Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Its been really hard, not having a job and not being able to provide for my son. Unemployment uncertainty for area, and across tdeerate for he congress, but now President Trump announcing his own plan for new benefits, but it may not be a done deal. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, august 9th. Im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. Were breaking down where the Unemployment Benefits stand and President Trumps new executive order on evictions but first, as always, lets start with a quick look at the bay area folks with meteorologist Frances Dinglasan in for lisa argen. Good morning, frances. Good morning, liz, good morning, everyone. We have another gorgeous day in store for with us plent y of sunshine right now. Were dealing with fog thick in some spots. Heres live doppler 7 and the satellite radar image, low clouds along the coast spilling into the bay, Half Moon Bay the visibility is down to one mile becaus
Wires from the czu lightning complex and relieve left townsend Santa Cruz County unrecognizable in some cases kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us. This drone video shows some of the destruction in the town of bonny doon where homes have been flattened to piles of ash. And debris charred remains of metal frames appliances and cars somewhat recognizable in the aftermath. Cal fire says that the 330 structures burned so far in the czu lightning complex fires at least 200 were peoples homes and its a total thats expected to rise as they continue to take stock of the damage smoke could be seen rising in several spots off the mountain. But now the weather is less of an obstacle for firefighters, there is a. Losing battle that we had a fight with that the beginning but now that the weather has more on our side cooler but the higher humidity, the visibility has also improved allowing for more air support but also the winds have turned in their favor where the winds are helping actually pushed the
County. There was more of a positive tone in the News Conference that wrapped up 20 minutes ago. Cal fire says because the storms did not cause major fire activity, they have turned a corner and have a better handle on the fires. They made Good Progress on all areas of the complex. There priority is the palisades up to the lake county line. They are trying to get a fire line connected to gain more control there. The lnu lightning complex fire is over 500 square miles. That is three times the size of san jose. Containment grew to 22 . 871 to structures have been destroyed. It has been an exhausting last several days. Theres a message from the front line. Everyone on the line is extremely tired, but working incredibly hard. I had an opportunity to see folks out on the line. I can tell you how much joy it gives me to see the smiles on their face. Were going to stop right here and toss it over to governor gavin newsom who was holding a News Conference. Eve attend a state. You will see some
Any time i see this i instantly want to go there. I do not care if it is a four hour drive. Take me there but, these days, i am not sure if i should go or not. But i love looking at pictures of it and i am sure a lot of people do. Talk about work because now more than ever mothers are being forced to decide between working or taking care of their children. According to the chronicle, mothers with Young Children has scaled back her work hours more than fathers between march and april. In a survey by benefits company ceo cleo in june, a parent in one of three families chose to leave the work was or drop down to parttime in 70 of the cases. It was the mother and im here to say i will completely admit that my wife completely does more work that i do. I am trying to get better but if we were to rank the parents, my wife would be parent one and i would be the backup parent. I appreciate you saying that. I was doing an interview the other day how is Distance Learning working . And he said, my
Reopening, the university of North Carolina is back pedaling. Switching to Remote Learning after 130 students contracted the virus. Elementary schools in the state are also seeing an uptick in cases. This school temporarily shutting down after a cluster was linked to a faculty member. Also new trouble at one of the nations largest fire department. Chicago fire academy had to close down after an outbreak. Officials saying theyve had nearly 300 cases and two chicago firefighters have died from the virus. Megan tevrizian. Coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. Also a special Education Teacher in the south bay logged into class without wearing a shirt and its not just that action that has parents really upset this morning. Also ahead, michelles message. What the former first lady was wearing during her its game day live, here at bia fanfavorite venue, ever since they got gigspeed internet. Hey, amy . Wanna grab a seat . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet from xf