firstenergy, just firstenergy customers, 54,000 without that's showing because we were dealing with everything here in cleveland heights. when they say 50-plus this is this neighborhood alone. i will click on this. we have 87 outages in that neighborhood alone. talking entire neighborhoods in cleveland heights without power and that's why this is so dangerous. the storm we saw two nights ago there are branches and things hanging from the trees that wouldn't take much to come down. i am hoping everybody will be social media stuff going on and some of the pictures we are getting in. take a look at this. this is from ellen. she gave us this picture not the operation backpack. right here. ellen sent this picture in. this was the view from lakewood as it was coming in. somebody else sent a picture from lakewood. let's get to our twitter page as well. this video from john demarco. i love his end of the work. take a look as he pans around downtown and to the west side. this is one of the more bizarre storms as far as clouds go and sara goldenberg was on her way to a story when they got caught on i-90

if you're headed into the firstenergy stadium you can osos -- expect some brand-new security measures in place as you head into the st are expected not to take your cell phones, cameras and other large metal objects out of your pocket as you go through a metal detector and head toward the stadium. hats also need to be removed. other things like keys, wallet and belts do not have to be removed. something to be aware of as you head to the game: as for additional information, the eastern portion of the lot will be opened at 10:00 this morning with the western portion of the time. parking is $25 in the muni lot and alcohol is not permitted in the slot as well. this is the first game for rg 3 . he played his debut last week in the preseason opener in the green bay -- in green bay >>> a reminder you can only see that game tonight right here in news channel 5. coverage starts at 7 clock. kickoff is 8:00. >>> a local athlete adding to the olympia -- olympic medal compete today. >>> we're seeing mostly sunny guys across northeast ohio today . inland locations we have about a 10 percent chance

as soon as it can be. >>> here's a look at the current outage numbers from firstenergy. right now just under 700 people without power in cuyahoga isolated outages are reported. >>> ohio police officer being commended this morning for helping a little boy found wandering on the streets of downtown franklin. officer steve dunham noticed the 7-year-old trying to sell his stuffed animal in front of a drug store to get money to eat. he had not eaten in days, so the officer took him to subway for a meal and brought him back to the police department. the chief there says the boy got comfort and safety he didn't have at home. own kids and that's exactly what law enforcement does in situations like this. and how would we want someone to treat our kids? >> after an investigation police found the boy and brother living in unfit conditions. the parents now charged with 10 counts of child endangerment. the kids are now with other family members. >>> yearly tradition in cleveland scheduled to continue today. the feast of the assumption in little italy rolling on with thousands more ex

we are at the rock 'n roll hall of fame steps from firstenergy stadium. we have a lot to talk about tonight from including fun things going on inside. >> denise: a lot going on and once again i want to introduce you to chris tanaka my new coanchor on cleveland 19 news at 5:00. i'm denise dufala. thank you for being with us once again. what a beautiful night in downtown cleveland. the sun is shining and visitors are in town for the games and rock hall and we will tell you what's going on here at the rock 'n roll hall of fame. they have great exhibits and there's still summer jams and tell about you. >> chris: yep. but we will start things out with the browns of course. their preseason home opener kick off three hours away. already we are seeing people in the brown and orange walking the streets down here. it will be a big night even though it won't count technically. >> denise: it won't. we are playing atlanta falcons at firstenergy stadium. you know what that means. tailgating big time. this is cleveland. this is what we live for. i have my orange on in h

. >> her power is back on now but there are still some areas firstenergy says its workers are pulling 16-hour shifts to make sure the power is returned to everyone. >>> here's a look at the current outage numbers from firstenergy now, just under 700 people are without power in cuyahoga county. in summit county just 30 customers left in the dark. everywhere else only a few isolated outages are reported. >>> it's a yearly tradition in cleveland. scheduled to continue today. the feast of the assumption in little italy rolling on with thousands more expected to attend. this is event. that is where we find our own meg shaw this morning. what is the latest plan for today? >> reporter: as we heard we have a lot of rain in the forecast and clearly some humidity in the air but that is not going to stop thousands of people from making their way here to little italy for the annual feast of the assumption festival. this marks the -- is the four- fest brings 30,000 people. if you plan to come here for the festival make sure you are hungry. from the miles of italian sausage sold to lasagne to spagh

