Largest fires in state history. Merely one. 4 million acres have burned statewide in nearly 2000 structures have been destroyed. At least seven people have a ed as result of the fires and were injured. Fires like this seem to be a new normal in california with significant delays is coming almost every fall. Climate change has made weather more unpredictable and led to hotter and drier conditions and pushed to fire prone regions. Should we plan to live with this devastation and air quality for many years to come . Is there any way g out . Joine is Scott Stevens a professor at uc berkeley. We have seen several instances in which the devastation from s wildfis become personal including the santa cruz firefighters who lost their own homes thisu year. E also facing concerns about a camp you run. What is the latest . Inthis is a little town called meadow valley. We have a camp there we have used for 130 years w for an undergraduate course and there is a fire called the bear fire to the south
June 21st and we start the process. 50s and other times to san jose 60 in santa rosa at 54 and its a summer forecast. 60s to mid 90s for some and morning fog breezy to windy for some and a cool coast and its hot inland with an onshore breeze or wind with gusts to 30 at travis already from the west southwest. That will do it. A good solid fog bank will retreat and we have 60s by the coast and 70s around the bay and 80s and 90s inland. Over to sal now. Anything . Or is it still quiet . There is not a lot going on. One of the things i noticed here is traffic is doing very well if you are driving at the macarthur maze for example traffics moving along nicely with no major problems. Traffic looks good on 580 coming into oakland. Its 4 31 a. M. And lets go back to the headlines. Santa clara county is adding two more pop up Testing Centers for the coronavirus brick starting tomorrow 57 places to be tested across the county protests are free and no appointments are needed and you dont need to
Largest student loan servicers have agreed to hold off on payments for 90 days. He signed an executive order to ban debt collectors from garnishing those 1200 payments from the federal government. In napa county some businesses are beginning to reopen. Not all, but some. Cristina rendon joins us live with what is being done to keep people safe as they begin to venture out. Reporter physical distancing is key, and facemasks are strongly encouraged. Because every county has seen such a relatively low number of coronavirus cases, the county decided to lift only a few restrictions. A peaceful thursday morning sunrise at Eagle Pines Golf Club welcomes golfers for the first time in more than one month. Napa county residents only can golf in pairs, no carts, only walking and safety precautions must be followed. Its part of napa county amending their shelter at home order and easing some restrictions. As soon as it came out yesterday the phone has not stopped. Its exciting, little nervous, wan
54. The number of patients in icu stands at 179 which is down from 199 on wednesday. As Alyssa Harrington reports, local houses of worship had to make adjustments. And said of a piled into th cars and spent easter morning at a drivein movie theater. The pastor delivered a sermon from the bed of the truck. The easter bunny hopped to car windows to pass out items like toiletries, groceries, masks and easter eggs. This is great for the kids. The kids have a lot of fun. They have toys and. We want you to practice social distancing but we dont want you to practice spiritual distancing. Police arrived to make sure it was enforced. Everyone had to stay in their cars. Social distancing changed the way people come together on holidays like easter. Ministers stayed home and provided a virtual service. It is like we have spooked up all of our people and placed them on the planet zoom and reconfigured and were celebrating in the same way just on another platform. The minister lettuce sunrise servi
Trillion relief bill into law this afternoon. The measure will give most americans a cash payment of 1200 and or provide Small Businesses with to pay employees rent and other expenses do. In a bipartisan move, House Speaker nancy pelosi signed the bill along with minority leader mccarthy. Its possible that these benefits will be available to the american people. To the american public, we hear you and we are working for you. To make that defense production act will require General Motors to provide ventilators. He expects 100,000 ventilators to be produced over the next three months. Some say the stimulus bill passed they will provide critical support for california to fight covid19 and strengthen our hospitals and healthcare system. It means an extra 600 a week for an appointment insurance for that many californians who already lost jobs and the many more who will during this crisis. Stocks were lower on wall street today but still managed to end the week on the plus side. The dow was