Health officials in Contra Costa County are stepping up free covid testing. Now even though they say mixing with those outside someones household is still a risky idea. Rob roth heard from Public Health officers today and gins us now with more. Rob . Reporter yeah, heather, on one hand Health Officials are urging people to stay home over thanksgiving, but theyre also saying if youre going to visit, get tested first. Cars lined up in this parking lot in concord Tuesday Morning for what the Contra Costa Health department calls testing for turkey. This family recently lost their grandfather to covid and know too well the horrors of the virus. We just want to be safe. Were going to meet some family over the holidays, and we want to protect ourselves and protect them, as well. Reporter this is one of 13 sites in Contra Costa County offering free covid testing. The push now is to get people tested before thanksgiving, and possibly exposing others. While inviting everyone that you gather with
In our commute. Sal is starting it off. What happened thats right. About 3 30 there was a fiery crash on northbound 101 between balancey road and highway 85. San jose fire arrived. These are some of the first pictures. You can tell this is a very serious crash. Multiple engines responded to this and chp is on the scene. Northbound 101 between bailey and 85. This is ia deadly crash. They are called for the coroner at the scene and we have a crew arriving as well. So this is going to be a major problem for you if you are in the area of gilroy, getting up to morgan hill and san jose. Itll impact the commute for hours. Northbound 101. If you are driving in the area i would suggest getting off the freeway and using side roads, perhaps monterey highway and road instead of highway 101. We are looking at some of the faraway commute, westbound 580 and 205, slow at tracy. We have an injury crash westbound 580 and that hasnt caused a big back up yet. You can see the san mateo bridge traffic is ok
You need to do the terrifying thing of telling one of your peers what you did is not okay. Please stop. Reporter Monte Vista School held this assembly after the graffiti was found in the bathroom. White and colored was written over the urinals. It happened yesterday afternoon. Danville police are helping to investigate who may be behind it and why. Its too early to say. Ultimately it doesnt matter. Its an ugly incident and were not going to tolerate this type of behavior. Reporter the School District spokeswoman talking about the motivation behind this graffiti. The message at the assembly was brief History Lesson with one teacher reminds students this kind of language has a long, ugly history in the u. S. With everything that is happening in the world right now, i think its important that were kind to each other and we realize that were all human and were not doing anything that should make any Minority Group feel less. Im glad the school is getting in front of it and im looking forwa
As the mall was packed with holiday shoppers. Police say an argument broke out between two groups, and two people opened fire. Officers shot and killed the 18yearold when they say he pointed a gun at the officers. Police have not released results of the investigation, although he has returned to active duty. The North Carolina legislature has convened for a rare special session to vote on proposed map of redrawn districts in North Carolina. The map unveiled yesterday after a federal panel of judges ruled two of the districts are unconstitutional. We are at the legislative building in raleigh today with the latest tonight. Looking ahead, tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the march 15 North Carolina primary. If you plan to register, you need to make sure your application is received or post a new poll shows marco rubio needs all the help he can get, after South Carolina Governor Haley endorsed him. Polls of South Carolina voters, he is in third place behind donald trump and