Acres. And we want to check in first with lisa. Good morning. We are looking good here, the lightning strikes have dodged the bay area, just saw one offshore around point reyes, but you can see most of the activity is in the central valley. Lets go in closer and you will notice that weve got the moisture, but the lightning strikes have been lacking. And that is what we wanted to see from lakeport to cloverdale, some activity offshore. But no lightning. And so not a concern for the lightning this morning. Air quality searchullity certai moderate around the bay. Well see the smoke shift northward with our seabreeze later on today as southwest wind. And afternoon numbers, a little cooler inland, but still muggy and warm. And well get into our normal pattern over the next couple day, still keeping the spare the air alert through the middle of the week. This morning cal fire is releasing a stunning list of the resources it has already committed to the fires statewide. They say that they hav
Santa cruz county. And any minute now were expecting an update from cal fire on the czu complex fires that are burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties and well have it for you live when it happens. Well meanwhile, lets start with the l in new complex fire. Thats burning in the north bay right now check out this map that shows you where the complex fires are burning which is in sonoma napa and solano counties so far at least 4 people have died and 4 others have been injured, lets check in with kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is in Sonoma County where the fire is threatening homes, sarah. They robin the on live here on West Dry Creek road just west of healdsburg where its still very dark outside a lot of times with these fires cal fire as the way till sunrise is to really see what theyre working with after a long day of battling the flames take a look at what they were doing yesterday and probably into the night to try and combat the flames and stop them from spreading to nearby communitie
They said absolutely not. Reporter there was some positive news from the labor department. Fridays jobs report beat expectations. Nearly 1. 8 million jobs added last month. The Unemployment Rate dropped to 10. 2 . But the data shows that millions of americans who lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still unemployed. The 600 supplemental federal unemployment benefit expired july 31st. That extra 600 has been a lifeline to us to keep the roof over our heads, keep food on the table. Reporter the paycheck protection program, or ppp, which has helped Small Businesses meet their payroll expires today. Its really Small Businesses that need the support and that really contribute so much to the places where theyre located. When we lose Small Businesses, we really lose a lot more than just that one business. Reporter some economists predict that if those businesses do not receive another round of support, more americans will lose their jobs in the coming months. David wright, ab
Shortly. Similar questions have been raised about outbreaks of schools and when they can reopen. Is there a standard on when they will know, or will schools have the ability to keep them private . I expect full transparency. We put out our guidelines. I encourage anyone watching that is interested in looking at the guidelines we put out for Public Education to go to the site and look at the protocols and processes that we have put forth for over 1000 districts in the state as it relates to monitoring and as it relates to opening and the prospect of an outbreak and the prospect of closing a school. We talked about contact tracers and local Health Officers working with school districts. We talked about expectations on testing and cohoarding staff as well as cohoarding our students and our expectations on mask wearing. The differentiation between Elementary Schools and cohorts of older kids. All of that is available and sets forth the expectation that we have and the transparency we think
Now lets focus in on the czu lightning complex fire. You can see the outline on your map its in red. It shows the outline of the fire and you can tell that its spread now to the coastline. New this morning that fire has turned deadly as firefighters discovered the body of a 70 yearold man in the last chance area of Santa Cruz County kron fours will tran live at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats a scotts valley. He has the latest for us well. Marty they just wrapped up the News Conference a little bit more information on that man who died his name not being released. But we do know that he was found near his vehicle in the attempt of leaving the fire so he was trying to rescue himself but overcome, but either the smoke or the flames so he was not inside his home at the time and thats when they believe that he was desperately trying to flee unfortunately he ran out of time and the fires just simply overcame him as far as the condition of the fire still very much burning out of control at this