Outside of speeding there several no nos many people dont realize according to metro. One of those things include jaywalking. Police say thats when parents, students or both cross the street with no regard to drivers when they are not permitted to do so. The second one is for drivers and it might actually surprise you when youre in a school zone, even if its not posted, you can not make a uturn any time when children are present. Period. If you do, its four points on your record. Kirsten Joyce any minor violation in a school zone will result in four points on your driving record. Once you reach 12 points in a calendar year your license can be revoked. lets head over to demetria with traffic Demetria Obilor watch out for a hit and run charleston and desert inn are alternates. There are no slow downs in the spagetti bowl. Well take a look at some cone zones up next. Warming to the mid 90s sunday. A nice weekend. Sunshine and hotter for kids back to school today. Highs in the low 100s. Sh
Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. This is our western edition. South florida is bracing for possible floods. A system that could become a Tropical Storm is churning off the coast threatening the region with several days of heavy rain. It comes as the miami area is struggling to contain the zika virus spread by local mosquitoes which can breed in just a bottle cap of water. Omar villafranca is in miami beach with more on the double threat. Omar . To miami beach on sunday to soak in the sun before the storms roll in. The ocean winds are expected to bring in several days of rain including heavy downpours. Gh right now the main concern atg the shore is the strong rip current. He on land Health Officials want to make sure pooling water from possible floods doesnt turnid into a widespread breedingor ground for mosquitoes carrying the zika virus. Property owners face a 1,000 fine for not getting rid of contracted the zika virus from local mosquitoes. 38 of those cases are right here in
Make sure that theyre ready to read. karen castro over at keller middle school, the Franchise School Model Program is expanding to the campus. The program assigns a principal, who has proven to be successful, to more than one underperforming school. The goal is to turn that school around. The campus is also starting a Student Council and a Mentorship Program in hopes of improving student performance and getting them ready for high school. Karen Castro Ccsd is also starting the challenges. As of last week, 90thousand students were not registered which affects the perpupil funding. The School District also has almost 320 teaching vacancies. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. Christianne Klein karen, now that kindergarten is a full day, can some of the students apply for the free or reduced meal program . karen castro theres no need to apply because all kindergarten students get a free breakfast paul joncich with so many children walking the streets, police will be scoping out any
Statement tonight congressman hardy was recently hospitalized for a minor heart attack and has undergone a routine medical procedure. Out of an abundance of caution, doctors are continuing to observe him while he makes a full and speedy recovery. We expect the congressman to return to a full schedule later this week and is expected to be in washington next week for votes when Congress Returns from the august district work period. Noise complaints about construction are nothing new in the valley. But no s homeowners are taking legal action against the builders next door, saying the new construction is damaging their properties. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle was at one of their neighborhood meetings today, and miguel. Did you see the damage they are talking about . I did. Cracked foundations, broken tiles, and split cielings. Neighbors tell me these problems only began over the last few months. Right around the same time these explosives started going off at a nearby construction site. I j
Are changeable in terms of intensity and track forecasting theres a lot of air. The reason were thinking, the track were thinking from the National Hurricane center is this. The con sense sus basically consensus basically takes that path. Most of the thunderstorms on the Southern Side closer to the island and country of cuba. And is helping to influence our stronger easterly flow. Looking at the timing. Tropical storm force winds. This likely will change thursday at 8 00. High tides up and down the west coast of florida. Computer models say five to eight inches of rain. That in some thats in some areas and on the high side. But we could be dealing with those kinds of effects. We are certainly watching. Thank you steve. A number of sandbag locations set up all over the youll need to bring identification to prove where you live. Most areas have limitations on the number of sandbags you can take with you. Steve newhouse lives on the river. We want to make sure the debris is cleared out to