Officials say it is the key to stopping the surge, but not everyone is listening. Certainly awkward for me to approach a citizen thats my customer and tell them that they need to cover their face. Tonight a new effort to crack down on people not wearing masks. There are new numbers out tonight that illustrate why covering your face can put a big dent in the spread of covid19. State Health Leaders now say wearing a mask 80 of the time could reduce transmission by as much as 60 . This as late tonight another bay area county puts some teeth into its mask mandate. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd explains. Reporter the emergency order making it mandatory to wear face coverings in Contra Costa County is in effect not everyone is happy in danville. I dont understand that. You know what i mean . Where youre forced to wear a mask. I just had a kidney tooken out. I got bad lungs, this and that. I cant wear a mask, but it is what it is. Reporter according to the state, wearing a mask is essential if yo
Recovered so far, of the 34 people presumed dead. The cause of that fire is still unknown. Reporter the process of identifying the victims and notifying families is underway very search efforts for survivors ended tuesday after labor day dive boat excursion of Southern California turns tragic. 39 on board, 33 passengers, six crew. But early monday morning a fire broke out, dropping those sleeping in bunks below deck, blocking, according to the sheriff, the one exit and escape hatch. 34 died in the inferno, 20 bodies recovered. Deputies hope to find remaining victims today, but the conception remains upside down and unstable and 65 feet of water. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts, we know this is a very difficult time for families and friends of the victims. Five crewmembers sleeping on the top deck escaped by jumping off and taking a small boat to safety. Two went back to look for survivors but found no one. Today efforts will be made to stabilize the boat so that
Today, henry lee found out that a local High School Teacher was on the boat. Weve also learned that the majority of the victims are from santa cruz and the san jose area. Lori naylor spoke with several people today about the victims. Parents from a Charter School here in santa cruz along with the owner of a local diving company. Authorities tuesday revealed new information about the dozens of victims now feared dead in the dive boat fire in Santa Barbara county. While authorities have not released any names, the sheriff said initial information indicates that victims range from a 17yearold to some people in their 60s. The majority of the people on this ship appeared to have been from the santa cruz, san jose, bay area region, that contracted with this company that chartered this vessel. A Family Member identifies one of the victims as kristi finstad, the coowner of worldwide diving ventures in santa cruz, says that she was leading a p on the boat. We know that people here are learning
The ntsb arrived today and they will try to determine how this fire started. Investigators plan to interview the survivors to learn more about what may have sparked the blaze. Meantime Officials Say they will use rapid dna analysis to try to identify the victims. You will remember, that was the same analysis used to identify victims of the wildfire that devastated the town of paradise last year. Five members of one family are among those on the dive trip. A relative says the family was from stockton. Susanna rojas posted on social media that her three daughters, their father, and their stepmother were all on board conception when it caught fire before dawn yesterday morning. They were outstanding citizens, they are just beautiful, special, they did everything, i evan was on with her father, her sisters nicole and angela, and their stepmother. Evan, her father and stepmother all worked as rses at Joseph Medical Center in stockton, angela was a middle School Teacher in stockton and nicol
Shes aiming economy continue for a third day u. S. Defense secretary james mattis reaffirmed support for the saudi that coalition in yemen asked criticism grows against riyadh. Anderson human on the northern coast of cuba and coming up ill tell you why the largest island of the caribbean is actually shrinking. And im peter stammering with all the days sports news Serena Williams returns to the tennis court after giving birth but it doesnt quite go as she had hoped all of the details later in the program. We begin in iran where the government is calling on people not to take part in what it says are illegal gatherings as protests driven by anger over the economy Gain Momentum on saturday student demonstrators turn that anger towards irans Foreign Policy meanwhile annual progovernment rallies have been taking place across the country pizza shop as the latest i do day in a row theyre out on the streets to government protesters most of them students fighting with Riot Police Outside Tehran