we are going live to firstenergy stadium. sports director tony zarrella >>> now this is the serpentini chevrolet sports report on cleveland 19 news. >> mark: game 2 of browns preseason is tonight first of the year at firstenergy stadium. yep. open for business atlanta falcons will be here for 8:00 kick off. sports director tony zarrella is covering the game. i get the feeling the guys want big game in green bay. >> tony: no doubt about it. let's go to the 35-yard line. will you see rg iii. you get a shot of him, wags? will you get one half out of him and he will probably talk about it. for our talk about browns income a work in progress, joe brown with an interesting take. he is not selling a three to five year plan he believes browns could be a playoff team this year. >> i am definitely optimistic we are a young team. inexperienced in a lot of positions. i think what that means we will see growth and progress throughout the season. >> he has been here and cornerstone of this organization. it thrills he thinks that way and fe

listen to th firstenergy doesn't anticipate power to be restored until 6:00 tonight. there's still a lot of cleanup left. >> brian: it's the top story we've been following all week. sam has finally invited us over here to her area of the set. >> samantha: i don't like to share my space. >> brian: tia and i were like, sam hasn't said anything to us to visit. >> samantha: you don't like to come over here. >> brian: you have the space thunderstorms, brutal heat, on and on it goes, right? >> samantha: more of the same today, guys. i'll show you what to expect if you work outside today. you like that heater? so i just ate a nature valley bar, and i'm not messy. it's they're really crumbly. you open them up and they fall apart. they're all walking through crumbs right now. time is 6:02 on this thursday morning. i've got the forecast if you'll be working outdoors today, and well, just hot, okay? highs near 92 this afternoon or at 92 with a heat index in the triple digits. if you work outdoors, the morning is the time to do it. we have partly cloudy skies and thunderstorm cha

. >>> doesn't it seem like firstenergy stadium just had enough great, new scoreboards and new food stands? now there are more changes coming. >> that is right and it is going to cost of millions sarah is live outside the stadium. sarah, where is this money coming from? >> it is coming from the syntax , i tax on alcohol and cigarettes. is used for repairs and upgrades to the arena. voters passed an extension of it back in 2014. a city council spokesperson tells us the improvement will cost about $10 million. cleveland.com reports city council had largest -- pass legislation night. this follows a $125 million two- year renovation project by the scene. suites and concession areas were remodeled and giant banners of former browns players were put up. they are playing the first preseason game at home on august 18 against atlanta. i'm sure many people will be watching the. -- that personal information is found sitting on side of the wrote -- everything from tax returns, morse diggs information -- mortgage information, canceled checks and all of this left at 5 different dumping sites in clevelan

. >>> this morning, doesn't seem like firstenergy stadium just had an upgrade? >> right, now even more changes are coming and it is going to cost millions. >> reporter: all of this money is coming from a syntax, tax on money is used to make upgrades and repairs to first energy, the crew -- qm progressive field . voters pass an extension of it back in 2014. a spokesperson tells us the improvements will cost about $10 million. cleveland.com reports city councils has had the legislation at the meeting. we're looking through the ordinance and finding some of the improvements includes basic things like upgrading security cameras. security cameras. this follows a $125,000,000.02 year renovation project. concession areas were remodeled in giant banners of former browns players were put up. the first preseason game is friday night right here on news channel 5. the pregame show starts at 7. kickoff is at 8:00. side of the road. all of it was left at 5 different dumping site in cleveland. becky barker found the piles of paper and called us. >> how stupid can you be to tak

. >> reporter: it is still light out and juice in her phone, colleen will keep checking the firstenergy app for news on her afternoon on her porch. >> reporter: i have new information on fair view park. cei letting folks out there know they hope to have everybody restored by 11:00 p.m. that's a city where there were fewer customers without power this morning than there are now. certainly a source of frustration for people here on the west side as they continue to clean up. coming up on cleveland 19 at 6:00, i will telu prevent future and further damage from storms like these. getting answers in lakewood today, jen picciano cleveland 19. >> tiffani: clean up in cleveland heights continues after the last two days of storms. still 1,000 people are without electricity and shanice dunning reports the lack of power may cause preparation problems for a popular festival. >> reporter: a banner hangs across mayfield roads in cleveland heights to mark the start of a 56 year tradition. property for 56 years. we are proud of it. >> reporter: marguerite is cochairman of the greek festival at saint co

