There was not a whole lot of information. That was mother is one of 31 nursing home residents and eight staff numbers of been infected. Evening to you. The nursing home says it is responding to the outbreak, and iceland people as needed. Some staff and families are worried, nonetheless. Parkrose gardens is a Senior Living Center Located in fairfield. It is described as a Memory Care Community for residence with alzheimers or dementia. New at ten, deborah is here now with the concerns from loved ones. Reporter no one but staff in or out, hard enough on families, but it added a positive test into becomes excruciating. I would like to figure out t reporter a worried daughters the anonymous to protect her mother who lives in a nursing home in fairfield. And is newly positive for coronavirus. Ive been told she is okay, and she doesnt show symptoms. But if you i want to see that for myself, how to talk to her. Reporter they specialize in memory care with the slogan reimagine the living exper
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Destroyed and that includes 57 homes. About 156 thousand people remain evacuated and 90,000 buildings continue to be threatened by the fire. We want to show you the latest map showing the massive fire zone. The orange and red squares you see show the most active fire. The areas in purple are mandatory evacuations. The areas in blue are evacuation warnings which include parts of lake and napa counties on the east side of the fire. People in most of west Sonoma County were allowed back on yesterday. Lets take you to live pictures from sky fox flying overhead the kincaid fire in Sonoma County. You can see a good plume of thick black smoke coming from the fire. Because of those winds beginning to pick up you can see that plume of smoke drifting toward the west because the weather winds have shifted today. We have Live Team Coverage for you here on the firefight happening on the ground and the air. And the latest on evacuation warnings. Lets start with tom vacar who has been talking with we
Pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. The role of famous battlefields like gettysburg and antietam are wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Were it not for the defenses built to protect washington, d. C. The battle of fort stevens, the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn about
150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. The battle took place july 11th and 12th in 1864 when Confederate Forces probed washington, d. C. s defenses before turning back. Speakers discuss the battles significance and contributions by africanamerican troops. This is just over an hour. Good morning, and welcome to fort stevens. My name is kim elder and im the Program Manager for the National Park service for the civil war defenses of washington. Id like to welcome and thank each of you all for joining us this morning for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of colors and the singing of the National Anthem by anita frasier. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting