The first night of the dnc all praising joe biden and ripping into donald trump. We the people calling the democratic unless convention to order. Reporter the Democratic National convention looking different than ever before with the pandemic forcing a mostly virtual convention. Dering the four day event democrats are hoping to have a virtual committee. On thursday joe biden will lay out his plan for country and make his case. If you think things cannot possibly get worse. Trust me, they can and they will if we dont make a change in his election. If we have any hope in ending this chaos we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives demand on. The reporter also backing biden, republican john kasich. That attachment holds second places to ply place in the country. Reporter and President Trump is making Campaign Stops in minnesota and wisconsin. His first of several in key battleground states. The president accused biden of trying to push the agenda of the progressives. Joe biden is no
The workweek more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires across california and tonight word of another death th of a 70 yearold man has been discovered in Santa Cruz County good evening. Everybody, im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight were monitoring 3 lightning complex fires across the bay area. Heres the latest information on each the largest one burning acl and you complex fires. Those fires spanned napa a Sonoma Solano and lake counties. Tonights theyve grown to more than 347,000 acres and theyre at 21 containment. The s c you lightning complex fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. Theyve expanded to 343,000 acres and or 10 cothe czu august lightning complex fires are burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Theyve gwn to 74,000 acres and are at 8 containment. And the last time that we have this event which was last weekend. There are some significant wind gust
Concord this afternoon. So temperatures right around where we should be for this time of year. Were going to warm things up looking ahead to tomorrow. Less of that onshore flow and talk about that and also hurricane laura. Have details on that as well. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic for the latest on a crash on 880. Yeah, mary i was kind of looking at 880 a little more closely. We had a Traffic Alert at whipple thats now been canceled and all lanes are clear there. Then this delays south of there into fremont. There may be an accident actually in the area involving a couple of vehicles and we have very red on the sensors here and a lot of slowing as you work your way in this area. This is south 880 heading into fremont. Looks like were getting first reports of a crash in that area. So thats going to add to busy ride thats already been happening on the nimitz freeway this morning. 680 looking okay in both directions if you want to use that instead. And if you are taking
The better off well all be out there. Ikea. Make the dream yours. Announcer from abc7 live, breaking news. Director of the California Department of public health, dr. Sonia angel reportedly announced she resigned her post effective immediately. In email to staff didnt give a reason for resignation. But departure comes a week after glitch was discovered in the data system that caused underreporting of the cases in the state. Governor thanked her for her service. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. On the heels of that resignation, lets look where coronavirus stands in california right now. State reported more than 8,300 new cases of the coronavirus today, well above the sevenday average, may be due to clearing a backlog. Positivity rate is back up to 5. 7 . As the pandemic goes on, were focused on how to build a better bay area for all of us during this time. Health is part of that, another part is education. Were less than 24 hours away from the start of the school year for thousands of kids
Its debut. And i couldnt be prouder to be by his side. Brennan firing off on President Trump and laying out their vision for the next four years. Going on the offensive freshent trump launches fresh attacks against his new rivals. Attacks against his new rivals. Plus, why is the president s soninlaw meeting with kanye west . K9 attack why did police oder a dog to bite a black man in his own backyard, even after he was on the ground . Remembering Sumner Redstone. The media titan who turned drivein theaters into a multimedia empire passes away. Tonight, we look back at his tonight, we look back at his ouse, career, and that famous catch phrase content is king. And the show must go on. Well show you how Technology Saved the day for Young Musicians sidelined by the this is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im margaret brennan. With americans now d