We have some breaking news we want to share with you out of orinda this morning. There are reports of an explosion and a fire. Take a look at the map on your screen it happened just before 5 00 this morning not far from the high school. Details are limited this morning. We reached out to officials. Lets show you some video from a resident who said she woke up to the sound of the explosion, came outside, this is what he saw. He was told on the scene by police a popping sound you could hear in the video is a sound of ammunition being set off by the fire. No words injuries or if anyone was inside the house. This story is still developing. We will bring you updates throughout the show. Medical experts say coronavirus numbers for california and the bay area are trending well. 22,416 confirmed cases in california including 634 deaths california ranking number five in the number of total cases after massachusetts surpassed us yesterday. 4867 confirmed cases in the bay area including 133 death
Restrictions here in the bay area are still very much in place, and discussions about changing that are just that, discussions. But santa cruz did give us an early look how people might react when some of those restrictions are lifted. It was a cold day and a weekday but that didnt stop some people from the bay area from heading to santa cruz after hearing beaches were no longer offlimits. Whoohoo. So excited. I just cant wait to get in the ocean. Really loving it. That excitement is something Bay Area Public Health officials will watch carefully, before considering whether to open similar waterfront s ocean beach in san francisco, pillar point har bar in san mant county or Jack London Square in london. Im told Bay Area Public Health officers are gathering input from numerous sources and want any decision to be consistent from one county to the next. Reopening beaches in part cautiously. If we see large gatherings of crowds we may need to close some or all of the parks and beaches agai
Violating the stayathome were back with more news in a moment. Order. And is the hot zone cooling what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. Down . The new numbers pointing to progress in santa clara countys fight against the disease. Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. A threestep process for reopening the country, but here in california, well have a different timeline. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana has the details on this pivotal night. Reporter the president s guidelines detail three phases to reopening the american economy. Its essentially a playbook for governors and local Health Authorities to follow. During his Daily White House briefing, President Donald Trump rolling out his plan to eventually relax coronavirus safety efforts. We are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time. And some states will be able to open up sooner than others. Reporter in phase one, so lets do the right thing, today. Restrictions tha
The shooting happened just after 3 00 this afternoon inside the front doors of a walmart on his berrien boulevard. Here is a live picture from the shopping center. You can see there is still police tape up. Authorities remain on the scene investigating at this hour. Witnesses say they first believed the gunshots were from an active shooter. Reporter indeed they did. As you mentioned earlier, the shooting happened just after 3 00 this afternoon. Witnesses tell us there were at least 100 people inside a store at the time. A word of caution. Some of the video you are about to see in the story is considered graphic. This video posted on social media shows tense moments before a man holding a baseball bat was shot by police. Just before the shooting, there is a popping sound. Perhaps the unsuccessful initial taser shot. Police say an officer for that to get the man down. As people scrambled to get kratzer back up, you hear another pop. This time, the suspect begins to stagger backward. He d
Unemployment. Tom talked to 1 who is frustrated after trying to deal with the system. Californias one unassailable growth spree blew up this month. The week of march 7th theres around 41,000 new claims in our state, that increased to 57,000. Last week it skyrocketed up to 186,000 and were waiting on if numbers for this week, i expect it to be double or triple that am. The 360 billion job retechs plan is designed to keep paychecks coming in. Unprecedented Employee Retention measure, well see if that can stem this exploding layoffs and furloughs. I found myself screaming at if computer. Im in that field. Lawrence laid off her job knows filing for unpreliminary benefits is an impossibility the only way to apry is on like. I went to the web site for 48 hours and going in circles and getting an error message. When she called for help. Another roadblock. They are over inundated for the calls you get a recording be you get huck up on. After many hung ups she was told safari was not supported