Of something wrong came mid morning. We had the report of 16 firefighters that were possibly exposed to Carbon Monoxide. Reporter the firefighters were assigned to the glass fire, but werent actively fighting flames when they fell ill. At an offsite location from the base camp unrelated to the fire area. Reporter they were taken to the fair grounds and were examined on site. Of those 16 firefighters, one firefighter was transferred to a local hospital for further evaluation, and all of the other firefighters have been released back to duty. Reporter investigators are trying to determine what sickened the firefighters including the source of any Carbon Monoxide. The victims were part of the same group of firefighters. It was an Engine Strike Team assigned to the incident. So a group of five fire engines with 16 personnel on it. Reporter firefighters are usually the ones responding to Carbon Monoxide which is known as the silent kill person symptoms include nausea, headache, and confusio
Courthouse. This is downtown oakland right near lake merritt, all happening within the past hour. Video of the entrance filled with flames and smoke posted on social media. You can see fireworks going off in the area, but the extent of the damage to the courthouse not yet clear. Earlier tonight several protesters broke off a peaceful demonstration downtown and vandalized a police station. You see a photo of it right there. Oakland p. D. Tweeted, asking organizers to keep the protests peaceful after the station was spraypainted and those windows were broken. Fireworks were also set off there, and officers in helicopters were targeted with lasers. Well continue to update you on this breaking situation in oakland. Now we want to go to our coronavirus coverage. More testing and less waiting. If you tried to get a covid19 test in the last few weeks, you may have waited for hours to get it. But in san jose today, wait times were dramatically reduced all thanks to a new system. Nbc bay areas
It all happened around 10 00 last night. Video was posted to social media of the superior courthouse entrance. You could see filled with flames and smoke. Hat area. Courthouse is not yet clear. And it appears another group of protesters broke off from the mostly peaceful demonstration and vandalized this Oakland Police station. Oakland pd tweeted pleading with organizers to keep the protests peaceful. This after windows to the front entrance of the station were shattered and the building graffitied. Fireworks were set off there. Officers in helicopters were targeted with lasers. Video from the wall of moms group in the bay at city hall. It was a peaceful march. Th wed he was sending federal troops to democraticled cities. Now to our continuing coverage of coronavirus. More testing and less waiting. If you tried to get a covid19 test in the last few weeks you may have waited hours to get it like these people waiting in line in their cars. But in san jose wait times were many of us could
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Employees. Abc7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live breakin down the latest. As you just mentioned that figure, the governor mentioned 350,000 businesses across the state did receive a notice. The Public Health mandate must be enforced. How it will be enforced is still a question. What we do know is the state is not issuing a penalty for those who do not come my. Ahead of the Holiday Weekend, Governor News on the announced a new Public Awareness campaign hoping to encourage compliance. Focus on messages that we think hithome some criticize, its not enough to solve the problem. What do you suggest to those who say thats great but it is time to get tougher on imposing it. Explaining the state has threatened to pull support for counties. It is foggy what enforcement means. Were not going into everybodys backyard to enforce it. I encourage they will to do the right thing. Even Scientists Say encourage many isnt going to cut it. If we want to solve this, we need to enforce it. Dr. Wit wi