another big >>> cleveland city council voted last night to spend about $10 million on improvements at firstenergy stadium. the funds are coming from the syntax, a tax on alcohol and cigarettes. it is used for repairs and upgrades. we're looking into the details of the upgrades plans -- planned for first energy. it includes upgrading lights, sprinkling lines and up dating security the team made more notable changes during its construction project that wrapped up last year. the brown's first preseason game is friday night. you can watch it here on news channel 5. our coverage begins headline at the noon hour: the race for the white house continues to heat up. the latest on donald trump and hillary clinton taking more jabs at each other. >>> also, question: is the affordable health care act really working? a new study showing how poor people are getting healthier than ever before. >>> and there is an app for that: how the latest drugstore chain is going digital when it comes to cash . we will be back >>> retail sales in this country is taking another term. this time it is macy's department stores. d

after more than five days without power, firstenergy has just about restored all services heights. man, they had a rough go, didn't they? >> tia: they did. >> brian: we checked the outage map. 500 customers in cuyahoga county are currently without power. firstenergy's website says everyone should have the juice back by 8:30 this morning. >>> we're asking questions today about an accident on one of the rides at the cuyahoga county fair. now, the fair wrapped up last night, but not before a worker was injured we've learned while operating the bumper cars. fair officials say the worker was hospitalized but okay. they also told us no one else was hurt or ever in any danger. >> tia: maybe your kids don't go back to school today and you're trying to figure out what to do today. great lakes science center in cleveland may be the place to be. there's free admission today for kids. nasa is there today for special demonstrations by experts and there are inflatables on the lawn. that's weather permitting. the science center is open from 10:00 to 5:00 today. >>> we're getting our first look th

. >>> and another mini makeover for firstenergy stadium. >>> and come look at this we will you need that umbrella tonight if you're going to selah ryan like some of the people in the studio? luke ryan -- luke ryan like some of the people in the studio? let's get a check of the forecast. >> fairpoint harbor right now seeing some light showers. the yellow we had over to ashtabula county along 90 headed into ashtabula and parts of judea -- geneva , it will continue to push out of here. as we head further south you can see a couple of showers south of polk county otherwise dry for the rest of the viewing area. 77 downtown cleveland. we're still starting off fairly warm for a lot of neighborhoods. the highs today we are going to upper 80s and low 90s with a strong chance for thunderstorms >>> we do have to start with a serious crash that happened overnight. an suv hit several guardrails and burst into flames. we're making calls to see how the drivers doing. at some point they will have to toe that car -- what is left of that suv i should say . be careful in that area. >>> let's head to the ma

the falcons will play the browns at firstenergy stadium. we're expecting a big turnout for that game. eastern portions open up at 10:00 this morning in the western portions open up at 5 this afternoon. then we have the indians that wrap up with the chicago white docs. that starts -- chicago white sox. that starts just after 7 . with the paul mccartney concert at the q. that starts at 8. the city is in excess of about 100,000 people for all these 3 events together. traffic is expected to be the worst downtown. you are expected to get here early and pay a premium for parking. the only place you can watch the browns game is on news channel 5 tonight >> those horns will be blaring tonight downtown for sure. >> we think it is no big deal after we did the championship parade. >>> lebron james is talking about his nba future. speaking on the podcast, open run, he says his dream is to owning team -- own 18 . he says his brain is good and he has a good knowledge of the game and knows how to make a team. >> you will hear from the king exclusively. he

seeing those shelf clouds. 10:30 is the time firstenergy says people in westlake and other west side communities will get their power back on. >> you can't stay home, right? paul orlousky begins the live team weather coverage this morning in westlake and bay village. what's going on out there right now, orlo. >> reporter: we're into bay village this morning. morning is ?brokenand the power grid is broken as well. because it's light out now, we see the tree blocking road, but more importantly the wires are down. that is causing huge problems for folks that live here. we talked to a guy by the name of carl jones that lives on this street. because the power is out, he has a real dilemma this morning. >> i was at work and my wife told me the power was out. this happens a lot. the trees are old. >> reporter: getting ready for work today is a little more difficult without electricity? >> we're considering buying a going to be out and the food in the refrigerator. that's what we're looking into right now. >> reporter: there's a certain way to make your power back on, but six or seven years

