Disaster declaration comes as 2 of the largest wildfires in state history are burning right now in the bay area. The l a new lightning complex fire has burned more than 325,000 acres in Napa Sonoma Solano. Lake and the s c you lightning complex has scorched more than. 339,000 acres across alameda contra costa santa clara, san joaquin stannis loss and yolo counties. These are now the second and 3rd largest wildfires in california history surpassed only by the mendocino complex fire which burned more than 450,000 acres. Back in 2018. And all the fires currently burning in the bay area, the l and you could lightning complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive. It is claimed the lives of 5 people and 4 others were injured during the fire fight. So far 480 structures have been destroyed a 125 have been damage more than 30,000 are still threatened. One of the communities hardest hit by these fires is the Berryessa Highlands in napa county people there have suffered tremendous lo
Sons are lugging gear to the beach at chrissy field because parking lots are closed. By the looks of it, many people stayed away. Ach, no matter what, today. E p, with covid infections on the rise, San Francisco officials have urged folks to stay home this holiday. The parking lots at ocean beach are off limits. The beach is open, but not as crowded as a traditional fourth of july. This year, we asked everyone to stay home. Pacifica closed all the beaches in her town. Large groups of people, as we know, is one of the top causes of the spread of the virus. So we want to make sure our prabop o o s kept safe. Acul fourth. Kserut dt. Most have been cancelled. No patriotic parades, either. Normally, where you can find a big parade on the fourth, today, the streets are silent. Barely, a hint of red, white, and blue. Today is a little gloomy. Its not the same. You dont see acotions out. Ginger trask says her chocolate store might have been selling ice cream and drinks to parade goers. Its les
Im glad youre with us. Lets get a check of our temperatures, and i think i can feel the cooldown. Yes indeed. As i said to alex yesterday, marine layer season definitely taking hold over the bay area. We have widespread low clouds once again this morning. Good morning to you all out there. Well turn partly cloudy for the afternoon but temperatures will be on the cool side, especially along the coastline and inside the bay. Outside our doors at this hour we have a little bit of fog and temperatures relatively mild. Ill have the Current Conditions and into the afternoon expect low 60s at the coast to upper 60s inland. More on what to expect today and for the rest of the weekend, coming up. Thank you. There are almost 2. 3 million cases confirmed of coronavirus worldwide. Those are the latest numbers. Almost a third of those cases are in the United States, where 37,000 people so far have died. California could reach 30,000 cases today. The virus has claimed more than 1,000 lives in the st
Already is starting to make a nostrils, there is a shortage of decontamination site for its difference. Those swabs right now. First responders. Via teleconference, because with everybody around the world it will be located at a training theyre observing social now trying to test for distancing requirements, dr. Sarah cody, the santa clara coronavirus, its a supply chain issue that might complicate us center on heatingl have 11 memb county Public Health officers, getting back to normal. The conversation, again, does showed supervisors several graphs indicating that we are continue. Watch the link via your Santa Santa Clara county sheriffs flattening the curve and starting to slow the spread of clara county board of office. They have tested positive for supervisors web page. Actual infections of coronavirus coronavirus. The majority are deputies. Here in Santa Clara County. In san jose, kris sanchez, nbc the grand princess cruise bay area news. Like dr. Cody was saying, we good news on
Reporter groups of bikers are going over or in some cases the locked gates, drivers are still coming up and forced to turn around. Just trying to do something to pass the time. Reporter all 280 state parks are closed to vehicles. It is all in an effort to stop people from overcrowding the state parks during the stayat home order. I have never seen so many people on the mountains before. Reporter he has been riding for 20 years and he says a few people were not following social distancing recommendations. So he understands why the state parks are making it harder for people to use the trails. I have plenty of choices. For the most part the people we walked by have tried to keep a 6foot distance between us. Reporter they say they are being selective in where they walk. And staying off the narrow trails. We are limiting where we are going to paths like this that allow us to keep our distance. Reporter people on bikes are asking each other to do the same. We are going out of our way to tal