Eye on their progress. A massive effort to clean up one of san joses biggest Illegal Dumping sites. Crews are tackling the trash at the notorious Monterey High School highway dumping ground. Things are starting to look a lot different. Reporter you know come this problem is so big and there is so much junk here that the work crews that started today say that it will probably take them a week to clean this up. The view from chopper five shows pile upon pile of trash in narrow, Illegal Dumping ground that goes on for a quarter of a mile on the southern tip of san jose. On the ground, work crews used heavy equipment to begin cleaning it up as well as hard labor. Its horrible, it is terrible. Reporter she lives in a homeless camp nearby, she said people began dropping off a few items at the beginning of the pandemic, supposedly as donations for homeless people. Then it just grew. They just show up in cars, trucks, and whatever and they do it fast, too, they pull up and they just dump right
Investigated as hate crimes by the San Francisco police. We spoke about an hour ago to the National Committee of america who says these are not isolated incidents. Fearful and more determined. We already Heard Community members receivining threats, businesses and individuals. Reporter nobody was here at the Community Center or the school at the time shots were fired. If you have any information, you are being asked to contact the San Francisco police department. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Making the move from purple to red, Solano County is getting ready for the status to change. Right now only napa changing to the less restrictive tier. Red tier includes hair salons and movie theaters and gyms, all at reduced capacity. We have to show you this graph. The gray line which you see here is the number of coronavirus tests. This blue line right here thats the positivity average. So look at this, you come all the way over here. This is saturday, on saturday 179,000 tests conducted. The
Have been reported across the country. And here at home that grim nationwide milestone comes as california statewide covid numbers continue to improve governor Gavin Newsome providing an update earlier today, he says the state has averaged about 3400 cases over a sevenday period, the latest numbers showing below that with just under 3300 cases reported yesterday the governor says on average they are conducting more than 100,000 tests a day. And with a number of testing going up the Positivity Rate is going down over the last 7 days even with the improving numbers, california still has a Positivity Rate of 2. 1 . The governor says the state is committed to increasing testing across california. We are of the firm opinion that that we are able to move forward to increase the availability and the timeliness of tests here in the state of california we will have more clarity and more insurance in our capacity to move more swiftly to that not only reopen different sectors of our economy more
Moves in. Melissa colorado has more on the demand for heat lamps and fire pits and whether it will be enough to encourage foodies to dine out in the cold. Reporter downtown walnut creek transferred into rows and rows of restaurant patios. Take main street. On some weekends, theres more tables and chairs set out than parked cars. How will the restaurants adjust in the winter . Theyll be bracing for rain, wind and hail. So right now its beautiful weather. We enjoy the weather. But the rainy season reporter the owner, eric zang knows his restaurant in walnut creek, cant rely on sunny skies forever. Everybody worry about the winter, our rainy season. How can we do it . How can we survive . Reporter many restaurants, especially along the bay are already stocking up on electric and gas heaters says the owner of alfresco heating in novato. Theres been this before. Eric can says propane heaters are flying off the shelves because theyre portable and dont need to be plugged in. Alfrescos outdoor
No. Why now . That is a great question. Edd has been failing for years. We felt really good but we had some time to vent about some of the unlucky in this with injuries. It took a huge toll, and we just learned one star 49er is out for the season. Breaking news in vacaville right now, a brush fire has spread to the roof of an apartment building. This aerial video just coming into the newsroom, the fire broke out around 4 30 on beeler drive and marshall road. Crews say it jumped a canal and then hit that nearby apartment building. Firefighters were there to knock it down. They are now trying to get the rest of the brushfire completely surrounded. So far it appears no other structures are threatened. Also right now on the news at seven and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking alive at sacramento, tonight, the state is telling x hundred thousand people who have been waiting for months for their jobless benefits to wait even longer. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Juliette