. >> and first thing touching on firstenergy power outage map. i think we broke it and storms came through. zero people without power. we know that's not possible. at one point that number was as high as 57,000 and a new system councilman zack reed, he was in his councilman's office and take a look at the storm. that is a shelf cloud that many saw out over the lake in westlake, lakewood, downtown. that's what it looked like when it came through. if you attach us, if you link us to your pictures. this is a picture saying this was the storm just about to hit geneva 12 minutes ago. can powerful as beth has been saying. a lot of pictures coming in. tagus at cleveland 19 news and these pictures from jerry ling. what an incredible picture. if you were standing looking at it did not look real and would want to get in your car and drive 100 miles in a different direction or worse yet in a boat. unbelievable photos. will pop them into the area. beth in the first alert weather center and we will have continued coverage throughout the evening. >> a young bo

he says some of the homeowners are taking advantage of a financing program new firstenergy and we will have that link and information available to you on our cleveland 19 news web site. jen picciano, cleveland 19. >> thousands are without power in cleveland heights. city officials say crews are working hard. prayers have been answered at saint constantine in helen and helen greek orthodox cathedral. power came on this afternoon. it had been out three days. good thing, too. greek fest is a week away. they had to move thousands of items into a refrigerated truck. viewers have been sharing pretty awesome pictures to us and can you, too. send them to pics@cleveland19.com. mitch and maya gave us this one. they were caught in the rain last night working out in east cleveland. take a look at this one. the person who sent this didn't leave a name. but it really is breathtaking over the lake. wow. of course there's the damage. this is a tree that snapped in westlake on bradley road. thousands remain without power. the weekend could be dicey as cleveland 19 news app live radar right there on you

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the browns of a connection against the atlanta facts -- falcons at firstenergy stadium on thursday for weeks two of the preseason. we will see what a few days of practice does for the team. >>> get ready for changes with the rca. starting tomorrow, it will cost you more to ride your route. the bus will now be $2.50 per paratransit riders. now up to $12.50 up from $10. the agency said it has to make up a $6 million budget shortfall. >>> thank you so much for starting your saturday here with us. i am nick foley. coming up this morning, track and field events are in rio, and a local athlete is already seen success. and it is almost time to head back to school for thousands all hell kids. deals on supplies. and also janessa has your local weather as well. >> we are tracking severe weather with a flash flood watch in effect for northeast ohio. i will break it down with exact and 74 for >>> we are going to put out a weather alert this morning you get you prepared. we have potential for severe weather across northeast ohio. our major concern amounts of rain. we are going to start to see minor

and then you also have the browns overdoing their preseason game at firstenergy field. that's -- you kind of have the triple threat there of what's going on. as far as, when we get in the muni lot there are restrictions there. you want to go tailgate. but east lot will be opened up core tailgaters and west lot used for commuters who work downtown will not open until 5:00 to browns fans. they will have police there regulating that. >> you will have to plan accordingly. when you have 100,000 people showing up for three different events starting within an hour, there will be traffic problems and delays. find a creative way to get to downtown and find a creative place to park as long as it is legal. everybody should have a good time >>> first alert traffic on cleveland 19 news sponsored by ford. >> speaking of, it looks like nothing compared to tomorrow night 77 in and out of downtown. it is absolutely fine tonight. the tribe are about to kick off a game. another couple of hours. again tomorrow night will be the big night. we will expect a lot of delays in and out of downto

we are at the rock 'n roll hall of fame steps from firstenergy stadium. we have a lot to talk about tonight from including fun things going on inside. >> denise: a lot going on and once again i want to introduce you to chris tanaka my new coanchor on cleveland 19 news at 5:00. i'm denise dufala. thank you for being with us once again. what a beautiful night in downtown cleveland. the sun is shining and visitors are in town for the games and rock hall and we will tell you what's going on here at the rock 'n roll hall of fame. they have great exhibits and there's still summer jams and

