New Jersey Forest Fire Service crews help out as 15 wildfires burn in California
More than 40 members of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service have answered the call so far this season, and many more have done so in years past.
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Nikki DeMentri is a general assignment reporter with CBS News Philadelphia. The Central New Jersey native is thrilled to do what she loves in the place she calls home.
Before joining the team in January 2023, Nikki was a reporter and fill-in anchor with WRTV in Indianapolis. Nikki also often took on lead and breaking stories, including the FedEx mass shooting, statewide COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Indiana statehouse special session and the 2021 March Madness Tournament held solely in Indianapolis.
Her career started in Western New York as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WKBW-TV. While in Buffalo, Nikki also served as a Make-A-Wish Wish Hero and on the board of Second Generation Theatre Company.
Nikki has won three Emmy Awards during her career and has been nominated more than a dozen times for her work in several markets. She's also been recognized as the first-ever winner of the "Media Award Recognizing Promotional Excellence" from the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey.
Growing up, Nikki trained in classical ballet and spent much of her childhood dancing with a youth ballet company. The dance studio is where she first fell in love with storytelling.
She is a proud graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Go Orange!
Whenever she's not in the newsroom, it's a safe bet you can find her in a dance class, at the shore, reading, or finding new trails to walk with her adopted rescue dog.
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More than 40 members of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service have answered the call so far this season, and many more have done so in years past.
The number of visitors to the Stone Harbor Museum has quadrupled this summer, thanks to a new exhibit all about Taylor Swift.
The Ring the Bell PHL bus tour is making multiple stops across the city in the weeks leading up to the first day of school to hand out free backpacks and supplies.
The region is feeling the effects of Tuesday's fast-moving storms, and thousands of customers are dealing with outages after strong winds downed trees and power lines.
Great Valley School District in Chester County, Pennsylvania said middle school students were responsible for creating 22 TikTok accounts that impersonated teachers earlier this year.
A wildfire that started burning in Wharton State Forest on July 5has grown to 4,000 acres but remains 65% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Sunday.
Police said an adult was killed and eight other people, some of them teenagers, were hurt in a shooting in Philadelphia on July 4.
Record numbers of travelers are expected to hit the road for the 4th of July this week. Many are headed to Jersey Shore destinations like Margate.
The crowds down the Jersey Shore are only going to get bigger ahead of Fourth of July. Many people are getting a jump start on the holiday later this week.
Philadelphia International Airport is seeing more delays and cancellations after another round of severe weather moved through the area Sunday night.
Ninety people are facing charges for allegedly defrauding public benefits such as SNAP and subsidized daycare in Pennsylvania, officials said.
Over 350 flights into and out of Philadelphia were delayed or canceled Sunday. According to the airport, American Airlines, the largest carrier at PHL, had the most flights impacted by the weather.
The strategy to cut down crime is getting a boost through another specialized unit. Welcome to roll call for members of Philadelphia police's Elite Highway Patrol Unit.
The Secret Service is involved, and a Philadelphia city councilmember wants to see an investigation into the thefts.
Thousands of people are victims of stolen SNAP benefits in New Jersey every month, officials said.