Increase of fire danger keeping utility leaders on alert in case they need to take action to lessen the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on kauai essos announcement on not turning off the power today. Dan thorn has reaction from are in moran breathing a sigh of relief but first a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight and last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning a major concern fastmoving storms that could lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfire for more on the red flag warning in the continued heat wave want to check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lauren yes certainly been hot enough around the bay area so weve had the record heat the last couple of really were primed. In fire conditions unfortunately now were start looking a little subtropical moisture begin to wrap around that big dome of Hig
Congress, signing four executive orders, providing some relief for millions of americans struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. Im taking action to provide an additional or an extra 400 per week in expanded benefits. 400. Okay. Talks between the Trump Administration and the democratic leadership on a new covid19 relief bill collapsed friday. It was a disappointing meeting. We did not make any progress today. Reporter democrats say they offered to meet republicans halfway on a 2 trillion stimulus package. I offered to them, well take down a trillion if you add a trillion in. They said, absolutely not. Reporter there was some positive news from the labor department. Fridays job reports beat expectations. Nearly 1. 8 million jobs added last month. The Unemployment Rate dropped to 10. 2 . The data showed erthat l their at the beginning of the pandemic are still unemployed. The 600 unemployment benefit expired july 31st. That extra 600 has been a lifeline to us to keep the roof over ou
Continue to keep funding this. Reporter the governor will not ease restrictions soon. One week does not make a trend that gives you confidence to generate headlines. We are looking forwhat and we needed to see another few weeks after this kind of data to come in, to feel for confident. Reporter im roz plater, nbc bay area news. New cases in california are on a slight decline. The graph shows a number of cases added each day since april. The blue line is the 14day average of new cases. You can see we have really high peaks, for several weeks from late june to mid july. This one right here, this is nearly 12 n,000 on july 7th, nearly 13,000 cases reported on one day, july 21. But the numbers are started to trend downward. 5700 new cases is bell below the 14day daily average of 8800. And the percentage of tests coming bay positive is dropping. Break news in the south bay. A senator announcement that cut a little of people off guard. San jose police chief eddie garcia announced he is retir
And we must accelerate in response. We have a small window of time right now to get our cases under control before we could see the large outbreaks that we are seeing around this country. The mayor pointed the finger directly at an increasingly complacent and growing segment of the population tired of cabin fever. People who are having gatherings with others outside of their households. San franciscans need to change their behavior. Gatherings remain inherently dangerous. At the general hospital, the average age of the person hospitalized with covid19 since july first has been 41 years. We dont have months, we barely have weeks. The mayor demands that private Health Insurance providers step up and speed up virus testing. One key to reopening. Were not reopening us how we get this under control. We are all at risk for this disease and all at risk for serious consequences. We have flattened this curve once and we must do it again. A negative test is not a passport to do what you want. On
Get em now with no contact delivery. And we made people happy. This closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldnt take the wynn and encore out of us. And now, we are proud to welcome you back. F0 him new concerns about covid in california. Were among 10 states seeing the highest numbers since the pandemic started. People need to understand this is a serious pandemic, that people are dying and we have in our control things to do to keep us safe. When we are safe other people. A group of can catch the virus from us. For two days california has protesters marched on the car reported 4,000 new cases. Good evening to you. New numbers from the California Department of public quinnez carquinez bridge this health show that uptick in new afternoon. A truck driver that was corona cases. More than 4300 new cases were injured supports the cause, but reported thursday. Doesnt understand why some california now has more than 165 how the cases. Turn violent. Amber lee i