Burning around the bay and as they continue to rage that major that declaration will help us right now the latest from cal fire puts the lnu complex fire. At 17 containment. That is the fire thats burning in the north bay. The scu lightning complex fire which is in the east bay has burned 10 contained right now and the czu lightning complex fire. Thats the one along the peninsula. Its just 8 contain still that is a jump from yesterday morning by about 3 so little by little they are working on it as fast as they can to knock down these fires before there is a threat. More dry lightning. Lets talk about the csu lightning complex fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties in total. This fire has burned 71,000 acres, 60,000 people plus have had to flee their homes and as you can see many structures have gone up in flames 2 people suffered minor injury. There are now 1300 fire personnel there battling that fire right now. Lets take a look at the map and that shows you Scotts Valley and santa
Virus. That state senator steve glaser. He said we need to limit interactions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The east bay lawmakers is the spread of the virus is out of control and that tougher rules are needed. Today the u. S. Passed 4 million cases of coronavirus. This comes just 15 days after we passed 3 million. Here in california the state report a second day of more than 12,000 new cases. Sadly, we set a new record with 157 more deaths in a single day. We have the call to action from state senator glaser. Reporter state senator glaser says he thinks that Governor Newsom allowed the counties to reopen too soon. He says the governor should be putting in place, basically shelter in place restrictions like we saw at the very beginning of this outbreak to try and slow the virus spread. Californias steady increase in not just a number, but also the percent of coronavirus tests from 4 in may 2 7. 6 this week is causing alarm. A stronger shelter in place order is whats required t
Breaking overnight, at least three officers shot in a standoff in texas. The suspect barricaded inside holding multiple family members hostage. What we know about the standoff right now. Plus, in the dark, the dangerous heat wave in california leading to rolling blackouts and massive wildfires. Back on the court. The first round of the nba playoffs starts today. What to expect in the bubble. And the new shortage that could be a big problem for pizza lovers. Good monday morning. Im mona kosar abdi. And im will reeve in for kenneth moton. Good to be with you, mona, but we begin with yet another grim milestone in the battle against the coronavirus, more than 170,000 american lives now lost to covid19 and there are 5. 4 million confirmed cases nationwide. College campuses across the country are having a tough time coping with new outbreaks as students ignore social distancing rules and attend jam packed parties and more grade schools are being forced to switch to Remote Learning with a gro
Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
Different lines. Were seeing so many of these drivers run us right up against the wall so you might make the case, theyre going to rip up there . Okay. Theres more banking . Okay. But lets use ours to show you the one thing that might be going on. When you get up there, theres actually a bubble of air and it creates side force on the right side of that car. Now, jeff, we had one driver in Xfinity Series say today when he came off the wall too far the car was loose. Its because it lost some of the side force generated. Now you cant just drive up there and get against the wall. But there is side force there. Listening to drivers talk about how it pushes the right front fender from the right front all the way to the right front rear. It seems to add a tiny bit of comfort and security to that race car. Speaking of thats how much in the lead. The lap before. Inch by inch. We have known denny hamlin had a good long run car. That looked like it continued after he made some decisions and adjus