Like that. Day one of cleaning up a huge Illegal Dumping site, and already, 60 tons of trash has been collected. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. Im julie haener. Mounds of garbage and debris along monterey highway, a problem for years, made worse because of the pandemic and the homeless encampments now there. New at ten tonight, as in smith with the action being taken and how much was removed on day one. Reporter well, one time equals 2000 pounds, so needless to say, 60 tons of trash is a lot. City leaders to say the majority of the trash is caused by Illegal Dumping, and not homeless individuals. On monday, crews of the city of san jose and Union Pacific railroad began cleaning up massive piles of trash, old appliances, and rundown cars, littering monterey road near Bailey Avenue in south san jose. I said all along when i talked residents about this that i am just as frustrated as they are. Reporter the City Council Member who represents the areas says the debris is the l
Changed as is the case often thanks for joining us. On this monday night everybody im grant lotus yeah, its a sad fact, im Vicki Liviakis this a death toll in the u. S. Has doubled since just the end of may and the number is projected to climb even higher before the years and the top covid19 projection model is predicting nearly 380,000 coronavirus deaths here in the u. S. By january. If that happens were going to hit half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic. And the united is on the. Grant i believe youre next all right there is some growing confusion tonight over the cdcs latest guidelines on covid last week. The cdc updated its website to say it is possible that covid may be spread through droplets. An airborne particles that are formed to a person infected with the virus. Coughs sneezes sings talks or briefs teaser things that were widely known at least if you talk to medical experts the cdc said it last week but now the city says the cdc says that was a mistake to issue that guida
Reporting on the fiasco at the Employment Development department, fraud, benefits department and nobody answering the phones. Well, now a reset to a new system. The reset started this weekend. I didnt want to wait another day. And that reset means the state is halts new claims for two weeks with 600,000 people still awaiting benefits. Michael finny has the latest developments. I have been waiting since august, august 1st. Reporter one of the 600,000 workers who still have no benefits months after losing their jobs. You cant get through. Michael hurley has been waiting since june. No faith in the system, not at all. Reporter the edd blocks benefits for both workers saying they need to prove they are who they say they are. Like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and heard nothing back. I think now im in another kuwaiting for whatever. Thats frustrating. Im so discouraged. Reporter kim was told to wait eight weeks. I was really upset because how wo
Peninsula. Tonight people breathing a sigh of relief after flames got way too close for comfort. Good evening. Dozens of homeowners in belmont on edge this evening. Theyre back home after a fastmoving brush fire forced them to evacuate. This happened near alhambra drive, which backs up to open space near san juan canyon. The outcome could have been very different but quick work by firefighters saved homes. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more. Reporter standing on the rooftops of homes, firefighters poured water on a fouralarm brush fire moving up a dry canyon in belmont. While crews attacked the flames, Belmont Police officers went door to door. They said, sorry, you have to evacuate. So we just got ready. Reporter telling people in 40 homes in the cipriani neighborhood to evacuate. One woman snapped this picture of flames out her back window before she left. Some didnt know they were in danger. I saw the smoke. At first i thought it was the regular stuff. Reporter officers tied caution t
Final approval. The method of coronavirus transmission has been at the heart of Public Health guidelines and debate over reopening businesses, schools, and public transportation. Last friday, the cdc posted on his website that small aerosol particles from coughing, sneezing, singing or even breathing are thought to be a main way the virus spreads. Then on monday, the cdc took down the post, and said in a statement that the revisions were posted without appropriate inhouse technical review. It nonetheless contributes to confusion when something gets rolled out and pulled back again. That is my real concern. Reporter a professor at Uc Davis Court that a recent study on aerosol production when people speak or sing. He says while masks and social distancing focus on larger droplets, the sciences clear that people produce a great amount of small aerosol particles that can hover for a long time and travel great distances. Those raindrops fall right out of the atmosphere, wheres the wildfire