Unemployment benefits last week. That is double the previous weeks record of 3. 3 million. Ringing the total to almost 10 million. Here in california 878,000 people filed first time and implement claims last week compared to 186,000 the week before. California has twice as many claims as any other state. Relief is now available for Small Businesses in california affected by the outbreak. Governor newsom today announced a relief package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses to july 1. Businesses with less than 5 million in taxable sales will be able to defer payment of up to 30,000 for one year without a fine or penalty. In essence it is a bridge loan. The money youve already collected, you will not have to pay the state for 12 months, no penalties or interest, de facto, alone. Governor newsom also announced a new job search website called on rca. Org. It will assist people that are laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic find employment and other resources. Today th
In the past two weeks. Good evening, everyone. Im julie haner. And im frank sommerville. Tonight we have another statistic thats as staggering. 1 million cases and rising. Today the worldwide coronavirus pandemic reached and then quickly exceeded that number, along with more than 53,000 deaths. And here in the bay area theres more sad news, all nine counties have reported deaths from the coronavirus. Everyone should work a Face Covering out in public. Regional Authorities Say wearing a cloth mask or bandanna may prevent transmission of the coronavirus. This in medical grade masks should be reserved for healthcare rkers. According to the Labor Department a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 870,000 people filed firsttime claims. California has twice as many unemployment claims as any other state. The flood of new requests for jobless benefits is now threatening to overwhelm the States Employment offices. Now we have advice
Brother spoke about their mother, first time wednesday. She had a remarkable religious faith. She was very big on character. Working class. Reporter they retained Robert Mongeluzzi to investigate circumstances surrounding the fire and their mothers death. We want to know how it happened. They did not protect teresa reporter mongeluzzi and his team inspect the facility wednesday morning, sharing these photos which they say show the point of origin of the fire, a trash cannon an outside patio, and when the fire broke out mongeluzzi says the Sprinkler System did not work, his investigators focused on that Safety System s water valve. This is that main valve, today at least, it was off. There is no indication, no evidence after of today that this valve was turned on, on the night. Reporter but with teresa fur ever gone the familys only goal to make sure that this doesnt happen to any other person ever again. We can only hope she didnt suffer but we just didnt know reporter atf just release
Using 2008 as a learning experience. It is evolving. We use different tools. Everything has change, since zero eight. Reporter day before the game, thousands of woman from across the area will come to philadelphia to take part in the womens march. One year after the first one, and wilson says despite on line rumors, Police Officers will not randomly frisk people , although security will still be tight at the march. Wilson says that visual screenings, may happen. We have, blocking vehicles, we have had that last year, we are adding bicycle rack on the outside for crowd control and we will have visual screening. Reporter busy weekend no question about. That coming up at 6 00 hear from a business ornater cottman and frankford who has been there for years. Hear his game plan for what may happen this weekend. I want to point out parking will be a issue on south broad street. I will be closed during the game time, on sunday, between south street and the stadium complex, of course, other clos
Simply better. Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Wild weather in southern california. Flash floods take out a freeway. It cut off the main artery already from la to arizona. Down in the southland cannot interstate 10 is shut down in growth directions tonight. That is 50 miles from the arizona border. Flash flooding completely washed away the eastbounds of interstate 10. These pictures give you an idea of how heavily it was raining. Water rushed underneath the bridge when it collapsed. It went down right along with the truck, the freeway, everything. The passenger made it out, but firefighters had to rescue the driver. That person is in the hospital and moderate injuries. No word on how long it will take to repair the roadway. This is what happens when the Santa Ana Mountains get overwhelmed with rain. Flash flooding in the Silverado Canyon area tonight. A torrent of water and mud has been pouring down the slopes, blocking the roads. We have a Flash Flood Warning