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HERO CENTRAL: Calvary Women's Services Turns Lives Around

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA 9) --- Food, water and shelter are the basic items needed when women pull away from the clutches of homelessness. The three-level building of Calvary Women's Services is transforming lives. Women stay at their facilities in Southeast Washington.

Latoshia Jordan, 36, knows firsthand the benefits of Calvary Women's Services. For the past six months, she has been staying in their transitional housing program.

"I've learned that I can't use drugs no matter what. I've learned how to be more responsible, take care of my business more," she said.

The women eat nutritious meals and many attend healthy cooking classes. Mental health, legal and medical services are available to those who need them.

"So Most of the women who come to Calvary have experienced trauma," said Kristine Thompson, Executive Director of Calvary Women's Services.

Virginia, DC, And Maryland Restaurant Violations

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - Mystery food at a Takoma Park meat market, a sewage complaint on a pool table, rodents at a Silver Spring restaurant, food at potentially unsafe temperatures at a Virginia yogurt shop and an Anacostia grocery store were cited in recent health department closure orders.

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Inspectors closed Yogiberry in Reston, Star Halal in Takoma Park, Nahom Market in Silver Spring, Rockville Billiards in Rockvillee, and Anacostia Market in the District.

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Power Companies Gearing Up for Thursday Storms

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9) -- Myra Oppel was sitting in her office at Pepco's Headquarters when the Derecho of 2012 hit. 

She watched as the power company's outages jumped from a few thousand to almost half a million. By the time it was all over, more than two-million people in Virginia, Maryland, and the District were in the dark, and it would take nearly two weeks before all the power was restored.

Almost a year later, Oppel met with WUSA9 to discuss what Pepco's doing to prepare for this latest round of storms. 

HERO CENTRAL: Bread For The City Provides Free Medical Care

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA 9) ---Taking care of your health is a big responsibility. For the District's residents, it is hard to address health needs when money is low. Bread for the City makes sure low-income city residents can see a doctor.

Fifteen years ago, Michael Blue says he saw the head doctor, Dr. Randi Abramson, by chance. He had stopped inside the medical clinic at Bread for the City, because his wife was sick.

"I got here bringing my wife and Randi approached me and asked me, '...and when have you had a check up?' and it had been like, never, and discovered that I had beginnings of high blood pressure."

Dr. Abramson put both Blue and his wife on a path to better health.

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'Extreme Financial Difficulties' Cited by Former DC Council Member

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Lawyers for former DC City Council member Michael Brown released a statement to the media on Friday about his bribery charge.

Lawyers for Brown cite, "severe financial difficulties" as the reason for his recent run-in with the FBI. 

READ THE STATEMENT HERE

Brown was formally charged with bribery of a public official after an FBI sting.

According to the charging document, Michael Brown "directly and indirectly, corruptly demanded, sought, received, accepted, and agreed to receive and accept things of value personally, to wit, fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000.00) in cash from representatives of Company M, whom unbeknownst to defendant BROWN were undercover employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation..."

4 DC Firefighters Investigated for Sexual Misconduct Allegations

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Four firefighters are being investigated for an alleged sexual assault of a female firefighter at a DC firehouse, officials say.

The firehouse where the alleged incident occurred at Engine #1 which is located on the 2200 block of M Street, N.W. Two firefighters and two supervisors have been placed on administrative duties. The female firefighter is from the same unit as the four that are being investigated, officials say. 

D.C. Police say that a report for a misdemeanor sex abuse at 2200 M Street NW was filed on May 31. The incident occurred around midnight.

The police report shows that the accuser reported that "she was asleep at the Firehouse when she felt someone touched her inner thigh." 

HERO CENTRAL: Horton's Kids Enriches Young Lives

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) --- "Imma be a super star," said sixth-grader Indiya.

For the past six years, Indiya has been studying with an after-school tutor at Horton's Kids. The non-profit organization offers tutoring and enrichment programs for children living in two subsidized apartments in Ward 8.

Often children in low-income neighborhoods don't get the chance to learn beyond classroom hours. In Anacostia Horton's Kids strives to offer a brighter future for vulnerable youth age 5 to 18 years old.