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Contained and the czu august lightning complex fires burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Now 19 contained calfire seeing cooler weather and extra resources coming from outside the bay area has certainly helped crews gain some ground on these fires and weve got Team Coverage of the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties. And you can take a look here at the map and it shows you the areas burned by that fire or complex of fires which has destroyed more than 440 ho...

Mountains, highway 101. There may be foggy areas. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Our breaking news that were covering, this week will be critical more than 14,000 firefighters battle 17 major fire complexes sparked by lightning storms burning mostly in Northern California. The wildfires caused at least seven deaths statewide and destroyed at least 1,200 homes. And in the bay area there is a lot of ground to cover. Our team once again covering every inch of it this morning. Today in the bays ...

The air and from the freeway you can see the flames. We are at cherry glen and Pleasant Valley road and chp blocking that intersection only letting law enforcement, First Responders in to try to prohibit that traffic to do their job. For hours folks have been working to evacuate, preparing to evacuate from this fire. Earlier you heard from one of our own discussing how stressful it is. He said he could see the flames from his home and began taking photos of the belongings, photos of the home in ...

In the terms of fresh firefighters, theyre stretched thin, but they are making a lot of progress 17 can tame and thats up from 13 and good news to pass along they hope to make significant inroads in the fire over the next several days because the conditions look really good meaning winds are down humidity is up and that means they can launch their aircraft once again which yesterday they did for the First Time Since the fire started more than a week ago and they were able to drop 200,000 gallons...

Theres a lot on your plate this morning but we want to get you up to speed with the information we have to get you going. Well start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast today. Were starting out with smoke once again, the main issue weve had besides the hot temperatures. Live look outside in walnut creek once again a smoky start to our morning. The air quality as we look from parts of the north bay, we have an unhealthy air quality for people with breathing problems as we he...

Opening statements at hearings are limit to the chair or the ranking minority member or his designee. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. Therefore im asking for unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection so ordered. Without objection the chair may also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As des...

Covid19 crisis. California now house more than 10,000 cases of covid19 and 233 people have died. Los angeles county has the most confirmed cases with more than 4000 followed by Santa Clara County at more than 1000 and San Diego County at 849. A south bay nursing home has at least a halfdozen residents and staff who tested positive for the virus. Jesse gary joins us now in san jose with the details and what is being done to keep the problem from getting worse. Reporter late this afternoon officia...

Unemployment benefits last week. That is double the previous weeks record of 3. 3 million. Ringing the total to almost 10 million. Here in california 878,000 people filed first time and implement claims last week compared to 186,000 the week before. California has twice as many claims as any other state. Relief is now available for Small Businesses in california affected by the outbreak. Governor newsom today announced a relief package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses to ...

Launches tomorrow. Also today, Governor Newsom announced a release package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses the next year without penalty. And in San Francisco maryland and breed announced a Small Business Emergency Loan Fund that can provide zero interest loans. According to the labor department, a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 800 78,000 people filed firsttime claims. We are live with how people are d...

Mostly sunny today with a little breeze, more so towards the peninsula, sso and Half Moon Bay which is holding up temperatures a little bit. A system on the way for the weekend and there is more that with two pieces of it and heis did a little below average but still okay before the big weekend change. And on this friday Sal Castaneda is here and good morning. Good morning sir, happy friday and here we are with not a lot to say which is good, when we open up the morning if you do have to go to y...