then we have browns football returning to firstenergy stadium. >> reporter: you have heard this all before. the city of cleveland is pretty clear about the do's and don't's for thursday night's preseason home opener. the eastern portion of the lot the western portion will not be open for game day parking until 5:00 p.m. motor homes and r.v.'s will not be allowed in either lot before the designated times. scutaro officers will patrol the lots making sure drivers who need the lot for work or city business can do so. open containers and public intoxication are not allowed. 50 port-a-potties are available with trash cans and dumpsters. so clean up after yourselves. >> there will be lots restrictions in downtown over the next several days and look for signs attached to poles and parking meters because you don't want to get ticketed or towed. dan? >> denise: all the rules. you have to abide by them or else. >> dan: from browns to indians, cleveland has the second best winning percentage in the entire american league. >> denise: it is bringing out fans. the indians are in the middle of a record h

today, we are going to see a lot of people outside the firstenergy stadium through downtown to the quicken loans arena as well as progressive field. robert griffin the 3rd will have his first grain as the brown's quarterback. the eastern portion of the lot opens up at 10:00 this morning. the western portion opens up at 5. >>> then we have the indians wrapping up a game with the chicago white sox. that will all be kept up -- by paul mccartney's concert tonight at the q. parking will the afternoon going into those evening hours. be aware of that as well. >>> if you plan to avoid the downtown crowds, you can watch the browns game from the comfort of your own home right here a new shell 5. our coverage begins at 7. kickoff is at 8:00. >>> this morning northeast ohio has another gold medalist. tianna bartoletta from elyria won the woman's high jump. she had her personal batch -- inches. she beat out the reigning champ, fellow american brittney reese. reese ended up with silver. tianna bartoletta is not done. she is running for by 100 meter relay today -- 4 by 100 meter relay today . if she tren

they got new metal detectors at firstenergy. they led you leave your keys and wallets in your pocket. that should hurry it up. no big purses. the clear bag policy is still in effect. noig small clutches are allowed, though. any browns fans knows you have to get downtown early, especially tonight. tribe at 7:00 and mccartney 8:00. plan ahead and get here early. [ music ] >> brian: here's the first look at the show from last night. morning photographers. he was there last night and shot this video for us. he told us the show was completely awesome. >> tia: i believe it. >> brian: i believe it, too. i saw him a long time ago. i believe his wife was still alive, linda, when i saw paul mccartney. not 100% sure about that. >> tia: everybody loves paul mccartney. time is 6:40. we were working all night trying to find out what cedar point's big announcement will b coming up. >>> please welcome, lebron james. [ applause and cheers ] >> brian: i thought "the daily show" was canceled. >> tia: maybe it's not canceled just yet. >> brian: the

like he might be a complete stud in the league, and tony zarrella got answers for us this morning from firstenergy stadium. >> we're only two preseasons games in, but it's clear rg3 has a favorite receiver, terrell prior. he hit him for 49 yards last week and hit him for 50 in a touchdown right down the sideline last night. >> robert did good things with the first offense. i don't think we'll well-oiled think we can be. i thought he played well and did a good job taking care of the ball and distributing the ball to some playmakers. >> t.p. has made plays all camp and off-season. it's an amazing transition for him. i think everyone is excited for t.p. i'm a quarterback, he's a quarterback. we're the same high school graduating class. it's been cool to see the transformation, and you can see everyone is excited for him. it's been a hard transition for him. >> he admitted seeing corey coleman and josh gordon next to him in the sidelines not able to play. it's tantalizing to think what may be when they come back if t.p. keeps it up. >> tia: next friday night cleveland 19 is the only place to see the b

this is what the firstenergy outage map looked like this a few hours ago. it was close to 30,000 customers. that's down a little bit to 26,000 customers who still don't have electricity. >> brian: all right. and if everything is still wet outside, we have a lot going. laura has an update on a major road closure in mentor. some of you may have woke up this morning to some thunder. >> tia: more of the same is coming today, though. it's not over. meteorologist samantha roberts is tracking another yellow alert day. sam. >> samantha: this yellow alert for the threat of thunderstorms. look at what last night's norms did in cleveland heights. this is storm damage courtesy of trees on top of cars, trees snapped. my goodness. look at that. that's not a small tree at all. we had gusty winds there. i would encourage you in your morning travels, especially in lake county or the east side of cleveland towards the cleveland heights area, please watch for any debris that may be in the road, power lines. you want to stay far away from those. there might be some limbs or br

