Season. From january to may 10 of last year, we had 675 wildfires. From january until may 10. This year, we have had 1135 wildfires. What california continues to fight the viral pandemic, it must also be ready to fight wildfires while protecting the firefighters from the virus. This is being done by training and smaller groups with more spacing between firefighters. At real fires, base camp tents will be much farther apart to ensure distancing as well. Trying to do our best to suppress the spread. At the same time, we have to mitigate and suppress these fires. The priority . Use more people, aircraft, fire engines and equipment to knit fires in the bud. Initial attack is the key component to keeping fires small and keeping firefighters healthy. Pg e and other investor owned utilities in california will be wire to spend 5 billion on safety and wildfire mitigation. To a sure that happens, the governors increasing the state budget to launch a 106 person wildfire safety division. That divi
Economists expect most jobless numbers will show that another 2 1 2 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. That would be a slight improvement from the prior week. The nation has seen about 33 million new unemployment claims in just the past seven weeks. Here in california, the state Employment Development department has issued a new set of guidelines as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The new rules would allow some people to actually turn down job offers and instead continue to collect Unemployment Benefits. New at 6, andrea is here now to explain. Is a drastic change from what normally happens when people collect unemployment but part of the reason here is that people are supposed to be hunkering down at home to prevent the spread of covid19. It is sort of a day by day week by week. That is how tonya, owner of brown sugar kitchen on broadway and oakland views her current predicament after laying off 34 members of her 40 person staff thanks to the coronaviru
News. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area looking at hoyt tower lit up in blue this morning to honor the hospital and Healthcare Professionals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning everyone, it is thursday, april 30, i am michelle griego. Good morning to you this thursday morning. Lets get your first check of weather and traffic. First up is it mary lee. Mary, good morning. Happy thursday to you. We are looking at low clouds and areas of fog along the coast and right around the bay. You can see a live look at the salefour tower camera. You can see that patchy fog out there. Our temperatures are in the 50s. Low to mid 50s as we start off our day. Looking at clearer skies from concord as well as livermore and santa rosa along the coast and right around the bay. As we go through the afternoon looking at the time highs a little bit above average for this time of year. 67 for a high in San Francisco. 72 in oakland, mid70s in san jose and concord. We will talk more a
Some clearing as we go through our day, a little bit more sunshine compared to yesterday. Here is a live look with the san jose camera. Looking at downtown san jose, the temperatures are running low to mid 50s as we start our thursday. Looking at those clouds, areas of fog along the coast in the bay, clear skies for concord and livermore. As we head through our afternoon we have a mix of sun and clouds. 67 degrees for a high, mid 70s in san jose and we will talk about the rest of the week and a cool down with temperatures cooling down. Lets check in with the traffic. Today off to a great start. Overall the bay area bridges are quiet, we have a couple things to watch out for is you take 101 this morning. Heading in and out of San Francisco, the project is still underway. They are on schedule, there on place for north and south, you are being diverted onto 280. The south bay, another portion of 101 at blossom hill road, accident involving an overturned truck. This is blocking lanes. This
And i am claudine wong. It is great to have you with us today. It looks a little gray outside. Lets bring in russ my with a look at how the day is going to shape up. Good morning happy saturday. We are working up a cloudy skies. The temperatures will continue to cool getting into the weekend. Theres a mix of low clouds and patchy fog. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s for most is when you get into the afternoon. We will drop off by several degrees especially for the inland cities. Some spots in the low 80s today. Low 70s for most and mid 70s out there along the coastline. I do expect low 60s out there as well. Details on the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon coming up in just a bit. Coronavirus cases in california to continue to rise lets take a look at those numbers for you. There are now more than 52,000 confirmed cases across the state. The death toll is now over 21,000 people. That is 63 more deaths since friday. 655 have been tested for the virus. Yesterday cal