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WCAU NBC 10 News At 9am August 24, 2014

People woke up in the middle of the night to an earthquake that shook the region 6 15 our time. The quake hit act six miles southwest of napa. We got this video in from our nbc affiliate in San Francisco. You can see bricks fell from the top of a building. Several after shocks were felt in the napa wine country after the initial quake. No tsunami warnings are issued. Several are without power at this hour. You can see a this earthquake did do damage. Ted florendo brought us early word of this earthquake. You have a brother that lives in that area. Tell us how strong of a quake this is. Understandably he was very scared. It happened as they were sleeping in San Francisco. He lives 10 miles south of where the center was at. He said there was violent shaking going on. Hes been in many earthquakes before. This seemed to last the longest. It was only 10 seconds. When shaking that long, you wait for the house to buckle or roof to cave in. Thats why they were understandably scared when it happened. We want to show you that where it took place. Thats where my brother lives. North of that is the center. A little about earthquakes now. Its reported a 60. A major earthquake is 7. 0 to 7. 9. This is considered a strong earthquake. Can still cause quite a bit of damage. The magnitude scale 5. 5 to 6. 0 is slight magnitude as far as damage it can do. It create slight damages to buildings and structures. Major earthquake obviously a lot worse. This still could cause damage which we have reports that come in from twitter. We just mentioned it. They get magnitude 6. 0, 500 in the u. S. Per year. That seems like a lot. You factor in a 2. 5 to 5. 4, they get 30,000 of those a year. There really isnt a lot of these. This is the strongest earthquake to hit the bay area in 25 years. Of course my brother has been through a lot of earthquakes. This is what he described. A loud bang followed by entire shaking of the entire house for what seemed like forever. He said lots of things falling off the shelves. Biggest concern the power lines down outside the house. This is something we all need to worry about when that happens. Back at home here, clear skies. Temperatures today near 80 degrees. No echos on the radar. Thanks for that. Appreciate it. In js in a few hours, philadelphia welcomes back the team in a big way. Matt delucia is live at love park where the festivities take part. You covered the team in Williams Port. Tough loss in the last gape. Reporter love park usually quiet on a sunday morning. Not so today. These kids become the pride of philadelphia. They are on their way back home. Even before the taney dragons woke up this morning, city workers were getting ready for their return. Anything to help the young ones. Just to show them the love and appreciation. Let them know they can become something. Thats a good thing. The 12 and 13yearolds on the taney team return to philadelphia as mid atlantic champio champions. This team went from being virtually unheard of to basking in the international spotlight thanks in large part to a young girl and her powerful pitch. Just being here. Thats like everything. Just to be to make it here and play on this field. Its unbelievable. Taney lost their final games against las vegas and chicago. The team stayed in Williams Port to watch those two teams battle for the u. S. Championship. Taneys new fans in philadelphia enjoyed the run. I was proud of them. Wishing it was my i daughtdaugh. The team is expected to arrive at noon. Mone is hoping if for a little love. Screaming, a lot of screaming. Like all my friends down if we have a parade a. A lot of attention actually. Just makes you feel good that anything can be accomplished. Work hard, put your mind to it. Inspirational even for an older lady like myself. She gave me inspiration. Reporter how about that . That team bus expected to leave just a few minutes ago and expected to arrive here in a few short hours. Live at love park, im matt delucia, nbc 10 news. New this morning, it was a report of a half naked man thrown from a car that brought Philadelphia Police the avenue. The man was naked from the waist down when he was tossed from the sedan. Five passengers in the car at the time were detained. Were told the mans injuries are not serious. Philadelphia police will be busy investigating three stabbings that happened overnight. The first involves a man in Critical Condition after an attack in west philadelphia. Nbc 10 was on the scene. Authorities tell us the 34yearold was stabbed in the neck here around 2 15 this morning. Police have not made any arrests. In kensington, police took a man in custody after he stabbed another man in the back. It happened after 1 00 this morning on East Allegheny avenue. Detectives tell us the 28yearold victim is in stable condition. In south philadelphia, a cook was stabbed by a coworker at snockeys oyster and crab house. An argument between the two led to the stabbing. The suspect has been arrested. The victim is in the hospital. No word on his condition. The search for clues continue today after two women were found shot dead inside a may fair home. This happened on the 4700 block of vista street. Neighbors tell us the woman who lived here, one of the victims was like a grandmother to everybody on the block. According to police, both were many their mid50s. One of the women was found downstairs, the other upstairs. Neighbors heard shots and saw someone run from the house. We spoke to one man, joey thomas, that told us police informed him one of the victims was his sister visiting the other victim at the time of the shooting. This morning a son is facing aggravated Assault Charges after he was shot by his own mother. The 78yearold Mother Told Police she shot her son in selfdefense after he said he would shoot her. This happened in german town. According to investigators the Woman Told Police her son appeared to be