Legal attack. A new report published in the journal of pediatrics finds a threefold increase in dog bites during the pandemic. Well tell you why. Wildfires raging in california as temperatures soar and Power Outages grow throughout the states. Early today starts right now good wednesday morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Covid19 is now the third leading cause of death in the united states. The news comes as over 5. 4 million americans have now been infected and over 1712,000 people have died from the virus. The virus is also sweeping through College Campuses across the nation just as the fall semester begins. Students attending Notre Dame University will go online for at least two weeks and students at chapel hill are headed home. Reporter notre dame going virt you for at least two weeks after 19 of students tested positive for covid19. The surge attributed to at least two offcampus parties according to University Officials who say they may be forced to send students home.
Postpandemic academy dominated by americas big tech companies. This friday morning, stocks are going up somewhere, can you believe that, we dont know how were going to close the session but the opening bell the dow will be up another triple digit, over 100 points, s p coming up a series of records of another nine this morning and the nasdaq made 39 records and moving higher again as of right now. That is the market, that is financial history, cue the fireworks, spectacular way to close out the republican convention, they lit up the sky over the white house after President Trump accepted the nomination for second term. It was a long speech, 70 minutes, the president made his pitch, vote for me and ill keep the streets safe and restore prosperity. Joe biden would ruin the country. You will hear it all, and then there is this, senator rand paul and his wife leaving the white house after the speech into an angry mob of demonstrators. That was intimidation that bordered the very close to re
Strangers. Probably not today. We will see. Maybe things will change in the next couple of months. We will see. Lets change the topics here. A call to address the covid19 pandemic and other disasters like hurricane laura. This morning were joined by cathy from the traveling nursing staff to tell us about the demand and tell us about how this works. Cathy, good morning. Does the agency hire people from here in the bay area . Good morning. Thank you for having me. Certainly we hire nurses from all over the country, and some live in Northern California and taking their skills among all of the counties whether its in california or other parts of the country. Reporter all right. I was areas. Reading a little bit about the theres nothing like jumping on that and seeing it going. Theres a good way to get the agency, sounds like these nurses exercise and just a good sport. Are highly qualified and ready to go between 24 and 48 hours, you know, speakingover sports, what a day that we had in the
All in the bay area, low clouds, lots of this mo the afternoon hours, we are watching the fire zone forecast is welcome to the wind picks up, nothing too extreme around time is 50 miles an hour. More of your forecast a few minutes. Standing by right now we have an update on the commute. Reporter good morning, we have traffic that is moving along slowly on some of these commutes at the bay bridge toll plaza for example. You will see its backed up all the way to the main metering lights which are on, this is about a 15 minute delay, nothing unusual about that should be gone by 8 00 unless it is a problem this is the 880, i moved too quickly for me. Here it is, goodnews. If you are leaving the city in fremont, the crash is clear, traffic on the ultimate pass approach is still very heavy. The south a commutes to 80 in san jose and all the other freeways are doing well, lets get back to the headlines. Straight to a developing story, we are following overnight, hundreds of people took part i
Thank you for joining us today. Changes to how the state of california deals with covid19 are coming. Today Governor Newsom unveiled a four tier approach using the colors purple, red, orange, and yellow to determine how counties can move toward reopening. Purple means most nonessential businesses can operate outdoors, but some like hair salons and malls can open indoors at limited capacity. Red means more indoor businesses like museums and movie theaters can reopen with restrictions. Orange means places like indoor wineries and bowling alleys, for example, can open. And at the yellow level, all indoor businesses can reopen with modifications, physical distancing is still required. So are masks and health screenings. The state is also making this change. We also have a criteria not just 21 days on moves between tiers but also two weeks of steadiness before you move into those tiers. Every county in the bay area is purple except San Francisco and napa, which are red. The new framework is