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ð 7:26. COLD WEATHER AND SNOW OK. WAY FOR PARTS OF THE STATE ... HERE'S ST...  More »

ð 7:26. COLD WEATHER AND SNOW OK. WAY FOR PARTS OF THE STATE ... HERE'S STEVE STUCKER WITH A LOOK. FIREFIGHTERS WILL SPEND THANKSGIVING BATTLING THE OJO PEAK FIRE. BUT THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC THE WEATHER WILL HELP. SO FAR THE FIRE'S BURNED ABOUT SEVEN-THOUSAND FIVE-HUNDRED ACRES. AND IS FIVE- PERCENT CONTAINED. OFFICIALS CONFIRM IT'S DESTROYED AT LEAST THREE HOMES, FOUR OUTBUILDINGS AND SOME VEHICLES.. HOWEVER SOME RESIDENTS TELL US FIVE TO SEVEN HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST. NEW MEXICO WON'T HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THIS FIRE ALONE .... A FEMA GRANT WILL REIMBURSE THE STATE FOR THREE- QUARTERS OF THE COST OF FIGHTING THIS FIRE. HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT DOES NOT PAY FOR DAMAGE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HOPE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WILL HELP THEM FIND A MAN WHO ROBBED A LOCAL MCDONALDS. THE MAN WALKED INTO THE RESTAURANT AT LOMAS AND SAN PEDRO IN LATE OCTOBER.... AND ASKED TO USE THE RESTROOM. WHEN HE CAME OUT, HE FLASHED A GUN AND DEMANDED THE MONEY FROM THE CLERK. HE BOLTED WITH 350 DOLLARS ALBUQUERQUE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS AT ALL--- AT LEAST NOT FOR CHEAP. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED HE'D BE WILLING TO SCRAP THE PROGRAM IF A TASK FORCE FOUND THEY WEREN'T REDUCING CRASHES. BUT EYEWITNESS FOUR HAS LEARNED THE CITY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE RED-LIGHT CAMERA COMPANY THROUGH 2009. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE MAYOR SAYS THE CITY CAN BREAK THE CONTRACT IF THE CAMERAS AREN'T HELPING CUT DOWN ON CRASHES.  « Less