Quickly it can go from bad to worse. Thanks so much. New video tonight from the north bay showing flames burning out of control. Firefighters continue to work around the clock. Yeah. And its not just the north bay. Fires are burning in parts of Santa Clara County and the east bay along with santa cruz, san mateo counties. Thats the czu fire. And tonight weve learned a body has been found in the fire wreckage. We have Team Coverage tonight of all these fires. Lets begin with fire fighterma in Scotts Valley. Reporter and it was some very close call for one homeowner in Boulder Creek tonight. It was very scary just off the road here off highway 9 we watched as flames headed right to the home. This is what it looked like in Boulder Creek just a couple of hours ago. The flames were burning a fence, and we did not see any fire crews around. But ten minutes later cal fire crews showed up and attacked the flames with shovels and water preventing the flames from burning the house. But its not j
That have tested positive, 50 are between the age of 18 and 49. The government acknowledges that fatal cases skew to older populations. But he did emphasize that this is a Health Crisis for every californian. More First Responders around the bay area are contracting the coronavirus. Today we learned the fourth Santa Clara County deputy has tested positive. One of those four, at least one of them did work at the county jail. Oakland police also announced 2 employees have the coronavirus making three cases in that department. And we did learn today that the San Francisco bay sergeants also has coronavirus. That person is self quarantined and the work partner is also isolating at home. Plus word today that three Santa Rosa Police officers have tested positive for the virus and two patrol officers as well as the detective. s emphasis go just reported the first death from covid19 in the past few minutes. Official say the man was in his 40s and had significant Underlying Health issues. In th
More than days. But its also very susceptible to cleaning products. Its mostly a person to person transmission that were concerned about for the communities. Reporter now county Health Officials are stepping up community surveillance. Literal phone banks are set up with county Health Workers calling people that may have come in contact with any of these individuals as well as people who have previously reported symptoms to see literally what their temperature is. Theyre calling throughout the community. They likened it to the type of thing you see on Election Night when the get out the their symptoms pp to make sure thst okay, and thats called community surveillance. Theyre stepping up that practice here ty now. But allen, i know this is something th weve talked about that could happen in the bay area and it is here. Havethe community, and we have to tions doesnt spread or we can slow the spread. It is, but were also in the middle of cold and flu season, a lot of people are sick. They
More about the sequence of events that got us here. In a word, the process. Exactly. The process. He spring this golf course change on us and plant it secretly behind closed doors for six months. People felt they did not have as much input as they should have have and while realistically the purchase negotiation was going on and that was not possible. The odds on san geronimo becoming a golf course again are considered quite long so the ne e is something of a blank canvas and in that respect measure d is about how moran will make decisions like this in the future. They can go anywhere in the county and create all kinds of Development Without the voters having a say. Hopefully at the end of the day we will end up with the decision and planning process and plan that will satisfy most people. A look at the top stories at 5 30 pm, and earlyseason fire, the vegetation fire sent flames and smoke into the air on the san bruno mountain. Cruise were able to prevent the flames from reaching home
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Peopeaghwarh killed wreck snarling traffic for hours. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. That crash happened just before 12 30 early this morning. The car hitting a taxi on 11 northbound. Kpix5s jackie ward has more. Reporter the taxi driver worked for national cab and it is a very somber day here. Other drivers wouldnt comment on who the victim is. It was not his fault. This is what remained of the two cars that slammed into each other. On the left, a volkswagen sedan, chp says the female driver was the solo passenger in the car and driving the wrongway on northbound 101 when she crashed into a taxi killing the driver, two passengers, and herself. At this time, we are looking into whether seat belts were being used within that taxicab. It does appear one of the passengers was ejected from the vehicle due to the collision. But we do not know if drugs or alcohol were involved. That is something we do take a look at