Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff
Time. We respect the right to initiate legal action, and we respect the judicial process to follow. What happens next with this officer . Most about if the officer ily will be prosecuted and that is not clear. Remember, the District Attorney has said she doesnt want to bl her office. She asked the attorney general to do it and they said no how you do it and that is in limbo. As for the officer and his daily life that we dont even know if he is still on the street because right now there is a legal action that prohibits the city from making his name or anything about him public. He could be on the street still but there is no confirmation on that right now. Okay. Live in vallejo for us. We first brought you the lawsuit announcement and stay uptodate by streaming us on kpix. Com and other digital platforms. Police shot killed a driver of a stolen car after he led them on a high speed chase. They tried to pull him over about 11 00 last night and the chase ended in nearby oakland. The driv
Supreme court with chief Justice John Roberts writing the government did not give adequate justification for ending this program, allowed 8,000 dreamers to avoid deportation. It allows children of Illegal Immigrants to stay in the u. S. If they were under the age of 16 when their parents brought them here and if they arrived by 2007. This ruling means the president can try to come back with a more detailed rational for why the program should be shut down but that could take mondays. University of california, California Attorney general Javier Becerra and a coalition of states sued to restore daca. Becerra said this is a true indictment of the way President Trump does business, which does not reflect american values. He and the daca resill yentz on the call, include two plaintiffs in the case called on congress to come up with a permanent path to citizenship. The victory today proves no one is above the law, including this president. Trump is not above the law. He has made it clear time
To executive pay or cant cover salary over 1 had been hundred,000. So. Congressman says companies that take federal funds and lay off workers must repay the loans or face severe consequences. Theres fraud involved if its not the use of the pony and thats serious consequences. Were enjoying the hype to be left without work in an industry and country in the grips of a killer virus. San Jose Jesse Gary ktvu fox news. Private companies eflameed more than 20 million jobs along are trade, transportation and contrunks struck. The Labor Department will release their numbers on froi. Those numbers rex numbers will show unemployment climbed to 16 in april. Unemployment rate was 4. 4 in march. Governor newsom signed an executive order expanding Workers Compensation benefits to all sectors of the states economy. On wall street stocks were mostly lower today. Dow fell 218 points just under 1 . And the nasdaq gained 45 on the strength of tech stocks including apple and s p down 20. Bank stocks hit h
See if you have to get to San Francisco youre going to like looking at the bay bridge toll plaza that i can show you. Traffic is moving well here. There have been no major issues on interstate 880 and as a matter of fact the east bay commute is off to a good start. 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. We should know sometime today whether anyone off the coast of california on a cruise ship has tested positive for the coronavirus. A lab in richmond is processing the test results of 45 passengers and crew members on the grand princess cruise ship. Now, after the results come back, the cdc and the state of california will decide where that ship should be allowed to dock. A california coast, the lab in richmond is processing those tests of 45 passengers and crew members. And, again, after the test results come back, they may be allowed to dock off the coast of california. San francisco is one possibility. Right now there are now more than 200 cases of coronavirus in 18 states. Doug luzaders in