Our state also reported 115 deaths in the past day. That brings the number of deaths statewide to 7870 since the start of the pandemic. Happening now Sonoma County officials are considering imposing fines on people and businesses caught violating covid19 health orders. With covid cases on the rise, officials there put could follow the lead of other counties and begin imposing fines. Ultimately we need to enforce because if i dont wear seatbelt i will hurt my own life when i dont wear a mask i the supervisor wants greater enforcement to stop the spread of coronavirus but is reluctant to spend more than half million tax dollars on the social Education Campaign and county staffers suggest establishing a hotline where callers can report those running afoul of the law. 100 for individual fine 1000 for businesses and the goal is to get greater compliance with Wearing Masks, social distancing, handwashing and avoiding large crowds. Sonoma county has 2241 confirmed cases of which 900 our act o
That coming up. Im anne makovec at the live news desk here. And we are following the aftermath of a huge earthquake along the alaska peninsula. It was a 7. 8 magnitude that hit at about 10 12 last night. Local time. And then there was the tsunami warning for a very large area and that sent people fleeing to Higher Ground. Luckily that warning was called off without any damaging waves. This is video as the sirens were going off in kodiak overnight. The quake centered in the water and that tsunami warning was for south alaska, the peninsula and the aleutian islands. So you can imagine that was a lot of people that were trying to get to Higher Ground all at one time before it was called off about two hoaftethe quake. As far as any injuries or damage from that quake, we have not heard of any yet but we are talking about some remote areas so were going to continue to follow that for you. Back to you. Len. And thank you. A live look now at coronavirus cases in california. This Johns Hopkins
And the Business Community in charlotte. What is the state of the Rnc Convention this august . Jim that is a good question because people down here arent sure. One thing we do know is that the president wants a big rally for his acceptance speech. He cant get acceptance speech. He cant get that here, at least right now. They are planning to have the official business of the convention in charlotte. Whether the actual nominations might happen here, it is all up in the air. People are still talking. There are contracts involving the convention and visitors bureau. Even the charlotte hornets, who have the arena and have contracted that. There is still a lot of talking. Host what about the reaction within the Hospitality Industry banking on revenue for the region . Jim the Hospitality Industry is looking at this as a lifeline. No doubt they had a rocky last two or three months, lost business, restaurants boarded up or closed. With the news of the convention leaving, there was one business
He cant get that here, at least right now. They are planning to have the official business of the convention in charlotte. Whether the actual nominations might happen here, it is all up in the air. People are still talking. There are contracts involving the convention and visitors bureau. Even the charlotte hornets, who have the arena and have contracted that. There is still a lot of talking. Host what about the reaction within the Hospitality Industry banking on revenue for the region . Jim the Hospitality Industry is looking at this as a lifeline. No doubt they had a rocky last two or three months, lost business, restaurants boarded up or closed. With the news of the convention leaving, there was one business we had a story on this morning that is closing because that was like the last straw for them. It was a business downtown not far from the Spectrum Center where the convention would have been held. Businesses are looking at it as a lost opportunity. The Host Committee of the conv
A lot of mixed messages the past couple of days between the president s tweets, the rnc, and the Business Community in charlotte. So what is the state of the Rnc Convention this august . Jim that is a good question because people down here arent sure. One thing we do know is that the president wants a big rally for his acceptance speech. He cant get acceptance speech. He cant get that here, at least right now. They are planning to have the official business of the convention in charlotte. Whether the actual nominations might happen here, it is all up in the air. People are still talking. There are contracts involving the convention and visitors bureau. Even the charlotte hornets, who have the arena and have contracted that. There is still a lot of talking. Host what about the reaction within the Hospitality Industry banking on revenue for the region . Jim the Hospitality Industry is looking at this as a lifeline. No doubt they had a rocky last two or three months, lost business, restau