another 60,000 are north at the stadium as the browns play their first preseason home game at firstenergy stadium. they're adding extra trains on thursday night to help out. we tell everybody about this, and then the traffic doesn't seem real bad. that's because we tell you about it, and you can make some plans. there are ways to get everybody doesn't have to be on ninth street, which usually happens in these situations. so we should be okay. it's a big city. we can handle this. >> tia: there's a lot going on these days, right, in the cle? >>> coming up how usain bolt's gold medal run had something to do with jfk airport evacuating in new york city. >> brian: forget the smartwatch. just get a tat. this could be the future of tech this tuesday morning. i promised you earlier in the hour we would look ahead to the potential of cooler weather, and here it is. after the seven-day, this is your first alert that early next week things are looking a lot cooler with lower humidity. dare i say feeling a little bit like fall? we'll take a closer look at the seven-day forecast coming up after the br

i might have said firstenergy earlier. it's cleveland public power in the city. it's their issue according to cleveland police and city officials. that's 480. listen, we're not trying to preach to you this morning, but we don't want anybody to get hurt by rolling through a traffic light this morning without coming to a complete stop. east ninth and euclid are busy roads. be careful. >>> we're asking questions about the sandusky county sheriff arraigned today on 43 charges 38 of which are felonies. this is the sheriff. prosecutor say he misused county money and lied to pharmacists in order to get prescription painkillers. he's been sheriff since 2008. investigators say his crimes going back to 2009. >>> a new, nasty infestation is in ohio called oak mites. doctors say people may mistake them for bedbug bites or mosquito bites. symptoms include a lot of itching, a big brewed about the size of your fist. these bugs are too small to see, and for the most part you only trees. >> tia: we're on west nile watch. it could be on the rise. the ohio department of health says

firstenergy is hard at work this morning after storms caused thousands to lose power overnight. this is what it looked like a few hours ago. at that time almost 30,000 customers lost power, most right here in cuyahoga and some in lake counties as well. a few thousand got their power restored already. it sounds like the storms are far from over. >> there's another chance to do some thunderstorms this afternoon and into the evening. about 1:00 p.m. through midnight, there's a chance at at any time during the window to see a shower or thunderstorm. that shouldn't be a wide spread issue for us, but you may need to break the umbrella out from time to time. hot and humid today and everything i had about today's we finally cool down a little ? >>> liskefeguards have the best seat for the olympics but take a woman behind this lifeguard. the lifeguard is not getting a lot of attention. she is getting a lot of attention for looking bored at an indoor water practice. peopoi having a lifeguard watch over the world's best swimmers. state law in rio reportedly requires a livergfeguard in a p

firstenergy plans to have all power right here in northeast ohio restored. it's going to take a while. by 10:30 tonight. here's meteorologist samantha roberts to tell us about more storms rolling through. >> samantha: a first alert weather dpa day for the potential of late day thunderstorms. the main threats are heavy rain and gusty winds, to this afternoon keep an sky, and you may want to keep an eye to the sky all weekend. we have thunderstorm chances each day, and the rain could be very heavy this weekend leading to localized flash flooding. you have that cleveland 19 first alert weather appear to get you through the weekend. >>> there was a memt moment today where the russian president was kept waiting. there he is waiting for the turkish president, about a minute and a half, i'm told, until, finally, the turkish president does, in fact, turn up. >> what is hilarious is the fact presidents plan these things. you're supposed to come out the exact same time so you don't look like the one is more powerful than the other. because if you win. you can tell put

. >>> more earth coming to firstenergy stadium. it is being paid for by tax dollars. it will cost about $10 million. improvements include basic things like replacing steps, steel frame dacs and security cameras. >>> all of the money coming from the syntax which is attacks from alcohol and cigarettes. it is used for upgrades. this is a $125 million renovation project. we are going to see a break in the rain but hopefully it will be while you are sleeping. let's take a look at temperatures. they are holding pretty stagnant. the sun is up and getting to work prick --. 75 new london. illyria 74. ashley, dry conditions across the viewing area. dry conditions we have been seeing all morning long. a little bit of a stray shower. is the oppressive humidity. very muggy on our muggy meter as we see those dewpoint stopping off higher than 71 degrees. your far 5 hour by hour -- your power 5 hour by hour forecast will bring us to about 90 degrees. those thunderstorms will stick around all evening. >>> the has been an accident at west boulevard and also 28th street. you have a acci