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In a video a white couple for martinez deface a black lives matter mural outside the courthouse. They charge them with vandalism. Organizers say they have been getting threats. Weve been getting threats regularly that people are going to come to town. This march. Marchers have their own security teams. Police called an outside Law Enforcement agencies for support. They said well several officers will be on hand there would not be visible to demonstrators unless needed. So far relearned of only a minor shouting competition between demonstrators and just one man. There have been no reports of violence. Vegetation fire at a homeless and cameron earned about 15 acres this afternoon and sent a large plume of smoke over the city. The flames spread quickly on the hillside but this didnt take long for crews to get the fire under control. Investigators are still trying to figure out what started the fire. That fire broke out in triple digits each. This is one of the many areas with hot and dry
California is a vital piece of our response, not only to focus on taking care of patients who present with symptoms if our care delivery system, but also to understand the patterns of transmission across the state in vulnerable communities, in different parts of our state, so that we can respond effectively. More than 5. 5 Million People have been tested for the coronavirus here in california. In the south bay, businesses are wonder how long they will recover after investing in a plan to reopen, only to be told they have to close down just days later. Maureen naylor joins us with their reaction. Reporter well, julie, Business Owners who waited months to reopen say its taking a toll on them both financial economy is emotionally to have to close now two days later. At rage salon in campbell, its not anger, but sadness the owner and his wife felt tuesday morning. . When i saw the bathroom light come on, went in there to see how she was doing, and she was already in tears. Reporter what di
Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Instead. H hs said they are trying to streamline Data Information which will be used to form policy at the federal level, but critics say its just another move to sideline the cdc and other Health Experts and potentially political size the findings. Here in california, officials are calling for new strategies to streamline covid testing, as many test sites are being overwhelmed. The new goal is to allow doctors to do some testing in their own offices, and pharmacists, too. Andre, there have also been problems such adam delayed test results. Yeah, julie, so they have created a Testing Task Force to face problem we have not seen since the airline days of the pandemic. The Alameda County fire chief told the board of supervisors tuesday that covid19 testing has hit a bump in the road. The one issue were running into is getting First Responders testing on a rapid basis. Many of the test sites by noontime are out of tests for the day. Across the bay in San Francisco, superintendent matt hane