drunk, threatened to strangle her. Hes in stable condition after the shooting. Now to news from our trenton bureau. The search is on for a man whom Authorities Say posed as a Police Officer and sexually assaulted a store clerk. According to investigators, the man this this photo entered a store on South Broad Street and told the clerk he was a cop. As you see, he was carrying a small black radio and had a handgun on him. Police tell us he assaulted the female clerk in the bathroom of the store and walked and out flagged down a tan toyota corolla. Police dont believe the car was involved in the incident but looking at possible leads. If you have information about this man, Trenton Police would like to hear from you. The family and friends of a man are calling for justice. They robbed him from us. I dont understand. Relatives of alexis spoke at a rally in love park yesterday afternoon. He was gunned down earlier this month. His killer has not been caught. The 20yearold was shot outside the dell music hall where a peace rally was going on at the time. Investigators believe he got in a fight with someone over a woman. Police call this man a person of interest in the murder. This image comes from a camera outside the dell music center. If you recognize this man call police. The teen shot and killed by a Police Officer in ferguson, missouri will be laid to rest tomorrow. Next who the white house is sending to the service. Air strikes in gaza today signaling new escalation between conflict between israel and hamas. We have a quick update on that breaking news were following out of california. Magnitude 6. 0 earthquake shook california this morning. After shocks continue this hour. The quake hit before 6 30 our time this morning. Happened about six miles south west of napa. There are reports of power outages. So far, were not hearing anything about any injuries. Thats the good news here. Were keep an eye on developments. As soon as we get information, well bring it to you. New this morning, iran says it has produced a new generation of short range missiles and drones. The missiles are used to destroy targets and drones are to map territory for military and civilian purposes. Now to the latest on conflict between israel and hamas. A Shopping Center was levelled in gaza this morning. This comes hours after israel bombed an apartment tower causing the the building to collapse. Nobody was killed but 30 were hurt. The army warned residents to stay away from these buildings because they would be targeted. American warplanes continue to strike isis targets as the Obama Administration weighs taking the fight to syria where the Group Leaders are located. Little is known about the structure and leadership of the terrorist group. U. S. Officials tell nbc 10 news isis has gotten stronger over past months. They do not think theyre capable of pulling off an attack like 9 11. Officials do warn they could try something on american soil. Officials say that three m bos went off yesterday killing 31 iraqis wounding dozens of others. In baghdad, a suicide bomber drove a car with explosives into the gate of the Intelligence Headquarters killing six and is five security personnel. Dozens more were hurt. In the u. S. , its been more than two weeks since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a ferguson Police Officer. Tomorrow he will be laid to rest. President obama is sending three white house official s to browns funeral services. Among the group is the task force that aims to empower minorities. Also attending the director of the Deputy Office engagement who went to high school with browns mother. Tensions flared last night. Overall the crowd remained calm for a fourth day. The naacp held a rally. There was also a rally nearby for the officer that shot and killed him. When we come back, well meet this weeks wednesdays child. And in terms of weather, that rain is out of here. Looking at clear skies. Thats right. Grab the sun block and glasses. Youre going to need them today. Thats for sure. Its dry. Heres a look outside. How long will we remain dry . Thats a good question. Ill let you know when we come back. Its not moving like i dont get it, this one is working . Can you move please . Look how fast theyre going ladies, shouldnt up be as fast as down . Yeah your socks match . My socks match do your eyeballs match . Yes shouldnt internet speeds match as well . Definitely they should its kind of a no brainer, right . Yeah why cant everything just be the same speed . I got a little secret to tell you. Cable does not match the speeds. It makes you wanna go mad. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. Upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. Join now at fiosspeedmatch. Com get a fios triple play atan amazing price guaranteed for two years when you sign up online. Sign up now and get 300 back and as an extra bonus from Verizon Wireless a free lg tablet, or up to 200 off any tablet. Go to fiosspeedmatch. Com today are you downloading what im uploading . Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v the breaking news weve been following comes from the west coast. Look at this video we received in the past half hour or so. An earthquake rocked california, San Francisco bay area this morning. The magnitude 6. 0 earthquake hit before 6 30 our time, before 3 30 their time in california. This happened just six miles southwest of napa. As you can see, theres a little bit of damage there in stores. Things on the shelves, items knocked to the ground. We are continuing to monitor this situation. Meteorologist ted florendo has been watching whats been happening out west. Ted, you were the first to bring us word of this quake. Thats right. My brother lives ten miles from the center. He texted me right after it happened about 6 30 our time. Of course i put it on twitter right away. We gave updates to our newsroom. We were on top of it right when it happened. A little about that earthquake. Probably the strongest weve seen in quite some time. Theres a possibility of after shock. Right now things are quiet. We cannot rule out aftershocks when you have an earthquake that size. 6. 