With a case of massive fraud. Inmates across the state have stolen up to a billion dollars in unemployment money designed to ease the pain of the pandemic. The inmates include Scott Peterson convicted of killing his wife and unborn in 2004 and carrie stainer. State Officials Say the investigation is just getting starte started. Will be one of the biggest fraud taxpayer dollars in california history. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. The abc 7 news iteam broke the story in october. A reporter stefanie sierra is live with the latest developments. Steph . District attorneys representing five counties across california sent this letter to the governor explaining how this fraud is growing out of control. The worst part is, the vast majority say it should be in the hands of struggling families across the state will likely never be repaid. It is perhaps and will be one of the biggest fraud of taxpayer dollars in california history. Reporter a billion dollars worth of Unemployment Benefi
Getting ready to give us an update in just a few minut czu burning south of San Francisco, so we are waiting on that. And while we do were going to check in with meteorologist lisa argen. Whats happening right now, lisa . Good morning, liz. Yesterday we had a nice welldefined marine layer. This morning not the case. Its pretty diffuse and looking at a layer of smoke over the bay area. Decreasing visibility at the shore. That 4 to 5 mile visibility from the smoke over from livermore to san jose where the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups there. Elsewhere, moderate around the bay. And looking at that to change today as that smoke layer continues to shift as we get our windsg nrom t oday. Up ingaleis 7 a hennessy f 73 degrees with very light winds. As we to vacaville temperatures in the upper 60s, winds light and down over in la honda around 70 degrees and light wind. High pressure is Building Back in and with that weve got a high fire weather watch with critical fire danger f
Fight. Our marine layer is getting more and more diffuse. Yesterday it was setup right below the golden gate bridge. And this morning as the High Pressure ridge to the south of us builds back into the bay area were seeing less of a marine influence. We still have the haze, the smoke. 2 miles Half Moon Bay, thats with the fog. And as we look at the air quality we can see its not good for sensitive groups in the south bay, also around livermore and into oakland as well as walnut creek. But moderate air quality up in the north bay. So up towards santa rosa. Its better right now but you know how those winds shift and move that smoke around throughout the day. We can expect that oakland, San Francisco 56 on the coast, and by 9 00 weve got 60s. The fog is at the shoreline, but by the afternoon were warming up into the ening dttays offsho building across the region. Thats going to lead to a high disturbance list. These are the three fire zones spread across the bay area. The lnu complex to th
Alok patel to break down the key points and latest on covid trends, research trending, vaccine trials and much more. Post your questions now for dr. Patel on facebook. Well try to get them answered. Dr. Patel, good to see you again. Good to see you and thank you for including a doctor in your briefing. Absolutely. Always. Youre most important, lets put it that way. I know you watch with interest as i did to the president s briefing. It was the first in a while from the white house on covid19. Overall, wouldnt you say hes struck a more serious tone about the pandemic and where we are in the u. S. . Absolutely. You can tell off the bat that it had a little bit less of that kind of blatantly optimistic tone hes had and started by saying this is going to be worse before it gets better and seemed to really be sticking to a script or sticking to kind of predefined notes as opposed to winging and that somber tone unfortunately is needed right now but more focused on things he wasnt touching o
For many years they know im wise to it weve had a lot of wins. This was a 7 billion win. Not bad. Washington spares champaign and Leather Goods. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes his final pitch but he receives a tepid response. The process, to be frank, a lot of work still needs to be done to reach the object of the backstop a warm welcome to street signs. We are just getting some fresh data out of the eurozone this is the final services pmi and kpcomposite pmi. The final number of 51. 6 versus 52 in august the final composite number is 50. 4 versus 50. 1 in august this comes out of dismal eurozone numbers the final manufacturing pmi fell manufacturing continues to be very, very weak. To have a look at the euro in response to these numbers. Currently trading 1. 5 lower below that 1. 10 level. To get a quick reaction, the global head of Bank Strategy from bank of america merle lynch. We got the final deep in now, touch on the territory the eurozone debt remains very weak particular