Dr. Anthony fauci the top disease expert and three other members of the task force testified before a House Committee on capitol hill. They were grilled on the claim made by trump in tulsa over the weekend and again Tuesday Morning that he asked for the testing to be slowed down because more infections were revealed that made the country look bad. Would you just kidding . I do not kid. Let me make it clear. To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. Reporter the other factors the search of coronavirus cases including here in california which had a single day record of more than 5000 new infections on monday. Hospitalizations have crept up to 5000. An increase in Community Spread is something i am quite concerned about. Reporter the bright spot is the fast results of operation warp speed. The head of the National Institute says he is cautiously optimistic that one will be available by late this year or early next year. Several are moving along at various pi
Avoided. We are told the tow truck driver spent several years helping others. Welcome to the 10 00 news tonight. I am Heather Holmes. The chp said the accident could have easily been avoided. It happened on the side of interstate 280 between farmville boulevard and edgewood road in the hills above redwood city. We have live coverage tonight. The law is designed to avoid this exact kind of accident. Reporter it really is, frank. Now we see this loss of life tonight. I checked in with the coroner, they released his name, hes identified as mark alarcon, he was 61years old. People with chp said he was well known, helping people on the peninsula. Remake the tow truck driver stopped on southbound 280 near farmville road to help a motorist on the side of the highway. The driver and the atlas towing truck was part of the state fsp, freeway services patrol, helping stranded motorists. Just after 3 30 on tuesday afternoon, he was hit by a lumber truck passing by. It was traveling southbound on 2
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Where a grass fire burned and rought traffic to a annee tts juul loti alsoedp. , burned about five acres. Nothing was damaged, and the cause is under investigation. As with the other fire, well keep you posted throughout the afternoon. Good afternoon. Im larry beil. And im kristen sze. In the south bay, firefighters have been working around the clock to put out a fire burning east of gilroy. The cruz fire is burning near highway 152, and its 20 contained. 2,000 acres have burned since the fire started sunday afternoon. Cal fire says it started as a structure fire and spread to the grass. High winds have made the flames difficult to contain. Another fire in Santa Clara County burned about 350 acres, and is 80 contained now. 80 people were evacuated when the fire broke out saturday night. But all evacuation orders have since been lifted. Investigators are working to determine if fireworks are to be blamed. Lets check in with Spencer Christian and see what kind of role the winds are playi
With the car overturned and smashed with First Responders trying to help. The accident shut down the highway here, highway 680 near Pleasant Hill, just north of treat boulevard, and traffic was backed up for miles. When we first arrived, we saw e so that is why just recently they just reopened the lanes and it looks like traffic is going smoothly. Back here live, fortunately looks like people headed to work wont be affected by this accident. We are still waiting to learn the name of the victim. Reporting live, im sharon katsuda, back to you. Well take that sharon. Sharon talked about all lanes cleared within the last four or five minutes. Were seeing Speed Sensors start to recover, at least theyre reading now, we had two lanes open for a period of time causing the backup to about monument. This is in Contra Costa County coming off of Pleasant Hill and concord traveling toward the walnut creek interchange. All lanes of 680 opened after the overnight deadly crash that happened three hour