0 on the Richter Scale. It happened 3 30 a. M. Pacific time. Theres the center where my brother lives ten miles south. Its 6. 0 on the Richter Scale but could be classified 6. 1. Well see. It could be six mays deep according to experts on that. Lets head home and talk about our forecast r. Were back to sunshine for the day. Warmer next week as we approach 90 degrees next week. Big stretch of days for dry weather. Were not going to see any rainfall. Youll see in the seven day. 67 downtown now. 70 philadelphia. 71 ben salem. 67 degrees glassboro and stone harbor 72. 70 atlantic city. Dover currently 70. Wilmington 71 this hour. No echoes on the radar. Thankfully because of High Pressure to the north that will drift down south and be around for the next few days in the early part of the week. That will dry us out, keep us clear of any type of rain headed our way. Future cast shows maybe a few spots of clouds here today. Thats about it. Temperatures should be near 80 for the day today. Even sunnier for tomorrow. Well be warmer for our mondays. Well get back to 80s. Well gradually see temperatures climb everyday this week until we reach near 90 by midweek. We want to update you on Tropical Storm situation. Yes, its now a Tropical Storm. Cristobal now formed over puerto rico this hour. Looks like sustained winds 45 miles per hour. Moving northwest 9 miles per hour. Tropical storm Warnings Issued over the bahamas many the tro c tropi tropics. This is the track according to the computer models moving up away from land thursday. Could turn to a category 1 hurricane. At this point it would be steering out off the atlantic seaboard away from land. Thats according to the computer model. Well watch that. If that does happen, well get dangerous rip currents. Thats something we have to keep in mind also as we are watching Tropical Storm cristobal in the tropics now. 10 00 a. M. , 69 degrees, 76 at noon. 80 our high today. Humidity stays low especially for august. Sevenday forecast, theres the dry stretch. Look at this. Sunshine, sunshine, more sunshine by wednesday. Then we start to see clouds by the end of the week. Look at numbers. They go up to almost 90 wednesday and thursday. Heat starts to return. Next chance of showers we see is possibly on saturday. Rosemary . Thank you ted. This weeks wednesdays child is a fun and personable teen. Jessica is a warm hearted and energetic 14yearold that loves animals. We took her to operation a ava. Jessica is a very outgoing teen. She has an upbeat and friendly personality and gets along with everyone. Jessica is just bursting with personality. She is quirky, funny, sweet. Just a kid interested in everything. Always an adventure with her. Do you want to be a veterinarian . Yes. Jessica got the chance to talk t to the vet and help give the animals their check up. She loved the opportunity. She wants to be a vet when she grows up. The reason i want to be a veterinarian is because i really love animals to the point i love cuddling with them. Shes currently in foster care and knows what she wants in a forever family. Mainly a mother and father and old eer girl siblings. I want to have a girl and spend time with then. The idea family will support her and help her achieve her goals. Family is someone i can call my own and someone i can give all my lo to. Jessica is this weeks wednesdays child. You can make jessicas dream of a forever family come through or the dream of any wednesdays child. Go to our website, nbc10. Com and search wednesdays child. Or you can always call the National Adoption center 1866 do adopt. Were going to take a quick break and well be right back. Theres a great way to buy high quality cars at low, nohaggle prices. And it all starts here, at carmax. Log on to carmax. Com and start your search today. And choose from over 35 thousand carmax quality certified used vehicles. From cars and trucks to suvs and minivans. Browse the store nearest you. Or shop from our nationwide inventory and have the car of your dreams, transferred to your local carmax store. Finding the perfect car is easy when you start your search at carmax. Carmax. Start here. This weekend a brother and sister are remembered by friends in southwest philadelphia. A Memorial Service was held yesterday for Patrick Sawyer and princess. Their mother lives in southwest philly. Princess was living in liberia when she got sick. Her brother was on a work trip and visited her. Thats when he got sick. She died after the day he visited. He died two weeks later, becoming the First American to die from the virus. Sawyers widow started a foundation to spread awareness about ebola. Coming up, the return of young sports heroes. Matt delucia is among those waiting for the taney dragons this morning. Reporter mone and the dragons will get a lot of love this afternoon. Were live at love park. Well have a report coming up after the break. Going to give taney dragons nice weather. Blue skies outside now. Thats going to stick around for sunday for sure. Will it be around for the beginning of your workweek . Ill let you know when we come back. The world famous fries you love, plus a shake of three new flavors you add. Introducing mcdonalds shakin flavor fries. Shake up something new to love at mcdonalds. The breaking news that were staying on top of this morning is out of california where an earthquake rumbled will through the San Francisco bay area. The 6. 0 quake knocked out powers to thousands and sent residents running out of their homes in the darkness. We have an update on injuries. Well have that in a few moments. In our area, the taney dragons return home to philadelphia. Theres a big celebration planned. Well have the details coming up. Clearing for your sunday. Thankfully clouds and

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