'Code Grey' Declared, Homeless Urged To Visit City Shelters
Just as winter weather can bring a "Code Blue," and summer its "Code Red," this is a Code Grey, according to Laura Weinbaum of Project HOME.
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Just as winter weather can bring a "Code Blue," and summer its "Code Red," this is a Code Grey, according to Laura Weinbaum of Project HOME.
The City of Philadelphia has fully activated its emergency operations center, and three shelters were opened for city residents who have left their homes in advance of potential flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
CBS Philly has received the following community cancellations for Sunday, Oct. 29 2012.
Sandy is expected to hit the shore hard. But one shore builder says newer homes can withstand the punishment.
CBS Philly has received the following community cancellations for Sunday, Oct. 28 2012.
As the storm nears, street parking, public transportation, airlines and major utlities across the Delaware Valley have their weather disaster plans in place.
A local group has created a support system for those who have been scarred by fire.
Two years after New Jersey adopted a law requiring teenagers driving with provisional licenses to display a red decal on their license plates, a new independent study suggests the idea is actually working.
Stock is dwindling on many of the high demand items and there are no generators left.
Red Cross trucks are stationed throughout the Delaware Valley, ready to set up shelters quickly
The American Red Cross is mobilizing in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
"We invite everybody in the city to take a picture," says Philadelphia Photo Arts Center executive director Sara Stolfa. "We're hoping to have over two thousand taken today and submitted to PPAC."
There was a long line of people waiting to speak to résumé experts and prospective employers.
Eagles' team officials say the wind turbines will help generate energy and won't interfere with the game.
The region's largest hunger relief organization says they are in dire need of food and they are asking for the public's help.
Delaware County's senior medical adviser is on the road these days, visiting communities and handing out free health prevention information.
In the upcoming year, officials at the Free Library say, they would like everyone in the city to read "Buddha in the Attic," a novel about the Japanese immigrant experience from the early 20th century through the internment camps of World War II.
More than 250 people met at the Drexelbrook catering hall in Drexel Hill to share tips on handling this year's "Safe Schools" topic: illegal drugs.
For area children looking to rake in the candy this Halloween, there's good news.
Some off-duty Philadelphia firefighters donated their time over two days to repair the home of Diane Neary, whose husband was killed fighting a blaze in Kensington last spring.
The Eagles' wideout played coach to a team of Benjamin Franklin High School students engrossed in "Financial Football," a Madden-style video game in which teams have to answer financial questions in order to move the ball downfield.
In a nondescript building not far from the fire scene, people can get help with everything from a Small Business Administration loan to getting their prime documents replicated.
"Take those signs down -- take 'em down!" says former city councilman Juan Ramos.
This L-shaped extension will start at Monkevitch Playground, in the shadow of I-95, and go down past Pulaski Park to Lewis Street, wrapping around the fruit distribution center and city dump.
Aging-related concerns will be addressed later this month in a free seminar in Center City, Philadelphia.
