To lend a hand to children and teens is taking on new urgency. Right now, the city has more than 5,000 children in foster care, but the network of foster parents needs backup. I recently talked to advocates who are casting a wide net for new support. Kimberly ali hi, im good, how are you doing . George for kimberly ali, these office hallways are the frontlines of her departments newest battle, the battle to recruit a new generation of foster parents. Kimberly we just need the help. We need the help, our young people need the help. George alis team is responsible for every step in the foster care process for 5,000 plus philly kids. The work has changed dramatically in recent years. After the child sex abuse case of jerry sandusky, state laws were tightened and the number of calls to alis child abuse hotline sky rocketed. Kimberly we used to have about 21,000 calls to our hotline. Now, were up to 34,000 calls. George not all of those calls end up with a child in foster care, but when the
That attacker got away. Another runner was able to help that woman and call police. A woman who worked at a school for atrisk children is accused of sending inappropriate pictures to two students. My yeah johnson no longer works at presbyterian childrens village. This is the second time this month Police Arrested someone from that school. Nina scott is accused of sexually assaulting a child. Scotts charged with 70 criminal counts. Now to your first alert weather. Would you look at that . Skyforce10 is live over the philadelphia zoo. You can see coldilocks, the polar bear, doing a little sunbathing on this warm afternoon. Temperatures climbed into the 70s today. Coldilocks is loving it. Im sure you are, too. Hard to believe this is how things looked this morning. Things got off to a foggy and much cooler start. Some people in pottstown had on coats and scarves. Now temperatures are going to get warmer. Get out there, enjoy it, relax. Glenn hurricane schwartz is up next. The sun came out
Im vai sikahema. The dense fog, icy commute, threat of flood, all raez aeasor issuing a first alert weather day. The list of delays and closings is increasing. We are now up to 144. The list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen. We go to meteorologist bill henley. The rain, freezing rain and snow have stopped falling from the sky but it is on the ground. For much of the area, it is frozen. Yet to see a warmup. That is making for an icy morning. Also a foggy morning. Warm air is pushing into the area. As it moves over the colder zones, thats where were seeing the fog form this morning. It will wash away with heavy rainfall which brings another threat, flooding. Temperatures are climbing, 50s in millville, lack at Philadelphia International at 51 degrees. Theres colder spots in morning delaware and new castle county. In chester conte, while its in the 40s for chadds ford and fair meadow farm, go farther north and west. The warm air has not reached chester springs, phoenixville and t
Icy and treacherous, those are the words first alert meteorologist bill henley used to describe the roads this morning. Thats the reason weve issued a first alert. The roads impacted, a lot of our rides into work this morning, were here to help you get prepared. Lets get right to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Youll find pockets of colder air and ice. Not everybody seeing it. You might see one stretch of road thats fine and then hit a colder zone that has icy spots. Expect to do slipping and sliding this morning. It is icy in parts of the area. Those colder zones are seeing warm air surging in, thatse in the ground. The ice will clear with rain due in later this morning which will bring a threat of flooding in low lying areas. 55 degrees in philadelphia. Areas north and west still on the cold side. A nice warmup in westchester. 39 degrees. Look at tredyfrin township. Youll find icing on the roadway this morning. The fog is starting things off as well, that ill wit
First on 13. Were waking up to the calm before the storm today. And that first significant snowfall of the year is creating a guessing game for some plow drivers this morning. We just kinda plan for the worst and go from that. But planning for the worst for the dot so far has not included pre treating any of the roadways. Warm temperatures and rainfall expected. Makes it a waste of time and money. But they say foregoing the salt back to haunt them. The snow can turn to ice and in that case, they say everything has been tested and is ready to go. Unlike the dot. The Des Moines Public Works Department thinks pretreating the roads will help. A dozen antiicing trucks hit the roads yesterday. Theyve also altered some of their snow routes to match school bus routes. In hopes it will improve safety for drivers trying to get kids home from school. Its all amounting to what could be a sticky situation on the roadways. Made worse because it is the first of the season. Channel 13s josh nguyen joi