Have been reported across the country. And here at home that grim nationwide milestone comes as california statewide covid numbers continue to improve governor Gavin Newsome providing an update earlier today, he says the state has averaged about 3400 cases over a sevenday period, the latest numbers showing below that with just under 3300 cases reported yesterday the governor says on average they are conducting more than 100,000 tests a day. And with a number of testing going up the Positivity Rate is going down over the last 7 days even with the improving numbers, california still has a Positivity Rate of 2. 1 . The governor says the state is committed to increasing testing across california. We are of the firm opinion that that we are able to move forward to increase the availability and the timeliness of tests here in the state of california we will have more clarity and more insurance in our capacity to move more swiftly to that not only reopen different sectors of our economy more
Peninsula. Tonight people breathing a sigh of relief after flames got way too close for comfort. Good evening. Dozens of homeowners in belmont on edge this evening. Theyre back home after a fastmoving brush fire forced them to evacuate. This happened near alhambra drive, which backs up to open space near san juan canyon. The outcome could have been very different but quick work by firefighters saved homes. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more. Reporter standing on the rooftops of homes, firefighters poured water on a fouralarm brush fire moving up a dry canyon in belmont. While crews attacked the flames, Belmont Police officers went door to door. They said, sorry, you have to evacuate. So we just got ready. Reporter telling people in 40 homes in the cipriani neighborhood to evacuate. One woman snapped this picture of flames out her back window before she left. Some didnt know they were in danger. I saw the smoke. At first i thought it was the regular stuff. Reporter officers tied caution t
In at 6 30. Lets check out the air quality and looking good this morning. The clean and fresh air as we start off our day, because of that ocean breeze, it is really kicking in, bringing that fresh air back to the bay area. We will have that good air quality through the day and daytime highs are little cooler compared to yesterday, 85 in concord, 82 for san jose, 72 in oakland and 67 for San Francisco. What changes are coming and we will have a shift with our winds. We will talk about that offer winds and a big warmup in store for us but now lets check in with gianna. The metering lights are on for the bay bridge . Yes, they are. That means traffic is stacking up. They are returning at 5 49. That is at the east bay and into the city. It is a slow one. Weseeing how it will slow bit down a bit as you come off the skyway, exiting near the fremont exit into San Francisco. Westbound 580 is still pretty slow and go. The delays originate out of tracy, on the 2058 connector. It is very sluggis
About it. And all jokes aside, the first public apology from Ellen Degeneres. What shes saying about toxic workplace allegations now that shes back in the studio. She had some things to say. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. As our nation mourns the loss of ruth bader ginsburg, i will soon announce a nominee for the United States Supreme Court. The president told his crowd of supporters that he will name his nominee for the Supreme Court by this weekend. The president said he wants this done very quickly. Before election day. Can it be done . We believe that it can. With a fight over the next Supreme Court justice looming, joe biden tried to keep voters attention focused on the pandemic. The virus was too big for him. He just wasnt up to it. He froze. He failed to act. He panicked. The u. S. Will likely hit 200,000 coronavirus deaths today. Were rounding the corner in any event. But were going to have a vaccine very soon. A great vaccine. Tropical storm
You cant get through. The regular Customer Service line 8 00 to noon, forget it. Reporter Michael Hurley has been waiting since june. No faith in the system, none at all. Reporter the e. D. D. Blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. I think im now in another reporter kim was told to wait eight weeks. I was upset. Because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity . I sent why eight weeks . Reporter the e. D. D. Required thousands of workers to verify their identities as it tries to weed out rampant fraud. But the Governors Task force found scammers still got paid while honest workers were blocked from benefits. During a twoweek reset, the e. D. D. Will install new technology that automatically verifies an k57pplicaapplicant identity and speed up new claims even as it doesnt address the old ones. Good afternoon, governor. Are you confide