Response. An aerial view of Riverside County shows the spread of the apple fire. Flames ripped through the land. An urgent request for extra resources came in at 2 30 sunday morning. The strike team responded. It is an indication that there is an immediate threat to life property. Reporter so far, one home in two outbuildings have been destroyed. Theyre joined by teams from three other counties. Requests for help came in early to get the fire under control as soon as possible. We have seen record five, fire behavior but fire size. Those incidents can dragon for two or three months depending on conditions. We are trying to avoid that. With thousands evacuate her from their homes, the hope is to not have the apple fire truck out for months. We are trying to minimize the amount of time the personnel have to be in these large camps and working in close quarters because of the realities of covid19. We have new information on the fire burning in northern california. It started late yesterday
Has again Record Numbers of deaths the state reported an increase yesterday for a total of 9,224, as for cases, the state has 5,1340 to date. The positivity rate, the percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive appears to be declining slightly. The rate is 7. 3 over the past two weeks, where state Officials Say this number will be key to understanding spread as testing increases. And as we continueb our coronavirus coverage, we are looking at how we can build a better bay area despite the pandemic. We are focused on severncdehe are staying oop little while longer. As of midnight, the county had been on the states watch list for three days. We would mean many indoor businesses would force to close. This would be hair salons and gyms. This morning the county tweet they had are in discussion about the status and additional businesses are fought being required to close. The county did not elaborate. San mateo was put on the watch list because of several factors, including an incre
A wall of flames threatening homes. The effort to contain this welfare. Now at 5 00, the threats of fines and police crackdown. Partiers are showing up at lake merritt. We sent Wilson Walker to find out whats going on. Wilson . Reporter we have been following this for many weeks now. The controversy continues now. As we have been reporting, the city has been reluctant to call what they are doing here a crack down. They have kind of refused to the use the woenrcent. Whawae of difference . Take a look and see. So we got here and we found out we should not be here. But we decided to just come out and take a risk anyway. Reporter no food, no alcohol, no cannabis. That was the citys policy after many weekends of large crowds and a wave of complaints from People Living around the lake. They are selling all kinds of stuff. Weed, barbecue, it is quite the circuit during the covid situation. Reporter city councilmembers rejected calls for a crackdown. They called for more education. Yesterday,
Being ordered to close at midnight. The county has been on the states watch list for more than three days now, which forces many indoor businesses, including hair salons and gyms to shut down. As of this morning, the county was still in discussion with the state about their status, so businesses hadnt closed yet. San mateo was put on the watch list because of several factors, including an increase in the rate of covid19 cases there. There is growing frustration and anxiety in an industry hardhit by the covid19 pandemic across california. Many hairstylists and salon owners still cant reopen. In the east bay, a growing number of stylists are prepared to defy a county order and open anyway. Abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live in pleasanton with the story. Reporter eric, the pandemic has been brutal for hair salon owners across the state, especially here in alameda county. Many say they are struggling and need to reopen now, even if that means defying a county order. I cantdstylis
A bay Area Business owner is selling her house thats been in the family for over 100 years just to stay afloat. Then ordered to shut down businesses in san mateo count county. It starts at midnight. We talk to the disappointed Business Owners. It was a bright and breezy start to the weekend. And soon those winds will bring cooler weather. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good evening and thanks ojoining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. A couple of grim milestones today for california. The state set record 19 deaths. That broke the record set just a few days ago. There are more than half a million confirmed covid19 cases in the state, by far the most in the u. S. And the sevenday positivity rate, which is an indicator of testing and transmission, is now a 6 1 2 . On the peninsula in about an hour indoor businesses like hair salons and gyms will be shut down in San Mateo County. It was the last ba