Jersey where it is 70 degrees. Just a few scattered clouds this morning. The suburbs, 71 degrees. Once we get sunshine, the 60s will warm through the 60s and into the 70s, into the 80s and near 90 degrees this afternoon. 78 degrees in delaware at 10 00 this morning. 90 for philadelphia. The first day of a heat wave. The temperature is 09. But it gets hotter in the coming days. Ill go through the forecast hour by hour when im back in a few minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. Starting off on the schuylkill expressway this morning and heading out around Spring Garden street. No big problems so far or delays yet. You can see traffic moving along east, westbound, a lot of cars out there considering its only 5 30 in the morning. Well see a little bit bigger and heavier of a rush hour from now through the rest of the fall of course. Eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, thats anc 11minute trip ther. Average speeds into the high
It shows a person that makes racist and derogatory comments and talks about injury to the citizens that he is supposed to be serving. And most disturbingly he does it in a way that holds no consequences. The police chief showing out and he says two other officers accused have already left the department. The chief says he has no tolerance for reprehensible messages. I have the same visceral reaction. It make me sick to my stomach including today when i had to read them again so and i apologize to the public. We are better than this. The San Francisco police union issued a statement saying that it strongly and unequivocally offend the basic. The disgusting racist language by a few officers is not reflective of the over 2100 members thawers the uniform of the sfpd the second time that San Francisco officers have come under fire for racist and anti gay texts. Last year a similar scandal involved 14 officers and many kept their jobs because the city waited too long to fire or discipline th
Directors new and old business. No hands waving, next item. Item 5 is Public Comment which is an opportunity for member s of the public to address the board on matters that are not on todays calendar and we have mr. Robert, followed by mr. Finebaum mr. Robert . Good morning, my name is Steve Roberts and im a member of the Rail Passenger association of california, a Public Transportation advocacy group. I thank you for the opportunity to address you this morning. Because of the benefits of reduced automobile usage, fully leveraging caltrains electrification project which thereby will increase caltrain ridership and its revenue performance and financial performance, also reducing Green House Gas misses, facilitating transitoriented development, the extension of Caltrain Service to transbay terminal is one of our associations key priorities. Any actions that delay this vital project and snarl it in endless planning reduce its Operational Flexibility or capacity are of a concern to our ass
Identifying him. Now, we know who he is. And the officer who fired those shots. Patranya Bhoolsuwan today, we went to an address listed for black. Our knocks at the door went unanswered although there were people inside. As for information about him. We dont know much. We couldnt find a criminal history or online profiles that might shed light on fridays incident. As for the officer, police say it was 45 year old george smith with metros Tourist Safety Division who fired the shot on the sidewalks near the bellagio fountains on friday night. This as authorities were trying to get to black who they say was Walking Around waving what appeared to be a gun at people on the strip. In the moments leading to the arrest, officer smith, fired the shot that grazed a child and went through another mans clothing. The childs injuries were not major and they were released from umc that night. We talked to a woman, who told while working nearby that night marie rios busker i thought saw police throw a
Several dozen people filed into the First Congregational Church of Evanston to attend Connections for the Homeless’ Milestone Celebration Wednesday evening. Starting at 6 p.m., the organization honored community members, volunteers and staff members, with a dinner provided afterwards by Chicken Shack. The local nonprofit provides financial assistance, emergency shelter and guidance for people experiencing.