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Locals in Lehigh, Berks brave the snow despite slick roads, others choose to stay home | Berks Regional News [Video]

The snow didn’t stop some people around our area from heading out the door early Monday morning.

69 News traveled through Lehigh and Berks Counties to talk with people out and about. Some people were headed to work and others headed on a road trip, despite the snowy conditions.

“If you can’t go out, don’t go out,” said Carlos Tobar.

Some people may want to curl up with some hot cocoa on a snowy day.

“And let me tell you, the roads got really worse like within an hour change,” said Maria Karantonis.

Especially, when the snow in Berks County seems never ending.

“I don’t feel safe anymore to go back home so I’m going to stay here for like, all day practically,” said Karantonis.

Karantonis is visiting Reading from Hershey for work.

“Are you happy about the snow other than the roads?” asked 69 News Reporter Cierra Genelle.

“Yes! Yes, I am. Unfortunately, I cannot go outside …

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New Mexico woman's childhood home burns down in Hobbs [Video]

OUR FREE APP. A NEW MEXICAN WOMAN LOSES HER CHILDHOOD HOME AFTER IT BURNED DOWN IN HOBBS. SHE TELLS ALYSSA MUNOZ. THIS HAPPENED WHILE HELPING OTHERS IN HER COMMUNITY GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. BUT IN CALIFORNIA. SASHA JASMINE BAEZA SAYS WHILE THE CALIFORNIA FIRES DIDNT REACH HER DOORSTEP, SHE STEPPED UP TO HELP OTHERS IN HER COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. NOW, WHAT SHE DIDNT REALIZE IS THAT SHED ALSO BE HELPING HER FAMILY DO THE SAME THING MILES AWAY. EVERYBODY WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME IN LOS ANGELES, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WE LOST A HOME BACK HOME IN NEW MEXICO. LOS ANGELES IS JASMINE BAEZS HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. SHE, LIKE MANY, WATCHED AS FIRES BURNED DOWN COMMUNITIES NEAR HER. IT WAS REALLY SCARY TO SEE THE FACT THAT THESE FIRES WERE RAVAGING THROUGH HOMES AND LAND, ACRES AT A TIME. IT TOOK, I THINK, OVER 5 TO 6 DAYS BEFORE THEY STARTED TO GET ANY CONTAINMENT ON THESE FIRES. A FEW DAYS LATER, BAEZA GOT A CALL. HER FAMILY WAS SEEING SIMILAR FLAMES MILES AWAY. I WAS JUST IMMEDIATELY SHOCKED. UPSET, CRYING. BUT MY GRANDMA WAS SAFE. MY GRANDPA WAS SAFE. A HOME BUILT 30 YEARS AGO BY HER GRANDPA AFTER IMMIGRATING HERE. GONE. WERE ALL REALLY UPSET THAT THE. ALL THE MEMORIES THAT WE BUILT WITHIN THAT HOME ARE GONE. SHE HAD THAT HOUSE SO MANY DIFFERENT COLORS LIKE GREEN, YELLOW, ORANGE, PINK. IT WAS JUST OUR LITTLE MEXICAN OASIS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. NOW SHES SEEING WHATS LEFT OF HER CHILDHOOD HOME THROUGH FACETIME. OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A HEATER THAT WAS PLUGGED IN OVERNIGHT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODYS GRATEFUL, FEELING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND LIKE I SAID, WERE NOT FACING CHALLENGES LIKE WILDFIRES STILL GOING. SO FOR ME, THATS BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHERE IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS HASNT THAT WE HAVENT REACHED A COMPLETE STOP. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THEY DO HAVE A LOT MORE CONTAINMENT ON THE FIRES OUT HERE. AND THAT WILL ALSO HELP MY FAMILY FEEL BETTER. BAEZA SAYS HER FAMILY HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND GLAD EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GE

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Bank of Albuquerque outage restored [Video]

Bank of Albuquerque customers can once again use online services. The bank says it experienced a significant outage involving a service provider. It started sometime Wednesday, Jan. 15.The service provider also impacted 26 other banks, according to a spokesperson with BOK Financial. Follow us on social: Facebook | X/Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeLate Thursday night Bank of Albuquerque posted this statement on its website:"Our digital banking platforms are back online after an outage at our service provider. Deposits, payments, and transactions may be delayed or incorrectly reflected but will continue to update as today's transactions are processed. Thank you for your patience as we work through remaining issues. For assistance, please contact ExpressBank."BOK Financial also offered this message to clients regarding to outage:"We understand how frustrated you are and apologize for the significant delay as we wait for the system to come back online. This is a system issue outside of our control but please be assured our team is working diligently with our vendor to get it back online. We know it is stressful to not have access to your account or debit card and sincerely regret the inconvenience it has caused. We will post an update as soon as we have one."Stay updated on the latest news with the KOAT app. You can download it here.