocono, 62 in allentown, we have 68 degrees here in the city, and 63 in wildwood. dew points, that s what makes the difference in how it feels outside. this is our measure of humidity, dew points on either side of 60 degrees. it means comfortable weather. no rain to show you on radar. so let s plan it out. plenty of sunshine by 7:00. the sun will certainly be up. 80 degrees by lunchtime. that s when you might be headed to the ballg